Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-03-01
CORN AND COTT0N TOGETHER.

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Permit me to give yon the
results of my experience with
corn and cotton planted togcth-
er in alternate hills, On Seven
Fights of an acre.
] gathered twenty-seven bush-
els Of corn, four hundred pounds
| OF fodder, and nine hundred
and forty-six pounds OF seed
cotton. At thi; rate, aud acre
'wodld have yielded:
Corn, :. so 81 bushels,
odder. ...... 457 ponnds.
Seed cotton 1883 pounds
legl had the anne Y crop on the
same, ground last year, the
sFews being three andehalt feet
|snpart. 1In last Febrnsrya.I op]
ned the,waters fnrrowsiby rmn.'
ming = ,turnplow up and down
she rows, thus throwing the
7lirt.out-ot the centre Il then
placed tlle.corn and cottolpstalks
!, # the previous years crop III
Fhe open turnowl aud ,beddcd
torcottonsupon them by throw-
I.ipg back two burrows to the
rox.osOu the Ssh ot51 March /
planted the Extra Early corn
insrows four teet apart the rows
running. across and ut right an
giles with the cotton beds. As
|.the hills,ot corn were dropped
an the centres Of the cotton beds,
Inow had mys ground. planted
10 corn in rows7fourAteet apart
one way and three and a half
.teet1the.utber. sh laa-.-,
81 On, the 17th OF April made
salight furrow between the corn
rows, lascfoss the cotton beds,
and planted cotton in hills at
equal distances from the corn.
You will perceive that by this
plan of planting, 4 have the
rows of corn all corn, aid the
rows of cotton all cotton, as
they run across the cotton, beds,
gbutlrunning on the beds the
icorn and cotton stand in alter
nate hills Considering each a
separate, crop by. itself, we have
ieach standing in hills on the
corners of squares. measuring
four bytiree and a half feet.
At this measurement. we have
thirty one hundred-and twenty
hills Of each crop to the acre,
or sixty hundred and forty
hills in all. @ t'',A'.'N' s. as9
q On the 10th of April I plough
ed the corr. running four 5000,
ter burrows along the sllree feet
and a halt spacesAtbat is par.
ailch with the cotton beds. On
the 5th and 9Th of May l re-
planted both the corn and cot
ton, and Immediately ran
around both crops with a
scooter, going two afnrro#s to
the row!a On thes3d of Jnly1iI
.laid by the crops with the
sweep, going three burrows to
The row. The corn really did
not need this plougling, but
got it in consequence OF the
needs of the cotton. / hoed |
each crop once, thinning the
corn to two stalks in the hill, |
and the cotton from one to |
three stalks.
Early in the season the cut I
worms worked heavily on both |
crops, giving me a great deal |
of replanting TO do. The cot
ton was much damaged by boil
and army worms, and it was
also ve,y much damaged by
late storms and rains.LMore
than once it was blown down /
fiat, causing the frnit on and
near the ground to rot with
all these drawbacks it is but
proper to regard the crop as on
ly very low average OF what
might be expected to result,
from this plan OF culture.
Taking this experiment as a
guide, and allowing that hand
will cultivate ten acres, we have
him making three hundred and
eighty bushels OF corn, tour
thousand pounds OF fodder,
and ten THOUSAND eight hundred
and twenty pounds of seed cot
ton In addition to cultivating
the ten acres, lie might, If reas-
onably industrious still find
time enough to put in ten or
more acres of small grain. His
cotton aud part of his corn
should be surplus. 'e
A farmer running a hun
ared acre farm on this plan.
with ten hands. ought TO make
.hree thousand and eighty
bushels OF corn, forty thousand
pounds of fodder and one hun
lred and eight thousand pounds
If seed cottou.
By making thirty bushels of
If corn on the land yielding
llso a bale OF cotton, and allow
ng our receipts OF cotton at
Mobile to be 100000 bales, We
you'd have lett in the country :