The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-01

acre. l nave a few acres on which
put 10000 pounds Of compost as an
Experiment., and every acre of it will
give me three bales this year.
''Mr. Wharthen raise five bales to
the acre ?''
Yes, but left his land poorer. lie
pushed it. stimulated it AMI took the
very heart out of it. After taking off
my enormous crop, leave my land
richer than before. cultivate nv
sixty-five acres with two plo vs.. an l l
will make $50 hales with those two
plows on sixty. five acres. That will
tie glory enough for me, aud will be a
revelation to the world. believe
will pet ninety bales this year with
two plows. l have already picked
thirty bales and the best judges say
hardly one. third is yet picked. This
is an astonishing result. and simply
shows what intensive farming will
do"
THE FORMULA FOR TIE COMPOST.
GLOW do you make this compost?"
Here is my formula: Take thirty
bushels well rotted stable manure or
well-rotted organic matter, as leaves.
mu, k, etc. and scatter it about three
inches thick upon a piece of ground
SO situated that water will not stand
on it, but shed Oft IN every direction.
rhe thirty bushels will weish ABOUT
nine hundred pounds; take two hun
dred pounds OF gooi acid phosphate,
which cost me $3.50 per ton, dellv-
cred, making the 2OU pounds cost
IS rs. and 100 pounds kainit. which
cost me 10y the ton $l4, delivered. Or
20 cents for 100 pounds, and mix the
acid phosphate ard kainit th.roug gh-
ly, ,nen scatter evenly on the manure.
Take next thirty bu shells green COT
ton seed and distribute evenly over
the pile. and wet them thorou ghiy;
tLev will weigh nine hundred pounas
take again two hundred pounds acid
phosphate and one hundred pounds
kainlt, mix, and spread over the the
seed, begin On the manure and keep
on in this way, building up your heap
lay er by layer until you get it us
high as convenient, then cover with
six inches OF rich e ,rtn from fence
corners, and leave at east sls weeks
when ready to haul to the fell cut
with spade or pickax square down
and mix as thoroughly as possible,
Now, we have thirty bushels of ma
nure weighing nine hundred pounds,
and three hundred pounds che micals
in the first layer, and thirty bushels
cotton seed, wei shing nlne hun tre,l
pounds, AMI thee hundred poun Is
of chemicals in the second layer, an /,
these two layers confined for the
perfect compost. Yon perceive that
the weight Is 2,4OO pounls. Value
ut cost is:
30 bushels cotton seed at 12l cts, 80.
400 lbs. acid phosphate, 10 }.
| 2JO - kainit, IL }.
Stable manure nominal -
| Total go.
! Or for 2,400 pounds total value OF
/ J.UC
cally perfect MANURE for cot,oI.and
Il splendid application for corn.
This restores to the soil every
thing the cotton took from it ?
| Except silica, "hicn is in the
soil in inhau stable quantity. so thai
when you put i'll a ltrger quantity ol
these than the cotton took out, your
| soil is evidently rlcner.'
You do not believe in commer-
cial fertilizers -
| In certain respect. There arr
many fertilizers that are made with
! u view to SNOWY results that ceallN
iparch aai impoverish the land. be-
sides taking all the farmers cash.
do not believe in them. But the
chemicals that are prepared for com
posting are very reliable anil We
could not do without them. The
secret OF success is buying these
chemicals judiciousl and comp"st'
ing with leaves, humus. cotton seed,
etc. No farmer can succeed perma'
nently without composing. Inc
greatest waste in the South ls with
Stable manure. Many farmers never
think of saving it. In OHIO the CON.
post raised on one 55-acre farm, from
ten head of horses and Ihlitv head
of cattle in one year, was estimate
bv the State chemist at $500, amt
scattered 10000 pounds TO the acre,
:aade net profit OF $500 IN acre.
Another thing IS that our farmers
do not appreciate cotton seed. That
comes nearer to being perfect fer
,illzer than any one thing in tie
world. And yet over 100000 bushels
were sold at my depo. but for trltie
and hauled away.
You do not believe in cotton seed
mills then 20
Yes, do l think the seed is just
as good a fertilizer after the OIL Is
iextracted as before. The trouble Is
when i, is seLt To tle oil mill 1t new
er comes back. Once made into cot
ton meal it is Sent to England 20.
stock fool AMI the Georgia farm /,
rOhbed of it.
You see the English or Northern
farmer can afford to pay more Tor II
than we can, because lie feeds II L
his stock, and then saves the drop
.,,,.. Of rho StonIr In this waV. II :