The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-06-03
JUNE.

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from the Southern Cultivator.I
BALE OF COTTON TO TIE
ACRE.
I now propose to tell you how |
made bale Of cotton on one acre
Of poor land last year; and how l
saw one ploughing affect piece of
cotton. The one which I made
bale of cotton (451 lbs.) WAS poor
land when I commenced it. The
manure used was 40 bushels cotton
seed and 200 lbs. Oglethorpe fer
tilizer to the acre. I commenced
on the 18th May-laid of VOWS 3
feet wide with a large shovel
plough, and followed in the same
furrow with long bull tongue as
deep as the mule could pull it, and
then distributed the cotton seed in
the bottom of the furrow, and the
phosphate Immediately on the cot
ton seed. Then bedded out with
q Brinly plough, running the sco0t-
er after the Brinly plough, all the
while as deep as the mule could
pull it-thus making the best effort
I could all the way through, at sub
soiling. I planted the seed next
day, May 18th; opened bed with
small plough, sowed the seed by
hand without rolling, and covered
with board the old fashion), and
in five or sly days hld an elegant
stand. l will here add, that cotton
seed not rolled will come up quick
er than rolled seed, unless one has
time to let the rolled seed lie in
bulk and heat or sprout. The cot
ton after it came up only received
two ploughings with sweep and two
hocings. Itwas chopped to q stand
the first hoeing, leaving ; or +
stalks at every II inches on the
row.
The peice cG cotton l saw so
much affected by one ploughing,
was a 3 acre piece planted by L
neighbor. The three acres would
average about alike in every re-
spect, and were prepared and plant
ed alike, and worked precisely
alike the first working. But be-
fore myneighbor, A[r. B could get
around the second time, they had
gotten badly in the grass. He start
cd to plough i: with sweep and got
about one-third, CT one acre of it
ploughed, when I came along. Mr..
&. said to me, 'this grass is so
large I cannot conquer it with
sweep I remarked, take q turn
plough OF shovel, as I had much
rather kill the cotton by ploughing
than for the grass to take it. He
acted upon my suggestions, and
p!oaghed the remaining two acres
with tnrn-plough and shovel, run
ming round cotton with shovel, and
ploughing out with turner-plough-
ing very deep all the while, thereby
wrapping up grasS, weeds and every
thing else but cotton. Now what
10 you think Of that? Why, just
as I did, that the cotton would
turn yellow, and shed almost every
leaf; but not 50, AIr. Editor
Strange to say the cotton kept
green and growing all tie while,
and shed great deal less than
that p!oughed by sweep; and the
best part about 1t is that the por-
ton ploughed with sweep rustcd
badly to tAc very row, anu not
particle of rust could be found on
L leaf Of that p'oughel with shovel
and turner. Now sir, | am utter
" opposed TO deep culture in every
sense Of the word, yet | have lived
to see the advantage Ct it in this
one instance. Might il not be we'll
for those living in localities where
rust is sure to come every year, to
experiment 4 little by plon@hIng
soIac part or parts Of their crops
very deep the second Ploushiny,
even to Subsoiling and note the ct-
feet? OHONEE.
Clarke county. Ga, Feb. 18th.
1874.
WEED SEHDrSG.-Passins by the
garden Of careless farmer sae o,l:er
dav, I remarked that [ thought that
it would be as we'll to phil up g larS'
cc!cny Of mullins, ready and willing
to reproduce another greatly en!arg- /.
ed settlement of plants next year
But viii pall them Up when | have
:inYe; # rot, I guess they won't hurt
anything" was the reply. II that
man could calculate the effect the .
no~+ r.o- T haiirva the f;t-rrcS ySouii