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

bushels per acre tut Wuitu uAls
third more per buHhol Is obtained,
why will Il not increase our corn
crop IN Georgia. Why will lt not
increase our cotton cop, both 90
regards quantity aud quality? II
has been estimated that the average
depth Of blowing In the Ualsed
States 10 six inches. Il has also
been proved, by experiments IN
some soils, that the increase is In
proportion to the depth the soil 10
worked. One inch, then, would
add One.sixth, so by adding al adj
ditiOn in depth Of blowing you In
crease your crop one-sixth. Think
Ofthat ye "~skimmers'' Of the eatth's
surface, ye who areIafraid you will
kill your land by deep blowing!
We now come to the most impor-
tant aid that deep blowing renders
our crops, viz: Retaining moisture,
thereby enabling our crops to resist
the excessive draughts. One of
the strongest arguments-one that
is conClusive--is shown in the brag
acre of cotton of Mr.. S. l. Gustin,
of Bib county, and here It would
not be amiss to give Mr.. Gustin's
plan. He chose for his experiment
a red clOy hill side, not steep and
very little soil scarcely upon II.
On the LIST Of May he sowed broad
cast upon this acre about three
hundred and fifty pounds of Gus
tins AmmOniated Raw Bone Su-
perphOsphate. This was turned
under with a large pillow drawn by
four mules, after which came the
subsOil plOw, going, as he thought
eight to twenty inches deep. Then
three hundred and fifty to four
hundred pounds of s~uperphos-
pilates were sOwn and narrowed
in. The cotton rows were then
laid of six feet by three and the
cotton planted.
The after cultivation was with a
coulter or lifter-a pillow that broke
the ground like a mOll, not turning
up or exposing the earth. The
weeds and grass were kept down
by q CultiVator, which ran very
shallow. This mode Of culture
was kept up until the limbs became
too large to plough the cotton.
Now for the results. While all the
cotton Of those who had pursued
the "skimming plan" with Dickson
sweeps, have shed q number Of
the forms aud blooms, turning ycl.
low and suffering from want OF
rain, Nj. Gustin's cotton looked
green aud continued to hold liz
forms. While other cotton had
lost its middle crop Mr.. Gustin's
still made, and at the end Of Au.
gust it was still green and bloom
ing. It is said sixty-ilve hollis o.
Nj. Gustin's cotton yielded
pound, when It takes one hundred
and ten Of the other cotton to yield
that quantity.
Compare the statements of ex.
perienCed men In regard to deer
plOughing for other crops in Eng.
land and the United States, and Il
will be found that by deep plough
ing one-third more Of corn ant
wheat has been made and also, re
member that by deep plOughiDl
One.third more cotton has beer
made-sixty.Gve bOlls against OnG
hundred is One-third more.
It 10 the opinion Of practical meT
that on three.quarters Of an acrt
Mr.. Gustin will make four thou,
sand four hundred pounds of seed
cotton.
What was the cause Of this
Liberal manuring and deep ant
thorough dlsentegEatiOn and me
Chanical admixture Of the variOuI
ingredients Of the soil. A soil MAJ
DO ever so rich in plant food, yet
the plant will starve If II is not in
soluble form or in contact with tn
} roots which act as so many mouths
} The sOlubility Of ell plant food 4
increased by heat and other chemi
cal influences, and to give the plan
the benefit o heat and the change
brought about by the action Of III
? atmosphere, we must plOw deep, s
as to reach these roots.
r May the day not be so far dis
tant when Georgia farmers ma.
realize the fact that "goOd tillage |
manure, and deep blowing and un
derdraining Is the basis of success
full farming.
: Making Sauer Kraut.-The hes
i we ever ate we made ourselves 70
: many years, and for q considerable
: time with our own hands, and al