The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-23

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the snriacc being slightly sc,ap;.1
The plants make Il very slow yro%,|,
at first, but whrn t!:cy become ~
tab|iShca and the tcmpc:a!,r" IL
rrrascs they grow very rap;.llv,
When the vines begin to run lh,,
should be raised a little and fine dNl:
thrown round them. They win scent
grow so as to cover the cntilc ap;l;,
b"t"rci'thc ridges, rendering fu,lhw
cultivation unnecessary. It il gene:
rally better to prevent their taking
loot by lifting tlr4A from the ground
with a hoe or lake. If they make .
very rank growth they may bc cut Dt'
"iA",: hot~c,n The ridge, win a
sharp spade or shoyrl
If the season is uncommrniy ,lrv.
and the vines make only u smaiI
growth, there is an advat:tuyc In al
lowing them tn take root rs The,
draw support for the tuhrrs. TIE:
ar" not generally mucl. affected hs
d:uuth, as they delight in heat and
sunshine, and the vines, for,, y nut,l.,
raj and living MnItrh. Sweet Iutt~
t"r' lately mature in TINS latitude,
which arc"atS for their having u cont
pa'a1Ivcly small amonut Of sn.at
and for their skin being thick. They
should accordingly be allowed to r.
main in the ground rs long az posi-
bic. 1t J., SAT" to leave them in tho
ridges till after the first hard frcst,
Tho vines should then be cut, tl.U
earth loosrucd with fork, and TIC
t'ibrrs lifted out, care being tal;cu
that they are not bruised. They
should be stored in y cooI and dry
place. Rats as we'll as children have
IA sweet tooth, ard will find their way
t" pile of sweet potatoes without
lhc aid Of a candle.
Early Culture Of Corn.
TO obtain good crop, says The
Western Rural, corn must have Il
good start. "a orr farms set elder
and the soil loses its liability by pro-
1uciny a succession of cereal cyot,st
Vt becomes the more necessary that
corn, especially, should have early
aud constant cultivation INIT! it sr~
rvcs ut such maturity us to secure
its own protection from weeds Ivy
shading the ground. Land not con-
tinua'ly renewed ry the production
Of the grasses OF by the application
of an abundance Of manure,
leaves the crop an easy prey
to insects and to all the adverse cir
cum>tanccS Of too much rain to drown
it, or long continued seasons OF drouth
to parch the ground and cut short tho
yield of corll.
lInlcrdrainagc seems TO be Que Of
tile great needs of the country, as it
demonstrated at some portion of al.
most every year, but as this cannot
be done in u day the farmer must
leave it for some future convenience,
aud must bcstow more labor in the
cultivation of his crops to secure the
best results than would Ge required
to place the "water level at the dc.
sired distance beneath the surface of
every acre Of his farm, in the proper
use of tile. Much rain has fallen III
many sections of the corn latitude,
which will leave the ground in vali-
lous degrees Of Compactncss, and un'
less farmers use considerable judg-
mcnt and perseverance in the man.
agemcnt Of the soil, it will, before
they are aware of it, obtain TINT
"bakcd' condition, from which it is
no easy matter to reduce it to that
condition which shall promote thv
best growth Of the crop.
1t does not pay to wait until tho
corn is large enough to plow, but by
the time it reaches that size at which
our ''fAthcls' began the process Of
cultivation, the soil should be 81
clean, pulvcrzcd, and packed, that
the process of securing the best pos
sible yield will be more than half
performed. The rndest and most
simply constructed implements, inn
proviscd by skillful farmer, will do
more rapid and ctirctua| work than
tho best finished and most expensive
machinery very many times, and 1t
stands the farmer in hard, when the
work has been delayed for any reason,
to use little Judgment in the con-
struction OF such implements. II q
roller is not at baud, some other
kind of u "clo'l~crrSher' may he ca
silly constructed, for clols are great
bjntllancc, and should not he toIcrnt
ed ON ANY farm. Where the ground
gets so firm as not to be sufficiently
diS,ulbc by the use of Il harrow or
properly constructed brush. it is i'm
portant that tive cu|tisator 10 run
astrdc the rows, before the corn
comes up, which leaves the land in q
ridgru state. 1t should be left III
this condition until the corn is ab"nt
, to make its appearance, when, if the
. soil is sufficiently mellow, u brush
, may be used across the rid es. II
+ cloddy, heavy slaL or flat log drawn
+ in line with the rows will perhaps 1T
, better execution. Hitch underneath
the iron edge of the "c,ushcr," tia
o. it may override the clods.
1t Il brush is used, construct it b..
using pole Of proper thickness
. about twelve feet III length. Dor
n inch and onc.half holes, sixteen IN
q clIeS apart, and enSert crab-app|
q bushes large enough 80 that when tn
if tops alc crowded together they vi
\ form q compact mass. With il sti