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VOL. IV.
Southern Agriculturist
IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT
Savannah and Augusta, Ga,
By W. C. MACMDKPny & Co.
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Are the sole agents for tlie Southern Agricultu¬
rist, in that city, anil are authorized to contract
for inserting advertisements for us at our lowest
cash rates. Advertisers in that city are reques ed
to leave their favors with either of the above
houses.
Farm Work for the Month.
The most pressing and important
work of the year is now upon us.
The last working of the corn, the
necessary attention to the cotton, and
the harvesting the wheat and oat
crops, all claim our time and labor
during the comiDg month. Our most
pressing engagements, therefore, of
the whole agricultural year are to be
fulfilled during the next thirty days ;
and in order to do so satisfactorily
and efficiently, we mtist so regulate
the work of each as not to interfere
with the others.
CORN.
The last working and laying-by the
corn demand discretion and care in
their performance. The extreme
heat of this month, and the frequency
of drought, render this operation very
JUNE, 1872.
hazardous to plants whose roots,
spreading in every direction, run so
near the surface. To throw soft earth
about the roots so as to cover them
to a greater depth, and, at the same
time, cover up all the young grass
and weeds so as to save the labor of
the hoes, and to do all this without
injury to the roots by cutting or
Deep bruising, is the object to be attained.
and close plowing is no longer
to be thought of. If the early culture
of the crop has not been deep and
thorough, it is now too late for any
remedy. The work ought to be
done when the soil is moist and in
good “plowing order.’' Above all
things let the crop be laid-by clean,
and if the plows have failed to do ail
the work, let the» hoes complete the
tob.
PEAS SOWN BROADCAST.
This is a good time to sow broad¬
cast among the corn about twelve
quarts of the speckled cow-pea to the
acre, covering them with the plows which
are giving the corn its last working.
The pea vines shade the ground aud
protect the corn roots from the great
heat of the sun, aud, besides this,
yield as fine a crop of peas as can be
raised in auy other way.
COTTON.
The cotton crop, owing to the late
ness of the Spring and the consequen
delay in planting, is not as forward as
it usually is at this time, but it has,
nevertheless, grown to a good size. It
is still tender, and needs careful
treatment; a clean, soft, mellow bed
in which the roots can spread easily
iu search of nutriment, with all grass
and other foreign growth effectually
removed, so as to leave the cotton un¬
disputed mastery of the soil. Where
the crop lias not been yet thinned to a
stand, no time should be lost iu get¬
ting this w rk done. We are strongly
inclined to David Dickson's plan of
leaving two or three stalks iu each
hill, the rows being tour feet apart,
and nine inches between the hills.
We have tried many ways of planting
and cultivating cotton, aud always
found that we made most when we crowd¬
ed the cotton in the hill, aud gave it dis¬
tance between the rows. A single
stalk in each hill will put one more
fruit than any one of the three where
three stalks aio left, but not half
as many as three together. Cotton
planted according to the Dickson
method lias eight stalks to the yard ai d
is one hundred and sixty-six per cent
more stalks than one stalk every
twelve inches. When the thinning
to a stand is carefully done, leaving
no bruised stalks, the crop should be
swept. No more deep and close
plowing, if the ground has been
properly prepared, except in the mid¬
dles where the “lifting process" may
be tried with advantage. We do not
advocate the common practice of
“throwiug dirt to the cottou” at this
time, which generally means piling
earth upon the roots. Very little tine
earth thrown lightly to the plants dur¬
ing the work of cultivation may be
beneficial, but we think it absolutely
pernicious to do more. The cotton
should be worked once every three
weeks. The interval Utween the
workings should never be longer
than this, and if the force of laborers
is insufficient to do this, it is proof
positive that the number of acres to
the hand is too large.
Those who use the commercial fer¬
tilizers to stimulate their crops, would
do well to apply a third of the allow¬
ance per acre at the second plowing,
instead of putting it all on at first.
It is a little more labor, of course, hut
it will pay well. We have tried it iu
the proportion of § at planting and
at second plowing, and can vouch for
its being a success.
grain CRors.
Duiing the first fortnight of June
the wheat aud oat harvest will need
attention. Wc hope that the other
work of the plantation will be gen
eially so forward as to allow ample
time to perform this really valuable
work. That part ot the crep which
is not intended for seed should be cut
before the grain is thoroughly ripe.
When it is “iu the dough’’ and begin¬
ning to harden is the proper time, but
that which is to be kept for seed
should be allowed to become “dead
tipe.” When bound and put up in
shock, it should only be left for a day
or two if the weather is warm and
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bright, before it is threshed. After
threshing and fanning, the grain should
be well sun dried for several days,
and, when it is perfectly dry, it will
keep well if put away in good, tight
boxes or b arrels, which would be all
the better if previously well white¬
washed on the inddi*. The best time
to put wheat away to keep, is the
middle of the day, taking the grain
from the sfieets on which it has been
sunned.
The savings of the oat crop is
also most important. We hope that
it may be very abundant this year.
Like wheat, it should lie cut before it
i** perfectly ripe, with the exception
of that to be used for seed. The oats
should be well cured before they arc
put iu stacks or iu any large bulk.
They are cr.sily heated and spoiled if
put up damp or imperfectly cured.
They cuu be easily cured in small
shocks, and when cured, we advise
their being put away under shelter in
llie barn, on lofts, or under sheds.
However well made the stacks, if left
in the field all the Summer, much of
the oats is lost or so damaged as to be
almost worthless. l/i these days,
when so many citizens from Africa arc
“crapping the’rselve^,” oats arc much
safer under lock and key than in the
open field.
TLiLVVS,
Again we advbc all our readers
who plant to prepare for a “right
smart land patch’’ of turnips, by pi >wing
the every time the corn and cot¬
ton are worked, ho as to make it as
fine and mellow as an ash hank, and
as deep as our friend Brinly’s sub
soiler can loosen it. Rutabagas should
be sown next month, so that those
who have not yet begun to prepare
have no time to lose. Be sure to get
good fresh seed, true to name, and to
do this send to a seedsman of stand¬
ing, whoe cannot afford to deceive.
SWEET POTATO E**
If you have a spot of good ground
still unoccupied, plant it iu yarn pota¬
toes. Slips planted any time this
month will make a gt»si crop with
anything like good seasons. Sweet
potatoes for seed can be be better
raised from late than early-planted
vines. — Ex.