The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-03-23

Planting ani eultivatinr SORGHUM.

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Coz CoLNAN: The time fol
planting cane is again drawing
near, and inquiIies IS TO the best
methods OF planting and cultivate
are made through the Rural World.
/ am not sure that the best way has
0een found out yet, bat feel pref
" confident that the worst hiss
been. that is to lay OF the ground in
deep burrows, IS for corn, and plant
the seed in them. In this way,
when the seed comes up, If IL ever
does, there IL no end of work to
keep il clssE, As close cultivation Ii
impossible without covering it up
and il will require constant work
with the hoe, especially if the sea
son should be wet Strange As II
may seem, more than half the plant
e.s are still follorIng this plan
have myself tried so many methods
with the object OF fading some
way u save labor in cultIvating, es
pecIzlIy, that tedious and expensive
way OF hoeIRg, which comes st :
zine when hands are scarce. Oh
course the hoe cannot entirely be
dispensed with, but it can be re
duced tS s. minimum. ss in thin
ming ont, where the cane stands toe
thick when lay oy.
think il stands to reason that &
seeed as SUI all IS wheat should be
planted like wheat. put nv
ground ie order just IS Il l intend
ed to SOW wheat, by plo"iug, har-
rowing and dragging Then. If The
piece has sJImps. l use = one horse
planter, zrrAnged 50 it drills the
seed evenly about tour 10 five
pounds per sore. With genLIe
horse sDyone can plant eight acres
day this way, IN rough ground,
without laying OF or marking
Where the ground is clear OF
stumps, use wheat drill. / take
sill the hose but two The second
from zach side, which brings the
rows about forty inches spart, and
covering all the feed holes but the
two, wish sacks, and reducing The
feed 10 about four 10 five pounds
per sore. l sllou enc hose on each
side OF Ihe Que planting. 10 cuIii-
vate. This makes sligh: ridges.
which sssist II breaking the cr1 I
WHEN dragging or leVslirg the
grOuad erUssUise, afterwards, which
aust be done before the seed comes
up) by Isekiag rails loosely to-
getner, aud going across the plaUt-
ing. This will leave the ground in
foe condition, and brihg the cane
up more evenly snd vigorously, and
save much labor in hoeiBg.
If the cane stands too thick after
It get. several inches high, take
the same drill, snd With all the
hoes down, cultivate cross~ise,
which will thin it about right or
course this must alWays be done
Hhen the ground lie dry. Next to
this, and the Thomas smoothing
harrow exesllent until the cane gets
big enough to stand the plow or
A common V harrow
with the froot tooth taken out, and
handles or q rope tied on be
hind TO regulate IL by. and strsd
ding the row with this does good
work. Many other Ways Of cuiti
suitable TO the soil o. The
locality. will sugges. themselves
Cane does not require deep cuItiVa-
ton. but frequent working until it
gets about three or four feet hi b,
when it should be let alone As for
suckers, l let them alone, snd as
for soil, il / have any sandy boz
tom, such a. creek and river bot
tom, there 10 where want the Early
Amber. The Orange and other late
varieties do best on upland Seed
IS very scarce now; l tried hard TO
save all of mine. but lost about four
hundred bushels during the vet
spell last fall G. II. SCHWARz-
EduardsuiiIe, IL.