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therefore rfgnt ana proper Lnat CHTlsCauSS
whereSOever scattered over the face OF th8,
earth, join in observing the day.
THE FARM. s
Some Practical Common SeaSe Talk
i About 1t. - ea@
The question of how much cotton or how
much corn shall be planted for this crop Wilt
be settled in the next thirty days. ~
/ Is It, worth the paper upon which 1t is writ,
ten to offer one more piea--anothcr tearnests
eXhortalion-tO our farmers to plant corn
enough TO produce food for man and beast?l
Shall we repeat that expressive old adase,i
eggs in one basket?'
These remarks are intended az suggestions
for the months work, and therefore we cni-
NOT 60 INTO any aSmsas re G h
long since become most thoroughly coTyine<5
ed that there is nofuture for our farmers uD~5
til they make their own provisions; aud wet
beg you to stick pin here. SS
| Is now to be planted, and II you have not
thoroughly prepared your land in the bed
ding, 1t Is too late now. Wehope but few OF
doing the other day; he had ridged his cotton
rows with wide turn plough, two fnrrows tb
the row, and was breaking out the middieSS
with double wing plough, with one furrow,5
Among the multiplicity OF cotton planters -
is not hard to get II good one. We prefer u
planter that does not require the seed to be-
rolled The advantage OF planter Is Tint ~
takes less seed, does the work mOrk uniform
ly, and leaves the seed In mucl, better condi-.
tion to get regular stand, as we'll as far
easier to work. Or one thing make sure, ami
that is, use plenty Of seed. 1t is much easier
to cut out two stalks than to replace " miss
ing one. Use improved seed-those that. ex-
perience has shown to be best suited to your
sectlor; al! the while devote more or Less nt-se
tenti9n to improving your own seed ~ care
it would seem superhuous to go into any
details as to planting cotton; you have spent
your lives learning it. and we will lenye the
subject with this closing remark: GIVE the
planting your careful personal nttentiops put
your: best and most careful hands. at the
work; Il mistake at this time can never be
entirely corrected.
Much, if not all, of the uplands have al
ready been planted, and 1t will have received
Report. Corn is very Jealous Of the farmers
attention and is not going to submit TO any
neglect without making him suffer for IT;
when we'll up, harrow yuor field across the
rows with the Thomas or some fne.tOoht
harrow having the teeth SET at an angle f
forty-five degrees; In week or ten days side
with long tongue plough; thin, by hand or
Win hoe to one n sta.k Ii, ih he the the h ya, you
if you break out the middles thoroughly; II
NOT. every ten days put two furrows to your
corn with sweep or shovel and bow untilit
is laid by. lstzas3E6 81
Bottom lands will next want attention, and
here is where you should put III some, 0f your
best work: nothing Will repay you better on
the farm than these lands thoroughly prepai-
ed and worked. The best work we have ever
done on this line was to break with three
| horse sullly plough, harrow with the Disk
harrow, bed with a snail turn plough, and
then plant our corn on the bed; cultivate US
suggested for upands. One OF the greatest
enemies to bottom corn is the bud worm
there are several remedies for this evil. Give
the seed thin coating OF coal tarIone-han
I pint tar to the buShe of corn. Another Is to-
soak the corn for twelve hours and then roll
In air-slacked lime. Some farmers advocate
one plan, some another; and right here allow
us TO say what an impetus farmers could give
to agriculture In its knowledge and ndyance-s
ment If each and every one Of them would
make some one careful experiment, guarding /
then report through us 10 all the farmers OF
the State. Will not some volunteer 10 put
the ball in motion?
SWEET POTATOES. =.
Manure lightly with stable manure or with
from a mixture Of cotton seed meal, acid and
kainit. Ridge your land in three loot rows
and leave the middle until just before you
draw your slips. 1tis best to have u large
bed SD as to give you sufficient slips to get
Your crop started off early In the season.
Last, but not least, dou't forget your kitch-
Ell garden. There ] is no reasonable I EXCUSE nSs
garden filled with all kinds of vegetables In
their season.
This month is one in which all stock will
require especial attention; it Is the time
when horses and mules arc shedding and :"
liable TO Get "undcr the weather" Young
stock take the distcmuer a"d are altuoS"
down before you are aware OF 1t, If you are
not giving this matter your especial atten-
ton. Keep always Oh hand package Of cat
tie powders, aud whenever IN animal seems
dull and refuse his food give a tablespoonful
every night; this sa clear case of an Onncte
| of prcvcn lOn. The heaviest tax the South
pays is her mule tax-mules and horses klsl-
cd annually by carelessnes and neglect.
GIVE some extra care to your cattle: March,
yOu know, always bOrrOwS two weeks from
| April in Which to kill old cows.
| From our standpoint we have suggested
what should be done uurlng the month. VIZ,
Will now suggest something that should not
he done, neither in April or any other
month:
Don't buy guano at thirty dollars pcr' ton,
! have it spread duriuga windy day on ge>rIhd.
UrOl>.n from one and Il half to two inches
dcep-get your cotton burnt up by tho irst
dry drouth," anu then "swarc" th:lt ''suanos
won't pay.
Don't employ Il hireling at ten dollars per
|
don't attend 10 your business while you arc
nird hunting, Ia shooting match or Loading
| ut the country store.
| Don't give that hireing q poor mule, poor
gear and poorer plough, then feel discouraged
because you get such poor plodyhing done. 49,
| Don't always aScribe your want Of success
to some other cause than the right one. -.
Don't feed your mules, in an open shelter,
open to the deperdatiOnS OF the feathered
tribes by night. then wonder why your stock
will keep poor.
Don't make halfway arrangements for
feeling and paying your hands, and expect
them to work deccntly.
Don't spend hundred Of dcllarS for CONNER
cal manurcs while your mules waste most 0f
theirs in an open lot because you can't spare
tne hundred to fix up comfortable roomy
stable
Don't tell your neighbors just how they
ought to do and then 20 and do some other
way yourself. DIP. DUNCAN.
MIR. Benet for Congress-