WILLIAN S. JONES, Publisher. DANIEL, EEE, M. D., and D. REDJIOND, Editors. 
DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOTTraBRN AGRICULTURE, 
VOL. XV. AUGUSTA, GA., OCTOBER, Tsd^ NO. 10. 
See Terms on Last Page. 
■^lantatimi (rrariDiiu) aiib Blisrtllanti. 
WORK FOR THE MONTH— OCTOBER. 
THE PLANTATION. 
Cotton Picking will soon require nearly the entire force 
of the plantation. Push itfnrv/ard vigorously, and endea- 
vor to get your crop ginned, packed alid ready for market 
liefore the coming on of winter rains and had roads. Let 
every operation con.nected v/ith the putting up cf Cotton 
be performed in the most careful manner, as the market 
value is often materially influenced by seemingly slight 
defects in management. The skillful handling and pro- 
per putting up, even of inferior grades, will be found to 
pay,” especially this year of short crops. 
C'urii.— Gather your Corn and put away securely in 
airy, tight- roofed and well locked cribs. Do not be ton 
lavish of it in feeding — do not waste a gmin, or fling it 
•out carelessly to your stock, even if you have an abund- 
ance Husband it carefully — feed generously and plenti- 
fully, but not thpughilessly or wastefully. In this connec- 
tion, we cannot too strongly urge the economy of using 
machines like the “ Li'tle Giant,” “ Young America,” and 
Ruwk’s Mill for cracking boih corn and cob. Feed cut- 
ters for cough forage, will also be found economical. 
Coin Peas . — Gather and store away all these as soon a.s 
possible. Sack your seed peas, and keep in a dry, airy 
place Gather, also, os fast as ripe, the seed of the Chi- 
nese Prolific Pea. It promises to be one of our greatest 
forage plants and is bearing enormous quantities of pods. 
Sioeet. Potatoes.— TW\s crop may be dug the latter par, 
-lOf 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 sever il potatoes from diflVrent part? of your patc.h, 
break them and give them time to dry, and if the fresh 
broken part dry over pt rfrctiy 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. If dug when ripe 
Ibey Will keep, if not, they will rot.” Put up your Pota- 
toes in small “banks” (25 to 50 bushels) and reject all cut 
or bruised roots. See, also, that they are perfectly drf 
before banking. Let the foundation of the banks be 12 or 
18 inches higher than the surrounding surface, on an ele- 
vation, where water will not settle or stand. 
Egfptian and other Winter Oats^ Rije, Barley, Clover^ 
Lucerne and other h.ardy grasses should be sown at once. 
Plow deep, pulverize finely and manure heavily for ail 
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 
rtllow the grass to dry up and become worthless, before 
gathering. The proper time to cut is while it is in blos- 
som. Pindar and S'.oeet Potato vines are good fodder, 
when properly cured and slowed away. They should be 
cut up before feeding out. 
'Parn.ips — It is late for field crops of Turnips; but, if 
your early sowings have failed, try apa.in nnw 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 lie gathered as soon as ripe, and stor- 
ed on well aired scaffolds nr tiers of rails, one above the 
oiher, so far apart that tho layers of pumpkins cannot 
much or rest upon each other Put up in thi.s way, with 
a slight coveritig or protec.tion from the frost, they will 
Keep nearly all winter. There should be a whaler tight 
roof over the scaffolds, and straw may be used as proiec- 
uon from frost Placed in a heap or rile, pumpkins soon 
decay and become wonhless Before feeding to your 
stock tney should be boiled up, with a spiinkling of meal 
or loan. 
Hedges xhe Osage Orange, Cherokee and Macartney 
Rose, Locust, Evergreen Tfu)rn, {Crafeegus Py>a- 
nintha) PyihSrf/ 'ponica, .(^c , &c , may be set our. the lat- 
ter part of this month, or as soon as the leaves of decidu- 
ous trees fall. 
THE GARDEN. 
Sow Cabbage, Turnips, Parswips, Tjettuce, Carrots^ 
li'/.d/ishes, Slc., dpc Prepare a bed in such a way that it 
can be pioieotrtl again t frost. The safest way of doing 
!t, if? by excavating it I foot below thegcneral surfice.and 
surrounding it with planks. On such a bed transplant 
your young cabbages, ami protect them in cold weaihsP 
for Spring u.se. Haul {ilenty of manure on your garden, 
have if well spaded, burying under all enriching animal or 
vegetable maiter. Traitspl-inf BrocoU, i'obboges, Ceteny^ 
''CoUards," &c. If your Cauliflower and BrocoU bav® 
>\ot yet made hirads tiy the latter part of this month, tak® 
them up, and. transplant them under a shed, where 
