The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-30

will have been taken toward the solution
of the problem. Our own observation
and experience lead us to think that the
question is really one of preparation and
| fertility, rather than Of locality. climate
or general character of soil, though the
latter is not without its Influence. Clio
yer and the grasses do well in the south
OH good, strong claycy soils, well manurcd
and thoroughly prepared. This is no
longer an open question Are there not
loamy and sandy soils on which, if made
equally rich and. equally well prepared,
they "ill do we'll also? On this point
we need further. experiments.
LIME FOR GRASS AND TIE SMALL. GRAINS
\ dressing Of lime on land to be sowll
with wheat. oats orclovcrand the grasses,
is, in majority of cases, one of the most
rcmuncrativc applications that can Ii,
made, provided lime can he procured at
reasonably low rates. 1t is not merely as
plant-t food that lime is useful. Iti: still
more important rs prcparcr OF plant
food. Its reaction with the acids Of the
soil, its strong action upon dccaying veg
ctablc matter, and its faculty Of convert :
ing clay into mud, and rendering ii me-
chanically fit for culture, are some of its
more Obvious uses, and, a: Il general rule,
1t may be assumed that the land which is
the richest in vegetable substances will
benefit most by the free use of lime. and
gravclly sand the least. 1t is an open
question how much, or rather how little
lime may be pro!itably applied per acre
The English farmers use lime heavily
putting on their ticldsat the rate Of from
scvcnty-iivc to one hundred bushels pei
l1ri ANIL ,1-,,.
number of years. Lighter dressings mad,
yearly do better hcrc-sav from. five t,
twenty bushels, depending upon tn,
amount of vegetable matter i'm the soil
and its acidity. Our Charleston mari
lime, or calcincd mari, is better than the
ordinary stone lime.
WHAT EVERYBODY KNowS-or COURSE.
If it is worth while to make cotton ut
ali, as we all Notwithstanding our faith
by our works-it is surely worth while to
save it al in the best possible condition.
when made; yet there is always culpa-
bic neglect among planters in this partic-
ular- neglect to pick at the proper time
slovcnly work i'll picking, which allows
mach OF the lint to go to waste; Il lack
of care i'll asserting the different quail
ties, 50 that much lint Of the highest
grade must be sold ut the price OF the
lowest, simply because some portion of
the latter has been mixed with ii; bad
ginning, reducing gCol cotton to the
market value Of an inferior quality, and
so on. This should not he tolerated
Does not every intelligent planter know
that-thc original quality being the same
clean, well ginncd, cotton commands
i'll market from one and half To two
cents more per pound than trashy cot
ton ~ OF course, everybody knows
nevertheless, immense quantities o
trashy cotton find their way to market
| and these words of caution are not re-
| pcatcd without reason.
| SOWING GRASS AND CLOVER WITiIGHAIN
One great cause Of failure with grass in
the south has been the seeding OF tn,
crop with the small grains. This is 4
common practice ut the north, and We
were formerly inclined to favor ii, but
later experiments force us to the conclu
sion that in our climate nj least, tn,
practice is Il bad one, and that i, is l:,,
more profitable to SOW each by itself.
sown immediately, (whcl. not already in
grass and clover will, on suitable soil
attain such Il growth before the ho
weather of next season sets in, as will in
| Hnic tiic'ii against INJURY, without tho
shade Of the grain, which will be injured
| by the clover and grass, while injurine
thcm III return. In any case, the lant
for clover and the grasses should he ric!
and thoroughly prepared by deep. clo>t
ploughing, iollnwcd by narrowing. pre-
vious to which Il good dressing of super
phosphate may he applied with advan
tagr. Brush lightly to cover and. cx,
ccpt on heavy soils, by all means roll tn,
fields with Il tolcrably heavy roller. Thi.
last Is an important and TOO generally
neglected process. II YOU are to SOW botl
clover and the grasses on the same field
1t Is bcS: to SOW the clover bv itself as
the seed does not mix we'll with the grass
seed. The various kinds of grass seed
may be mixed before sowing. Rwal
C0,Oliniun.
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