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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
and sunned till night, as belore. This may be repeated the 
third day, which will generally be sufficient, if the weath- 
er is favorable. It may then be permanently stacked or 
packed away under cover; and if, while packing, the dif- 
ferent layers are sprinkled with salt, at the rate o( say 8 
quarts to an ordinary ^-horse wagon load, it will be more 
highly relished by stock, and all danger of heatiug ob- 
viated. Many persons make a great mystery of curing 
drill or broadcast corn- fodder; but we have always found 
this simple method sure and effectual. The same plan, of 
course, applies to the Chinese Sugar Cane fodder. 
Cutting up Corn in the field, and using the stalk and 
leaf for the winter feeding of stock, has also many advan- 
tages, which we will speak of in detail hereafter. 
Sweet Potatoes must now be worked carefully, throw- 
ing up some fresh mellow earth to the ridges, and destroy- 
ing all weeds. Make your last planting of “draws;” 
and if the weather is very dry, before planting dip the 
root in a thin batter — plant just at night-fall— and manage 
as heretofore directed. As soon as possible, prepare a 
rich, moist piece of land, and plant out an abundance of 
cut vines to produce next year's seed. 
Turnips.— is a most important crop for the plan- 
ter and farmer, though not yet apppreciated as snch. A 
distinguished English statesman has said that England 
could better afford to lose its navy than its turnip crop.— 
Therefore plant largely; it is indispensable as a winter 
forage. We will hereafter describe the best and most 
profitable way of feeding. If you have not already pre- 
pared your land for Turnips, do it at once, pulverizing it 
thoroughly by several plowings. If you have no land 
which recently has been cow-penned, scatter some guano, 
(250 pounds per acre) previously to the last plowing, and 
turn it under immediately. Sow in rows, at such distance 
as to allow the turnips to be worked with “ Knox’s Im 
proved Horse Hoe,” if you have this excellent implement. 
Make arrangements to sow often and largely, com- 
mencing early, as it is sometimes extremely difficult 
to get a stand. Make your first sowing about the 
20ih of this month, and if that should fail, try again 
every 10 days until the last of September, and your 
perseverance will be crowned with success. Guano, su- 
perphosphate of lime, broken bones, or a compost ot 
woods-mould or well-rotted stable manure with crushed 
bones and ashes, are each and all proper fertilizers for the 
turnip crop. The manure may be applied in the drill or 
put on plentifully broadcast, and plowed in well. The 
Ruta Baga, Red Top, (“ strap leaf ”), Early Flat Dutch, 
Yellow Aberdeen, Norfolk and Globe are all good varieties 
— the two first, fifth and sixth being the best for field cul- 
ture. As food for stock, we believe the Ruta Baga is 
conceded to stand foremost. 
Draining and Di/c/mtg.— The richest land on the plan- 
tation is often allowed to run waste, worthless and wild, 
presenting only stagnant puddles of water, rank grasses, 
seeds and brambles, and fosming a harbor and receptacle 
for snakes, lizzards, turtles and “vermin” of every de- 
scription Now, during the “summer soHtice,” when 
the ground is comparatively dry, and the heavy field-work 
over, is a good time to change these offensive blotches on 
the face of Nature into cultivated fields of the most pro- 
ductive cha-racter. Dig wide and deep under-drains, or 
open ditches to carry off the surplus water, cut down and 
grub up trees, bushes and briars, destroy noxious weeds, 
&c , and plant the reclaimed ground next spring in Irish 
Potatoes, Corn, Cotton, or Grass for meadows. 
Grass o.nd Woodland Pastures. — Select a piece of na- 
turally moi&t, good land, timbered with spreading trees — 
cut down and grub out all small shrubbery, briars, brush, 
&c., leaving only the large trees standing. Then break 
up the ground as finely as possible, by plowing and cross 
plowing, with a long, stout, sharp rooter, and seed down 
heavily with White Clover, Kentucky Blue, Texas Mus- 
qoit, Herds, Ilaliau Ray, or other grasses for woodland 
pasture. Grass will not do well without plenty of mois- 
ture, under our parching suns; and to such as are not able to 
supply moisture and sustenance, by deep subsoiling and 
liquid manure, we recommend a trial of the shade for 
their pastures, meadows and lawns, as above indicated. 
Hay. — Now is the time to make hay. Cut the grass 
while in bloom, spread it immediately, and turn it over in 
the afternoon. In the evening, rake it up in long and 
rather thick rows. By turning them once a day for the 
next two or three days, your hay will be nicely cured, 
and equal to, if not better than the Northern hay. Should 
rain threaten while the hay is drying, make a rush with 
full force, and pack the rows up into sharp pyramidal 
cocks the size of a molasses hogshead, and when the 
ground dries again, spread it out thin to cure. Hay is now 
worth in Augusta $2 per hundred, or ^40 per ton ! and 
corn fodder, baled, about the same ! 
Weeds and Grass. — All crops on the plantation require 
particular attention during the present month. The weeds 
will choke up and strangle everything, unless they are 
summarily dealt with— cut down and destroy them before 
they go to seed ; and thus prevent present and (in amea- 
sure) future annoyance from them. 
THE KITCHEN GAEDEN. 
The earlier spring vegetables being now nearly all gone, 
little can be done to advantage. It will be well, however, 
to clear off or turn under all weeds and the remains of 
early vegetables, and manure liberally by way of prepara- 
tion for full crops. Celery seed may be sown, but the bed 
must be shaded from the direct rays of the sun. Sow, 
also, Ruta Baga and other Turnips, as directed under the 
previous head; Lima or “Butter Beans,” the Green 
Glazed Cabbage; purple Egg Plants, Radishes, Cabbages, 
Lettuce, Tomatoes, &c , for late crops. In the latter part 
of this month, transplant Cabbages for fall and winter use. 
Take off limbs of your Tomato vines, shorten the lop 
and set them out as cuttings, and shade them with a little 
brush wood; they will soon come to bearing, and yield 
fruit until frost. Also, plant Garden Peas and mulch 
them pretty heavily. 
Dig or plow your garden over thoroughly, and repeat 
the preparatory operations of the spring, for, in fact, this 
and the next month should be considered a second spring, 
all the spring works repeated, and, if the season proves 
