The weekly clarion., 1871-05-18
Erom the Mobile Register.
Nhaf Southern Lands can be
Made 10 Produce.


Made 30 Produce.
n We notice, with great deal of Satisfac-
Non, the numerous experiments that are be-
Ing made by Southern farmers of heavy
manuring and high culture of poor land. In
he last number of the Southern Cultivator.
Ne results # several experiments Of this
kiud-madc in different sections Of the
eouth. and BY different persons-are re-
torded, and they are so satisfactory,
end so specially encouraging 20 the
nwellcrs upon the poor pine lands OF
be South, that we copy few of them.
The first is an experiment of Mr.. {. A.
Peabody. of Russell county.-Ala.. on n half
Mere OF land planted in cotton. The pro-
auce Of this half acre. as certified by COM
|nittee of citizens. and reported 10 the East
Alabama Agricultural Society, was 2,l49
bounds of clean seed cotton. The treatment
Nj the soil as described by Mr.. Peabody, was
4g follows:
A The half acre planted in cotton as de-
gcribcd. was a piece of old pine land, light
saudv soil-wOuld produce with ordinary
pulture aud common seed, about three hun
dred pounds TO the acre, seed cotton. /
bow Deuued the piece last winter. In the
tpring I turned the manure under with
kurn-shovel plough. aud followed with
bnb-eOil. About the middle OF April cross
td the piece with the scooter, and followed
Nith the Sub-sOil again. The 2Juh OF April
opened burrows three feet apart, and in
the bottom of the furrOw pat in two hundred
bounds OF Pacific Guano; threw two fur
'fOwg on this. with a turn-shOVel. and over
The Jsuano planted the seed. planted three
seed 10 a hill, fifteen inches apart. and
thiuned out to stand of two stalks. When
The cotton was up three inches high, ran
Rround it with scooter. and finished the
middIes with a horse-hOc, The variety of
cotton planted was the Dickson, hybridiZed
b. my long staple. In the early season, the
"A Oh }, coil fls,I Ian, a
hould suffer from the drought. and later suf-
Iered from too much rain. The nth of Sep
kenber the worms took it. stripping every
|eaf and young boil, lessening the product
hearly one-half.
4 The next ex pertinent was also made in our
State. The account i copied by the Guilt
fator ~m the Macon (Ga.) journal, as
Col Walter ii. Mitchell, ofthis place, who
has just returned from trip TO Alabama,
Rives Us an account of "A yield of cotton on
I've acres of land in Bullock county. near
Band was prepared by thorough ploughing,
a. the depth of fifteen inches, enriched by
the application of $500 pouuds-500 pounds
10 the acre of a mixture ofPeruYian Guano
Ind Phosphates, and worked at least once
week. The hill system of planting was
adopted, and the yield was fifteen bales of
elean, beautiful cotton, of fine quality, each
bale weighing 800 pounds.
\ We may talk ourselves hoarse in inviting
and putting on paper the great
advantages OF our country, but such facts
Is these are and will prove more persuasive
'han it all
The other is an experiment by a "young
planter" in Orangeburg District, ). c., and
Ne give il in his own language
Editors Southern Cultirotor:
Allow me to submit rs a young planter.
an experiment of a quarter of an acre. |
planted the gourd seed corn on four feet
bows and two feet on the bed, after APPLYING
hog pen manure ut the rate of two four
horse wagon loads to the acre, and twenty
bushels OF cotton seed--say five bushels.
| got very good stand, but had to trans
blant half the quarter acre, which threw the
ransplanted stalks at least two weeks be-
hind the original stalks. | then gave it the
Usual plOughing and work, when applied
sevcntv-five pounds of Peruvian guano or
ht the rate of three hundred pounds to the
icre. / gathered two hundred and fifty
Weight of blades and fifteen bushels of splen-
Did corn. Some ears measure ten to eleven
hches, and weigh from one pound to twen-
ounces, and have twenty to twenty-six
1ows of perfect grains. Ny belief, in regard
No the use of Peruvian guano, is that no
nuantity less than ton can or will injure
korn or cotton, If applied broadcast and
Nhoroughly ploughed under.
I'm our opinion, this young planter has
|DuuI out the true secret in regard To the
&ncceSsful application of Guano. 1t should
he applied broadcast and thoroughly
8loughed UNDER thoroughly incorporated,
Nhd as evenly as possible, throughout the
|pi. Ii is impossible for any crop to de-
I've the food and stimulant needed to sus-
Mn it through all the stages of its growth,
|fhen the guano is applied merely in the
MI or the drill nor viii the land be per-
nauently improved by such an application.
Mi apply broadcast and literally, plough
M deeply, and mix thoroughly with the
hole soil, and your whole land Will be
Aade permanently rich. BY this treatment,
We verify believe our poor, neglected pine
Ills can be made as productive as any lands
Nj the South, and as valuable for the pro-
hction of cotton.