The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-03-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
How Three Bales Of Cotton were
Made on an Acre OF Land.

Colonel b. G. Lockctt Communicates
to Colonel Styles ofthc Albany News
the modus operandi employed by him
in producing the enormous yield of27,
2O6, pounds of seed cotton from sis
acres Of land.
Below we give Colonel Locketts let
ter ia u!I With the accompanying Ger
tifcate:
ALBANY Ga, Dec. 20, 1860
COLONEL G. W. SrYLrs Doc SIR
had prepared and planted six acres
Of land in cotton this year, the resulted
which (twenty seven thousands two
hundred and six pounds Of seed cotton
wa, lnLcrueu lor lhe Gcorsa State
Fair.
The premium having been awarded
Jordan ~ Locie't Tor the greatest YiDII
on two acro5, am receiving many let
tiers asking Information as to the MODE
OF preparation end cultivation OF land
/ hope therefore, you will have The
kindness TO publish the following state
mcnt for the benefit Of al wishing to
know:
1t was first broken with the Watt
q Knight 4, u. pI,%, the large mould
board ,ttached breaking the land ahou,
SIX inches dcep--this was done the Iat
t,rpart of January The land remain
eli in this condition until ready to be
PLANTED, which was done on the 24th Of
April. The rows were laid off five fee
apart with an ordinary scooter pillow.
following in each furrow with double
wing shovel sixteen inches long and
eleven inches withdrawn by two mules
In this furrow was distributed about
one huudrcd and fifty bushels of wei,
rottea horse lot manure, and tire,
hundred pounds Of John Merryman ~
Co.. 5 ammODialed dissolved bones"
per acre. This was then covered Wit
the Watt d knight A. T. plow, small
mould board attached, following II
Zach fnrrow witn sub soil pillow break
iug in all about fifteen inches deep.
AS soon AZ the preparation was com
plc,cd the seed was planted, putting
one bushel per acre, with the Dow
Law planter.
As soon rs the cotton was large
enough, it was plowed with the sweep
cutting twenty-loar inches wide, AM
one half inch deep, aud was at onc'
chopped to Il stand using NO shove
hoe, leaving one ana two, and some
times three st9lhs---thc width Of The
hocAand as near rs We could, and ter
thousand stalks per each acre. The
cotton was hoed twice and plowcd sew
on times, using each time the twenty
four inch sweep and never cutting ovc
onc.hal: inch deep. 1t was cultivated
with twcn.y.onc burrows, but equally
Us good.work could have been dom
with fifteen furrows by using swccl
few inches wider
aln also asked my opinion relative
to the number Of stalks that should b,
left on the acre to make the grcaIes
Weld There is great diversity Of opin
ion upon this subject My experience
has noen, that much depends upon tho
variety Of cotton seed planted Those
planting the variety Of cotton which
grows largely with long limbs, will nev-
err make large yield by leaving eight
or ten thousand stalks on an acre, while
The prolific or short limb cotton will
do better with this number than less.
| have endtavorrd to answer intcllig
ihly and concisely all the questions
asked, ana hope the statement may he
OF benefit to those asking the idiorma-
ton.
5, Below hand you the evidence OF
the Weld, furnished the Committee at
the State Fair.
Most respectfully yours,
Il. G. LocKErT.