The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-20

Work For tho Month.
The parallel between The "ycn, raj"
and "iarmcr" drawn by Mr. Dickson in
his article on book farming, in The April
No. OF the CUH'r0iur was well concc;v.
cd and very significant. At FIRST si"ht,
no two characters would appear more
unlkc--lhc one II destroyer ol life, capi.
tai and The fruits OF industry and toll;
The other creator OF those llngs nee
cSSary To life, Of wealth, and The innu~
mcrabio products which minister 10 IN.
man comfort and happiness and ycr,
III tho qualities requisite for &"rrcSS in
their respective vocalons, they arc in
reality exceedingly alike. Both con.
duct operations which IN themselves are
very varied, and in many respects dis.
tlnct ana disconnected bu, Which, in the
case OF each, must be carried forward
simultaneously and to work together,
Tor tAc conSummalion of u final result.
Both require, therefore, in tho highest
degree, the co ordinatnG or llarmonizng
lacul'y; or, to nsc 4 homclv phrase, the
power OF Attending TO several things at
oncc, and ut the same time direct them
nll to common end. and this is Justly
regarded asa mark Of The highest order
OF intellect n!ccd, there is no greater
mistake, than to suppose that any body
can be q successful jjnm,r. No voca
ton requires nicer observation clearer
discriminating Judgment creator apti.
tnde to execute us well rs plan or
greater scll-commanl to rcsist the nsci-
nations OF hope or the discouragcmcnts
OF failure. W. might go on almost IN
definitely, cnumcning lie points in n
lar'ncr's calling, whicI, bring into play
the highest activities OF cll.discip!in-
ed intellect, but we forboar. We did
not begin for the purpose Of developing
tins line OF thought. These reflections
oblrldcd themselves upon us, whilst
thinking ovcr.lho work for tho busy
month Of May.
The farmer is about to be taxed to
the utmost. It he lai,crs or fails in his
work now, his crop rs certainly lost.
The old and truthful alagr, that slime
lost IS never rc%amcl,' has II tcn.usl
meaning in il for The farmer, during this
busy month, \ day los, can never be
rcGancd bu, that ianoi all. The evils
resulting lhcrc!rom viii, with an ever
increasing ratio, attend him through the
remainder Of the year, and clo,; his
movements at every step. The tiny
grass, scarcely visible now, and Killed.
with the greatest ease, viii. if suffered
TO escape, in Il few weeks become a
hydra headed monster throwing ou,
roots at cvory Joint, and dcfyiMg both
plow and hoe. Rapidly and perfection
OF work nop, is therefore everything
How many who have prepared their
lands well. mpnnr"d them thoroughly,
and taken Cup TO his timr) all The pre-
cautions necessary to insure magnificent
harvosts, havo failed just at this junc.
turc.
The Young corn and cotton are 10 re-
cr'vc now, their early working. In
plowlng corn, tho first limc, We prefer
n coulter or a very narrow "bull tongue"
these may be run very near the young
rlants, without much danger Of inIury TO
them from cutting their roots and, at the
same time, throw a sufficient quantity
nl line dirt about the corn, TO cover up
young grass anu yet, not cover up Che
corn itself. This plowins properly done,
~ good hand and well trained mule,
leaves almost nothing for the hoes to do.
Where The land has bcrn packed by
heavy rains, It lilnc permits, break out
the middlos thoroughly, at this working
III tho soil is mellow and loose, all that
Is necessary is, to run sweep, or cult
vator or harrow, IN tho middlcs, as ci-
ther OF these will kin the young grass,
b"t in any event. be sure You do kin it
for tho May grass is tie troublesome
grass of the season.
Bcg'n TO work cotton as soon as it is
well np-7run around with scrapor
just as near the plants rs possible, shay.
ing otf the surthc" sufficiently deep to
XII grass, aud sweep out ,hc middlcs,
It the rows are TOO wide for Tie scrapers
to lap The dirt, The ridge, upon wInch
the cotton stands, being left very narrow
by this treatment, tho noes can follow
and chop it out with great raridi
~.
Put out potato slips at The earliest,