Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-05-11

and it was necessary to drag the woo.d.s
en- side of the harrow over the fie'dsii
November in order to level them be-
fore turning under.
"The remaining two acres were,
so wn in peas, without the mixture, at
the same time with the eight, md the
crop was not good Oh them by oae-
half ut the least.
"In November, withm,t pickin g
The peas, the en- acres Were sowa,l
down, about Il half acre in barley, one
acre i'll wheat, and the rest in oats, and
peas, and vines, barley, wheat and
oats were turned under with Watt
plough.
about two or three weeks after, a
part OF cotto, field mnnure,l for cot
ton with two hundr d pounds Georgia
State Grange Fertilizer to the acre
WAS planted III wheat. The result so
far is chat t barley, wheat aud
oals planted with the 'ash element
(as the nbnve mixture is cuiie } AL
peas turned under are Jar ah.ll Of
the rest
"To sum it up. ! ha e eight ACRES
of oats, har'cy and wheat planted
with ash element and peas, two in
oats after peas alone. fnnr acres Of
wheat and twenty-five Of oats in the
cotton fold manurc'l with twn hun,i-
red pounds Georgia State Grange
Fertilizer per acre when the cotton
was planted, and about forty acres of
oats on rested land"
Mr. John Stoney Porcher, Of Wal.
worth, upper St johns s-writes: II
had three fourths of an acre in peas.
with two hundred and fifty pounds
ash element last spring, for wheat in
the fall. Owing to some mistake the
wheat was not planted until til e 5th
of February. 1t looks very wellnow, !,
but is too small to conjecture any
thing about it.
"Thc ash element was used nn
l'eas that were planted, inva,iah' y.
to feed to mules in the summer, WIN
good results. On six acres put
200 pounds per acre, applying i. to
every other row. The effect was
quite apparent, both in color and in
quantity Of vine and peas. They
were cut in August as needed. The
vines with ash element put out again,
and made small fruit. But for the
drought they would hav" made a
good second crop. The vines with
out the ash element put out few
leaves, but made no fruit. The land
was quite poor.
"One of nv neighbors planted
three acres of peas with the ash ele.
ment, Che quantity Of this used | do
not know,) last spring. Hogs were
allowed to eat off the peas. Two acres
we're put in wheat and one in rye, the
last week in January.
"These are the only experiments in
progress here. Several will be under.
taken this year, using the five hund-
red pounds Of ash element per acre
with peas, preparatory for small
grai;i and cotton"
1t is understood that Mr.. w. G..
Hinson and other planters OH Jam es
| Islund will begin experiments this
spring. Mr.. Joseph +. Dill will do
the same.
These experiments by Mcssrs
Adger & Warren, DR.. Barton. Mr.
Pringle. Mr.. Frlicr and Lr. Porchrr
have been made under one formula;
they have hrrm .im;,,.'.i II th .ir
course and result, n:!l ,nn'.5h i.,r,m
pIttc hnv, progressed sufficiently -
establish throngll ,!,c,r remarkable
coincide 'ces. beyond n p"radvcnturc,
one material fac; in the A la ,tie an.
tono system namely. LII rticuive.
hess the ash element, liz capacity
to stimulate wonderfully the growth
of the pea, and in the same degree,
therefore, increase its !ertilizins pow :
cr. And they foreshnw, besides,
through comparison of crops grown
with and without the element, the re-
suit in juno and Septcmhe:, a great.
ly larger production through the use