The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-05-16
ed to come well out and has remained
in this half developed condition for q

week. 2
Mr.. j. Stokes reported oats good
through the neighborhood generally
DR.. Barton's oats were scarcely as
fine as last year. His wheat was sc
very poor that the Doctor had affirmed
that he was done with wheat. Rust
abounds all over the field and assign.
-. n reason for, it. "a (Here several
members gave. .theirS opinions aslto the
probable cause Of rust. Cold night,
hot sun, wet weather, dry weather,
poverty, too much, manure, rpst an
insect, &C., were given as causes.
All of which called to mind the old
adage, fDoctors will differ" Editor.> }
Mr.. Nc Salley had u field planted
in oats, upon which lie had in the sum-
mer planted peas. A portion of these
peas were trampled by the cattle and
other stock until time to SOW the
oats; off another portion he had cut
the vines and housed them and on
the remainder the vines were allowed
to remain and were turned under with
two horse plough. The oats, planted
on the first and third lots, were excel
lent and scarcely any difference could
be detected ;jbut where the pea vines
were cut, the oats were not so good.
He thought it would pay best to let
the stock run on the peas and eat as
many as they could, enough would
remain to make a fine crop Of Soats.
Mr.. Salley had patch, half anfaere,
planted i'll barley and manurcd with
so bushels Of cotton seed which he
considered the best crop he ever
planted. Everything feeds en- it and
does finely. This crop. ought to be
planted early in the fall. ~
Captain Hayden said, oats after
cotton would not do we'll, at least
such was his experience.
Mr.. Nc Salley thought cotton
lands, we'll manurcd, would make
good oats, but oats after corn would
do better than after cotton.
Mr.. Riggs said oats were doing
we'll in his section and grew we'll for
him after cotton.
A1r. w. A. Hoffman said, oats in
his section, above Lewisvile, were not
doing so we'll. lie said Capt. +. NJ.
Wannamakcr had made an excellent
crop of oats off land upon which he
had planted peck of peas per acre
better oats, he thought, than Is bush
els OF cotton seed would have made.
This suggested the inquiry, whether
planters did not plant too many peas
to the acre.
Mr.. w. A. Mackay thought 2 BUSH
els of peas per acre too much, one
half or three-quarter bushels were
enough to SOW oats broadcast.
Mr.. j. j. Salley said he had put
oats in u piece1of land upon which he
had planted peas with the ash ele-
ment. The peas lid not come up
we'll but a luXuriant crop Of crab
grass grew in its place and this land
promises; an excellent crop of oats.
Half buslel Of peas to the acre will
make lG bushels Of oats per acre.
The wheat crop was good in his sec.
tion with little or no rust apparent,
The variety planted by him was call.
cd the Alabama wheat.
DR.. Dantzler reported tho wheat
crops with him as good, especially
that manured with cotton seed.
Mr.. J. J. Salley gave an expert.
ment which proved to his mind that
the grain of the pea was good ma.
nure for oats.
Capt. j. L. Moorer reported tho
oat crop of his neighborhood very
fine, also wheat, with some farmers
was good. Rust had made its ap.
pearance in the wheat which, he
thought, was due more to the hot sun
than cool nights. In his oat field
there were scattered q good many
straws of rye, everyone of which had
the rust while the oats were free
Ash element with him failed to Civ,
the satisfaction on oats it had don,
to others. His crop was due more tc
cotton seed than the element. Hi.
experience taught him that corr
would grow and yield we'll after cot
ton while oats would not. -.
CORN AND COTTON.
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