The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-01-11
Int NSIIE PLANTING"


Ca. is 4 gentleman of energy cult
vatlon, and, believe. OF cons iderable
means. Some years ago he devoted
his energy to politics, but he seen
not to have met with results satl~f,s
tory to his ambition. Then he direct.
ed the same energ., to the material
interest of his section. and with
a result that many persons not orti-
narially enthusiastic believe will re
olutlonize cotton culture in the Sout'
Mr.. Fulman caused a careful analysis
to be made of what constitutes cot
ton food of what the plant draw
from the ground. 1t seems incredi-
BILE. hut am assured it is the fact.
that such an analysis had never be
fore been made, or. at least. W.
never before practically applied.
Having secured his ANALYSIS Mr.. Fur
man purchased sixtT-fve acres OF
ground near Milledgeville. He saws
it was the poorest cotton land to be
found in that section. with a sandy
subs Dill easily brought to the surfac,
with a plough. the growth OF viii h
had been oak and pine. Moreover,
the land had been worn out and Il
bandOned. On these stx:v-five acre
he was able to raise the first yea
only eight bales of cotton. T ne<.
year he applied sparinsly 4 compos;
composed OF cottOn seed ma. a,.lu
phosphate. humu>, sable manur
and kainet, together c0Aea;nny q.
the properties drawn from the earth
by the plant, and got twelve hale~
The next year, doubling the quar- tit
Or composite got twenty-three ia es.
Again doubling the quantity he raj
ell IN the next year fnrty-sayen bales
on the Same siXty-five acres. an
this J ear. having again doubled e
Quantity, his crop is esti mated to e |
not less than one hundred bales. OF
more than one and one half balls t..I
the acre. This IS q better yield than
under the most favoring circumstan- |
ces the alluvial lands OF tie }Eissis-
sIppi will give to the careful planter /
Moreover. on an or Einal investment |
OF less than 1000 fDr Ian |. mules |
and general outfit, Mr.. Furmans II,
profit on his sixty five acres will N |
this year not less than $4,000. He |
will get for his cotton crop-estima-
ting the yield at one hundred bale,
at ten cents per pound-S3.150. H
raised on the siXty-five acres so
bushels of oats. which, with 2,6OU
bushels of cotton seed. will swell TIL,
value OF his gross yield to $4,000.
His total expenses for Ia bor. compost.
gathering. &c. will not exceed $500
Mr.. Furman is confdent-and there
seems no reason to doubt his infer-
ence-that the application of his
system Of fertilizing sho lld easily
double the cotton crop of the South
while the increase by no means rep.
resents double the present expenses
OF raising and gathering it. Ths
value OF the increased yield is much
IN excess Of the cost Of the fertilizer.
while it is we'll known fact that it
takes much less labor to pick over an
acre that yields a bale than two acres
that yield the same quantity. His
formula for the compost he makes ne
secret Of. while he maintains that no
other fertilizer contains all the ingre
dients necessary tothe perfect growtl
of the plant. His formula is at thu
command of any planter without.
price Its various ingredients ar
easily obtained AMI it can be mad
up on any farm.
Planting in the South, as is appa-
rent to any observer. is almost uni
versally careless and without system.
1he application of such discoveries
as that of Mr. Furman is infrequent.
The comparatively small use Of
means for profit such as is afforded
by the market Tor cotton seed is al
illustration of the shiftless methods
which obtain all through cotton belt
it Is believed by those who have Civ,
en- the subject close study that the
increased Weld of the seed would |
very nearly. il not quite. repay tn |
planter for the cost OF the compnst |
above mentioned; for it has now
come to be generally admitted that
the seed is better for fertll,ziuy Wit
the oil pressed out. The increas.
oil the lint would thus give him
large profit. since it is not to be |
supposed that the price would be re-
duced by one-halt with double til, |
crop now raised, and the increased |
cost of cultivating and gathering |
bears no large proportion 20 the in |
creased yield to the acre.