The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-10

DAVID DICKSON ON Cor1oA PLlNrMo.@
As the cotton planting Nsssson is on u.s..
we give Mr.. Dickson's rules Of planting.
he is known to be the most successful
and skillful planter in the country, OF
course, these rules will undergo modi
cations according to soils, circulnr
stances, &C., but are generally applicable
and good. 80 ~
l. Lay off cotton rows four :feet apart
with shovel plow, double furrow, and
3. Ridge with long scooter, Ave inches
wide. Make the beds with turn plow,
sub-soil the turn plow furrow; split out
the middles with shovel. Plant with a
cotton seed sower, and cover with n
board or harrow.
First ploughing-run twenty two inch
sweep with right wing turned down, hoe
out to two or three stalks to the hill
every nine inches, ten days after plough
ing. Second ploughing-use same
sweep, the right wing turned up little
more. Third ploughing--in same way,
run third furFow in middle to level
3. Cotton standing thick in the drill
will be much more forward in maturing.
a. Cotton only requires distance one
way.
8. Be careful not to cut the roots of
cotton.
6. Have q deep water f,lrrow in the
spring; work fiat by hot weather.
q On level land run tho rows North
and South.
=. A cotton plant, to stand two weeks
drought, must have four inches soil and
six inches sub-soil; three weeks, six
inches soil and same sub-soil; four
weeks, eight inches and the same sub
soiling.
0. IF you prepare your land and carry
out this plan we'll, and manure literally,
you may expect from ACC to 1000 pounds
of lint cotton to the acre.
10. Fertilizers bring crop Of bolls on
the cotton early.
II. To improve the cotton plant, select
seed every year after the first picking,
up to the middle of October, taking the
stalks.
-. On nil farms there are some acres
that produce cotton better than others.
Seed should always be selected from
those spots.
Is. Manure everywhere you plow and
plant. Your labor will be more certainly
rewarded. 1t pays to use manure, and
it pays best on land that pays best with
a. From the 10th to the Goth of April
is the best time to plant cotton.
10. Apply one-half of all labor and land
to the making of full supplies of all kinds
that are needed on the farm, and enough
to spare for those engaged in other pur-
suits, and you will have more money
than if the whole was employed in max
ing cotton.
16. Leave no grass to bunch and cause
future bad stand.
IL. Plow cotton every three weeks and
let the hoes come ten days behind, clear
ing it perfectly.
18. Continue plowing cotton till the
18th or Goth of August. Once or twice
during the season shove out the middle
with o furrow, to keep the land level.
10. The plowing of cotton requires one
and fourth days per acre.
20. Cotton plants commence when
small to take on and mature bolls, and
continue until they exhaust the soluble
matter or exhaust the full capacity of the
land. Two stalks will do that much
sooner than one, and will so avoid the
drought, caterpillar, etc.
81. Cotton will grow after cotton a
number of years In succession, with
plenty of manure.
%. Make just the amount Of cotton
wanted, at paying prices. Keep out of
debt, be the creditors, make your sup
plies OF home; then and only then will
You have power.
23. Rotation of crops. deep and deeper
ploughing every year, incorporation of
vegetable mold, returning the proceeds
of the cotton plant, except the lint. to
the soil, making as much manure MS pos
sible, comprise my system of improving
lands.
"a. One object in cultivation is, to
keep the surfnce broken, SO as to let in
light, heat and air. Never stop the
piows for dry weather.
25. My policy has been to make the
most money with the least labor and
capital, even if it appeared to be waste
full.
26. The cotton planter should make
his whole supplies, everything necessary
to run the farm.
UNITED STATES Courts, APRIL s, JUDGE
BRYAN PRESIDING. tho District Court