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This instrument is. easily made By
any blacksmith, by laying the wings
upon the point ola scooter, in the form
OF an sosceles triangle, which is fast
ened upon the chip of shovel plow
stock, by heel pin, in the same manner
you would shovel. From lip TO tip of
the wings it tshould be Q feet, forming
kind Of korSe-aoe, by which a row is
swep, OF. at burrows. This should
be so curved and graduated upon the
stock as no, to so into the soil deeper
than | inch, and as much less rs posi-
BILE, to enable it TO cut up the young
grass and weeds that may be springfng
up. The great and singular advantages
of the sweep over all instruments of ths
plow. harrow or hoe kind that have
ever used, are these-ihat it will kiil'a
greater quantity Of grass and weeds in
a given time, and do less injury 10 The
surface roofs Of the plant, SO essential
to lis progressive prosperity. The hoe
hands following this instrument, thin
the cotton 10 stand, one stalk in a place
and draw up small quantity Of soil to
the standing plant. The entire subse-
ouent culture is performed with the
sweep and hoe, which should simply
scrape and pulverize the surface, SO as
to kill any grass and weeds that may
appear, and allow free circulation of
atmospheric air TO the fibrous roots ofthe
fruiting stalk, requiring at this critical
period all the aid and nourishinent
that culture, soil and atmosphere can af-


ford. By the. first Of Jufy my cotton
stands S 10 6 feet high, and | have IL
topped By the tenth al iar,hest, after


which run the sweep once more through
/ it, and the hoe if necessary, 10 remove


any grass that MAY have sprung up i'm


media,ely abou, the stalk. After this


and by this time frequently in places


the cotton wll become SO much inter


locked, and the ground so much shaded


as TO keep down all other vegetation
yet't may be found necessary again
chop about in places with the hoe, wheI
/, the cotton may not have locked so earl