The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-19
a Now Way to Use Cotton Seed for
Manure.

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T w. Crawford, Of Cold Springs,
Pickens county, South Carolina, sends
TO the Southern Cultivator the follow,
ing account Of his way of handling and
preparing cotton seeda food for making
more cotton;
For two years I have used this ma
nnre almost exclusively for cotton up
plying only fifty to seventy'hVe p,ounus
of guano per acre, with the piah'cu
seed, in bottom land. ,no
Previous to the discovery OF inns ma
nure, I used guano almost en'lrely' NY
success with this manure has gwen the
greatest satisfaction, exceeding any gu
ano I have tried, and | KAYE USED thS
hest kinds. will state the results OF
the nsn Of this manure. ! live near the
northern limit of the cotton DelIInai
most under the shade OF tle DiIo
Ridge. The lands planted are very oln'
mostly in sedgc t~wenty-seyen years ago.
wben | came in possession OF Vleni.
TLcv we're originally good for this part
of the country, and have been planted
IN cotton for the last twenty years, GA'
cept during the war. The yleia OIL 'ie
crnn Last wear from 30 acres was 40
hoIra Of 400 pounds. This year Az
ncrca have made 80 bales, Of i3O pounds.
These crops were made ehtlrely WIN
this manure, except % POUNDS o. ~
ano to the acre, on half the lana 'poU-
TOM each year. Had the caIerPl'iai
NOT injured 20 acres Of this years crop
,ho yirld would have been not less tlah
fem bales mole, which would have Deeh
| A. bales from 70 acres. ] feel certain OF
tl,is Weld, as the same land made 10y
mounds per acre last year, ana oiliy ''V
his which is the better cotton year ol
the two. urluiro
this manure is simple md easy pu' a.,
mIires attention. | Will Rt"te' ~ 'n'
hrst uloce. | have four mules II one
horse and do not make any OF IL d''rinR
Ihn months of June, July and August
40 it would cndanger the health OF 1le
place. ,..uo1 IN sonorot,
stolIe and in each one ! put about %
hnshr]s Of seed right from tue gin
house These seed are stirred dally
with u manure fork, mixing inc oAcro-
ment thoroughly with the ScGd every
other day would do, but IL bc'ter oohc
oycry day, only requiring about twenty
minutes to do it. uo4,
T find it requires about twenty days TO
get them thoroughly mH'a "l'l' vno ~, II
cremcnt. At the expiration Oh .'''1
time thew are carried out and dep0Sltoa
in an omen log house, well covered, ana
rnmoin I'm | Am ready to put them on
the land. Occasionally they Sho''u We
thrown about in the house To prevent
burning, or fre-fanGing. Turning DC
trriorates their value, and 1t cannot De
obyiated. unless u large shelter IS uSea
mixod with something else that VII
prevent tho escape Of ammonia, Whicl
"a Questionable, as it increases greatly
tho labor of hauling and applying,
Iapply them by preparing the iah'
inst ng / would for any other manure
which should be deep and close. iE5p
DIV about IS bushels per 9cre ~ OF :,
is enough for old red 4land' aS they WI
burn the crop in u dry time on TINS KIM
Of land. On low, moist land, Az puSii
ols or more would not be too much, bu
when this quantity is put on, the p,oN
+, should be run through them after tne,
nre deposited in the furrow, milEI'il
the soil with them, 80 they VIII not pre-
scrt any mechanicnl obstruction to TN
/ roots OF the plant while young ana deI
icate. Ia fact, this is II good plan VIII
= all manures, but more particularly whe
they are abundantly applied. pea o
them as with other II WhaI
Z claim for this manure is, that II IL IN
only substitute for guano-that 49, IL
j. theonly manure except gu"no, maj ca
o be crtcnsjucly used. OF course 1t ca'n'
6 behauled and applied as easily and RAJ
idly as guauo, but four mules can MAJ
t enough for four or five acres ut one loa'
+ and three hands can apply them apo'
rs fast rs one can guano. use i'aho'e
= baskets in distributing them.
g Many fnrmers say they nave not sec
e cnouph to make this manure. rcpI
h that j bought no seed for last year
b crop or this, but sold over two hundre
j. bushels, and had about this much le
after plauting..cotton this year. II o.
or 1000 pounds of seed cotton are mac
per acre, it will be sufficient to manu-
tl,n aon,a land