The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-10-14
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produce laagc El0lQS. but the TWO
articles mentioned contain in addition
to nitrogen fair supply Of phosphatcs
and test experiments have given addi-
tional proof of the value Of phosphoric
acid to wheat. Five hundred pounds
of acid phosphate to an acre would
supply liberal quantities Of the SUBJ
stance most needed by wheat crop,
and ought, under favorable conditions,
to produce large Yields. Both of these
fertilizers may be plowcd or narrowed
in with the seed. In high culture the
surface soil should be brought into the
| finest tilth before the seed is soWn, by
| repeated plowings, roilings and har-
| rowings, and especially if the seed arc
narrowed or brushed in, e good roll
ING should follow and complete the
work. The "tirming' of the surface
soil is done by the roller makes the
seed come up more uniformly and
gives vigor to the young plants by pre-
to air and dampness.
! Whether land for wheat should be
very deeply broken in our climate
admits of doubt. AS we all know, the
worst enemy of wheat is the red rust,
| and this is more apt to attack crop
on damp than on dry land. Hence q
drv May is so favorable to wheat.
But deeply broken soil, and especial
" one filled with humus, dries off
| much more slowly in the spring than
a shallow, broken one; there comes
the danger from deep breaking
| Moreover, as the soil and subsoil are
| usually wet in winter and therefore
soft and penetrable by roots, there is
! the same necessity Of deep breaking
for winter crops that there. is for those
of summer. Roots can work their way
quito readily through "nbroken soil in
the early spring while it is wet and
soft, and wheat crop is general ma
tured before the ground gets so dry as
to be very hard.
Perhaps the best time to SOW wheat
is a week or so before the average date
of killing frost; this, of course,
varies with different localities. In the
northern portions of the cotton belt, it
is not far from the 25th Of October:
towards the Gulf it approXimates the
middle of November. From the mid
die of October to the middle of Novem-
Der, or even the first December covers
the period Of wheat sowing. The
Hessian fly and other insects are not
likely to iujure crop which comes up
after killing frost. But for these
insect enemies, wheat might be sown
earlier with corresponding Fastening
in the spring, with more likelihood OF
escaping rust. The early settlers Of
Middle Georgia, we are told, some
lines sowed wheat in August and
made fine crops, and it would be well
to try on small scale early sowing
again. On rich land such sowings
might come forward too rapidly and
shooting up, before hard freezes, might
get killed. This might be obviatcd by
light grazing. On poor land there is
little danger in this direction; hence
one should make the earliest sowings
ofall kinds of al! kinds of grains on
the poorest lands and finish up with
the richest. Oats, sown on poor land
as early as the last of August, are not
likely to head out before frost; but If
in any kind of grain jointing threatens
to begin by the 1st of November or
before, little judicious grazing with
calves or sheep in dry weather will
remedy the trouble.
October is usually dry month and
very favorable to the housing Of crops.
This work should now be pushed for
ward with energy: everything Keeps
better when put away in bulk, if the
air is dry at the time it is bulked.
Corn is now fully dry and ready for
the crib; trueit may remain longer i'll
the field, bat the longer it is left, the
greater<will be the waste. Overhaul
the crib before putting i'll the new
crop; make it rat-proof by setting on
pillars capped with sheets of tin or
sheet-iron. Sweep ont all rubbish,
brush down The walls, and paint the
inside top, bottom and sides with
coal tar or crude carbolic acid; this
will kill insects and keep them out.
In localities where the weevilis- very
bad, tnis painting may be removed at
intervals on all uncovered portions of
the interior walls. Where there is
hcuse-room it is better to put corn
away in the shuck; it will keep better
and the shucking will afford employ
ndent for rainy days during winter.
Forage of any kind cut carly in the
months will be apt TO cure well.
Forage corn, cut and put up at once
in shocks, three to four feet across at
base, will cure we'll without additional
handling. 1t soon shrinks enough to
allow good ventilation throughout the
shock. The important point is to
build up the shock right; see that each
armful of stalks as they are added to
it are well settled on the ground.
With a rope with loop at one end,
draw the shock up as tightly as posi-
bic in the middle and tie securely with
rope of grass or stalks; put another
around the snock near the top. Thus
built, it will shed rain and withstand
wind for many weeks or until per-
fectly cured. Milo maize, sorghum,
ETC., may be cured in same manner;
the sorghum gets timber and is more
disposed to fall down. Perhaps the
better plan with it is, as soon as cool
weather sets in, to bury in trenches
like the ribbon cane. We have been
feeding out horses and mules for
some weeks wit sorghum (early ambel)
&llcwed to ripen as if intended for
SGrup making. The whole plant is
Gun through cutter, stalk, blades and
sads, and about bushel given to each
limal at q teed-no other feed given
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