The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-09

From the .Aiubama Planter.
Cotton Seed as n Manure

Messrs. Editors: 10 the Planter OF the g. d
Dsce mber, you- correspondent, Tuscaloosa
glyes some experiments on 4" Cotton 8 ID 40
manure for Corn" and then refers TO Sumter
n rather fia!ern, way. Now. discIs,mins
the encomum Of Tuscaloosa, bu, earnestly de
sirlns to aid the farming interests OF the coun.
try by any facts .hs, have fallen under my CD.
sef,ation, and any deductions have made
from them, will give the few facts and req.
sonlngs in my possession on the .ubj-c'., pro.
missing tina, my knosledse on The subjects is
quite too limited to build any particular by.
poihess upon. My frs, fact &c fac, ii BE- is
that from the hot and stimulating character Of
cotton seed, i. Is cot proporiiouably as valu.
abe 10 dry seasons as in moderately wet OF
common seasons. Sccond, II is | believe a
settled fact tina, any manure placed imme.
diately around plan, or tree end the sur.
rounding earth lief. 10 lis barren or partly bar.
rem slate, will no, be as prof able as If more
generally d,GIsed, and this is especially The
case with such plants as seek the chief part OF
their nounshmen, from the surface, By roots
spreading TO a considerable distance around.
as corn is known To do. This. in great part.
aris,s i.om what may be called the hatitude
OF The pl,ni-noi its nature, bu, The hsbl, Of
all gan d substances possessing either att.
nal or vegetable life TO adapt themselves
10 their circumstances, sad az those cIrcum.
s,snces change, Inc being mus change lis ha
bits. Nov il the change IN circumstances be
sudden and great, IT is we'll known that the III.
q ienco 90 the sulj CT OF it mus, b. sIdlen
aud great also. And here allow me 10 Iulro.
doce the fact that vine esseis and ofcbard.
ISIS always in Tier directions for planting
trees and vines. and particularly The luiIDcr,
recommend, Instead Of hole one foo, square
filed altogether nlll manure TO plant tree
in, that hole three or four feet square be
made. filed wish manure, earth, &C., and
doubtless experience would show that hole
ten feet 80 are sculj be sill better. Third,
II is knosn that cotton seed IS not exhausted
Of IFS ;ertillzlng powers IN one Sc SOD, espe.
cialIy if i, Is q dry one, aud the more SO if
the earth is OF dry and sandy character.
Now, TO apply the above 10 the exp .snen's
of Tuscaloosa, We mus, recur To bis course.
flo says Of his fi-s. experiment: 81 Then LAID
of my corn rows and scattered The Gotten
seed very similar as il is done when we plan.
cotton, only much thicker IN The dnIl. The
result was a failure" He ssaln tells US that
the field lie used 10, the experiments is Of
a l'gh, sandy character" He next tells US
tina, he took The same f. Id next spring 10 ex-
perimen, upon-hal he laid Of hi. rows 10
the middle between the hand!uls Of cotton
seed in The ploushman's step, &c.,-ihen
planted his corn IN the middle between tho 4
haudfu!s Of cotton seed, and, as he says moth.
ing direct or precise about il, lufer, cullva.
ted much in the same manner both years, and
as above quoted. The frs, experiment was
very satisfactory.
In view Of my frs! fac, may ask Tusca.
loosa, If The first season was no, mos, proba.
bly, dry ond hot and if so, bis inquiry hos 10
that Of Ieast, part OF It's answer. The doc.
'sige that stimulating plan, at first, and az.
ter that letting i. hell itself IN good degree,
is so fully condemned by vine.dressers and
pfchardisls i, I think sound, as II has The test
Of years Of observation and experience to con.
firm il (at Iess, with ,hem) and it appears 10
ne also as the teaching Of sound philosophy.
The settled fact that the feriilizinz Capacities
Of cotton seed are not exhausted iu one sea.
son. has doubtless its share 10 the exp'ans.
lion. and If the second season was rather wei.
while The fret was rather dry, The whole may
be thus accounted for. Perhaps /" TuscaIoo.
"a" planted his corn Immediately after drill.
ug in dry cotton seed, covering both ., the
'sme tine. and il 90. experience will convince
lin il be Try it, that he will always fail on
hat plsa. A thick bed Of cotton seriously