Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-12
The Experience of Another Successful
Planter.

I We are again favored says tn,
Anderson Intellgencer with an CD
portunity of presenting the views
and experience eff an intelligen
and successful planter to our rea-
ders. A letter before from Mai. r
A. Griffin, of Ninety Six, in Able
vile District, gives his experience
in regard to the use of fertilizers
their mode of application and othel
matters of interest to the farmine
community, We make the follow
ing interesting extracts,
~ always roll my seed in some
of the Phosphates, and ofton mix
with Peruvian Guano, (two-thirds
Phosphate and one-third Peruvian. :
and frequently with Peruvian Gu.
ano and Plastor, all with gooo eff.
feet. If I could afford to do no
more, I would always roll as above.
1t brings up the plant strong and
vigorous, and facilitates the cult
vation, and would pay in this way,
If the yield was not increased one
pound. DR.. Blake mixed Peruyi-
an Guano and ashes, and rolled his
seed IN the morning sufficient for
oil days planting, When the
time arrived for it to come up, he
found the forenoon's planting of
each day, throughout the crop, a
good stand-the evenings planting
on stand at all. How do you ac-
count for that? Ashes and guano
should never be mixed, which you
already know.
81 am now top-dressing my wheat
with Baugh's Rawhope Phospate,
at tho rate of 160 lbs. to the acre
would mix Plaster if I had it on
hand, though I don't know that it
would be of much benefit, u1lcss
the grain covered the ground, as
the Plaster possesses no fertilizing
qualities, except through the blades
OF plants. It might fix the ami
monia in the Rhosphates. The
land ! am now dressing will be
sown in clover, and when it covers
the ground will dress with plaster.
You might mix one-third Peruvian
auano and two-thirds Phosphate,
and and say one bgshel of tlastcr mix
ed with all you apply to an acre,
with good effect. IhaYe tried it on
clover, and its effects were marked.
81 applied the Wando, Soluble
Pacific and Baugh's Phosphate to
turnips, five hundred pounds of
the three altogether, applied sepa-
rately, but the worms destroyed
them. l then sowed three bushels
OF barley per acre on the lot, which
IS now very fine, high enough to
cut with reap hooks. Isee no diff.
ference in the different plats.
u am planting quite largely this
year; propose to plant three hum
dred acres in cotton, and apply
Phosphate and Guano to the entire
crop. Atmy plantation, I am turn
ing over some bottoms and uplands
with with the Brinly and Watt twoz
horse Plows, and they work beauti-
fully. I cannot experiment much
there, but am trying to have things
done as neatly thoroughly as possi-
bic. I will only plant about eigh-
ty acres in corn, mostly bottom
have. thirty bushels Of barley and
two hunpred and twenty-five bush
els Of red oats sown. r.
tsOn this farm, 7 have seven
hands hired for wages and five on
shares. With my seven 7 propose
TO. plant only thirty-tive acres in
cotton, to WHICH 7 am applying all
my manures, and four hundred
bushels Of cotton seed laying off
with two horses. On ten acres,
will apply $50 lbs. Peruvian Guano
and 100 lbs Plaster. When I aps
ply bam-yard manure, will use
about half the quantity as above,
putting it in, as I plant, besides,
rolhntg the seed. Apart Of my
rows are four feet and some three
and q half feet. - . .s'";aA.f b,
Ahaye ten acres to which. + am
applying forty bushels Of cotton
seed to the acre, and runnig of
first with two horse shovel, and
following with a long bull tongue;
then open again with twe hesses ltod
what call q double twister, flpeks.l
Ike two twistersa welded together,
esiaswing |. aon both sides,) which
throws out a,Wide. and deem fi1rroyv