Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-07-15
Thoughts fox the Month.

SASPo wv sSoi1J. SuiuUS WILLS ~
give them the least amount Of labor
possible, and Landlords are anxious to
curtailsexpen as much us they can.
Whatever the motive, the policy is a
bad one. Crops should have unt1is-
p"tcet possession of the land until
they are fully matwel, and whatever
work is necessary 10 secure this,
Should be given them. So far MS
plopghing goes, corn crop is all the
better sotf for an early "laying by" If,
clean and well worked up to time Of
"bunching" for little hoe work
will keep it clean after that, but cot
Lon should be worked just as long as
q plough can pass through it without
breaking off the limbs.
All upland crops should be '.laid
by" with The surface of the ground us
flat and free from, ridges as practic-
able. Now, that manuring and en-
riching our lands is the order Of the
day, it is worse than folly to let them
wash away. IF corn was planted in
water fnrrow, enough dirt will have
been thrown to it in previous work
ings, and no necessity for hilling will
exist. Cotton beds, if the crop has
been cultivated, after the first or
second ploughing, with sweep, vii
pretty well disappear by August, and,
thopgh the surface be clean and loose
Conditions favorable to washing
very little will take place. Moreover,
this clean, fiat surface will be admir-.
ably adapted to receive seeding
down Of oats liz September. To this
latter point we beg to call the readers
attention no'c, that he may think
about aud premrc for it. We have
just harvested as fine a crop of oats rs
|W ever grew, made by sowing the
sgSss ssas III! y cotton field iu September,
aid iHing one Fturrow OF IL three
foot harrow III each middle. Just
think of the small amount Of labor
such a crep involves hand can SOW
down and cover some five acres in a
day! We will rccur to this again,
however, next month.
Peas should always be sown broad
cast when laying by corn, if not pre-
viousIy planted in the corn. They
may take little food away from the
corn, but nothing like what grass
would, and for any loss thus produced
they return four-fold equivalent in
the food they yield and enrichment
Of the land. No opportunity should
ever be lost OH farm to get in one
of these nitrogen gatholilg crops, like
peas. Remember good suppy Of
available nitrogen is the foundation Of
ofe good gn,a crop.
Go carefully over the cotton fields
now and kill ell grass; tho bunchcs
are large enough now to be easily
seen, and later, when the cotton is
larger, it will be more difficult to hoe
among it. Every years experience
and observation confirms the opinion
heretofore expressed, that by proper
care crob-yrass can be banishcd from
fields where its presence is not dcsir-
ed. If q cotton field is laid by per.
fcctly clean and grass not allowed to
saci' III it, little or no grass will appear
in it the next year, and in n short
time any original stock of grass seed
Which mny have been in the soil will
become exhausted. Just think of the
diminished labor Of making cotton
crop, if crab-grass was out OF the
way! Is il not worth an effort to dc
this will not a lHhc additional hoe
ing no'o save manifold in the matter
of hoeing another year?
|. AS cotton has now commenced to
fruit freely, tho working given il
should be at longer intervals, rs it is
now desirable to check gently the
growth Of ,ceed and turn the forces of
the plant into fruit making. Rapid
growth and fruiting seldom go to
gether. Rapid growth from time Of
coming up to the time of blooming
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