Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-05-13

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y,,iun easy ar t,igiiralr. Ifihr GROUND
j. M, in good ,il,h, and the graS,
Killed in MAY. subsequent wen kings
,yiIl Inc easy and liri,t-WiGc cutting.
u,uurLs can thea lac
r..I and much grcu,.d raised over
!, , Loy
CORN.
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set 20 throw very li,Ilr dirt So the
co.a-in~, enough I" cover up young
crass. It j. Injurious to corn to bill
i; up much when r,Iy Young. But
if lie lard is stiff, il i, bc-l 90 run
.rar rhc corn with u coui'rr. sl.h>"ii'r,
harrow lm.,-'uuguc ar c,ncr Grr;'-
running rluugh that throws little dirt,
aud break cut u i,3.iI,- VIII sc"n'crS
or LONG narrow shCvcls. Let the
hrcakinr Of tie land and destruction
of grass and weeds lie Noro"Gt--'lc
time and labor spent will be saved in
the end. just as soon as the danger
from birds aud Cut wcru:a is over lhc
cora should he thin"cd Ia = stand
This is best done with q palGlc-hur
or hand very apt to leave root in she
ground, which will shoot ~ again.
Hoe hands should now 90 OVER rap
idly, uncovrring any corn rnvgrc! hy
plougls and cutting any grass ct
weeds left By the tine this i. doGc,
CoTr.y
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hand is Obliged to hoe slowly, ,c
avoid bruising ur cutting the plants
As little dirt as possible should 10
taken of with the hoc-the strok,
should be scroping rather tnan ;
eating onc--just enough to cut Of
the surplus cct;ca and tie y0un;
grass. In otIer words The plants lci
should be disturbed just as little a
possible. As soon as this workin!
of cotton is finished, corn should
receive its second working promptly
and the hands brought lack to tn
cc'ton, TO bring it linaIiy to stand
When the plant sr.s Old enough {;
bear it, the sooner ii is done The bette
delay ln'his matter VIII certainly en-
short the crop. Another rcry imporlan
consideration Is to get these hoe
crops clean and welI-worked befor
the small grain harvcsiS, which WI
necessarily subject them 10 SON
neglect.
SWEET POTATOES.
It is very desirable that this GRO
should be largely increased npon on
Southern farms. Especially does
commend itself to all advocates ,
stock raising. Every one knows i,
great value as hog food, and som
nerh,ns as COW food. II is ofte