The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1885-10-02

irom centre to centre. Smooth off these
until they present fiat surface of 3 or 20
inches in dlamete: aud pat Cor strike
gently with the flat side) in the centre with
> the hoe. Now they arc ready for setting
the plants when the proper season arrives.
The making of hills with the hoe is an
expensive aud tedious process, but is still
almost universally practiccd. Except in
very rough new land the following process
answers equally as well or better, and saves
great amount of tiuc aud labor.
Ike two boards one and a half inches
thick, SIX or eight inches wide, aud about
four feet long. Slope one end Of each to
polnt ami back some twenty inches. Set
these on the cd &c with Slopes up aud nail
on inch boards five feet long to cover from
end to end the two pieces. Turn this up
side down and you have an implement
shaped like the end of fiat boat, with
staples; attach Il chain To the front or
pointed corners, iastcn Il sing!c-trcc midway
the caain, and nail on some rough handles
a single horse is hitc ed and walks between
two rows, the Implement reaching over and
| smoothing two beds at once. 1t can be
sufficiently weighted with stones or log of
wood To press down the beds aS fiat as desired
After this take Il light shovel plough and
marx acrOs, three feet apart, and the hills
| arc made without a hoe at ouc-iourth or
nth the expense in the ordinary way.
HOW TO TRANSPLANT TIE PLANTS.
If the seed or plant beds have bccn well
to transplant by the first or second week in
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IA season. and the ground must be sutli-
cicrtly moist to secure a stand The
plant is set by means OF 4 peg about six or
seven inches long aud one inch in diameter.
The peg is inserted about two or three
inches deep in the hill and withdraw,
when the plant is placed in the opening
and the soil pressed to the roots. 1t is a
rule that when the soil falls in and fills
the opening made by the planting peg, the
season is too light and the plants will not
live. If the season is very wet, the soil
should only be closed TO the roots, as too
much pressure will cause it to bake and
injurc the plants.
TIE PROPER SIZE or PLANTS.
The proper size for planting is when the
plants have five ov SIX leaves, three to five
inches long. They IRE drawn with the
hand from the sccl bed cna by one and
carried, generally in baskets, t. the field.
from which they are dropped on the hills
ono to cach-by small boys and girls,
WhItilft WhtItilft Il ,t,fv h"'1, !S't'u rusnri
Of Il good many piaItcrs to wash the roots
before they are -" claiming chat they
live better, but the larger numbcr set them
tr IL.
At every succeeding season till the
first lay of July the field should b. gone
over and the missing hills rcplantcd. 1t
is generally considered satisfactory if a
good stand l. obtained by the 10Th Of
June. but the earlier the better.
THE PLAN OF CULTIVATION.
In eight or ten days after planting,
or AS soon as the plants begin to take root,
the hill should be Scrlpcd down with weed
iny hoes 1t is not usual to plough new
llnd at the first working, but the plough
is used first ON old land, by running close
alongside the plants and throwing off Il
furruw, while the hoes follow to weed down
ana d-aw little fresh soil to the plants.
The second ploughing follows in quick
succession and the whole row is broken up
by running three times with Il shovel
plough The hoes again follow to draw
more soil to the plants, giving them
broad, fiat hill Then aga,n, quickly fol-
lows the third and final ploughing, the
! hoes again following to finish with Il large
and elevated hill to the plants. The cuI-
tivaton should be quick and thorough,
and not continued beyond the middle Of
July The last ploughing may be done
with a cotton sweep, which is fast growing
in favor of that purpose.
.pRIMING' AND 'rorpING'
\. soon os tbc pI,n,s are L,rgc cuou,b