The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-09-13
Thoughts for September.

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nation, but preparation for increased &C.
tivity-and now the 'latter rains" and
the autumnal dews and the sun with.
drawing his fiercest heat, all invite him
to clothe his fields anew with. the green
garb of oats, and barley, and rye, and
grass, and clover, and lucerne, and vetch-
es, and wheat. Continued, unceasing
growth upon soil is natures method Of
guarding against waste through teaching
and evaporation-the plant absorbing
and holding that which water would have
carried to the sea, or which vaporization
would have thrown into the general at
mosphere which envelopes the earth.
Leaching is greatly promoted by the CO.
pious and continued rains of winter and
spring, hence the greater necessity for
winter crops to counteract it. But this
is not all-if one crop year on piece
of land pays certain profit, why may
not two crops annually on the same land
pay twice that profit? But it may be
asked, does not the soil need rest? Yes,
where injudicious cropping without ro-
tation) or incessant drafts upon it, with
out restitution, have prevailed; but never,
when the reverse is true, and when judi
cious rotation and regular feeding has
been practiced. We may rest assured
that the earth will never fail under any
circumstances to respond to good, gener-
GUS treatment.
AUTUMN CROPS.
But to the autumn crops. Oats, clover,
rye and barley grazing lots, and the grass
es should be seeded down this month.
The early part of October would answer
in most parts of the South if there was
certainty of rain to bring up seed as soon
as sown. But there is the rub-the seed
may not come up for weeks after they
are put in the grounG, and the plants not
be able to establish themselves before
cold weather sets in. In the cooler por-
tions of the South, it is wise, therefore,
to begin seeding down the latter part Of
August if rsins occur, and to take every
chance through September. Thin lands
should be soWn first, as the growth upon
them is not apt to be too far advanced
before it is checked by cold. On very
rich land there is danger of sowing too
soon Especially oats) with the conse-
quent necessity of having to resort to
grazing, to counteract too advanced
growth.
Where oats were badly killed last win
ter and too thin to be harvested, another
crop may be advantageously grown on
the same land without reseeding. Begin
at once, by running brush so as to scat
ter the seed uniformly over the land
then run turn plows in same direction as
brush and bury weeds and oats together
followed with s'drag" or Smoother, "
and the task is done. If there are any
spots where the oats were entirely killed
out, SOW these before starting the plows.
Generally speaking they will be found to
be the poorer spots, and it would be. wise
to manure as well as seed them. If we
desire to make fine oat crops, we must
forever abandon the idea that oats'tan
take care of themselves-that they may
be sown on land that will make nothing
else, and that they DO not need manure.
On the contrary, no crop cultivated re.
spends more promptly to even modicum
of manure-none> more sure to get back
everything that is put in the soil.
TURNIPs.
Hoe and plough these as soon as they
will bear it and thin out severely. The
turnip completes its growth in a very
short time, and ought 70 be given every
advantage -early thinning and frequent
workings very important. At the LAST
ploughing, if the soil is very rich, drill
barley or oats or rye between the rows OF
turnips, and thus keep the land occupied
through the winter.
PICKING COTTON.
Begin early and keep right up with the
cotton. If less can be picked day, than
when gone over more leisurely, you will
get a cleaner and better article, as it is
less likely to have rain upon it. Every
one knows that when the price of cotton
is low, good handling pays well buyers
become more particular, and discount the
price for every little imperfection in the
article. Again, if you once get behind,
it is very hard to catch up, and it is use.
less to call to mind what an unpleasant
thing cotton picking is in the cold days
of December. Begin saving seed, fol
next years planting, from the second
picking, and guard against bulking it too
much, less in its green state it heats, and
loses its terminating power. Very care.
full planters sun their seed little before
storing it away.
SELECTING SEED.
Go over your crop in person and pick
from the stalks you like best, keeping an
eve to number and size of bolls, length
and fineness of staple and shortness Of
limbs. Gather enough in this way te
plant patch (larger or smaller accord.
ing to size of farm) from which seed may
be raised to plant the general crop the
ensuing year. IF this is done every year.
very excellent variety of cotton can
soon be established and perpetuated. II
some care is not taken the best varieties
will soon degenerate.
SEED CORN.
It would be we'll to select seed corn in
similar way-going over the field and
gathering the ears from the stalks, that
the latter may be taken into considera-
ton as we'll as the ear itself. We need
dwarf variety of Southern corn-a full
sized ear with small stalk. Too much
of the strength of the soil is expended in
making the large stalk which our corn
generally has-and by going over the
fields and selecting good ears from the
smallest stalks, dwarf variety could
doubtless in short time be established,
Southern CuAivator.
BY No MEANS A SMALL NATTER
There are many people, right here al
home, who seem to think that because
the figures thus far made public are small
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