The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-20

pleasure of any journey, whether long
or short, is enhanced by these little
nameless courtesies which are offered
instinctively and unoficiously to stran-
gers, by refined, well-bred travellers,
and persons in whom native tact and
delicacy almost make up for the lack
of tie educating and refining influences
of society.
A New Way to Use Cotton Seed for
Manure.
J. 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 / have used this ma
nure almost exclusively for cotton, APP
plying only fifty to seventy-fve pounds
of gHano per acre, with the planted
seed, in bottom land.
Previous to the discovery of this ma
nure, I used guano almost entirely. My
success with this manure has given the
greatest satisfaction, exceeding any gu
ano have tried, and KAYE used the
best kinds. Twill state the results OF
the use of this manure. 1 live near the
northern limit of the cotton belt-al-
most under the shade of the Blue
Ridge. The lands planted are very old,
mostly in sedge twenty-seven years ago,
when I came in possession of them.
They were originally good for this part
of the country, and have been planted
in cotton for the last twenty years, ex-
cept during the war. The yield of the
crop last year from IS acres was 43
bales of 400 pounds. This year 40
acres have made 35 bales, of 430 pounds.
These crops were made entirely with
this manure, except Is pounds of gu
ano to the acre, on half the land (bot-
TONI each year. Had the caterpillar
not injured 20 acres of this years crop,
the yield would have been not less than
ten bales mole, which would have been
IS bales from 40 acres. feel certain of
this yield, as the same land made ], 430
pounds per acre last year, and only $50
this, which is the better cotton year of
the two.
The mode of making and applying
this manure is simple and easy, but re-
quires attention. / will state, in the
first place, 1 have four mules and one
horse, and do not make any of it during
the months of June, July and August,
as it would endanger the health of the
place.
The mules stand battered in separate
stalls. and in each one put about 35
bushels of seed right from the gin
house. These seed are stirred daily
with a manure fork, mixing the excre-
ment thoroughly with the seed every
other day would do, but is better done
every day, only requiring about twenty
minutes to do it.
find it requires about twenty days to
get them thoroughly mixed with the ex-
crement. At the expiration of this
time they are carried out and deposited
in an open log house, we'll covered, and
remain till / am ready to put them on
the land. Occasionally they should be
thrown about in the house to prevent
burning, or fre-fanging. Burning de-
teriorates their value, and it cannot be
obviated, unless large shelter is used,
mixed with something else that will
prevent the escape of ammonia, which
is Objectionable, as it increases greatly
the labor of hauling and applying.
1 apply them by preparing the land
J ISb dS l. "OuANA lux any ObnO4 LlaAuAOs
which should be deep and close. Tap
ply about 80 bushels per acre 20 or %
is enough for old red land, as they will
burn the crop in dry time on this kind
of land On low, moist land, 40 bush
els or more would not be too much, but
when this quantity is put on, the pillow
should be run through them after they
are deposited in the furrow, minghng
the soil with them, so they will not pre-
sent any mechanical obstruction to the
roots of the plant while young and del
icate. In fact, this Is good plan with
all manures, but mere particularly when
they are abundantly applied. I bed on
them as with other manure. What /
claim for this manure is, that it is the
only substitute for guano-that is, it is
theonly manure except guano, that can
be extensively used Of course it cannot
be hauled and applied as easily and rap
idly as guauo, but four mules can haul
enough for four or five acres at one load,
and three hands can apply them about
as fast as one can guano. l use handled
baskets in distributing them.
Many formers say they have not seed
enough to make this manure. l reply
that I bought no seed for last years
crop or this, but sold over two hundred
bushels, and had about this much left
after plantingsscotton this year. If 800
or ], 900 pounds of seed cotton are made
per acre, it will be sufficient to manure
the same land.