The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-08-10
Compost from lots, sc. used as manure

for corn. should be dropped IN the tarr"w
opened for planting, and that intended Tor
each hill, separated by the hand, so as
barely to permit the seed to reach the
earth between. and both covered with
The hoe at the same time.
Cotton seed is valuable manure for
corn, and often uscd8in green and un-
prepared state, by persons whose know!-
edge and opinions of agriculture arc emit
tied to Tic highest consideration; but the
experience Of tho Committee is, that some
preparation is necessary to prevent ger
minaiiun which is sure to follow their use
in an uaprcparrcd stat, more injurious to
them than evaporation while undergoing
Fermentation. a machine for crushing
them would be preferable, but in the alb.
soncc of any thing of the kind, they shonid
be kept dry until about three or four
weeks before planting, and thrown in
large heaps, then take about four bushels
of seed, wet them through, (hot water
woud be best.) and place them in the
middle IF the heap; fermentation soon
It ,'ics pIacc-the ,cgotalmg quality is des-
rovcd, AID they are fit for use. Cotton
seed as manure. is not of long duration
thcr rfI,Hcts seldom continue longer than
one or two seasons at turIhest, and should
BE- used as top dressing for corn.
One of your Committee has made an
experiment with cntton seed Oh a twenty
acre field. planted in hills; on one half of
which the seed were droppcdin the check,
in the bottom of the furrow, and separa-
tel with the hand, leaving space be-
tween sufficient for the corn to reach the
earth. On the other part the corn being
covered lightly and haltcncd with the hoe,
and the seed were placed on the top of
The hill: on that part manured on the top,
he had decidedly a better stand, (Which
will always be the case,) and from his own
observations, and Those of tho man en-
plovcd to supererintend his business, a
much better crop.
He has also used the compost raised
from his stables, barn-yaris, and cow-lot.
with success, as top-drcssing for corn. 1t
may not be amiss to observe, that in Or
der to protect manure on hills against
washing rains, it will be necessary to run
round the corn Immediately y after planting
with the plough, which partially covers
inc manure, and so soon as the stalk is
out of the way of birds, it should be
thinned, and receive light dressing from
the hoe, which completely covers it.
Occupying a middle country between
the cotton and grain growing rcgions.-
The great difficulty in raising cotton is
the silortncss of the seasons, and the want
of climate, and as many Of us arc com
PEELED through necessity to plant our old
and impoverished lands, wel cannot set
too high an estimate on compost, stacked
or Ieachcd ashes on such lands as the
quantity of the bolIs arc not only increas-
ed, but their maturity fastened, an object
so desirable in our climate. go ,. =
The ordinary nethod pursued in using
the various manurcs for cotton by laying
off and dcpos:tIng the manure in the first
Gurrow and bedding thereon, we presume
is so well known to every planter, that
comment is unnecessary. There Is, per
haps, some economy in pursuing the dou-
BILE row system in manuring cotton, cspc-
cialIv if the low country system of culture
should be adopted among us, of using the
hoe more, and animal labor less, which
seems to be gaming ground in our 81 ter
District, Abbcvillc, (as it may require
more hocing.) This is done by running
off the rows five and hall or six feet wide
depositing the manure in the first furrow,
and bedding on it, on each side of which
drill a row of cotton, say l2 inches asun-
der. BY this system, we have the bcnc-
fit ofthe manure the first year for cotton,
leaving it the proper distance, to be fol-
lowed up with corn crop the second,
with less than half the labor.
Your Committee cannot too highly re-
commend cntton seed asmanurc for wheat,
no preparation is necessary. Fifteen or
twenty bushclSto the acre ofordinary land,
will eve it a fine healthy appearance. an
u m.rc uxuriant growth, which will en-
able It Ia rcs;sl the ravages of those de-
s':ia; We little insects, the Hcssian fly, the
2,mnpn enemy of the wheat crop, as it is
.,u the poorer lands that their effects are