The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-07

"a
'or Weii-ioitM ofgaiiio iiiattcr, as
! iieaYesS muck; etp.;yuiitl scattef II About
svsc ..,,,e ls,ch Yen, stlIick; upon q piece of
ground 50 sit,iato,t tiiat Waterwili hot
stahu on 1t, but shed off I'll, every tlirec.
ilabout 900 p6ii@ds: take Soo 'nori,Mia 81 y,
good phosphate, which cost inc INC gs2 20
Ipcr ton; delivered, max il,g tl,e 300 S0t)
I pounds cost 1926, aud 100 pounds
kaiiiit, which cost Inc by the ton S14,
delivered, or seventy Gents for 100
pounds, and mix tho, aGid phosphate
and kainit thoroughly, .tfioii scattcr
evenly on tho manure. Tho next thir.
lty,,,Duslie!s green cotton seed and dis
tribute evcnly over the pile, and wet
t.em thoroughly; they will weigh 900
po!Tints: Take again 200 poGinds Of
acid phosphate and 700 pounds kainit,
mix, and spread over tho setd. Begin
on tho manure, and keep on In this
way, building upsyour. heap layer by
fayor Until you get AS high as conyc-
nront; then cover with SIX inches Of
rich eartl, from fence CORNERS, aud
ienvc at least week. When ready to
maui to the field, cut with q SPADE or
plcknxe square down and mix IS thor
oughiy as. possible. Now We have
! thirty bushels of manure, weighing
WY pounds, and 800 pounds OF. chomi-
Gals III the first layer; and thirty bushels
cotton sccta,' Weighing 900 pounds. and
800 pounds Of chemicals in tho second
layer, and theso two layers combined
for tho perfect compost. You pcr-
ccivc that tho weight IL 2,4O0. Value
at cost is: H.
80 bushels seed at 124 cents. .S9 II
,lUO poNMds ncid phosphate. -. 4 90
1900 pounds kainit. :. / 40
Stable manure nominal. ,..ss =
Total. .......- -; ~; ..... q. !. 50 G5
or or for 2,4oo pounds II total yaluo Of
"This mixture lhaKcs practically d
perfect manure for Gotten and i. spi6n-
did application for corn. 1t restore to
tho soil everything the cotton took
from it except silica; which is IN the
SOIL III incShaustibfe quantity. So that
when YOU put III larger quantity of
thcsc than the cotton took out, Your
soil IS evidently richer. I'Fe shown
you tiic profit On n.lluro. Fye shown
you, tho added value it gives to tho
iahd. There arc many other advan-
t"scs. 1o'; make your crop quicker
and with. lcas danger. ( made last
year, mark this, foify: seven bales on
>ixty-tivc acres in threo months and
tive days. 1t was planted Juhc s, and
the caterpillar finshcd'i it on Scptcrh
bcr 10. showed tho Agricultural
Society stalk five feet high with 12G
| Dolls by actual count on it. The seed
from which this plemt grew was plant
cd Just hiiy-nihc days before. Cotton
grown this way ca,i 10 |}icked,witll
half the cost and time of ordinary
cotton. On my cotton land this year
raised one hundred bushels of oats
10 the acre, and after cleaning Off the
Stubblc planted the cotton, ono stalk
of which ! showed the convention.
Gone is not to drop cotton seed in q
continuous row, but simply to put q
few seed in the hill where you want .
I plant: BY strewing the seed in a
sprinklcd row there is great waste.
y cotton seed is like al cg@, whom the
chick is born there is nothing but the
shell LETT. Fhe fertilizing power Of
this seed is lost. Worse than this. 1t
draws from the soil ton the 'cloments
That make it gro". II is left to Aopletc
INC SOIL IN this way for two weeks ut
least, and is then chopped down, leav-
ing only one out oi twenty plants 10
grow to truitagc. My plan is to plant
tour or five seed i'll II hill. The hills
; TO stand in four feet squares. or
these would let two plants to the hill
grow to perfection. 1t talcs from two
to four bushels Of seed to rlunt a.,
acre tho old way. by my plan Il &C
to the acre is enough, and tho soil is
not drawn to support multitude OF
surplus p lants for two or three wecks..
ilantlny III tour-toot squares is better
than the old way. Cotton is q sun
niant and needs room for its roots.
When crampel to twelve or fifteen
inches it cannot attain its perfect
growth. My aim is to put tho plants
TWO together in f0ur-foot squares and
average scvcnty-fvc or one hundred
and fifty bolls to the plant. This Will
give me pound of seed cotton to the
plant, or three tables to the acre. |
inevcr touch itwitha hoo. The growth
Of cotton comes from tho SIRE. ding
llamchls that reach out from the ROOF
and feed it. If these arc bestowed tic
growth stops till they arc restored. i
am satisfied that three hoeings lost me
IeigHlccM days or growth, or six davs
each. j run shallow llow along the
cotton rows, and never so deep enough
to cut the roots. But there are more
details in which mcn may differ. The
main thing is tho intensive system of
manuring and tho husbanding all the
'droppings M'd wastago of tho farm for
compost. can take one hundred acres
of land in Georgia. aYtl at n nominal
cost can bring its production from IL
sixtl, Of u bale to three bales an acre
in five years. Any man can do it.
"My tenants are adopting tirt intcn-
sivc plan, and are very much" c;iic,our-
aged. Some fcMs ncighbors oiic using
my FORMULA l have sent out, ,lsup-
pose, five hundred forIiihlas for com
posting. The speech l made before
the agricultural association created
more excitement than anything for
years. NE ,'tcs1I5ets 1id'Kot Its,,sIi
my statements, | saw plainly. They
sont E. &. Grier, the secretary, to
Milicdgcvilc to SEQ my crops and
verify my statements. lilo is to-day