Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

TOMATO PLANTS ALL READY FOR SETTING.
frames. Shade lightly for IL few days
after transplanting if sun is bright and
air rs much rs weather Will permit
taking sashcs off rs mentioned. Make
watcrings as near nature as possible
Trim to let in sunlight. but as sparing
ly as possible, all this done with judg.
mcnt. BY May 10 YOU will have plants
that will do their best In the field If
natural conditions are fairly good. The
figure shows well grown plants ready
for setting.
Commenting upon this mans plan
Rural New Yorker says: Water is very
necessary for the plant babies. In talk.
Ing them out the soil was cut into
squares with II sharp knife, and then
the squares were lifted out on fork
aS shown In the picture. When finally
set in the ground, these squares were
cut again, SO that each plant had its
little block of soil. When this is set IN
hill and the earth packed up around
1t, the plant barely waits an hour in It's
growth. or course this plan Of han
ding pays only with the very earliest
plants. Mr.. IIulsart's system aims to
induce carlincSs and to promote rapid
and vigorous growth In which 1t Is
most successful
Sugar Cane PinnttnE.
Those who arc interested in planting
sugar cane will find valuable the fol
lowing items, originating with Profess
or Stockbridgc of Florida:
Nitrogen is the chief manurial re.
quircmcnt Of the cane crop. Planting
on bottom lands and turning under OF
cOwpcaS or Of velvet beans are the
most economical means for securing
this essential. On Florida soils potash
stands next to nitrogen rs n food re-
Quircmcnt for cane.
Narrow rows and two lines OF seed
cane arc the desirable forms for plant
ing
Thorough breaking and shallow cult.
vation with cultivator instead OF plow
produce best results.
Red cane is harder than green and
natures earlier. For large areas and
FOR sugar the red variety is best. For
small areas ana sirup the green cane Is
preferable.
UplandS produce the sweetest cane
Bottom lands produce the heaviest
yields and the largest total product.
Planting Sweet Potato "Drnws."
In case sweet potato draws" are
well grown and even commencing to
run and 'crOwd each other before the
season admits of their being trans
planted they may be drawn and ilcclcd
In closely in another cold frame to
await favorable weather They may
be put out as soon as danger OF frost
Is supposed to be past, I'm the lati-
tude of Savannah about April | and
earlier at the southwark They may,
however prcccdc other tender plants,
for n hard frost will not kill potato
draws outright If they were properly
transplantcd. The soil best adapted to
the sweet potato is a warm, well
drained, light, sandy loan on pure
Sand. This is an exception to all 9th
er vegetables in that the soil should
not be deeply stirred. a hard bottom
to The row is noct!c; 10 induce a. short,
plump growth of sweet potato. If the
surface Is to be stirred, it should be
done as supcrlically as possible.
The New Rice Culture.
Rice planting is now in order IN some
sections. In the new rice culture in
Louisiana the land is broken with gang
plows drawn by four mules and thor
Oughly pulvcriZcd With harrows and
seed sOwn either broadcast or with
drill at rates Of one sack UG2 pounds)
to three to four acres. Formerly seed
were sown broadcast. Iii recent years
the drill Is very generally used aud is
regarded as an Improvement over
broadcast" With the drill n more
uniform stand Is obtained, which
means ultimately larger yields. With
the drill Il goodly percentage OF seed
required Is saved (somc estimating as
much as 20 per cent? by putting 1t at
m even depth, insuring simultaneous
sprOnting OF every seed
Seeds Coming Up IrrcauIariy.
IT Is n common experience for seeds
to come up irrcguiarly sOmo In a few
days after sowing. others not for
weeks. Mcciian thinks 1t evident that
this regularity Is In the seeds them
selves and has little reference to their
treatment by the cultivator.