The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-18


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PLANTING IN GEORGIA.
home Account Of the Cotton Oracle o of
@aeorgie-How mr.. David Dickaon and
Mis Neighboxs Manage.
A Georgia correspondent Of the New York
Times, writing from Sparta, Hancock County,
ways: IN
!, OF all the counties outside Of what is called,
Dus excellence, the cotton district OF Georgia,
Here reside and plant Mr.. David Dickson. MIR.
.@3n1peon and Mr. Turner with number of
iaaathful imltators and disciples. and nowhere
professors Of practical farming than the gen
Ieznen have named. 1t is incalculable the
kood they have done in their neighborhood,
and, indeed, in every part OF Georgia their ex-
ample and precepts have proved beneficial.
They have demonstrated the value OF scien-
-ftMc agriculture, Of system and OF Intelligent
Industry, and have exposed the wasteful folly
OF the old system OF scrascning ane sur sultace' ice
0omes perfectly exhausted and then repeating
ehe process, never DIR canning Of ueing manure,
and believing that Or ea,k,ng the @ land more than
in the fable, who killed the goose that laid the
golden egg, was prOvident compared with she
FARMERS Of tho old school. thousands and
thousands of acres in every county, now grown
mp in stunted pines, and presenting barren
red surface were once good land. They are
now the slaughtered geese that laid golden
eggs.
proved that lending money to their land is the
best aud most lucrative investment, and that
Improving the land they have got pays better
than buying .'new ground" when the old is ex-
regarded as crazy men. Ploughing the soil with
two and four horses, and With large turn
Ploughs, and using guano and commercial fer
tiliNers, were considered ''all toolishness." It
ness" and that applying from ten to twenty
Dollars worth per acre OF that tsstuff that
amells so bad wass in itself, sufficient proof
thss and to
. much larger number OF bales Of cotton than
their old-fashioned neighbors; that their corn
cribs were fuller; that they had more wheat in
khsir bins; that their horses, mulea, cattle,
wagons, harness and implements were in bet
ter condition and lasted longer than those Of
the primitive school /; and that they never
DEed anybody cent, and always had plenty of
money. They were the first to use the COM
Rerclal manures literally, and the first to find
chat it paid better than any other investment
OF capital to use them at a cost of even $40 per
Aore.
The result is now that no county in Middle
Georgia produces as much per acre of arabic
yAnd as Hancock County, although the soil gen.
6Ur don to It's size uses anything like the same
quantity Of the guanos, phosphates and land
plaster. @'"
Mr. David Dickson who, Ibelieve, commenc-
Ad life as storekeeper (dry goods, &c.) in this
village, is now universally admitted to be the
the best most successful and most intelligent
planter in Georgia Ae is not by any means
III. Lee Jordan, Captain John A. Cobb, and
othars in Southwestern Georgia, plant double
and treble the quantity of land, own double
and treble the number OF mules, horses, &C.,
atd employ very many more laborers; but at
the end OF the year take the number Of bales
per. acre Of all the plantations, and Mr.. Dick
Am incontastibly carries off the palm. He
1S 1sn.e and On pa parts of It pro produces as as m muoh oh
Asa three bales, or 1900 pounds Of lint cot
tony. To look at his plantation you are not
stEnck by any particular neatness, fancy fences
or eveniy-divided fields. On the oootrary, you
ARE disappointed at the rough, 'uNtidy appear
>1nce of the face OF the farm. But the etook
lookI well. The ploughlng is admirable, the
oil their stages of growth look m ore vigorous
and healthier than those Of other people. Mr..
Dickson is an eminently practical man. He
has no idea of msthetics. He does nothing for
appearances. He does everything to make
mnHney. He is ilt-educated, an old bachelor and
devoted to putting one dollar on the top Of
another. Year after year since he went to
5ng and gut ii df he
4r6t on o small scale and cautiously, until he
discovered that the combination OF genuine
Peruvian guano. plaster. dissolved bones
and once found, he s'made note ONT" and has
used # layishly, being, ! believe, the largest
Individual customer OF Mr.. Merryman, Of
fol. Instructive and eminently practical arti-
clss, or the substance OF articles, TO the South
ern Oulrivator, in which he has given detailed
accounts Of his mode Of culture. Without any
pretensiOn to scientific skill, and without using
Q term that every farmer cannot understand,
ne has explained the whole process of cotton
culture Id it's smallest minuti@, and has de-
scfibed all the implements which are used and
have devoted all hls intellect to the study Of
how to raise the most cotton on given guam
0ty Of land. has pursued the study laboriously
and patiently, and has found that by deep cui-
tur0 before Seed time, and heavy manuring.
.Mhile She plant is maturing, he can produce
ifom Two to three bsies per acre upon the or
: Sn Georgia. Il be is to Be honored Who : cal.
make two blades OF grass grow where one
grew before, how much more is Mr.. Dickson
wS ads s S asrs Ss n5ss
hundred and Atty pounds Of seed Cotton. worth S
91a used to be msde bsfore2
v xhas year. stimulated by the high prices,
8k4n 1uCOuEV860 Uy the l6rB6 sums ne x0-
eetved last year, MIR. Dickson has planted
very largely, with crest care and with great
quantities OF guano, dissolved bones plaster
and salt BE sold ail Of his cotton seed that he
S01Sia spare, at from 81 70 Sb per bushel, In
few weeks after it was known that he would
sell them, thus adding from $50 to $3.50 per
bale to the value Of his cotton. and daily re-
Ceiyes hataulls Of letters asking all sorts of
I questions AZ to chow ho does it," /. 1IlE
have written chiefly about MIR. Dickson, be-
SsaSe people speak OF him more than they do
S2 othsrs: He has been more written up"
SAsn Mr.. Simpson or MIR. Turner: but. person,
ally, am confident that Mi. 6irnpson liz qrite
ee ekilfui, quite as successful. and quite "a In
segsns sa,, rasss s Hs raises speces Of cot
people call u the cluster cotton from tha