The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1871-02-02


for smaller, and also take off the
rear one and place onothcr one on
of the same size, or just reverse this
one back again, set it to order, aud
all is right. We send each Of our
! plows to the clay, twice in q row,
! leaving scarcely Il vcstigc of grass TO
be seen. Our hoe hands may be now
n week or moro behind, we prefer
that our lands be somewhat settled
down before the hoes enter them
we usually give three hoeings, ana
four plowingS to cotton. We are
very particular ar the second hocing
of cotton, aud see to it that the hands
do not cut out too much of the plant,
for good crop depends very mmch
upon good stand. If the work is
well done the second time with the
hoe, we consider our crop safe, and
there will be no further need Of push
ing. and we may now occasionally
take day for rest.
. FINISHING Ur PLowISE corn AND
COTTON.
Having now finished working our
corn and cotton the second time, we
lay aside onr double plows, and a gain
bring up our single ones On each
one OF thcs" We place about twcn-
~ inch Eaglc-plnw, and run three
times to the row in orr corn, Just
deep enough to sitt up the surface
well, the ri ght wing being little
raised that IT may lay up dirt enough
SO as To cover what grass may be
around the corn. We very frequent
ly SOW down about peck of peas to
the acre, at this third plowing.-
W hercvcr peas are sown, grass will
not grow TO any extent; they seem
to do very little injury if any to corn !;
and make a large amount of food for
stock if pulled, just before frost. We
have frequently had them to come
To maturity when thus sowcd but
t" get them t" do this they mus, be
sown early. Where we do not SOW
peas, our corn, especially that of our
l"wland, may have to be plowcd
again, if so, we usually run but twice
! in row-with broad eagles. With
this same twcntylnch eagle plow we
! finish up plowing our cotton. We
set them that they may run very
sloping, that the earth they siit up
may all fall back over the wings,
leaving the middlcs of tho rows al
most perfectly level. If there is not
n good season in the ground during
the last plowing, we plow every al
tcrnate row, leaving the others some
five days or. a week before we plow
them ont. We generally give our
cotton two plowings with the eagle,
running twice in each row. Our
crop being all laid by, VIC bring in,
and lay up in some place Of safety
all our rlows and hoes, that they may
he ready for seeding wheat when the
time arrives, or for any other pur,
pose.
TURNING UNDER sTUBBLE LANDS.
As there is much stubblc land To
bc found on almost every plantation
it is certainly important to know at
what time il would be most bcncfi.
cial to turn the surface Of these lands
under. We believe that a large ma
iority Of. farmers accccd 10 this fact
that lands which have been at res,
for some time should not bc upturn
cd until the heat Of summer has sub
sided. Considering this as an cstab
iished fact beyond doubt, and that
no one will venture to run his plows
in these lands when they might be
injured much by heat, We will pro
coed little further and give our
views and experience when is tho
proper time 10 turn them under.
When We first commenced farm
ing we were firmly impressed will
the idea that these lands, especially
those having q fine coat of gras,
upon them, should be turned under
just before frost. This being a very
busy time in crop gathering, W,
sometimes failed in getting it don,
until too late. One fall, one of oul
fields not being pastured, had fin,
crop of grass upon it, and we wer,
anxious TO turn il under before frost
bit succeeded in getting only half o
it donc-the balance remaining un
I'll near the next Spring. We erpec
ted to find a material difference il