Copied from Texas Civilian Yahoo list. Posted December 2007 by Annette Bethke
If there is cotton still to pick, push ahead with it without
reference to trash, as that will be removed in passing through the thresher....All the land that was in corn the past season, should be broken up this month....commence clearing up for another crop [cotton]; grubbing out under-brush from the woodland pastures, planting scraps of Bermuda-grass sod in permanent grazing grounds; preparing for hedging, and even planting out cuttings of Cherokee rose or two-year-old plants of Craetagas pyracantha, or of Osage Orange; trimming and weeding hedges; getting out timber; repairing gears, tools, implements, etc.; collecting material for compost heaps, and leittering stock yards and stables. Attend carefully and well to every kind of stock, Be [sic] sure they have salt regularly; they will not thrive without it. At the close of the year, every planter should examine closely into his affairs; make all the
necessary entries in the Plantation Account Book, and strike his
balaance; look carefully over his plantation, examine into the
improvements made during the past year, and determine upon those to be carried out the next; and not enter upon the new year without duly weighing both the past and the future.
Continue to transplant during favorable weather. Sow Peas, Cabbage, Onions, Radishes, Lettuce, Parsnips, Carrots, Turnips, Beets, Spinage [sic], Parsley, and Sweet Herb. Plat a few Irish Potatoes; also Horse Radish and Atichokes. All of the seed-beds, and many young plats will need protection during very cold weather. Manure and prepare the ground for all spring crops.
If there is cotton still to pick, push ahead with it without
reference to trash, as that will be removed in passing through the thresher....All the land that was in corn the past season, should be broken up this month....commence clearing up for another crop [cotton]; grubbing out under-brush from the woodland pastures, planting scraps of Bermuda-grass sod in permanent grazing grounds; preparing for hedging, and even planting out cuttings of Cherokee rose or two-year-old plants of Craetagas pyracantha, or of Osage Orange; trimming and weeding hedges; getting out timber; repairing gears, tools, implements, etc.; collecting material for compost heaps, and leittering stock yards and stables. Attend carefully and well to every kind of stock, Be [sic] sure they have salt regularly; they will not thrive without it. At the close of the year, every planter should examine closely into his affairs; make all the
necessary entries in the Plantation Account Book, and strike his
balaance; look carefully over his plantation, examine into the
improvements made during the past year, and determine upon those to be carried out the next; and not enter upon the new year without duly weighing both the past and the future.
Continue to transplant during favorable weather. Sow Peas, Cabbage, Onions, Radishes, Lettuce, Parsnips, Carrots, Turnips, Beets, Spinage [sic], Parsley, and Sweet Herb. Plat a few Irish Potatoes; also Horse Radish and Atichokes. All of the seed-beds, and many young plats will need protection during very cold weather. Manure and prepare the ground for all spring crops.
