The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-10-15
Meeting ofthe Agricultural society,

|of she sby-laws and constitution was
next in order. Several additional
names were placed ON the roll.
The consideration of the published
programme was then commenced
Mr.. w. A. McMahan was the first
heard from on the wheat crop. He
sowediand in wheat generally which
he had planted in cotton. Plowed
up the stalks then run the smoothing
harrow over it. Cotton seed is a
good fertilizer. Twenty bushels cot
ton seed to the acre was sufficient.
Twenty-Five bushels of wheat was the
most he had made to the acre. No
vember was the best time to SOW, and
he had gathered the best crops from
red soil. Had never used the COM
mercial fertilizers with success Had
used lime successfully It would do
to SOW stubble land if weeds and
grass were plowed under while green,
but would not do well where vegeta
BILE matter was plowed under afteer. it
was ts'.ei!sa osasa, He had not noticed much
difference in the yield of corn land
and cotton land sowed in wheat, but
he preferred land which had been
cultivated in cotton because it was
better prepared.
Dr. Clayton had prepared the land
in ridges, then spread the fertilizers,
sowed the wheat an narrowed in
This left the wheat in rows, with the
row not quite filed up. 1t seemde
to stand the winter better, was moro
vigorous, and made better yield
than that prepared in the ordinary
way, which in other respects had the
same chances. Cotton seed was the
fertilizer used.
Mr.. McMahan had narrowed wheat
in the spring, but was net prepared
to say that it was benefit.
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and oat straw scattered over the crop
or land sown was worth far more
than fed to stock.
Mr.. Gillespie put the average yield
per bushel sown at seven, Mr.. Nj. A.
Boggs placed it at about six
Mr.. G. L. Hollingsworth had no.
ticed that when it was good crop
year, the yield was about ten to one
sowed; when it was not good year,
he generally got about five to one of
sowing. Land should be plowed
deep and as often as practicable be-
fore sowing the wheat. He thought
fifteen bushels of cotton seed to the
acre would do better than greater
quantity. Too much fertilizer would
make rank stalks, but not much grain
It is far better to SOW small acres,
and have it we'll prepared. If he
wanted to Use the value of thirty
bushels cotton seed for IN acre in
wheat, he would take 15 bushels OF
seed and use the balenoe in some
thing else, as fifteen bushels of seed
contained a sufficient quantity of that
kind of fertilizer for an acre in wheat
Mr.. McMahan said that it was ow
ing to the quality of the land how
much cotton seed lie would use. I
the land was rich he would use more
than he would on poor land.
DIR. Clayton thought that goot
plan for fertilizing land for wheat
was to plant peas first then follow
them with wheat That peas en-
riched the soil while they were grow
ing by the absorption Of ammonia, II
this way they were the cheapest fer
tilizer, and it was no advantage tc
turn them under.
Mr.. McMahan thought that peas
planted with corn was an injury tc
the corn. DR.. Fields Gssented. HI
thought as the harm could not bc
detected by the eye it was not wortl
naming.
| DR.. Field had not been very sue
cessful with oats. Had always got q
better crop from sowing in February,
Had never been at all successful with
the fall sowing. If they were sown
in the fall, September was the prop,
or time to SOW them. Oats were
never fertilized to any extent.
MIR. Reese Bowen thought that the
spring sown oats were generally the
best, but fall sown oats were the
heaviest when they were not killed
out.