The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-03-12

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fr bsts rssapscs u III eyoaf society. soiias
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President South cafoii6a Il Iussituse.iio-
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| ,GEktfacts ft6moths Records ofths Top
Iisail Agficaitafai Association February,
9Th, 1870. ba1Srts0iii yfIgfigpssd ',dts5;
|lasb % III" sIERE 4pR;S llSsbssTd tsas sdt !,
asstepsa. aas ef b. 5! 1ee IL a5aa s5aaaa sThsiaha
Z Plhptsd in tprnips was Z ,ciay sSSdbsoil
w6iphs had bssn Improved BY previous
madpriings It vas sowp IN oatg 10 FlcB.:
1868, which was harvested in y une fol- i
1lovipg,y The, stsbbie was turned IN
about four inches, with a Singis ploW
dpripg, che, latter part Of July. g tisn
had 300. loads Of compost, made Win
mud jand the cleanings Of, the stables,
one-ffth of. the compost being from the
the stables, spread broadcast on one and
en- eighth acres. Ployed il in 'nihs
inches deep The ground VAS Vas ti'eh h T.
,roved. and the drills opened two feet
la2art. Two bags Of Peruvian gaado
and two Of Baugh's raw bone phosphate
were then mixed, put into the drills, aud
covered ready ,for, sowing, The drought
prevented sowing until she Both August
.lI plsnted the seed in hills eight inche.
apart. got 2 good stand, but the droughi
Of September caused . slow growth until
| Ost0her. 9ne,third of the acre wa. vas
sown in Eaglish Norfolks, one-fourth oi
an acre il, Winter turnips, and the re.
maiRder in Ruta .iagas. On the, 10th
4 Noyembers 1869, took an average OF the
English Norfolks which was at, the rate
! lsof 745 bushels per acre. On tbes 29tt
December took anosher average il 10 'tths
psssence of b, dcsI aalannI AS and ". ii
lPssrcs, and farSd ID 10 be at the rate Il 81 b
1872 bashsls per Esre. ON the 27ti
Depembe. took 81 average Of she zglt,
Bagas which wac g03E bushels PEI a acre
On the sOsh February took another ays
rAge aad fernd j. 1921 bushels per acre
4 .s.A Zee TuRNIpsis s..n -
f s.Statenasas ofsG asIg Nc Cans,ay.--l
Eapplied Is loads of mud TO the acre
p broke in shallow, then scattered broas
cast 30 loads dscayed pine straw, and re
broke with double plow, then dragget
! the land audaapplied 30 bushels lime
laid of the FORs4 Is inches apart, ans
1 lapplied in the drills Peruvian guano a
the Srate ofl4G0 pounds per acre, an,
then ithinned TO a stand 8 or 10 inches
apart. An estimate vas taken on tn,
: 10Th November. The result was Gal
4 As bushels TO, the acre. They com
mehcsd ;rot.ingl at that, time and swer
4 dug 5roH veaosa .h-s y-,1r, 3.
4 'a- 4. POTATOES. saT, sra
II / planted q half acre in sweet potatoes
which was manafed from my cow-lot
The rows were 33ofcet apart The yiel,
was 200 bushels! Sds2 .s.a y-rt
''' q ror&ToEs. i1o'el bs,ss
Statement of b. f. Ne Caanmip,,iy,EA =
first COW w-penned the ha'f acre intendet
for sweet potatoes, then broadcasted 2t
loads Of stable manure on il. I ther
ranaof the rows three and o half fee
apart, and drilled stable manure in tb,
rowe, The half acre YIELDED 226 bush
''S'd 30 7tqr>a ss e6 xss ,,3iss..