The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-11

PREMIUMS FOR CORN AND COTTON.
The Anderson Farmers and Mechanics AS
sociation offered premiums last year for the
best yield of corn and cotton, subject to certain
conditions requiring report to be made as to
the mode of preparation, amount, kind and
cost of manure used, time of planting and
mode Of cultivation. The Board of Directors,
at recent meeting, awarded premiums under
this regulation as follows: For the best yield
of corn on bottom land, one acre, to Mr.. w. G.
Smith for the best yield of cotton on five
acres, to Mr.. W. W. Russell. The mode of
preparation and cultivation are herewith ap-
pended for the Information of the farming COM
munity:
YIELD OF CORN ON ONE ACRE.
Mr.. W. G. Smith reports as follows: Planted
! the above specified acre Of corn on the 9Th day
of May. The ground was broken up once with
q common gopher plow. I then made shallow
beds, about five feet wide; laid off the corn
rows with large shovel, double furrow;ng;
| then put in these rows five hundred pounds Of
cotton seed and Acid Phosphate conlposted, at
cost of eighty cents per 100 lbs Six days
after the corn came up, run one furrow on
each side of the row with a large twister or
turning plow, the bar side next to the corn.
In these burrows put four hundred pounds OF
cotton seed and phosphate composted; then
covered this with same plow, turning the wing
to the corn. I plowed the above acre three
times; the first time plowed with twister-
| the second and third with a sweep; shallow
cultivation. The yield was eighty-two and
! one-half bushels of corn.
Sworn to and subscribed before E. G. Rob-
| erts, Notary Public
| vTrrD m rOTTON Oy FrvE ACRES
Mr. W. Walker Russell reports the yield of
| cotton on five acres as follows: In January,
| 1874, ] prepared two and one-half acres OF this
| land bv opening furrows four feet apart with
| Moore's two-horse plow, running twice in
same furrow, and filling the same with woods
| earth, stopping to cover with two burrows as
soon as I completed twelve rows, and continu-
ing until completed the two and half acres.
Let it lie until April; ran in same furrow again,
and finished breaking out middles. On April
Goth opened top of the bed and put in rs lbs. OF
Atlantic Phosphate to the acre, and put IN seed
with Vests Guano Distributor. The remain
! der was laid off 81 feet wide and 20 two-horse
| loads of lot and stable manure were put in,
with $50 lbs. Atlantic Phosphate. Two burrows
| thrown on and allowed to remain until April,
when we ran again in same furroWs, and fin
ished breaking the middles, and making the
bed. planted on 29th OF April. line entlre
lot was cultivated with "a inch sweep, running
two furrows to each row, and gave 1t four plow-
ings and three hoeings finished laying by on
the 22nd of July. The lot was all carefully
topped from 22nd to 25th. The seed were care.
fully selected from crop of 1873, and some OF
them were picked from selected stalks in field
and finger picked at night; not allowed to go
the gin. The seed are known as the Peabody
variety, imported to this County by j. E. Ad,
ger about 1867. The yield was eight thousand
| and thirty-tive (S035) pounds of seed cotton.
Sworn to and subscribed before E. 6. Rob
| erts Notary Public.