Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-03
Dicksou's Agricultural Proverbs
and ObservatiOns.

Annual manures are preferable, tneY
ought to double the Inveslm mt. go
Soluble bones and Peruvian guano VIII
square up the accounts with loo per cent
Be vigilant to save all homemade man
ure possible -.
mold.
! your lands. 49,.
in any manure, and the sooner you get
it the better.
There is only material enough in any
land to make given quantity Of corn and
cotton: the greater the quantity you get
each year the better.
Lay of cotton rows feet apart with a
shoveplow; double turrow; put in the
grain Slnches deep.
Ridge with a long scooter inches
wide; MAKE the bed with turn-plOws; sub
soil the turn plOws; split out the midd es
with shovel. Plant with a cottorseed
sower and cover with board or harrow.
First blowing: Run 22-inch sweep with
right winged turned down. hoe out TO two
or three stocks to the hill averaging 0
inches ten days after blowing.
Second plOwlng: Use same sweep, the
right wing turned up little more.
Third blowing: In the same way
run a third furTow in the middle TO level.
Cotton standing thick in the dtiil will
be much forwarder than that planted thin.
Cotton only requires distance one way.
MIR. Dickson has made on some acres
5000 pounds seed cotton per acre. A To-
acre lot made 5000 pounds average to the
acre.
Be careful not to cut the roots of cot
ton.
Have a deep water furrow in the springs
work fat by hot weather.
On level land run the rows north and
south.
la wet weather cotton with most man
nure does the best.
The higher the latitude where corn will
ripen before frost, the thicker it may be
planted, and the more it will make, other
things being equal.
Never put m ire than 100 stalks To- the
bushel OF corn the land ought to make.
Two thousand stalks of corn 10 the
acres are enough for this county Han
cock, Ga.).
have made bushel of corn to every 81
stalks in the field.
Turn in the weeds, grass, peas and clo-
yer, and m axe the land mellow.
PlOw deep, and cultivate shallow, and
you will have no trouble in growing
crops.
Clay lands will bear the same treat
ment as sandy lands, and with less diff
Guilty.
No matter the color of lands, or
whether sand or clay, keep up a full sup
ply OF vegetable mold; break deep before
planting; cultivate lightly-the result will
be good.
In the distance 1 give, 7 by feet, there
are 81 square feet to each stalk OF corn. If
there IS enough soluble matter in thar
space for Two, or even three ears, one stalk
will take il up; but il there is only mat
ter enough for one ear OF corn, and you
put two stalks, and wateris scarce at ear
ing time, you Will miss gathering even
that one ear.
If it is dry year, thin paintings will
always make the most.
-Four distinct errors keep planters from
waking good corn crops; first, not keep
ing sufficient mold in the land; second,
blowing too shallow in preparing for ne
crop; third, planting too thick; fourth,
cultlvating toe deep.
Keep your land in good heart.
To manure the land with peas, SOW the
peas the 1st of July. Drop the peas and
guanO in every third furrow, as you break
the land. Ii good crop be made, feed OFT
with stock-otherw turn under.
The true policy is TO secure the greatest
amount of vegetable mold you can accu-
mulate at the least cost.
Avoid permanent manures. Use the
kind that will come back 10 us the first
year, and bring a large interest In the form
OF corn, cotton, wheat, etc.