The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-01-13

| The following account from the AIbay
| (Ga-) News. of 2lst December. 1t Is woth
the attention of planters:
q 200 POUNDS OF SEED COTTON on SIX AcRs.
Since the fair. we have received seveal
| hundred letters, making inquiry as to Oil.
Lockett's mode of culrivating cotton. y
which he produced the unparalleled resulOf
gn.een bales to SIX acres Not being as
70 answer so many inquirers by letter, 0e
called upon him for letter publication, ad
new have the pleasure of presenting is
system 70 the cotton planters of the Scuh-
and that our numerous inquiries may sect
we respectfully request the entire pressDf
the cotton States to publish it:
ALBANY, GA, Dec. 20. 1869
Col. c. w. STYLES:
Dear SRI had prepared and planted tx
acres of land in cotton, this year, the resllt
of which (27,206 pounds of seed cotton,) vas
intended for the Georgia State Fair.
The premium having been awarded J'r-
dan q Lockett for the greatest yield on TO
acres, am receiving many letters asking n
formation as to the mode of preparation ad
cultivation of this land. | hope, therefoe.
you will have the kindness to publish ee
following statement for the benefit of II
wishing to know:
The land was first broken with the Watt&
Knight A. Il, pillow, the large mould board
attached. breaking the land about six incles
uary. The land remained in this conditin
until ready to be planted, which was dole
on the oath of April. The rows were laid Of
live feet apart with an ordinary scooter
pillow, following in each furrow with dor
BILE wing shovel sixteen inches long ard
eleven inches wide, drawn by two Mules
In this furrow was distributes about ore
hundred and fifty bushels ofwellrotted hore
lot manure. and three hundred pounds Of
John Merryman & Cos ammoniated diseOiy-
hOh orr IL xnsac han rea6
with the Watt q knight A. B. plow. small
mould attached, following in each furrow
with sub-sOil pillow breaking in all about fif-
teen inches deep. As soon as the prepara-
ton was completed, the seed was planted,
putting one bushel per acre with the Dow
Law planter.
As soon as the cotton was large enough it
it was plowed with the sweep,cEtting tWen-
ty-fOur inches wide, and one-Falf inch deep,
and was at once chopped to stand, using
the No. SchOval hoe, leaving one and two
sometimes three stalks-ths width OF the hoe
and as near as we could count, about ten
thousand stalks per each acre The cotton
was hOed twice and plowed seven times
using each time the twenty four inch SWEEP
and never over One-half inch deep. 1t was
cultivated with twenty-Sne burrows. but
as good work could have been done
with fifteen furro US by using a sweep few
inches wider
L am also asked my opinion relative to the
number of stalks that should be left on the
to make the greatest yield. There is great
diversity of opinion upon the subject. My
experience has been that much depends up
on the variety of cotton seed planted.
Those planting that variety of cotton which
grows large with long limbs, will never
make large yield by leaving eight or ten
stalks on an acre, while the pro-
itic or short limb cotton will do better with
his number than less.
l have endeavored to answer intelligibly
md cOncisely all the questions asked, and
nope the statement may be of benefit to
hose asking the information.
Most respectfully, yours,
u. @. LoCKET.
The land was first pushed with the Watt
& Knight "A. b" plow, the large mould
board attached, breaking about six inches
isep. few days before planting, the rows
we're laid off with the ordinary scooter pillow
i've feet deep, followed by a double-wing
shovel plow, sixteen inches, long by eleven
vide, drawn by two mules. In this furrow
we're put about one hundred and fifty BUSH
,ls horse lot manure and three hundred
pounds of John Merryman & Co.'S ammOni-
hated dissolved bones per acre. We be6ded
lpon this with W att & Knight "A. B." pillow,
mall mould attached, following in each fur
Ow with sub-soil pillow, breaking in all
bout fifteen inches deep.
On the oath day of April it was planted. |
The seed planted is known as the "Hunt
1ariety." This cotton was plowed seven |
lines with a sweep, cutting twenty-four |
inches wide and one-half inch deep, and |
oed twice after choyping. We lett upon |
ach acre as near as possible ten thousand |
ALBANY, Ga, Nov. Is 1868.
We hereby certify that we weighed the |
otton picked from the foregoing area of
and (six and eighty-thousandths acres,) |
nd found the total amount gathered TO be |
WanfV. seven thOusand two hundred and six |
pounds seed cotton, one-third of which, say
line thousand and sixty-eight and two
birds pounds, we weighed and had ginned |
nd packed, showing result of twenty EIGHT
hundred and eighty-four pounds lint cotton
AN average of fourteen hundred and TWEEN |
Y and two-thirds pounds per acre.
JOHN w. ALLEN,
G.. I'll. CAMFIED,
Y. G. Rust.