Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-08

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uuiil really 70 be planted, which
wAs done ID lie 2ih 1t April.
TIE row, were llii OIL I've net
apart with an ordinary ssootcrplow
following in each m;row with q
double wing hove, sixteen Inches
long aud eleven { che, wide, drawn
by two mules. In this furrow
was distributed lbou. one hundred
and fifty bushels Q. wei rOtted
horse lot manure, AMI three hun
drcd pounds VI John Merrymln Il
Co.'S ammOniaied dissolved bones,
PER acre. Til was thea Covered
wi b the Wat, * KnigAtA. L. plow,
small mould board attached. fol-
low Ing IN each flr.Jw viii, sub.
.u'' plOw Jreaktl. IN I'll. about
q. cen inches deep. As soon rs
the preparation was completed, the
seed was planted, pattng one
bnshel per acre with the Dow Law
planter.
AS soouas the cotton wa iargc
enough 10 va. p,owel witt tie
sweep, cutting " enty-fOur inches
wide, and One-ha.f inch deep, ana
was at once chopped to a stand, US
ing the No. , ,choval hoe, leaving
one aud two, and sometimes three
stalks-tnc width VI the AJe-ald
rs near rs we could cDuu;, bout
ten thousand stalks per "a Ii acre.
The cotton was hOed twice and
plOwed seven times, using each
time the twcnty-fOur inch sweep
and never cutting over one.half
inch deep. 1t was cultivated with
twenty-one burrows, but equally
as good work could have been done
with fifteen burrows by using 4
sweep Il few inches wider.
am also asked my opinion rcla-
tive 10 the number o. stalks that
should be left oil the acre TO make
the greatest yield. There is great
diversity Of opinion upon this sub.
ject. Ny experience has been that
much depends upon the variety OF
cotton seed planted. Those plant.
ing that variety Of cotton which
grows large with long limbs, will
never make @ large yield by leav-
ing eight OF ten thousand stalks on
ali acre, while the prolific OF short
limb cotton will do better with this
than less.
! lave cndcSyored 10 answer H.
telligibly and concisely all the
questions asked, and nope the state
ment may be be OF benefit 10 Hose
asking the Information.
Below hand YOU the evidence
OF the yield, furnished the commit
tee al the state Fair. Most re-
s%pCcttuily, . ours,
u. e.. LoCKETr.
The land was flushed with the
Watt " Knight "a L" piow, tie
mould board attached, break.
Ing about an inch deep. a few
before planting, the rows laid
d with the ordinary scooter plow, |
live inchc, deep, followed by a
louble-wing shovel plow, sixteen
inches long by eleven inches wide, |
by two mules. In this fur.
'ow were put about one hundred
MI nifty bushels horse lot manure
md three hundred pound. OF John
Mcrrymcn " Cos ammoniated dis
bone, per acre. We bedded
lpon this with the 'Watt& Knight
"A i" pillow, small mould attached
GLOWING in each mrrow with a
.ub.soil plow, breaking in all about
fifteen inches deep.
On the 2I'h day Of April it was
planted. The seed planted j.,
,nOwn rs the Hunt Variety"
his cotton was plowcd seven
ines with u sweep, cutting TWEEN
y-four inches wide and onc.half
nch dep, and hoed twice after
We lett upon each acre
: near as possible ten thousand
ALBANY, Ga, Nov. -, 1869.
We hereby certify that we
Weighed the cotton picked from the
Oregoing area of land, six and
ighty-eight thousandths acres.)
nj we found The total amount
altered 10 he twenty.>cven thou
and two hundred and six pound.
eed cotton, Onc-lhird Of which,
ny nine thousand and sixty-eight
nd two.thirds pounds, we weigh.
Il aud had ginncd and packed,
hOwing Il result vi twenty-eight
undred and eighly.fOur pounds
mt cotton, an average OF fourteen
undred and twenty aud two.thirds
Ounds per acre.
joins W. ALLEN,
e.. II CANFIELD,
Y A. pt-r