Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-04-03
CHE farm and fiteside.

Mr.. JOHN w. WADsWoRTH's FARMING.
Mr.. Wadsworth cultivates, near Charlotte,
one of the finest farms in the country, and
his great success with wheat and oats is
thus explained by him in letter to a
friend.
"You will remember that - years ago
you went with me over my farm, and that
Well, 1 have used peas, then oats, and
ploughed my lands from twelve to eighteen
inches deep. l used the Oliver and chilled
plow, with three mules; so you see l got
my land plowed deep. Ifit did not rain in
the summer, | made crop. The water
soaked in the ground, and did not run off.
Well, you know | have plenty of stable
manures. The land that | made my best
crops of oats and wheat on is land that l
run my clover on, say three or four years,
then 1 turn under the last crop of clover,
and SOW my oats in September. J. sow
from four to five bushels OF red rust.proot
oats to the acre, plow them in with shovel
plow, and then harrow, so you see my oats
wheat, l seed after clover. putting two
bushels to the acre, and ploW the land as
above. l seed in November, and run my
Thomas harrow over the Wheatin February,
and put two hundred pounds of kainit to
the acre. If you will write to A. Springs,
of Fort MILL S. c., he Will tell you how he
raised one hundred and twelve bushels to
the acre on bottom land. Our farmers are
finding out that August and September are
the months to seed oats. There is hardly
anything that we cannot grow on our lands.
l wrote to you some time ago the amount OF
wheat and oats 1 made on one acre. Forty
five and a quarter bushels of wheat and
one hundred and eight bushels of oats by
hrnIral on1 fiffnpn hV
weight. Now if you will come to see me
in June I will show you something pretty
in the way of oats, wheat, clover and grasses.
1 put up three hundred and seventy-two
loads of clover and grasses in 1888, and
think 1 will be able to beat it this year.
PLANTING CorToN.-Cotton land should
be broken deep and fine, in a dry subsoll
especially. The rows should be laid Oft
straight and regular in width. The distance
between the rows, depends upon the tertlll-
ty of the soil, the kind of cotton to be Plant
ed, etc. From three feet to three and a. half
is the best. If the land is not loose and dis
posed to wash, the rows should be horizontal
and lust fall enough for each row to take
the water gradually to the ditch. As the
fertilizer is put in, a cotton ploW should fol-
low with q shallow furroW to mix the fertil-
izer with the soil and one or more turning
plows to follow the cotton plow, throwing
two furrows together, forming a flat ridge
not too high. After this is done, the mid
dies should be split with one deep furrow,
with the cotton plow, making the land
ready for planting, get the best seed, and
plant from one and half to two and half
bushels per acre. Stiff land requires more
seed than light land. Cover one inch deep.
AS the cotton begins to come up, and esspe-
cially if there has been heavy rain since
planting, a light harrow should be run over
each row. This will add greatly to the
stand of cotton, will give it a good start and
kill millions of young grass. 1t should be
cleared of grass and taken to a stand when
chopped out, one and two stalks in the hill
alternately, the cotton plow should fellow
close up to the hoes, throwing dirt around
the roots, to prevent it's falling down by
winds and rain. Replanting and trans
planting will pay, if done in time. If not,
replant with bunch beans alone, corn, peas,
or melons should never grow in cotton, keep
it clear of grass and plow regular to the first
or tenth Of August. Flowing late, keeps
down the grass, that troubles in picking out
and destroys the seed for the next year.
Early planting produces best.