The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-10-07
Work for the Month.

October is usually 2 oeauIllul nontn ior
cotton picking, and the work should be
pushed forward vigorously. When cot
ton is high priced, as at present, quality
is a very important matter-nice handling
in picking, ginning and packing will pay
handsomely. The corn crop, in most
parts of the South, will be short-let it
be housed, as soon as dry. that none may
rot in the fields 10 make up for def
cheney of corn crop, we would urge upon
our readers to SOW largely of small grain.
Oats would do better sown in September,
but they may still succeed we'll if sown
at once. Break the ground we'll and
cover with turning shovel; a little guano
will make very great difference in the
yield. We pray, also, that ample breadth
be given TO the wheat crop; or, rather,
we should have said, let an ample quanti-
ty of manure be given to it; for a few
acres, ueU manured and well prepared,
can be relied on with more certainty than
large number poorly prepared and man.
ared. Plow deep, but have Il care espe-
eially that the upper layer OF the soil be
thoroughly pulUerized. AS all know, the
wheat plant sends out numerous small
fbrous rootS-these slender fbres cannot
force their way through the hard, cloddy
masses, whereas, the object Of nature, in
tLis arrangement of roots, is to make eue-
,y part of the soil tributary to the growth
OF the plant. The manure ought, there
fore, for like reason, to be thoroughly
incorporated with the soil, particularly
the upper layers, for il is in these that the
roots especially ramify. In this vicinity
the largest yield have followed the appli-
cation of cotton seed with guano and dis
solved bones. The wheat plant delights
in nitrogenous manures, ;nd, growing in
the rainy season of the year, is less apt
than other crops to suffer from the free
application of such manures. Experiments
have quite shown that, with given guam
tity of manure, it is best to make two ap.
plications of it, one in tue fall-another in
the spring in form of a top dressing. An.
other point, which may now be regarded
as we'll established by experiment, Is, that
drilled wheat, highly manured, and of
rank growth, will not fall down like the
bn,ad casted under similar circumstances
the stem of the former from better ex-
posure to light air, is not so soft and sue
culent as that of the atter: Experiments
have not vet determined what the width
of the drill should be. One thing we feel
quite assured of, that sufficient width to
permit workings to destroy the weeds,
would be Of very great advantage to the
crop. Every one knows how much OR
wheat fields are infested with weeds in
carly spring. and there is no reason why
tho wheat plant should not suffer from
these disputing the soil with it. as well as
corn oFcotton under like circumstances.
Except along the coasts and warmer parts
of the South, the grain should be in the
ground before the last of October. We
hope our agricultural societies will under
take experiments to decide the best time
for sowing in different attitudes Get the
best seed, with coarse sieve get out all
the cookie, cheat and defective grains, put
the. balance in pretty strong solution oi
bluestone, and skim OFF every thing that
floats, and after soaking, SOW in faith, that
the giver of all things may bestow upon
us bountiful harvest-Southern Cultiua
tor.