Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-21
;farmers' @epartment.
i.,ha Snatharn CuIi;Yator.

EN- iiu'illcl nloitiliy y, II AZ PSl iS-e No-'i
pcnlium Of Agricultural science, COM
prising well-wrtten articles on over
fifty different subjects. How any South
ern man, with thing the soil for his
avocation, can dispense with the almost
indispensable aid given in the monthly
issues of the Cuuiraio', in planting and
cultivating crop in a successful and
remunerative manner, is to us problem
not easily solved. In the coming-year
we hope hundreds Of oul: farmers will
be regular readers of this ably-managed
and .meritorious magazine. FERNS 50
per year in'advance Address WM. &
w. L. JONES, Athens, Ga. Subscrip-
tions to the Cultirator received at this
Office, and promptly forwarded.
From the number before us we Gull
as.follows, and regret that our limited
space prccludes us from drawing more
largely from its. interesting pages:
WoRK FOR THE MoNrH-Harvesting
hie various crops will occupy the chief
attention of the farmer the present
month. Let there be no lnocrastlnatang
whatever is ready to be done, do it
quickly, and do 1t well. Save every
thing that has been made on the farm
throw not away, through negligence,
carelessness' or want of foresight, that
for which YOU have labored and toiled
through the preceding months of the
year. Go over The cotton fields rapidly
and handle carefully-sun and gin nice
"; and if you need money between
this and Christmas, sell at once, if you
can Get 25 cents. 1t is more likely to
bring good price now than at Christ
mas, TO say nothing Of loss Of waight
The best estimates do not place the pres
ent crop OF cotton at high figures, and
this article ought to bring a good price:
Whilst, therefore, the lint is heavy, and
the price is good, we hope our friends
will secure money enough 10 make them
c.,<Y 1t ille end OF tie year, and not be
CAUGHT 4. l.sEv We're last year.
Save = iAlich forage as possible, and
haze a.are shelter prepared ita' stock
ri !!,,naS.thaJ an anp,ai!wel cared tor
am.t p:4;ceted trca, the weather,. eats
le;-s&S Haslt for@arl the. hess Intended
.or baEoa.;; ;;ahi,nais natural, !; take on
lit II esea. som of the year, and the
.,:.ia4..; true inteitst, is 10 give hogs
aiaple means for this parpose. If not
;:Irendvdone, SOW down los at once in
we, e.sls., SEA for spring grazing or soil
ing--it the ground isesesy rich. they
w;Ll- pav we'll. MAilst~the woather is
=tiA baifd ard pleasant, ditching and
drafting may be Carried on to advantage.
IA. A..sHs. PORTER, OF Miss, gives
Iii. ,aothad Of keeping Sweet Potatoes
@or;nete1 from, lis ;lriie!e as foilsws:
..'rhc pota5o never spoils unless out
RACED: ana propose aplan that will
reduce i; to its most excellent condition
io;- eating. dskcap it so until potatoes
eo:qe asgai!l-7--a e @ Summary ana Of wLieh Is
,i.::s In ti!is climate they ought not to
be Dug TOO; elrly-say a week or two
after :lle vines are killed, is soon enough
II managed propeslly "a few frosted ends
will not SAtter" ss-N'&
'phcv Should be managed carefully
50 rs not TO car, bruisc or skin them.
Sort out al damaged ones and place the
others in place that is perfectly dry.
and one thai can be kept SO, and, also.
one in which the potatoes will be secure
against chilling. at any time duringth the
winter II they are dripping wet, when
tlken in-no difference -roverldirst with
,rye hreoalstraw, & ,rnstaSis, de-, and!
afterwards .aait4f diqt. to any conrenient'
daptb ~ h21oaly OPENINGS r4ltAe iop,
tal2SM ,ch',cA Etc ,1'po,s c,haesctIc,i >lu-
5Tn9st,. s;reHin. ts7,s.oocss. sbut SO as to be
convericn5 to close in case Of a Sudden
cil:in3e tocoid. After which, open again
lid keep open, Whenever the weather
Is fine. until about OF attcrsChfistmas-
when they viii have passed entirely
through the'sw. It, md the disposition.
10 lIAat, 9hdn closed in, WI have ems
lircN snbsicied. Il
!feis the excess OF free water, ,@thatis
contained in the Potato. tllat inclincs If,
Il lleat and sprout, and, in this way, 50
'i':,J, aot it -pusses oil as to reduce 1t to
sic.i u latent condition. that it has no
disposition to heat-will not sprout in
Ike srring and will be as delicious as it
can be laade,l and viii remain SO all
summer.
Al tho time of closing in. permanent
l.. ba SIRE to see that every part of"the
covering is secure-for if ever they are
allowed 10 fail below certain tempera-
prc, they will be certain to commence
ro,ting. rs soon as the weather comn1cn
c,s to lnrn warm. The equivalent of
ci .:il4 incics dirt here is as little as can
Dc rclied on. in. s;l:eiy-tarther north it
Will require more.
4 correspondent thinks Salt will pre-
Vent Rust in Wheat, and says:
Il dcsMe.to give the realfersso of the.
Caltivator the benefit OF an experiment
lnldc by q neighbor Of mine, with his
las5 wheat crop. He sowed down, with
Tic wheat, eighty pounds Of salt. per
acre. anl gathered a GOOD crop Of wheat,
clear ol rust. while al! around him made
almost u failure.
If salt will prevent rust, every farmer
should know it and use ii. Again, Mr..
George Cunningham, an entcrpllsns
farmer, in this county, in March last,
s9yve,>on, as top dressing. equal por-
tio1s Of salt and plaster, on a portion OF