The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-10-19
FALL PLANTING OF GRAIN.


farmers should be giving their attention to
the fall planting of grasses and grain
Grass should be sowcd as early as possible.
The sooner the better. Oats, barley and
rye should all be sowed during September,
if possible, though October and November
sowings will do. Wheat should be sowed
in October or November and the ground
should be prepared as soon as possible so
as to allow time for it to settle. Wheat
requires a compact soil.
The richer the ground can be made for
all of these grains the better. None of
them do well on poor ground. The more
manure the farmer can give them the bet
ter results will follow. a good plan is to
divide the manure, using part at planting
to give the grain vigorous start, and in
the spring finish the manuring. Ammoni>
atcd mauurcs arc best for grain. Cotton
seed is one of the best fertilizers
The writer last year planted wheat Oc-
tober 9th, and November 7th. The first
wheat did best. An expeditions way Of
drilling wheat is to open twcvo-inch fur
rows, with shovel, and broadcast the fer
tlizer and wheat over it, and then break
the middle with the same shovel, which
throws the manure and grain into the fur.
rows pretty evenly. The Western farmers
very generally adopt this plan, when they
do not use the grain drill. In the spring,
the use of the harrow over the young wheat,
and the broadcasting Of one hundred pounds
70 the acre of nitrate Of soda, will have a
magical effect on the wheat, giving Won
derlul growth, and rich green color.
Last year the oats sowed in the fall were
very much thnncd out by the freezes. The
writer sowcd oats three times. On the 18th
of September the rust proof oat was sowed
in the cotton, plowing in with sweep
The cotton was planted il a young orchard,
the tree rows growing thick ir the grass
These oats were all killed, except in the
tree rows where th " grew finely. The
next planting was on the 2Gth of October,
of winter grazing oats, in piece of ground
that had laid idle all the year and was covered
heavily with sEas$s Sc. and weeds IAs around I'd
was broken with turn plow, ana the oats
sowcd on the rough, cloddy ground, and
plowcd in with the same turn plow. These
oats all lived aud turned out finely The
third sowing was on the 18th of November,
in ground hat had been planted in ground
P"''S: "''' ""'Sh va" pSiicCtly ClcdH anu
thoroughly pulverized from culture ard
digging. These oats were planted in this
way First. a bushol Of oats to the acre was
plowcd in With scooter, and then another
bushcl Of oats sowcd over the same acre
and narrowed in. These oats came up fine.
ly, but were cntiarly winter killed.
The most successful oat raiser in the State
is a Mr.. Rose, of Upson county, who got
about 125 bushels from an acre. He
.plowcd deep and close, made his ground
very rich, and sowcd four bushels of s,cd
TO the acre. He grazcd half dozen head
OF cattle on it from November to March.
This will show what can be done.
BY all means let the farmers hurry up
the oat planting as fast as possible One
of the very best fertilizers for oats is, one
hundred pounds of nitrate of soda, broad.
castcd in the spring, when the oats are
about twelve inches high. We have dou.
bled our crop by this appIication.--G Goo,yio
Gruhyc.