Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-02-05

ing, if the proper tune has arrived In deci.
ding this point, you must be governed by the
wenther--it varies from the tenth of March
to the first of April According to my expe-
rience, q man only gains hard work aud more
it. by very carly planting. W
Now for the planting. Lay off burrows
with long shovel plow, on Lowell, seven fcot
apart. Commence ut the opposite end, With
. longer shovel, and open out the same fur.
row The reason for this is, you get up to
trees and stumps, and make better finish at
the ends. This furrow should stand open
seven or eight inches deep. Whether you
use compost, cotton seed or guanos, let each
hand have his three foot measure, and deposit
the manure in the bottom of the furrow, Just
three fec: apart. Then drop the corn within
three or four inches Of the manure, one or
more grains, as is your custom--dropping on
tho near side of the manure, as the dropper
goes; then, with very light harrow, cover
the corn one or one and half inches deep
Tho harrow should go the same way the
droppcr goes, to keep FROM pulling the ma.
nuro on the grain.
If you cover deep, you loose all tho advan.
tagos of low planting, (but uot the deep break
ing) and for this reuson: corn, in good wealth.
or, will come up from depth of one to six
inches, but will strikc out roots about one
inch from the surface Of the ground, and all
below that will perish. This is one reason
why nm opposed to dirting corn as soon as
it comes up--it brings tho root of the stalk
to the top of the ground.
My plnu is to finish tho first working from
the goth of April to the 10th Of May. Some.
times have not finished before the 25th Of
May. With the land we'll turned, very little
grass and weeds will come up, except in the
bottom Of the furrow, and this is easily man
aged.
For the first plowing, have heavy twenty.
two inch sweep, with the right wing so set,
that its back end will not be more than one
inch above the ground. This is to run near
tho corn, aud should fil the furrow within
! one or one and half inches of tho general
surface. Break out the middlcs with tho
same sized sweep. with the back Of both wings
turned up; if the plowing ia we'll donc, four
turrows will finish out-four hands compile.
ting fourteen acres every day, by going six.
teen miles o day.
Second plowing.-have the wing of tho 81.
ding sweep turned little moro thnn half up !;
run close to the corn, leaving nothing for the
hoe; for if the plowipg is we'll done, there is
no use Of hoe, Break out the middlcs with
three furrows, to make good place to plant
peas. From the first of June to the Goth is
agcod time to plant peas. Proceed ;n this
manner. After tho second blowing, run a
shove! furrow in tho middle of corn row !;
drop ono bushcl of peas to every eight acres
say six or eight peas to hill You can
plant sixteen acres per day, and will use two
bushels to each plow--covcr with harrow.
Third and last plowing pair your hands,
one to side the corn, and ono to side the peas;
the hand that sides the corn will need TWEEN.
tytwo inch sweep, right hand wing we'll up,
and it should run close to tho corn---not 20,
ing more than half inch deep; the left wing
should be nearly fat. Tho hand that sides
the peas, will need n heavy twenty.six inoh
sweep, with the right wing set at medium
height, and should run it near the peas, and
fill the pea furrow entirely up: the left vino
should be up, to push tue dir. near the corn.
This is the last plowing, and if well done, tho
ground WILL be as smooth and level as floor,
with not spear Of grnss to tho 200 acres, nor
q weed to be seen in the field. Ia old times,
required every hand 70 cloan the crop as he
wsnt-what the plow left, to bo removed with
the foot and hand. From thirteen to sixteen
miles, according to tho condition Of the crop,
was days work.
Such pine land as mine, (so,ne Of it very
poor,) should average 20 to rs bushels per
acre; and wet or dry, If the work is rightly
done, there is no such thing as failure, as
my many visitors, from all parts Of the coun.
try, will testify. s
l Mossrs. Editors,I have been too lengthy
in describing the preparation Of land and oul.
tvatiop Of crop, TO give my reasons fora choice
Of nanures. I uso, after a long experience,
4 Peruvian Guano, Dissolved Bones, Lard Plss
tor and Salt, and have them mixed at home
[ 4 wish the Southern Cultivator was ia ev
cry mans hands. It would pay good divi