The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-17
Showing the Reia
tivcs Efficacy Of Whole, Ground
and PulveTiZed Seed
Correspondence of tn. New. ard Couriel

Correspondence of the New. ard Courier.
IuIAL T. O., BERKELEY COUNTY
December 81. : AS my experiments with
the u.e OF cotton seed meal and ground
cotton SEE d differ from that ut Mr.. Pc
terkiu, of Fort Motto, 50 very much, .
!eel Il at ought 10 state my cxper enct
for ii benefit of my tel uw> planters,
gree with hlm iuiiy when he says ha
sc may "a well stop planting 60 ton #
sell eur cotton seed. The true mole
10 have small oil mills in each neghbo.
hood 80 that the meal land hubs If ucc
eesary' can be returned TO the lard O
i hich the seed was grown. The oil has
A certain money value when taken tro,
he seed, aud is OF very doubtful vain,
"a fertilizer. long TO see the da
when our cotton sect oil will supply til,
place of large quautlt e. oi lard now iu
lIted from the West am conf .en
that the oil, l. not ieitlGZer, but. il tit
seed is sploured In the ground aud kept
there, (i. e., covered up the oil inay be
80 changed by the lie power as to give
1t s,me value, but certainly not as much
as The oil il worth commercially. Mr.
Pctel kin's tn cory about the ground seed
being preserved by the oil scarcely holds
sood, as We all know that the more min
ely a thing is divided the more quick
j do The fuences of he oil and air act
u, uni,. In the whole seed the oil cells
are not broken, and consequently will not
ielmert or decay as soon as cracked or
ground seed.
As rule do not think our fertilizers
if supplied III sufficient quantities, expend
their icrtiliZng powers too soon. La no
experiment that | have ever tried has
second application of fertilizers to a crop
paid, except in appearance. And right
here | would like 10 say that no expcr :
ment can be reliable unless conducted
directly under the eye Of the planter. He
must be present both at the planting and
harvesting of the experimental acre, Civ
ing personal attention to measuring the
land, applying the manures and rcapiny
the product, measuring and weighing
these upon the spot, otherwise mistakes
will invariably be made. 1t is an ex
Gee diugly troublesome thing to make an
accurate experiment In planting. Ii takes
| ime, patience and painstaklng. La all
of my experiments | have been present.
| | gave e fertilizers to the hands, seeing
them apply it. and also when it was pick
ed in | was present, and weighed on the
spot each lot separate. An experiment
care fully made Is very valuable, any
other may be hur,lul. ! applied 80
pounds OF cotton seed meal TO Que acre
and 627 pounds ground seed (which is
abou, TWO and halt times as muchJ 10
anol her acre. The result was as follows:
$50 pounds meal gave GG0 pounds sea is
land cotton; 627 pounds ground seed gave
55S POUNDS sea island cotton to the acre.
tried the sane experiment on corn,
using neal ground ard whole seed. The
meal was applied too clost ly to tie seed,
and reduced a small white worm which
killed the plants, ob,iging he to plan,
over, but, Dotwir rbstanding this lcss OF
time, il was equally as good a. he other
iwo !; IN, act, uy measure ement showed
but fraction OF difference between the
; thee. " hen they Ii ed with kahn it and
acid ph, sphate 1t was ID f,v Il Of the
meal, aud tie stand IN this case was not
lpjulei by tie meal. But this is the first
experiment have made vi h meal ana
ground iced, aud do not G, nsder that
one trial is sufficient to establish facts
in agricutu al exI efinents.
j STosLy PoECHsR