The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1858-04-13

Bea SIRd- Time Of PLaattng --.Hette OF CIT
ture-Mantues,- Best kind Hugs,lettfd d =
| Gathering Quantity made to.the fdmi :
Best maaner Of prlpae7ay IL for market,
ifa6s,ersP b -rds Southern Sestes for Jescrip
tiv6 Aatd ior me 10 de- cibe the dferent,vr-
rietcs, is tan wish TO shrink. lfomS AID
leave II for older aud more experienced I'aIds.
Cotton is such AL nj inporlan; crop that Ire
5est Varieties uf seed were commanding five
dollars per LusheI last wluter; and they evcn
sold for ten dollar, per hu>hel iu this nerhbor.
hood two years ag.'. Nearly every planter is
So eager after the best, that the price for tew
seed ceases to bc al object. When the cd
green seed was planted thrvug hoat Newberry
our Lands we're con. parativeIv rich and yirI,lci
we'll In a short time new varictes-the Pet
itgulf and Airirndor took its stead, aud now
at The present tim, we are ;tilicrd with new
rlrties aud high priced secd-snrli rs the Little
Pom-gra rate, Biz Pomrgranate, Twn Bunch,
Boyd, Prolific. Gilmore, Calhoun and Exc,lsi
or. In speaking Of these varieties can only
give my opinion, ldgneGt aud experience, 80
lar rs it goes Whether there are rs many sa'
riet:es as un here spoken OF cannnt say. |
know oue thing, if there arr, some Vt them
closely resemble each othcr in growth, lint aud
yield. The Ircsher and pnrcr the seed the bet
ter We all know, SoEic OF the above named
varieties may be- aud believe are seed "l the
SAME variety originally, only in ii purer stntr.-
grew last year the Big P"mcgrana,e, Cal,
hvuu aud Excelsior, which some call the o.
her or accidental seed. The Punrgrana,c j.
Il good cotton to plant on strong laud :. the on.
ly objection that can be had 20 il is. tia, ii fails
out rather too much it must be picked rs il
opens to save all The Calhoun IS ais. an
excellent cotton to grow on rich land; it Yields
very well aud turns Off well from lhs seed -
about 81 lbs, to the hundred. Either Of those
two varieties do not grow 50 Iuxuriant and tall
as the Excelsior, requiring less space aud dis
taLce in the width Of rows. Consequently
either kind is b tier adapted to rich AMI fertile
soils. But our lands are not so rich and p;o.
ductve as they were when We had old Green
seed to contend wi,h-our cotton rarely gets
as large as we desire.
The Excelsior or OXner seed, recommend
us being the best aud most prolific cotton now
grown 10 this Safe. South Carolina-its sta
pie bear, Il tair sample and commands the high
est III alkcl price-it Yields from one TO :wo
thousand pounds seed cotton per acre. 1t is
the only cotton now in a pure state that will
make such yield on our lands. Last year |
made twelve hundred pounds seed cotton Oh an
average with the f.Xc.!s;or, one thousand
pounds with the Calhoun, and from five TO eight
hundred pounds with the Gomegrarate per
acre.
worked ten hands and made 81 bales of
cotton weighing 400 pounds each. This yea
have planted none hut the Excelsior and it, "u
my poorest Iand slightly nmuurrG. with lh.
same number ol hands, aud less acres | wiI
make the same while my n"ighb r, are maxi
inc. SOME Il half, AMI others two thjrls O: Il crop
Some perhaps, will say it is v"ur 'n''c # c"l
tiva,irn thai makes such large yields That
may be, to some extent. shall not pretend
to say but it depends, Very much up"n the
puri.yot seed.
Cotton should be planted as soon as the cold
weather is over, SAY about the lOth "f April,
or >uru after the n,N m0uu; aS we are apt 10
have moisture sufficient to bring il mp.
We are, however, compelled to be governed
by the weather in planting, but my idea is to
plaut about tho first week in April, If the wea-