V
r.
r
v i
9 .
I!.
f
IV
k i It
. V '
V-
.
swccpsj as the aituatioa of tho crop may seem to sultof careful and systematic culture on poor a;nd '
indicate ; but we should prefer the hoes to go first, almost barren sol!, remunerating aV
in order to eradicate thoroughly all the grass. Jiy most saustaciory manner, mu noi uiqsc exper-
raising the right wing of the sweerj at this stage imonts stimulate you to a proper prcparatioifo
of tho crop, a sufficient quantity of soil can be your soil y and whcnthatls dofc;willyo riot
thrown to tho plants. , Wo consider .dirtihg up strive to incorporate into that soil elements for tho;
cotton with the hoc as a waste of labor, and fn production of a paying croj? It would ad mttclt' ; , : : J
quently Injurious to its growth, impairing it by to the prosperity of. the fiUtc irali thcbrcadtf . f
interfering with its roots. It is not necessary (o land which is planted in cotfon, wfrc as syemntr f C
plow out the middles entirely until this working allvlmamigcd. South Cardiria JfiicuUUnsL ; fc
provided they are not becoming too grar,sv. At - v . r , ; -
- ' ' '.'(
" p
'
v, In using fio scraper or sweep, put the raost sVilt- J this work, put your fastest mules, as itcan be raj .
:' ful plowmen, with thoslowest mules, ; at the work Liuly done without injury to the crop. As often as :. -
": of-running round. It diminishes immensely the i ' practicable' keep the crust of . the land broken.--- ' t
labor of the hoc-hands, who follow, to havo the Da this i invariably after rains,, and with the swccfi
work dono'irf tho best style A fast horse, "by hb alone. 'The hoc-hands should frequently walk oyer,-'
,; . irregular gait, causes thq swecpfrcquoritly tbcov- the fields, and chop out the grass ; but Ahis should J" '5; ,
cr up the young plants, and it is most difTicult to not bo regarded in, the' !:ut of a working. 'Ah V ' ;
keep your implement ;iat the "proper guagc to cn- late workings should bo as. superficial as i pbssiblcr, , , ;
' Euro gOOu worii, UUIU us U uupvu uuu uiauvutu uuu i iiiv; , iuuu jjiujviij uuf.vu - i ' i vv '
from the drill " Slow and sure amongst the planted, a good stand secured, the proper 'elements
'sweeps should bo the motto at this stage of culti- furnished for thd production of .the plant and its.
Tation J. for (asi 'iesfroycA in; its early growth' is; fruit, and the field kept clean of grass and weeds,
. " gone lbrcver. If 'tho crop is cvbr irretrievably in no one need (despairof making a good crop of -
j urcd by grass it is just at this stage of its growth, cotton. this we may remark which" is al30 ob
. . and June timcs'ouVof ien it is i this .grass jvhich is'. 'vidua i to sensible men, that 'in addition' e mustv .
left at the first workinu which does the deed. The have tho benefit of good seasons, and that the cut-V ,
KCCIi. uUTlt DlCcI UiaufS Vl lllu llUCo SUUUIU UU lUUdfc muw'Jii iiiuoi. tit oviuv uv,4wuiw iuiuuiv.u v.-;., --
incessantly plied, chopping through tho width of "cording to the particular .requirements r of theso
the hoe and' leaving three or tour rdants in seasons. A deep Rowing in mid-summer, aftc
' . nnplioa Tn hTi'nnnmV tlirnn'rrh. in fair nnd favoir- loner-continued rains, is al wavs ruinous to this crop : ;r
able weather, it is preferable 6n sandy soils, not but : merely breaking of the snpcrfidal crust; in va'
to pull the chop through entirely, but to slide the riably aets beneficially, and should -be done aa
hoe back, and let the encised plants and earth fall speedily as possible after the soil is in proper com ;
-:v back in nearly their 'original position. This docs ditibn to introduce the sweeps or scrapers. !KcV6r:
hot expose tho "manure; 'nnd- pfcVcntS; tlie early, puta plow' of any kind into the cotton field, in
..coming up of all thoso grass "seeds, which lyin order to force ahead work : whcV the ioHis, so wet
too deep to sprout, and.being exposed by the chop as to run together, but uso rilom, and waU uu-
wncn lv 13 puucu on inc riugc, lraraiiuiaieiy ejirin un vumvmuuun n,m(Hiwiiijuium.M.wo .
up. This mode docs hot detract from. the facility for this is thc only condition of thcfsoill which ir
'f with which the operation is cf!cctedut: with conducive to healthy and profitable yegetobjo
- proper slight handily acquired, is easier work. growth. Dr. Burt grw and cultivafedX crop "np. ,
Particular and close attention is required during on theso principles in tea 1, which yicwca hiqiv
L tho thinning season, fbr without this, tho stand is seven and a hairbalcs of four liundre(lT)ound;j li;1
sacrificed and the main chance for success de- thb han. ini 855 he 'manured
pends, as much on a good stand as on all other compound, No. I, and Mexican guano, half and;
things. Let the sweeps follow immediately after half of -this mixture, and aprdicd bne;huhdrcr - 1
the hoes, and all grass not observed will recervo pounds to the acre; This crop
its quietus. After tho crop is chopped through, tbrce-iourth Dales to the nana, averaging lourmin
which must be done as rapidly as possible, so that drcd pounds to the bale In 1855 he also tried an
no portion of it suffers from overcrowding which experiment of onchundred pounds
has a tcndencyjto, spindle the plants, it should be guano withfiyc or six bushels of cotton seed iof &
immediately worked over, and"iiunncd to a prop-' thc acrcthboht the same w
cr Sianu. , j nc noes snoum prcccuo or iuiiuw uiu xivivf j)jaiuu;i u ruuia r!""""? mv v