^^DBVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE. 
IVOL. XVIL AUGUSTA, GA., OCTOBER, 1859. NOTlO. 
WTL.L.IAM S. JONES, PublisJier. D. REDMOND and C. W. HOWARD, Editors. 
d:f=* See Terms on Cover. 
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HINTS FOR THE MONTH. 
The Plantation.— Cotton Picking will now require 
nearly the entire force of the plantation. Push it forward 
vigorously, and endeavor to get your crop ginned, packed 
and ready for market before the coming on of winter rains 
and bad roads. Let every operation connected with the 
putting up of Cotton be performed in the most careful 
manner, as the market value is often materially influenced 
by seeming slight defects in management. The skillful 
handling and proper putting up, even of inferior grades, 
will always be found to “pay” well. 
Com.— Gather your Corn and put away securely in 
airy, tight-roofed and well-locked cribs. Do not waste a 
grain, or fling it out carelessly to your stock, even if you 
have an abundance. Husband it carefully — feed gener- 
ously and plentifully, but not thoughtlessly or wastefully. 
In this connection, we cannot too strongly urge the econo- 
my of using machines like the “Little Giant,” “Young 
America,” and Rowe’s Mijl for cracking both corn and 
cob. Feed cutters for rough forage will also be found 
economical. 
Cow Peas.— Gather and store away all these as soon 
as possible. Sack your seed peas, and keep in a dry, airy 
place. 
Sweet Potatoes . — This crop may be dug the latter part 
of this month, or as soon as the vines are wilted by the 
first frost. A contemporary gives us the following indi- 
cation of the ripeness or maturity of the Sweet Potato: — 
^‘Pull several potatoes from different parts of your patch, 
break them and give them time to dry, and if the fresh 
broken part dry over perfectly white, the potato is ripe 
and should be dug. But if of a darkish hue, the potato is 
not ripe and should be left to ripen. Ifdug when ripe they 
will .keep, if not they will rot.” Pul up your Potutoes in 
sm.jll ‘ banks” (”25 to 30 bushels) and reject all cut or 
bruised roots See, also, that they are perfectly dry before 
banking. Let the foundation of the banKs be 12 or 1*^ 
inches higher than the surrounding surface; on an cleva- i 
tion, where water will not settle or stand. [See a capital 
article on this subject, on another page of present num- 
ber.] 
Egyptian and other Winter Oats, Rye, Barley, Clover, 
Lucerne and other hardy grasses should be sown at once. 
Plow deep, pulverize finely and manure heavily for all 
these crops, if you desire proper remuneration for your 
labor. 
Hay . — Many varieties of native grasses may yet be 
worth gathering, to eke out winter supplies. But do not 
allow the grass to dry up and become worthless, before 
gathering. The proper time to cut is while it is in blos- 
som. Pindar and Sweet Potato Vines are good fodder, 
when properly cured and stowed away. They should be 
cut up before feeding out. 
Turni-ps.—li is late for field crops of Turnips ; but, if 
your early sowings have failed, try again now. We have 
known good crops made after the first of October. Bring 
your growing Turnips to a proper stand, and keep the 
ground clean and open. 
Pumpkins should be gathered as soon as ripe, and 
stored on well aired scaffolds or tiers of rails, one above 
the olher, so far apart that the layers of pumpkins cannot 
touch or rest upon each other. Put up in this way, with 
a slight covering or protection from the frost, they will 
keep nearly all winter. There should be a water-tight 
roof over the scaffolds, and straw may be used as a pro- 
tection from frost. Placed in a heap or pile, pumpkins 
soon decay and become worthless. Before feeding to your 
stock they should be boiled up, with a sprinkling of meal 
or bran. 
Hedges of the Osage Orange, Cherokee and Macartney 
Rose, Honey Locust. Evergreen Thorn {Cratcegus Pyra- 
caniha) Pyrus Japonica, &c., &c., may be set out the lat- 
ter part of this month, or as soon as the leaves of decidu- 
ous trees fall. 
The Garden. — Sow Cabbage, Turnips, Parsnips, Car- 
rots, Lettuce, Radishes, &c., &c. Prepare a bed in such 
a w<iy that it can be protected againsi frost. The safest 
way of doing it is by excavutirg it I foot btlow the geric- 
al suif.ice, and sui loundtng it with pi nks. On such a 
bed trunsplcirir your young cabbages, and protect them in 
cold weather for spring use. Haul plenty ot manure cn 
