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t.' 753 THE AltATOR. L' 5 r "V received any new idea; from agncultu- and expect a hvbridical imp tral papers, .and therefore hadn't oughto of the plant. " If I succeed. Tll'letT to trouble them " with mjr scnbbhngs; you know, and get you to advertise tout by your generous indulgence I geed in time for the next crop, v I ivill makfi known a 'little ot mv exnen-ilm. folVa V He may bo as: much astonished at the rain it is coming out and coming up ; present appearance of " Sir Walter's too; and, from present appearances, 1 7 ; JJcfcat," as the veritable Rip Van Win- shall get a pretty respectable stancf by kle, when coming out of his seven years the commencement of picking time. -nap, was at King George's overthrow. Do tell me, in a letter, (for i phant know I snail take pleasure in showing him how to -believe it if I see it in print to round. - ' your paper,) how late it willdo tomake; ,; , ' LITTLE FARMER, cotton after it comes up--how d(jep ,to Juno, 1857. - cover whn and ' ' . to cultivate aiid how much you think - For the Amtor. , I shall make to the acre. I have got a Mr. Editor: I profess never to have real mixture of different kinds of seeds rovemeht ou the see ence ju uus my lirenuLciiipi ul luum , 6ecas, anawny snouia not l r - . cotton.: command. -P. FOG.r jouniaVbut as daddy usedlo raise the If some of our Edgccomb planters' " article in small patches and as I noticed . . . . iZ'a , people now-o'.4s planting in drills, will be W enough to answ thin instead of hills; so I thought I could do quines of Mr. , Fog, wo . wll give it a so too, and went to work, split my private endorsement, to satisfy the in-, ridges, and covered, as they did, with a quirer. Ed. Orator. .; cmper,?which;put in the seed effectu- . .. . :ally two to three inches deep. Upon For tlio Arator. tliotop of this;we had a hard, baking ASHES AND LIME. y. rairiy aiid c I thought it never would Mr. Editon Our lands may be greiat 'come up; but, by and by,it began to ly improved by lime and ashes, or by ;rack the crust about in places, and as cither of these articles. The lime is I had lieard'somo used aharrow to help necessary not itself to feed the growing it through in such a conditio I had plants, but, by its chemical action, to ne mauo witli wooden teeth or pegs, prepare the vegetable and mineral sub which my liarids run over tlie ridges to stances in the soil for this office, and ioosen them, but when I come to in- it should therefore be applied broad ,spect the work, I was not a little vexed cast, to the surface, after .plowing, ;in to find the tiling was doing more harm tlie fall or spring. It may be harrowed than good. I may never if it didn't in, as tho object is to mix ;it xis thor make the ground harder. The sireaks oughly and intimately as possible with nlpn i the stiff mulatto rows looked like the' top soil. It should never be purpose- plae$'1n,a-rol'.yhere xhildren had a- ly turned under, deep, as its liature is inusortiiem8eIves;lr The cotton however, continued! to sink low enough. ; As to quantity to . jireak and come up. I sided it and be used, that must be regulated by cir hoed it, as well as I could; but ceuld ne- cuinstances. 'Twenty-five to fifty bush - ver loosen tlie dearth. about; it until after els per acre, at a dose, would probably the rairv first Monday in July The re- suffice in most caees Good farmersinX, suit yalhat it tUdd'tgrow; .iitjust laiylancl Regard., it as indispensable stood tther)? dwarfing and-dwarfing, ;and:they apply it liberally with remu- unltil the stalks looked like small iron nerative results. Svirej-andl wi3h.rraay:rdie if tbeJeaye8 A6h&?Ho some .extent, .produce' the "'V- - weren't a blue as inmg "Id and, at the same ;;: ; . ' iT poor Ptnd with alii :':Thtt3mnco vioh in .inherent fertilising . I , ' '.V, . n V !
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