The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-03-18
UY HOWARD PAUL.

Tho thrush, and The hum of the musico,
bee;
Ihe hundreds Of games at The swing Of tho
hi(lock VI NV
The sports every morn meath the wide.
spreading vino, "'''
Wildwood '"e
For liking my brothers. eyes better than
Dear Marion May, We have known thc
hearts sorrow, Wv
since those happy days have flown rapid
ly past;
We've tossed on an ocean of iumu,t md
trouble,
And found tic next morrro,v =, dorl a, H.
list go VIZ
Yet bright arc Tho hopes that from. sorrow
"eve' garncrcd,
And rich arc the lows that our mo,,o,.;oo
store
onr hearts arc sill glowing. with lifc's
sweetest pleasures,
Though childhood's fond days, like lbs
flowers arc no more.
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Correspondence Southern Cultiyator,
Gxperimcn; on Sixteen Aero Lot Of
Cotton
SrAErA, Ca, Feb. 9th 1865.
EDITORS SOUTHERN CuLTlvAroR -
Thinking it best to tell what | have
oohc, instead Of giving advice that | do
not lollow, | viii give you the details Of
'n' preparation, mannrInE planting, cul!
tiVation, and production OF n siv,ron
acre lot, planted N cotton; and os manv
may desire TO know all the particulars
i'wlil be rs explicit as | can be in a l,t.
ter
First, the land is good Pine land, and
has been under tho plow nearly seventy
years. and as many MS fifty. five years N
co''oh' About twelve years ago, it
was sown in oats, with 200 lbs. of rnano
ana bones, mixed with salt and plaster.
amt made 80 or 35 bushels pcr acre MI
lea oil by turning sock in tho field
fonr years ago left il mcullivalcd
until tho middle Of July.-thcre was then
heavy growth of weeds on it, lust
grown. ! turned them III, and dronpt,I
peas m every third lurrow. The result
was II large crop Of vines, and at least
hlIccn bushels per acre. These wcro fed
oil hy beef cattle.
That, il You call it rest, is ali tho (ielj
ever had. The lot lies between two
branches, running North and South
on ono slope, next to Tho branch, IS n
second growth of pines the other is y
peach orchard. The cotton was p}om,d
on the top Of Il level ridge, lying within
ohc-lonrth to onc-hal( of nile Of lnt,lc
OS"echcc. 1t was planted in cotton il,
iSG6-mnnurrd with about one hundred
and lifty lbs Of bones and Peruvian
S"ano each, and 100 lbs. Of plaster, ]
commenced the 3d day OF May with two
horses, to prepare tho land cotton rows
lo,'r ,ce1aPart ran two Inrrows in the
middle OF each row, which stood omen
about inches deep. and applied to each
acre 700 lbs OF Soluble bones, .1G5 lbs
NO. | Peruvian Guano, and 100 lbs
plaster. Salt bcm, too high, | omitted
mat. The mixture was deposited in the
bottom OF the lurrow then covered with
long scooter plow, going about as deep
rs the other two other throws; then
ran on tho eide Of each scooter furrow,
WIN good turning rlow, going seven
inches deep. After preparing about six
acres IN this way, | opened with small
Dn'l'tongue plow; dropped tho seed and
covered lightly with q board of i,
w'th harrow. continued in Ills wav
mtl ire lot was planted, finishing tho
1'ltecnti OF May. The land being fresh
'y'rf'rarcd and little dry it did not,
come up well. The 25,h of May, had a
'iiio siiowor, and on The frs, mormnn of
Jane there was a first rate stand About
,he ''rst OF June, | turned the plows
back to finish The preparation, running n
scooter SIX (?) inches long, in the bot
'oh' OF each turn rlow urrow. coinn
sryen inches deeper then plowcd ap lho
old stalks with large, long shovel blow
gong under the old cotton STALL ,,.r.
ing nine hirrows to the row, in prono or;no
the taking nine days, with ono
morse Tor every eight acres, which was
rqu" to a fall sub-sohing: You observe
'n' preparation was not cxpcnsivc: In
c'"d'ng planting,it WINS eleven DAYS work,
to eight acres. "0 :"
lIe cotton soon stretched I'M wcll Tho
first blowing was done with q hcayy ~
men sweep, (right wing towards the
enu nearly Hat; tho back cdeo of thu
wing ABOUT one and Ia fourth of an.iinoh
"oovo the ifoht edge in elevation |
men hoed out to q stand, tho width,o(
mo, scoy'll.hoc, leaving one to three
stalks ina bill Cotton slandinr ,h;cl, @
IN the drlll, viii be mucI, forward,r % ,hon
.n"1 ,..' which is 'hin, Give it tho nccessa. @
'y q, distance bel ~ecn tho rows.
The'sceond blowing was done with
inc same KIND Of sweep, with boil, winys
eloVatod--thc second and last hociass
!ollowedHina n few days. The Third nlows5
ing ran ono fnrrow in tho midle Of tho
rows The cultivatiomwith the. nlow
occupied one horse five days. for. each
eight acres, which makes two DAYS plow.
ing Tor each acre. and about two davis
hooing for the same.
l,he cotton grew so rapidly, It did NOT
need any more work. / hired tho n;ck.
ing OF most j. at 40 cents per 100 lbs