The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04
THE EXPERIENCE CT ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
PLANTER.

THE EXPERIENCE CT ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
PLANTER.
We are again favored with an opportunity of
presenting the views and experience of an ntel-
gent and successful planter to our readers.
letter before us from Maj. R. A. GRIFFIN, of Nine
ty Six in Abbeville District. gives his experience
in regard to rhe use of fertilizers their mode of
application, and other matters of interest to the
farming community. We make the following in
tercsting extracts
Il always roll my seed in some ofthe Phosphates,
and often mix with Peruvian Giano, (two-thirds
Phosphate and one third Peruvian. and frequent
ly with Peruvian Guano and Plaster, all with good
effect If could afford to do no more, would
always roll as above. 1t brings up the plant
strong and vigorous and facilitates the cultivation,
and would pay in this way if the yield was not in
creased one pound Or. Blake mixed Peruvian
Guano and ashes, and rolled his seed in the morn
ing sufficient for all day planting. When the time
arrived for it to come up. he found the forenoons
planting of each day, throughout the crop, good
stand-the evenings planting no stand at all How
do you account for that? Ashes and Guano should
never be mixed, which you already know.
sI am now top dressing my wheat with Baugh's
Rawbone Phosphate, at the rate of lso lbs TO
the acre would mix Plaster if had it on hand,
though don't know that it would be Of much
benefit, unless the grain covered the ground, as
the Plaster possesses no fertilizing qualities e1-
cept through the stems and blades of plants. 1t
might fix the ammonia in the Phosphaes. The land
l am now dressing will be sown in clover, and when
it covers the ground will dress with Plaster. You
might mix one-third Peruvian Guano and two
thirds Phosphate, and say one hushel of Plaster
mixed with all you apply to an acre, with good
effect. have tried it on clover, and its effects
we're marked.
81 applied the wando, Soluble Pacific and
Baugh's Phosphate to turnips, FIVE hundred
pounds of the three altogether applied separate "
but the worms destroyed them. l then sowcd three
bushels Of barley per on the lot, which is now
very fine, high enough to cut vita reap-hooks.
see no difference in the different plats
al am planting quite largely this year; propose
to plant three hundred acres in cotton, and apply
Phosphate and Guano to the entire crop. AT my
plantation, am turning over some bottoms and
uplands with the Brin!y and Watt tuo-hOrse plous,
and they work beautifully. cannot experiment
much there, but am trying to have things done as
neatly and thoroughly as it is possible will on
ly plant abou, eighty acres in corn, mostly bottom
have thirty bushels Of barely and and two hundred
and twenty-five bushels of red oats sown.
"On this farm have seven hands hired for wa
ges and FIVE on shares. With my seven, propose
TO plant only thirty-6 acres in cotton, to which
1 am applying all my manure, and four hundred
bushels of cotton seed, laying off with two horses
On ten acres, will apply $50 lbs. Baugh's Phos-
phate and $50 lbs Peruvian Guano, and 100 lbs.
Plaster. When l apply barn-yard manure. will
use about half the quantity as above. putting it in
Us plant, besides rolling the seed. part of my
rows are four feet and some three and half feet.
IL have ten acres TO which am applying forty
bushels of cotton seed TO the acre, and running oil
first with uo.horse shovel, and following with q
long bul-tongne then open again with two horses
to What call double twistcr, looks like two
tvistcrs welded together, q wing on both sides
which throws ont q very wide and deep furrow, in
which the Seed arc uePoSltcu. tHcH iiuSe WIN
long scooter without wing. In fact, am putting
in all my domestic manure in the same way. When
it is all completed in this way, will then throw
stwo burrows on this with TURNING plOw and
follow with scooter. Just before planting throw
out the middies; as we tenn it. l ought to make
fifty bags on the 35 acres.
Having to apply fertilizers to the entire crop,
l have been puzzled how to go about it, so as not
commence TOO early and yet have all applied in
good time. I propose the following plan Lay of
all your lands now with two horses and follow
with subsoil, aud ridge with scooter as above.
Then, if it approaches say 25th Of March to lst
of April scatter your fertilizers along this ridge.
which will be below the surface level, land if a
considerable portion sca,tors in the opsn scooter
burrows, it is disadvantase.) and then bed Oh
this with the turning plows. Don't we concentrate
our manures in too narrow drill Where dc
the long fibrous roots get nourishmen 'front.' Would
it not be better to scatter half Of these heavy ap
plicaions at second third plowing!"