The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-18
Deep Culture fof Cotton. 8 TE

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prominent.aEd gsueceasfal cotton plan.
Of Vinevillo, Georgia, will' be read
with interestsby everybody Interested
in the oulturepf our great staple:
YINEyILLE, August al feel em-
barfassed Gby the prominence which
las been given my cotton patch in the
Ie!egraph, as you are aware that i
have no taste for o public controversy
with those who advocate q different
But as you and some Of
your readers seem anxious toget, moro
information about, it, J. !, willstry to
describe, as briefly as possible, NV
method Of culture on this patch. fs"af'
ain thoroughly convinced, from
experience, that thehbencfits of deep
plonghipg in winter aud spring. are
lost, to a great extent, if it is not fol-
lowed up by deep culture afterwards.
Because tho ground soon becomes
hard and compact underneath, if only
the surface soil is cultivated in shall
low manner; the disadvantages of
which will speak hereafter. ' e
The cotton patch in question ia on
gentle slope Of red hill, and more
soil has been washed from it, to the
lands below, than has been washed
upon II from those aboyen fI,is free
from stones and stumps. But Was
noarly as hardias brick when lit was
ploughed5 for the first time i'll the early
part of May last. q,,.s his -
Before ploughing, I.sowed uponiit
broadcast "Gdstin's Superphosphate, y
at the rate of 500 pounds per aore.
With four mules to one Of Brinley's
largest size prairie plo0ghs2 it was
ploughed eight inches deep--followed
in the same furrow by d subsoil plough,
running twelve inches deep. The
same quantity Of ofssuperphosphate was
again sown breadoast and narrowed
in. The soil was thus pretty thor.
oughly pulyerizsd aud disintegratcd d
to the depth Of oightoon or twenty
inches, and enriched with spperphos-
phate at the rate of 1000 pounds per
acre. "a gF& 4,s,fE sS7ta - 50 sss.iE,
You will say that that is pretty
expensive. But | will venture to sa
that this land will produce quito az
much cotton aid ;sis mitch oosu as tho
best land on plantation III tFloy d
county which sold for 500 per ac,o . a
few weeks ago.
After narrowing it was checked ofi
with small plough SAG feet in which
the seed were planted--a single plant
only was left to hill-and covered
with hoe, which was the only work
done with a hoe---as'the subsequent
culture was done entirely with Mapes'
Subsoil LITTER anda horse hoe. 1t
has been cultivated four times with
the subsoiilifter and twice with the
horse hoe.o. - orae : l|-tl'f
This subsoil litter is made Of wrought
iron lis light and can easily be drawn
BY asingle mule or horse whero tho
ground has been previously subsoiled
From its peculiar construction il turns
no furrow, but works under the ground
like mole, to the depth Of about
fifteen inches, slightly raising the soil
as it moves along. The esoil in falling
back is pulverized at4least u foot on n
either side of its track. .z
/ The horse hoe is an Improvement
on tho oultivator and cffeotually dos
troys oil weeds and thoroughly pul.
gverizes the surface soil. w 4'aaia !
%. at the first working of the cotton
tho subsoillifter was run four times
between the}rows thoIwide wayy--three
the second-twice the third time
and d. once at the last working, running
as closely as possible to the plants
every times ~ i ,,al a,sfs4 4, Sd .le
There is no danger, of destroying or
injuring tho roots by this mnothod Of
culture if the ploughis not run so
near that the swingle-tree breaks the
'branohes--on tho ojcontrary, II It tisthe
very best preparation for the rapj5
multiplication and extension of the
small small tIbrous roots which are tho feed
ers to the plants.ai@s 4. - ], '1t,'' 6
This deep, oulturo,musts be kept up
lfrom ON. the, beginning. y, If the roots, arc
prevented from growing downwardsby
the 'hafdness and poverty Of the soil
70 "hN utolUfCSu 20 extend Gh6m-
selves only near the surface, deep
plFoaghing, under such ciroumstap ces.
would undoubtedly mutilate !, those
roots, TO the injury Of tho plant and
cause it to shed its fruit. .as.s, ! mas I
This cotton isnow about Eve and o
half fsetshigh ,and where Tue stand is
perfect, Pp.aFlf'. inc branches meet. in every
direction, ) sapd are are so heavily laden
with fruit thatasome Of the branches
are splitting off with the weight.aa
ass !t.was planted sona the S9thEof Nav.
md has grown'rapidl ly lfrorlotho start.
sSssss s..es s.i,sfas Il sth aalsss. hrStthe
! drought and at that time not 4 Single
fallen boil q square. or form |. could Sbo
found. Since lthe rains i have MOTTO
edsa few fallen sqnares.a PLANTS grow.
Ing on'a soilcultigatea d SO deepiS can
hardly be Injured by,droaght2and are
benefited in various other Ways.
II must be remembered that. the