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are furnished by one of the most 

 successful cultivators of that article 

 in the State of South-Carolina. 



" Begin to plant about 25th of 

 March, and trench shallow and 

 wide, and scatter the seed in the 

 row ; make 72 or 73 rows in a task, 

 and sow two bushels to an acre. 



"1st. Hoe about the end of April, or 

 beginning of May, when the rice is in 

 its fourth leaf; then flood,and clear 

 the field of trash. If the planting 

 be late, and you are likely to be in 

 grass, flood before hoeing ; but hoe- 

 ing first is preferable. The best 

 depth to flood is three or four inch- 

 es. It is a good mark to see the 

 tops of the rice just out of the wa- 

 ter ; the deep places are not to be 

 regarded ; the rice will grow through 

 in three or four days. Observe to 

 make a notch on the frame of the 

 trunk, when the water is of a pro- 

 per depth •, if the rains raise the 

 water above the notch, or it leaks 

 out, add or let off accordingly. This 

 is done by putting a small stick in 

 the door of the trunk, about an inch 

 in diameter; if scum or froth ap- 

 pear in eight or ten days, freshen 

 the water, take off the trunk doors, 

 run off the water with one ebb, and 

 take in the next ^ooc/ ; then regu- 

 late as before. Keep the water on 

 about fifteen or seventeen days, ac- 

 cording to the state of the weath- 

 er ; that is, if a hot sun, fifteen days, 

 if cool and cloudy, seventeen days, 

 counting from the day the field is 

 flooded; then leak oft" with a small 

 stick for two days, then run ofl'the 

 whole, and keep the field dry. In 

 four or five days after, hoe the se- 

 cond time, stir the ground, whether 

 clean or not, and comb up the fal- 



len rice with the fingers. Keep 

 dry, and hoe through the field Hoe 

 the third time and pick clean. This 

 will be about the beginning of July. 

 Then flood as you hoe. Let the 

 water be the same depth as before. 

 If any grass has escaped, it must be 

 picked in the water after it shoots 

 out 'I'his is called the fourth hoe- 

 ing, but the hoe is never used ex- 

 cept for some high places, or to 

 clean the dams. If the rice is flag- 

 gy and likel) to lodge, flood deep to 

 support it, and keep it on until fit 

 to harvest." Domestic Encyclope- 

 dia, vol. — p. 175. 3d edition. 



REED, Arundo, " the name of 

 an aquatic plant, infesting low 

 grounds. The best method of de- 

 stroying them, is by draining the 

 land. Ashes and soot will kill 

 them. So will ploughing the land, 

 and laying it in high ridges. They 

 always indicate a good soil." Com- 

 plete Farmer. 



RIDGLING,a male animal, half 

 castrated. A horse of this kind is 

 as troublesome as a stallion, or more 

 so ; but is not fit to be depended on 

 as one. A ridgling hog will never 

 be fat, nor grow so large as a bar- 

 row, till his castration be complet- 

 ed ; as it may be by making an 

 opening in the belly, when the case 

 is the most difiicult. They should 

 bo either killed young,or complete- 

 ly castrated. The flesh of a young 

 ridgling pig is good ; but that of an 

 old one disagreeable. 



ROLLER, a cylindrical instru- 

 ment to pass over lands, to answer 

 several good purposes in husban- 

 dry. 



Those rollers which are cut out 

 of free stone, being heavier than 



