Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-07

Ia one WeekSMr. bryan sold 1900
punches at 80 cents a dozen. But
he had to employ several boys. to.
help with the cutting and buneh-.
ing. ~
Hand Planting.
Meantime, however, he was get,
ting the half acre of parsley plant
ed. After having been turned IN
the fall it was broadcasted with
high-gr sde fertilizer as soon as he
could get it done in February, then
narrowed and reharrowed until il
was perfectly even. The parsley
seed were then planted with aseed-
er, wheel machine pushed by hand
that will open the furrow, put in
the seed, cover them and mark for
the return row, every operation
being done with mechanical exact
ness.
The rows are only. twelve inches
apart. The seed are very slow in
terminating and unless all condi-
tions are right the amateur will
hardly get as good a "stand'' as
the old gardener. The latter, from
experience, will better know as to
whether the seed should be packed
with a roller and how much, accord
ing to the moisture in the ground
at planting time.
When the plants show up vel!
they are thinned with Doe to six
inches in the drill, and the crop
kept clean by careful work with a
wheel hoe, and with the fingers.
For this is more particular work
than growing corn OF cotton. Along
in May the plants should have leaves
three or four inches long when the
gathering begins. Mr.. Bryan gather
edt he whole plants and tied them in
punches, but only from alternate
rows. The remaining rows weN
cultivated until June for a late
summer and fall crop, but it was
never realized, because the drouth
.killedit. What he did gather aud
sell, therefore, was really equivsss
--len5 -Ie HIs t9 sglG yha. could grow on 9 quar-.
dred punches, shipped in bushef
baskets, with block of ice in the
middle.
And radishes. If it is a mild
winter Mr.. Bryan plants a crop In
December and markets them in Jan
uary. And again every three or
four weeks until warm weather, for
radishes only require four weeks to
make in the right weather. He has
way of planting them first IN rows
twenty-four inches apart, and as
soon as they are started on well he
plants rows between, thus making
them twelve inches apart. And
there is work ahead for both little
fingers and big fingers the hrst
working, for that is the only way
to thin them properly and get the
grass out. After that the wheel
hoe will do it. Then again when
they are gathered half dozen or so
BOYS are needed to pull them up,
wash them anu tie them in punches,
seven or eight to a bunch. Ship
ped with ice, in bushel baskets
they will fetch from l5 to 80 cents
a dozen punches. Mr.. Bryan says
that on one occasion, with success
sive paintings, he realized gross pro-
ceeds from an acre amounting to
$500. And last year he did almost
half as we'll with half acre
planted.
The Lima beans were intended
for late summer crop and were
the most promising he had ever had,
until the dry weather came. Then
along in August heavy lain like a
cloudburst damaged the fruiting pro-
cess. So he was satisneo 20 ges
seed and expenses back without any
profit on the beans at all.
Six Hundred and Nineteen Dollars.
To sum up, on the mint he receiv-
ed net proceeds from his commits
sion men amounting to S259.s6;
from the parsley, sl7o. 40; and from
e the radishes, slss.4l. Total, $685.
81. He told me a few days. ago
D that he gathered fall crop OF mln'
also which netted him nearly 5000
but we are not counting that or the
bean crop. But isn't $6ls.e7 from
? an acre and a half great deal bet
! ter than even Two bales of cottol
d worth 10 cents pound?
He kept no accurate account o.
expenses except by, the cash &c
counts, and he estimates that hit
!. hired blowing, the rent, boys wage