Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-01-24


the vines, and harrow the oats in
afterwards with q l.eavy harrow. The
following spring or summer when tn c
oats are harvested, the land i, pre-
pared for replanting in the autumn
by repeating the experiment with the
peas and ash element. We have IL
ccount of As bushels of Indian corn,
of so bushels of oats from land pre-
vi"usIy so poor that without anu
it would not make above ) bushels of
corn and 8 of oats, Of wheat grown at
The rate of 10 bushels ner acre and of
5000 lbs. of hay produced by the pea
and ash element. We cannot doubt
these statements however wonderful
they may appear, for they are borne
out Ivy similar experiments nearer
home and by parties we all know.
The following is from DIR. w. Bar.
ton On the first of July 1877 /
took II piece of land, 5 acres, which
had been planted in oats the two pre- :
vious years without manure, yielding
from l6 to i8 b. shells per acre. On
part of the 5 acres I sowe broadcast
500 lbs of ash element per ucre, and
on the the whole ) acres two bushels
"fcowp'as per acre turning all uuder
with n Watts turning plough. The
result was u luxuri .nt growth of
viues tic more especially where tn .
ash element had bceu own no fru It
was matu'ed by the pea. Ga the first
Of October I sowed broadca st two
bushels of the red rust proof pats per
acre, turning pea and oats und err
with two horse Watt plough and
smoothing of with IL heavy drag
From an acre nanured with the asl,
element AMI cowPea, thra,hel and
cleaned, by weight ylsll.d 81 bush els
3 p"cks and Z q ,arts; from an acre
MANFRED with peas alone, yielded SO
bushels, s pecks and 6 quarts, a differ.
ence in favor ofthe ash element OF
"a bushels aa.l one quart, an IL Ii f.
ference of aSnut SO bushels between
the nnaural:: land without any mlaur
AMI that manureI with the as, elc-
ment and pa. The land cxperi-
mented on was abou: equal in prn.
ductive ness"
In the abo"e experiment you have
the whole subject in IL nut shell, you
see that the cow nea alone nearly
doubled the yield over the natural
land, and with the addition of the
ash element the yield was three
TINES rs grea'. and at a cost of not
more than seven or eight dollars per
acre. The following experiments
were mad: ut the Atlantic au.l Stone
Phosphate Companies farms near
Charleston. ain the month Of June
ordinary sanly land, which had been
supplied With The requisite quantity
of mineral matter, wa. sown broad
Cas- with CIV peas. When the peas
were nearly ripe a measured quaint
ty OF the lanl was mown aud the
vines dried. The dried vines were
Mt the rate Of 1000 pounds to the
acre, and we've proved by analysis to
contain heterogeneous matter capable
Of producing two and a hall per cent
of am monia, and ten per cent of min
eral matter or ashes.
10 determine whether it were nee.
ess airy to turn in the green vines
(always a difficult and troublesome
operation) some of the drie.l vines
were washed on q filter with water
the water tc ted and found TO cOnt,in
all the valuable constituents of the
vine; showing til It IL, loss Of fe:til i.
zing material had been occasioned
by the plant dying on the surface Of
the land, and proving the turAing
which has greatly %pre"onted the gen.
eral adoption Of this moie Of fertili.
zing, tn be unnecessary. Therefore,
upon the remainder Of the lani tho
vines were allowed to die upon the
surface, and in November oats and
wheat were planted upon it. Both
grew vigorously and produced more
lhuu unuhia The crnn4 nrlin lri.x ~.