Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-09-18
Give fools their gold ~ E<,iaves their power
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fail;
Who sows field or trains flower.
Or plants tree. Is more than all.
Farm Work for September.

corn to be cut and secured in shocks:
tobacco to be housed and kept clean
of worms, and other small Jobs neces
sary to be done on the farm. We ash
attention to the few suggestions fol
lowing:
Wheat.-The seed should be select
ed Or procured at once it should be
of the best, parest, cleanest, plampest,
most prolific and heaviest that is to be
had, and sown at the rate Of five pecks
per acre, if drilled, and six peckS if by
hand. A good timothy or other grass
turf or clover hay is best for this crop
if the land be in good condition, and
the ground plowed in time for the
turf to be rotted, or nearly SO, wheD
the wheat is sown. Plow or s inch
es with rathsr fat burrows and follow
ed by the drag and Smoothing Harrow.
Never cross plow if possible, or dis
turb the turned under turf, but keep
the ground clean and pulverized by
the frequent use Of the drag or cult
vator until the wheat is sown. At
the last dragging SOW 200 to 300 lbs.
of some good fertilizer, then drill the
wheat aud roll. Wheat wants a fine
tilth, firm soil and clean land.
Tobacco is good preparatory crop
for wheat if it is we'll rlowed before
being drilled, then also highly fertillz-
ed and heavily rolled 1t is folly to
sow wheat on poor land-on badly
prepared land of any kind. 1t doesn't t
pay and the improbable system or
rather, bad habit, should be abandon
ed.
The seed should be soaked a few
hours in brine, with copperas or sui
phur and we'll stirred IN the steep,
and the scum or defective seeds that
rise to the surface carefully skinned
off. Then drain it, spread on the
barn floor aud dry with Stacked lime
or plaster t should be sown soon
or Immediately after being rolled in
the plaster Or other mat rial, while
the same sticks to the grains. The
soak or steep can be made of salt or
ashes or both-lime water, four ounces
Of sulphate Of copper, (blue vitriol,
MT green vitriol,) 10 each gallon of
water. The sleeps of either sort should
be strong enough to bear an egg.
They are all excellent to hasten the
vegetation of the plant and stimulate
growth, and the vitriol preparation is
considered a sovereign preventive Of
smut and the 1y. Where the 2v has
VET been trou 0lesome for son rs,
would r-eommend early se~s
Est for insuring a good crop. 1t is
thought that late sowing will prevent
fly, or avoid its ravages but you are
likely to encounter thereby rust, and
b sides We have seen late sown wheat
entirely destroyed in April and May.
The fly is most destructive when the
wheat stem is making its second and
third joint.
Be sure to have a sufficient number
of water furrors TO carry off surface
water, that is in excess at any time,
and see that the hole field is proper
ly drained, by open or blind ditches,
or both, where required.
Root Cr0ps.-lt is presumed the
beet, mangold and carrot crops have
been laid by, but they should occa-
sonally be hand weeded, and the ruta
baga and turnips ought to have the
ground kept porous, and free from
weeds and grasses. Sprinkle all the
plants often with ashes or plaster, or
the two mixed.
Potatoes should get their last work
ing, and kept free IRON bugs. The
early planted if not dag before, may
now be dug, and sent to market, after
culling them carefully SO as to present
in each lot, uniformity in size and if
possible in form. 1t is surprising
what difference there is in looks and
in price between badly assorted and
skillfully culled lots of potatoes. Lit
tie potatoes uniform in size and form,
and clean, will often bring higher
price than much larger ones badly
fixed up here and there a small halt
ripe one. The buyer seems only to
see these exceptions, overlooking the
many superior bulbs. 1t pays we'll to
cnll judiciously all vegetables and
fruits, especially potatoes and toma,
toes, making two or three different as
sortments. When sold the average
price will be much greater than if all
were indiscriminately mixed and sold.
We know this, and think it proper to
call attention to it. 1t is neglected
too often, and some say it does not
pay, but it does.
Corn.--Cut off the corn close to the
ground, as soon as the grain is well
glazed and the milk is out of it, before
the fodder dries and blows off. Care
fully put it up in shocks of good size,
say about 100 stalks in shock, we'll
secured at the top by straw rope or
withe of corn tops, and splayed at the
bottom to be self supporting and not
easily blown down. Let the shock.
be in straight rows, the rows about 4C
to 80 feet apart.
I0bacc0.-Let the tobacco have e.
nough room in the house to keep il
from sweating. After it has partly
cured it can be rehung closer to make
room, and also to keep out damp air
Too much care cannot be taken in
handling this crop at this stage to
prevent bruising, tearing, heating,
keeping clear of worms and suckers,
&c. After cutting let it wilt well be-
fore handling, but in hot sun it will
soon burn, SO that it ought to be pick
ed up and laid in small heaps of from
s or 10 plants, enough for a stick be-
fore it burns; lay the heaps with butts
of plants to the sun.-Mary7anA Fur
naer.
Try Ayers Pills and be cured. Mis-.
cry is mild word to describe the mis-
chief to body and mind caused by ha
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