Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-09
Aiken to Have a Race Course.eA

contribute to thesattractiveness of their
paradisiacal equity seat. Not Satisfied
swithsethe possession of asclub ,rooip4,
Shicbis model on elegance andss5Sl
fort, or with giving tournaments, Balls
and theatrical entertainments almost
weekly, they have turned their attention
to the organization of a Jockey Club, qnd
the establishment of a.;Rnce Ground
worthy to be the rendezvous of the gen.
try of the State. To this end, prelini
nary meeting was held last Thursday,
and committee, consisting of Messrs.
Gaines Ashley, Henry sparnicE and
Luther w. Williams, {; appointed to take
the matter into consideration and report
at an earlyday THEY discharged their
duty, after enjoying the benefiti of thei
advice of ourown Col. Bacon, who visited
Aiken at their solicitation. And nowt'
the Club and the Race Course may safely
be- ebregarded asyinstitutions sim Afkena
The plan is to organizea stoclu company,
which shallshave control of the grounds
and property, and an auxiliary club
with which any proper person mayunite
in membership by election, Theiicapital
stock will be fixed at ten thousand dol,
lars, aconsiderable portion of which whttiise is
already pledged. Another meeting is to
be held in Aiken on the 10Th inst, when
the plans will be perfected The Com,
mittee cordially invite all who feel an /
interest in the project to be present, We
hope Colonel Bacon will go, again, and
take with him a delegation from Edge
field. We have reason to know that they
will meet such hearty spirits there as
the Aldriehes, Hagoods, Metzes and
others. And Edgefeld ought to be fully !,
and strongly represented, as the success
of this movement be of incalculable
advantage to the lovers of the turf In !
this vicinity. AS we said not l0ng ago,
inspeakingaof our Sabre ClubHcelebra-i
'tion, letus encourage at home and a'broady
spirit of dash, manliness and gallantry.
/; For the Advertiser. ., ~, t,,eI
Mr.. EDIToR: Permit me through the
columns Of your, paper to make known
the result of an experiment I made this
year, In planting cotton, Of different
widths between the stalks in the drill,
the rows four feet wide. took six rows
seventy yards long to experiment upon;
two of the rows + left the stalks one ina
place, one foot apart, yield IA lbs (; two
rows, two feet apart,-yield 7O4 lbs. !; and
| two rows, the stalks three feet apart
yield 74i lbs -frsm which it will be seen
that, in land capable of producing eighE
teen hundred pounds Of seed cotton per-
acre, the yields near the sameIwhether
left one foot or three feet apart. The:
yield upon the six rows was at the rate
of eighteen hundred and ninety, pounds
in seed per acre. .fa+i 4it I.gne9
The patch, of which this was part,
contained two and one half acres being
formerly all orchard, there We're fifty
fruit trees repaining on the ground,
The yield of the whole was 1472 lbs. Of
lint cotton, including tile bagging in
which it was packed, (thrGe bales) byt
Augusta weights. The greater part Of
the patch, three years previous, was con-
sidcred too poor to pay for cultivation;
one half had been fcrtilizcd the two pre-
vious years, and brought into tolerable
state of cultivation, producing last year
900 pounds in the seed of Peeler Cotton.
The manuring consisted of one-fourth
ofiit, IN january, being lightly broad
cast with, lot and stable manura,-o
fourth broad cast with green cotton seed
at the rate Of rs bushels per acre. The
whole Guanoed in the drill at the time
of bedding with four hundred poundsof !
Soluble Pacific Guano, and an after APP
plication of about fifty pounds in June,
0h 9hftfi4 tn4r4tit4eRn 4trr4tten ilde very ae-
cidcd Improvement in few days, and
continued for the season. .,
Preparation aud C.tIijrntion.
In January, immediately after broad
casting with the manure and cotton seed,
(as before named, J broke the whole With !
narrow twister, following in the same |
furrow'with long hnll tongue, subsoil-
ing to the depth Of eight to ten inches.
Being a very adhesive red clay subsoil,
it was impossible to break to greater
depth. -,...,.
On 10th and 1lth Of April bedded with
It long, narrow shovel plough. Planted
on the l2th of April; came up finely in
in some fourteen days, with q most c1-
cellent stand. d
The last OF April, rakcd across the cot
ton with a., iron rake, regardless Of cut
ting it up, and following Immediately
with the plough (bull tongue, the same
uscd in subsoiling, the point being near
ly square, witt, three burrows to the row
as deep as the ploughman could send it,
-running the first time iniithc centre
furrow made in bedding, and then
ploughcd around this ceptre, leaving
ridge in middle, and at HE same time
going AS near the cotton as necessary.
Two weeks after, sided the cotton with
a twenty inch, Farquhar Sweep. and
thinned to;near stand. Two weeksaf-
ter. ploughed the rows out with mar
row shovel, as deep as possible and run
ming close to tho cotton, After. culture,
with sweeps, worry. shallow, and the hoe.
Laid by about the last OF. July or first OF
August. uial ,pfu 13t.l.., '..,li- i
1t grew and formed very rapidly, and
commenced opening early. Picked 1919
lbs. by the 2sth OF, August and 1914 lbs.
by the 5th Of October, The drouth and
extreme heat previously, and a severe
hail storm on the It'll Sunday in August,
damaged it to very considerable extent
There was time if August, THAT it
was growing and forming 70 an extent
beyond which / had 'lio previous con
ceptioip; there were days that by actual
count of the blooms (allowing one hun-
.dred to.thc pound) it WIS putting ona'
the rate of 80 lbs. peracrc, with the ap-
pearauce of u long continuation, had, not
the heat aud hail. stopped its growth al
most entirely, and ronlwhich; it meyer
recovered, until t3o ;i;s ,?fplly, Anature
before FROST. ea' -.jlo ,tiu t5a.l -.
From my ieXperipugs lil:lde this year
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