The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-08-14
FARM AND HOME.
Thoughts for the Month.

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The turn of the year" has
now been passed both as regards
seasons and crops. The sun has
commenced his journey souih.
ward, and the conditions of vege.
table growth dependent on him,
are changing. The main crops Of
spring and summer have complet.
ed or are completing their growth
their cultivation is about over
their harvesting alone remains to
be done. A little respite is now
furnished for thinking and PLAN
ting. The vacation is however
very short-a new set OF opera.
tions must soon begin. involving
perhaps even more skill and judg
ment than the work of tile first
half of the year. A different set
of crops must be prepared for and
planted crops which though here.
tofore largely ignored at the
South, are looming up in large
proportions. We allude of course
to small grain, grass and clover.
e.g gsf AUTUMN HARvEsTs. ....,
Everything that can facilitate
the gathering of the cotton crop
and lis preparation for market,
should be looked after now. A
set of good baskets provided,
good bags or pockets for the pick
ers, strong and conveniently ars
ranged slight hindrances, in get
ting each handful picked into a
bag, will count mp largely in
days operations, where SO many
hand.fnlls have to be emptied.-
The gin and ginhouse running
gear and screw will all properly
need some attention. The gin
may have been moved to make
way for tbresh. Sec that it is
put back true" so that the
bands will work property and Sc.
cure it firmly. Sc that it's boxes
and journals are in good condition
and properly adjusted. The saws
may have rnsted, some OF the
teeth been bent, or the latter NAV
need a little sharpening. The
lint room may need fixing up
The running gear will almost cer-
tainly need over hauling. BY all
means see that the band.wheel
runs q" true that its cogs and
those of the horizontal wheel play
properly into each other. There
is time to attend to these matters
nowhere will not be when cot.
ton picking presses. ~
In preparing a cotton crop for
market, nothing pays better for
the outlay, than convenient ar.
rangement for summing the cotton
as it is picked. Let the scaffold
be large, so tha: all may be sun.
ned as fast as picked, and nothing
get behind hand. 1t is rarely the
case that tagging at one point,
fails to cause tagging at MANY
other points. Exar:ine the press
If it is not in the best condition,
don't say "I'll make that do."-
I'll make that do" has been and
still is q great curse TO- Southern
farming. In the great majority
of cases, labor is much dearer
than tools or implements or ma.
chinery, and in The great majori..
ty OF cases, it is cheaper to buy
the best of6implenents than to
work with poor ones. If your
press 10 ont of order, fix it or get
a new one. You cannot afford
to loose time with a poor one,
when your cotton field is white,
and every hand should be in it to
pick it over before rain comes -
The loss arising from beating rains
npon white cotton felds, is often
sufticient TO buy new press.
'''."' - sa'a'' OATS. ss 1ea i
Procnre the brown rnst proof
variety, 1t passes under yarions
names in different localities: in
this part of Georgia, it is called
the Florida Camp Oat--in other
localities 1t receives the arpella.
ton of Mexican oat, &C., &c
The seed is large, with stout,
stiff bristle arising from the mid
die of the back of the grain--the
color of grain varies with ex.