Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-05-07
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Thoughts for the Month


inst as.seqn, as anything like stand
of fcotto@iS hls. Tie first first working shoald
begin. Some shallow-running imple
ment, sweep,oHarow, orscraper should
be sunras CLOSE as possible. on each. s1de,
of Mea6wl Ie isMcll toTunfs o III near as,
to throw q little dirt OH the cotton:
enough Nil aftHealIward come through. to
stand. aud the important point will
have been gained ofihaving smothered
the. first crop q. young grass that comes
up with athey cotton. The hoes should
not follow at once, lest this young grass
be uncovered before it is dead. -
Some shallow-running implimcnt that
would straddlc row and work both sides
oft at the sgme TING. is much to be -de-.
sired. We have seen double Scrapcrs,
but fRey We're heavy and ran SO deep
that it was difficult to prevent their COW
ering the tptton too much! One arran-
gcd with wheels likcthe Diamond CottonI
Chopper, might be regulated to run at
depth desired and probably do good
work. Possibly a triangular harrow
with front tooth taken out, and tie side
35tsetkwith ifaereasingo length from the
front towardssq,esrear, SO that they would
hugaa bed, ,5might answer the purpose.
TAvfAt ,tsol iiiisbe, say g. inches
\ long. and, the rear oee 10 or 12 inches.
Alllshould be bent slightly backwards so
) as TO clear themselves of trash. What
1 ever implimcnt iasased, the most careful
\ and skilful haid shoild have charge of
it, and the steadicst and most tractable
! mule attached to it. Perhaps it would
lsbe best toEattach two mules to it; each
walking then in n @ater-furrow, could be
kept moreeasily in position. Tie two
The two mules andsenc hand would go
over as much ground in one day, as two
mules and two hands do. under the usual
plan of running first on one and then on
the other sidc Of a row.
Aweek or SO after the siding, the hoes
should follow and chop out. Our own
observation and the facts that have
reached us from every source the past
year, incline us tolgive good distapce to
cotton in the drill. On good land, two
feet between hills is not too great. Sup
posing this distance fixed upon narrow
hoe should be used in chopping and the
hills at first left II inches apart-every
other one, aolbc cut out at second work
ing. if the stand proves good. .If.itSas
preferred to leave the hills nearerSfhan
two feet, we suggest that u slSsaasr hoe
than that uscd'in subscdasS workings,
belemployed for chopin s|6ut, or else the
"chop'' be made diag1a)'y, in stead of
square across therow in order that tbs,
distance betYscn tic hills may be. .asasS1
er than the Mid,h of hoeused in sulSe@
quenteultivadon. When two hills Of
cotton sIaqad. just the width Of hoe apart
hand is delayed by the greater care
asdpfecission requisite to pass the hoe
bettwesh them, and.danger of bbruisipg
thestaksSig Imminera. q The fewer The
huls oiathe greater .tlie distance gbetween
them, the moro rapidly can the hocing
done. One long sweep Of tho hoe can
clear the space between hills when far
apart-it is the grass near to each stalk
that gives trouble. Decrease the num-
bef> of hills and you decrease the labor of
ioeing. oRYefg pooGrSlapd We know
that'maximum yields are obtained from
marrow rows and crowding in the drill;
but sucltlandsipay 50 little profit at best,
they oushtpcyer to be ptsItsd in cotton.
In farming we donot believe in anything
that will not pay. Beaatify;sEeur, home
plant trees and howerszmaKex.G hand
some lawns, do everything you can to
please p1IerI the eye Of your wife, to refine your
children, and attach them to the paternal
estate, but in making crops avoid every
thing that does not pay. Poor land
poor teams, poor implements, poor seed,
poor management, shun these at all ha,3z.
ards-even if to do it, requires the COM
ing'dewn from twenty to a onc-horsc
ttarm.wa,Southern Cullivator. for Nav.