St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-03-20

it q great waste to use cotton seed
in this way. They should always
be composted.
Stable or barn yard manure IS
we'll known by all farmers to be
good for almost every crop, but
there is one objection to handling it
in our lots. 1t does not go over
land enough, and it is expensive to
handle. In one ton of it, dried,
there is less than 8 lbs. of nitrogen,
less than lbs. of potash, less than
7 lbs. of phosphoric acid. making
not quite % lbs. of available plant
food. Ii, however, it should be de-
sirable to use it alone, I know no
better way of applying it for cotton
than to bed upon it; for corn, than
to broadcast, in the fall, and in the
spring pillow in shallow. Guilt
waiting such crops as we do, l am
satisfied this is not the best way to
get the best results by its use,
which | hope to show yon further
ON. l want to first complete the
basis for the successful production
and application of manures.
! The next best fallow crops are
the cow pea and rye. In adding
fertility to the earth the pea stands
next to clover, and may be planted
to great advantage every year, and
not materially interfere with the
cultivated crops.
/ After the second blowing is given
to corn, plant them between the
hills. SO that they will get one work
ing ut the last blowing. Sow II
bushels per acre. They will be
found to furnish great quantity
of vegetable matter, which is rich
in nitrogen, potash and phosphoric
acid.
Rye, it is said by some, will give
the best results. When plowed in
green, have seen it stated that an
acre adds to the soil 227 lbs. nitro
gen, 200 lbs. potash, and III lbs.
phosphoric acid. My experience
teaches me that the pea and rye
should mature seed before being
plowed i'll. The hogs gather the
grain. which pays, in meat, for The
trouble and expense of blowing.
Crops that are to follow do better
than when the pea vines and rye
are plowed in green. In u word,
everything that remains in Guilt
waited fields after gathering the
crops should be allowed to go back
to the lands and make humus. No
animal larger than a hog or sheep
should be allowed on cultivated
lands ut any time, and especially
when wet. For stock, grasses
should be planted for hay and
grazing. No better way to increase
the supply of manure. Compost
and fine ground bones for hay
grasses-superphosphate of lime,
100 lbs; land plaster, so lbs; salt,
Is lbs. For meadows used for
grazing milk COWS and young ami
mails, 200 lbs. fine ground bones
per acre. With this we are pre-
pared to make and use manures
upon crops to advantage, with nc
uncertain hope of realizing salts
factory results.
by using a compost consisting
of SUI lbs. acid phosphate. $50 lbs
stable manure and $50 lbs. cotton
seed, making one ton, we have, in
500 lbs. of it, 21a lbs. phosphoric
acid, Is lbs. potash and 33I lbs
nitrogen, which will, with favorable
seasons, increase the yield in seed
cotton, over unmanured land, from
400 to 600 lbs. per acre.
by using this compost, it ena
bles the farmer to utilize all of his
barnyard manure, by getting it in {
concentrated form, which is almos
as easy to handle as the most con
centrated fertilizers, and mucl
more agreeable; and according t.
my experience, after having used i
three years, far more profitable. /
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