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hoe, lightly and carefully, bearing in
mind this goljea truth, that "a crop we'll
planted is half made" Immediately
after planting, the middles, or unbroken
balks, should be plowed out. The crop
Of cotton thus planted, which should not
exceed three TO four acres to the hand,
may be performed in good time apI .>-ii
done. In a few days, say 9 TO l2, the
cotton will be up, presenting the most
healthy and thrifty appearance. The
next operation TO performed, as early
as possibly convenient, is to plow out
the middles nell, the wide way, with a
good shovel plow, having first run a
round the young plant with a SCOOTER
plow The hoe hands follow aud ,hia
the cotton down TO two stalks, giving il
Il small quantity of soil. This opera
ton .ceIL done, the plant is at once plac-
ed beyond all danger, since its taproot
will have taken such hold upon ihs
manure below as to enable the plant 10
oulstrip either grass or weeds, having
yet to spring up. Under this treatment
the tfme-conSuming and worse than use


less operations of bar shearing, scraping
and choPpiag out are saved, as much to


the benefit Of the tender plant, as to the
interest and economy oflhe planter, in


dcspatching the hurry and push at this
stage of the crop, and a, the conclusion
! of this first working, have my cotton
growing off and doing we'll. / have now


no further use for Piow in its subse-


quent culture, bu, use the sweep, kind
Of horse hoe-I call il sweep in the sb-
sence Of more appropriate name, ar


idea of which may be had from the sub
ioined figure.