The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-09
WORK IN JULY,

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WORK IN JULY, f'a 2
Southern Catttuator: Julyi often
50 dry and hot that the new CROPS
are started with difficulty; and yet
there are some which it is desirable
should be planted. Those who
practice soiing, need a. constant sue
cession of green forage; and those
who want well filled barns through
the winter, find it most easily secured
by succession of sowing from early
spring, through the summer, and
until the lateness of the season rend-
ers them useless. -Ifland has been
broken since tho heavy rains of
sprIug-say in April or early in
May-and not disturbed afterwards,
twill ordinarily be moists enough,
to bring up seeds properly put in,
Hone is in doubt about it, sow on, q,
cloudy, still day, if there is no rain;
or Immediately after a shower, if
one occurs. Open ,driHe sow seed
and cover at once, exposing the soil
to the air as little as possible 1t.
very dry cover with a good; broad,
high list, and subsequently knock
off with a board. Sow only late in.
the afternoons and early in the,
mornings-suspend such work DUR.
ing the heatof the day. There is
also another point of greatlimport-
ancc in such operations4-it is what
gardners termF'frming." This con-
sists in pressing the seeds into tho
soil, so that they may be in close
contract with it. 1t may be done
byrunning a wheel in the drill after
the seeds are sown and before they
are covered. Where seodsare drop4
ped in hills, we sometimes haveithe
hand step on each hill as propped,
and thus press the seedssin the
ground; but a wheel is best foremost
icases, and the time and labor spent
in running it, will be well paid for
in the increased promptncss with
which a crop will come up in dry
weather, and the better stand which
will be secured. A simple wheel
may be made of broad plank-like
a boys homemade wagon Wheel
and chap can run it in the drill
as we'll as anybody. ac7 81 auitsal
tt'Ofseeds which may be sOwn as
above in drills, are German millet--
drills a foot apart--and forage cora;
it is getting almost too late to SOW
the taller millets, as ivory wheat,
Milo maize, etc. Amber cane might
do, but we cannot speak advisedld,
never having tried il. All things
considered, forage corn is the most
reliable for July sowin gst and lcow
peas for these still latter.nnh vsdT
uFOfroot crops, We esteem sweet po-
itatoes and articholzes as .deeidodly
the best for Southern climate. ,but
few turnips, at least, ought to be
raised on the score Of varietyi,if no
other. The rutabaga stands at the
head of the list, and preparation for
it should begin this month"; The
ground for turnips requires to be
plowed and narrowed at intervals
of a few weeks, three or four times,
before the 1seediisi sown. "a very
fine tilth'fisi essential TO raise d good
crop of trnips. Manure shouldibe
thoroughly mixed with the sOil--in
other wordsyit ought to be applied
previous to the last two plowings,
to give it 'an'opportuuity to get we'll
mixed with the soil! baThe turnip is
an emniverons9 FEEDER fandoineeds a
good supply ofmtrogen, phosphoric
acid and potashs Z A combination of
cotton seed meal, acid phosphate
and akainit meets the requirements
of the lcase--5C0 pounds Ofmealand
200 pounds of Zach other per acre.
Apply thesobroadoast, and then put
so pounds additional of lphosphite in
the drill with ethoseed.i Rutabagas
may be sown whenever the ground
is damp enough from tho goth of
Julyito the goth Of August Ifone
esuld be sure,of rain, the latter are
preferable, 10 theIearlier sowipgs, as
the, turnip is essentially a plaAt of
cool, damp climates iadi aoiiaa;
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