Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-04-09
(Fron. the Lancaster Ledger.
Agriculture.

factor. And he, who raises two bales Of COT
ton on lands, which yielded only one before,
is a private bonefactor. He is putting an ex-
ira 800 into his pocket, at an extra expense
of not moro than $50. But the question oc.
ours, how can these public and private bene-
factions be secured? / answer:
First-By deep plowing. If you can PEN
citrate 20 inches into the earth it will be TWEEN
ty times better than mere skimming. But
you are not to plow deep oil the time, but at
4e right time. The right time is in the ear
ly Spring, whom you are breaking and pre-
pairing your lands for planting. After the
first course Of culture, surface blowing is bet
ter. The fibre roots or small feeders should
be disturbed as little as possible. These
branch out in ovory direction, porvadc the on
tire soil out by the plough, take up its nutri-
tive properties aud convey thom to tho
plant. Aud the less this process is disturbed,
the more rapid and vigorous the growth Of
the plant. Those farmers, who out the roots
CLOSE, and tell US tho plant will send out 9th
ors, remind us of q Surgeon, who will tic aud
SOVSi gu ' pOoauoS uutukoH VIII IN IuC pEO-
cess of time form q new ohannel to supply
that limb with nourishment. It is true, ma
ture will do this work. But whilst the pro.
cess is in progress the limb is wasting-it is
losing in size and strength. And as the plant
losses by tho depletion Of close root.cutting,
its yield is proportionatcly diminished. Do
nothing to check or rctard the growth of your
plant. Force it all the time from eermina.
ton to maturity.
But before the culture of the crop com.
mencos, plow CLOSE and deep with long mar.
row tools (if you have no subsoiEer) so as to
loosen up the eerth, but not turn it over
And the deeper you pillow, the more your plans
will yield. This deep blowing is a good pMs
v%entive against land washing; it causes the
moisture to remain five or ten times longer,
aud it increases the space from which these
feeders procure the supplies they convey to
the plant. .asa&sBssSlnR.
Secondly tic use Of ~ Not
only sound, perfect seed Of fsKffddysNDSdt also
the best varieties. When q judie;eAs ssealks
grower Whistles to restook his faaFFina;a 6ASs
lects from the best breeds. A goodIySs6h,
Essex requires no more attention and food
than low bloods. Plant the most approved
varieties and only the choice seeds of these.
1t is a very great dcsideratum for the farmer
to secure q healthy, vigorous plant. Cotton
seeds should be selected from the October
opening. More of these are perfoot. They
should be two years old when planted. BY
this means, the germ Of the weekly or defee.
tive seeds, is destroyed and tho oleaginous
substance Of the perfect is in vigoratsd, and
produces o moro robust and vigorous stalk
Planters will secure to themselves an impor.
tant advantage, by procuring as rapidly as
practicable tho Dickson variety.
Third-Apply Fertilizers. After you have
used all the fertilizers you could manufacture
at home, select from the market such foreign
articles as may be best adapted to your soil.
With a large winged shovel run in the mid.
die between your old rows and back again in
tho same place, opening and cleaning out a
trench as deep as possible. Then take a long
narrow plough and run in the bottom asdeep as
you can loosening up the earth but not throw
ing it out. Away down there deposite your
fertilizers and throw on them as high q bed
as you can. Let this be done as recently be-.
fore planting as practicable. You need not
be afraid tho roots Of the plant will not find it
buried so deep. The action Of the moisture
air and sun will soon difuse its virtues
through the soil. Moreover, there is a yege.
table instinct as we'll as an animal. The new
born babe instinotively seeks the tactical foun-
tain which s~ustains and DEVELOPS its powers.
BY the same principle, the vegetable germ is
Immediately drawn to that vivify,ug deposito.
ny which has been provided for nourishing
and perfocting its productive capacities. -
When your fertilizers arc buried deep, there
is less los. by evaporation. And in a protrao.
tod; drought these highly stimulating agents
will not fire tho plant, And in tho maturing
season they will urge on the cotton SO rapidly,
it will all be opened and housed whilst the
weather is yet mild and mono Of tho lint
will be stained and its, sale injured by tho
frost.
After t,e' land is prepared and manures
deposited 1t requires no moro laborto till your
ground than If no fertilizers had been pro.
cured. Now 820Iexpended ip fertilizers and
o little extra labor In PREPARING will seaura n