The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-07-13

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CROPS
Are looking fine In Caswell, though ma
ny Of the farmers are much In the grass.
The prettiest corr You ever saw. The to-
bacco syery forward on some OF the farms
and i already IN bloom; some OF It will
have TO be cut In August. There Is one
farm near Yanceyville-James Poteat-we
Noticed the Tobacco growing here. He
used on II two kinds OF manure; Stable
manure and Peruvian guapo. On the lill
side manfred with Peruvian g,lano we mo-
iiced the tobacco looked dwariish aud spin
ding; but the major portion Of this extern
s;vely planted field was beautiful In fine
large leaf that promised to make pound
plsnfs. This portion Of the field was made
rich with stable manure. by the way II
haas been the custom OF great many old
planters OF the tweed" never 10 use any
other fertilizer than that OF home manu-
facture. For instance the Hightowers who
since the war have sold an OF their tobac-
90 crops at IS, % and 80 dollars around,
have never used finger pinch OF Peruyi-
AN guano. They make compost heaps
Early In the fall they rake up all the old
leaves and sprinkling lime between the
layers they pile them up In pens. Then
plough the land Is inches with turning
plough; and III the spring cross pillow II
with shovel pillow 80 rs to make the dirt
fine. Then they lay or burrows with
shovel plow and open these burrows with
a Affirming plow, blowing 10 deep as to near
ly make a deep ditch. Into these deep
burrows they put old leaves and rotten trash
still damp from the packing, and then coz
yer them up with four fnrrow run by a
turningplow. This makes kind Of bed
or bank all along the burrows and ON this
line Of bedding they make tobacco hills
This keeps the hills all moist even during
the driest spell Of weather and also ma
lures the very finest tobacco. Now, Miss
Martha Phelps, an old lady In Halifax,
Va, rakes up these old leaves and puts
them in the stable stalls, say Tor about two
weeks at time: then she throws them In
pen and puts in another lot, aud soon.
This II laid to make the very richest Of
manure for either tobacco or grain.
THE WHEAT.
There Il good crop Of wheat made In
Caswell county this year The "Red
Beard y" Lancaster /" Little Rcd Beard, y
and Bowden," seem TO be the popular va
rieties. There appears TO be found The
most SMUT In the Bouton variety. And
while we mention smut II reminds ls that
hardly any two farmers can agree on
WHAT. SMUT Is.
Mr.. Shanks-an old 1sngllshman and 4
splendid farmer near 1easburg-sa h,
has neucr had sanf IL his phoaf. lie Ia.
ncveru@ed blncstone. Mr.. shanks has q
lot that makes twenty bushels 10 the acre,
he generally seeds about three or between
three aud four peeks 10 the acre. He will
make an averagc crop Of wheat Though
Il WIS caught ont IN this recent wet spell
I've don't know what smut II, thinks may
I've lis In the grain, maybe In The land
Alex. Fuller near Lcasburg will make IS
0obushels Of wheat. He seeded the " Re,
rcnnsylvania- Said nothing about smut
Ills corn ON the ridges Is fine; on the bot
toms has been oycrnowed by Hyco. Jas
per James on Pen Ridge has 1900 shocks
NoFmut. He sowed the yellow I.imas.
Sowcd on tobacco land. Brock Holder
ON Pea Ridge seeded five acres. lie will
make nearly twenty bushels 20 the acre
70 he says. No smut. Brock Il work
ing fellow and clever one beside; an,
he's got what the Scriptures say Is a GOO
thing-a good wife. Mr.. Cameron nea
Prospect Hill makes an average crop O
wheat Jcrre Dixon near Leasburg an nv
crage crop. Though his average last yea
was 2 grains TO the mash this year Il 1
two. Old man scoggins on the Ridge ha
made toIerable good crop But he say
that at the second joint OF the stalk IN
blade Is full of water. He has noticed W
yerai of the stalks and finds II Just -
Never noticed u before, don't know villa
causcd u. Nov most OF the farmers abol
Leasburg and the Ridge believe Che smu
20 come from some defect In the see
wheat; though Jene Dixon agrees with
few Of the farmers IN our own county tbs
smut comes from old damp and shade
land, particularly, when adjoining old an
decayed houses. John Reid on the Var
ceyville road from Milton made an avcrap
crop 81 wheat tbis year lie seeded HI
Little Red Wheat" A great many \
thie section prefer this b. any other variety
II Is small grain wheat and has thi