Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20
June Grass.

IL lS LOU III GLe ploFlnOe VI uldl
to determine what the weather will
bo SO far ahead, but the probabili;
ty is that the month of June will
be wet. Such being the prospect
the wise farmer will put on his
thinking cap and keepit on till the
clouds roll by. The Agricultural
Department of Georgia has issued
the following circular on the sub
ject of cultivation and getting rid
of June grass.
RAPID CULTIVATION.
"Many farmers continue to use
sweeps and heelscrapes, or other
comparatively narrow forms of
cultivating implements, involving
much loss of time. Progressive
farmers very generally understand
that the breaking or other deep
plowlng of the soil should be
done before the crop is planted;
and the cultivation of the growing
crop should be shallow, the object
being simply to keep the surface,
to the depth of an inch or SO, i'll a
mellow, pulverized condition. To
do this most effectively and eco
nomically wide spreading, shall,
low running implement is requir-
ed. We have found a very satis-
factory tool in the Planet, Jr., Cul-
tivator, although there are doubt
less others that are equally effec-
tive.
SIN a 4-foot corn or cotton row,
the soil already we'll broken and
in good, mellow condition, one trip
with such an implement, or one
time to each row, is all that should
be given when going over the crop.
A lively mule or horse will easily
go over ten acres, or even more, in
a day.
"When using a cultivator that
will practically stir the entire
width of a 4-foot or 5-foot row, ii
would be poor economy to make a
full round trip to each row, sim
ply in order to perfectly side each
row of plants. In such a case the
return trip will be almost thrown
away. In such a case we would
proceed thus, in either one of the
two ways. Suppose the rows to
be 4 feet wide and running north
and south, and that the implement
TO be used as a Planet, Jr., or 9TH
er cultivator, or wide sweep, that
will stir and cover together a
width of AZ inches or more First
plan: Run around every alternate
row. This will put one fllrrow, or
trip, in every middle, and side
perfectly both sides of every al
teri ate row and stir the entire sur
face of the field excepting mar
row strip Of %only a few inches on
leach side of every alternate row,
land each man and horse will GO
Ioyer moi Less than TEN acres a day.
Second PLAN Side to east Cor
west, either) side of ecsrq row,
plowing right left This also puts
a firrow or strip in evt.ry middle
and stirs the entire surface of the
field, excepting a strip Of a few
inches on the west side of every
row, and each man and horse will
also accomplish not less than ten
acres in a day. LII week the pro
cess may be repeated, this time
alternating the rows or sides of
rows. If the first plan be adopted,
run around the rows that were
left before; if tho second plan be
adopted, side the west side of each
row. By either of these plans just
twice the area may be gone over
IN day, compared to the usual
two furrows 10 the row plan and
the essential object-the breaking
ing of the finest and stirring OF
the surface layer of the soil-will
be practically accomplished with
the expenditure of just half the
time and labor, and enable the
farmer to go over his crop twice
as often and make the intervals
between STRINGS just one-half as
long"
Where the land is very rough OF
has become packed, of course 9th
er plans must be substituted, and
the farmer sustains the loss in
time and labor"