The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-27

Will be, very little hay. made here
this fall. :.
A field of cotton presented good
stalk, but bore very little cotton :
guano had been strewed i'm the
row. The heat Of the guano At
the root, and high temperature on
the branches. caused the leaves to
double mp. For the want of ther.
NAL light, the workman has lost his
labor, his bread. and his breecbes
A field of upland corn was
stuntcd in it's growth-it wac only
from 3 to 4 feet high, with OILY
mere and there a measily.lookiny
nubbin generally no corn at ali
There is something strange and
startling in Witnessing the effect of
firo without smoke. There was
nothing ab >ut this corn field which
was calculated to excite either the
covetousness (Which is idolatrv) or
the envy Of the forbidden hog
Stable manure lad been applied to
the hill on poor land, and " hat
with the heat below and want If
water, vegetable life was turning
to ashes.
Without irrigation, long drought
may destroy any crop, and under
all circumstances, yet by a more
careful attention to The application
OF manure and improvement of
soil, a great deal Of The loss might
be avoided. 1t is a good plan not
TO manure all crops in the spring,
but to plow in or top dress the
gardens and fields in mid winter.
The temperature of stable ma
nure in summer at the depth of
one foot in an OK stall, is $40 Fab.
In this climate it is not the heat
ing quantity which the plant re.
qnires, but the strength impaired
to it by the richness it gives the
soil. Peruvian guano prodn-
ces stalk-a light dressing of it
broad cast OH good land is bene-
hcial. To spread gnano on q poor
field is like an application of raw
whisky on an empty stomach-it
burns in dry times.
The aboroglncs Of Peru, as we'll
as the Snariurds and more modern
mcstizoes or mixed races, use On,
ano in agriculture, even on soil in
that region near the Pacific shore
where it never where the
soil is dry, and of a high temper
ature where they apply the hot
guano. to the heated earth. They
open gates of aquelucts, leading
from the glaciers and snow capped
Andes, and flood the field with ice
wa e r-producing a luxnriant
growth of sugar cane, and fields
rich with luccrne grasses.
The difference of temperature
between the light and shade Of the
sun and moon on plants;sto a de.
gree regulates and modifics the
the heat and cold in the plant il.
self. How carefully this law has
been made to fulfill its mission.
In romance, poetry and art, as
we'll as in agriculture, the shade of
the moon must be illustrated as
warm. Red is introduced to show
the higher temperature of the at.
mosphere over the blue, which is
needed for a truthful representa-
ton of moon light. The shade of
The sun is cool, and the light hot.
The plant then enjoys two temper
atures alternately in the day and
i'll the night. Red and blue col
ors, mixed, make the purple,
which is ante Republican. Docs
the corn grow By moon-light?' l
asked a practical farmer. Yes,
sir" said he, / have stood by the
S"}4 Hp, in q calm night and heard it,
"A sort of cracking;..d it IHPss ImHaPse e. Z"
server was listening to the music
of the laughing corn. The noise
he heard was produced by
chanSe OF temperature from sun,
to moonlight, such as may be
heard by the explorer near the
poles of the earth, during change
OF temperature acting upon the
frozen barriers of those regions,
where ice cracks.
Practical experience teaches
that Red clover seed sown with
the wheat in October, will make
good root in the coolest winter
here, and that the clover stands
the heat in dry time under a hot
sun better than if planted in Feb
ruary or March. On good upland
two crops of clover hay may be
housed by the first week in July.
Tae young clover is ready for past.
ure by the middle of March, ordi
narily three weeks in advance of
the common pasture of the county.
A more extended culture of clover
shortens winter feeding, betters
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