The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-12-23
cessive years. planting I had no rust; in:
fact. 7 have never seen them rust, and


cessive years. planting I had no rust; In
fact, [ have never seen them rust, and
am inclined to regard them as nearly
equal to the rust.proof in this respect.
But the seed are exceedingly hard to get
of any degree of purity. They seem to
run back to the brown and yellow oats.
The best place to look for them is among
the New York and Philadelphia seeds:
men, but then you will have to pay a.
very high price.
Oats may be sown during seven months
in the year, from September to March,
and sometimes successfully in August,
and even early in April, but October is
the best month, and the earlier in that
month the better. Sometimes warm
spell in December will give good stand
and sufficiently good start, but when.
ever sowing is delayed until that month
the amount of manure and seed should
be largely increased. Never cease plant.
ing on account of dry weather. The best
stands are obtained where the seeds are
sown in a dry bed; narrowed in veryS
lightly, and left for rain to bring up,
provided always that the land has been
put in thoroughly good order.
Now, in closing I will give as briefly
as possible, in detail, the best method Of
planting oats, which I think changes it
from an uncertain to a certain crop, and,
although an expensive method, from an
Improbable to profitable one. Select;
land if possible which has been planted.
The crop is far more liable to be winter
killed on foul land, especially "layiDg@
out" land with heavy growth of weeds.
Break early-September is not tho soon
from 2 to inches deep. If the land
would be benefited by rebreaking just
before planting do that, it is an idle time
with your teams, and SOW, by the 18th of.
October, bushels of seed 10 the acre,
and broadcast at the same time literally
with manure, not less than 300 pounds of
some frst-class ammoniated superphos-
pilates, or the eqivalent in other manures:
Your stable manure can be uaed 70 noS
greater advantage than on fall sown oats. .
Then 20 over the land with step u.
Cumberland clcd crusher, or heavy log or
roller, packing it as much as possible.
There is now nothing more to do until
February, when, taking advantage of fsa
warm spell, an additional 200 pounds Of
ammoniated superphosphate to the acre.
or its equivalent, should be scattered
broadcast and the crop gone over with o.
light harrow. No matter that your oats
seem ruinously torn up, destroyed nearly
the manure will soon bring them out,
and the good elccts of this early working
be made clearly manifest. This is oil,
and by this method almost any land in
fair heat, adapted to oats, will yield 80,
30, aid even so bushels, four years outofs
FIVE.
But, says the prudent old farmer, s.is
that all. There is some risk in plantipgI
always, and I would not care to risk 80
much manure, so much seed, and so
much work even for so good a chance of
making only 40 bushels of oats. Iprefer
some cheaper way" But this is not all
by any means, and herein lies the great
merit of this method. For Eve successive.
years the writer has followed his OATS on,
land treated not quite so well as this,x:;
with cotton, planted from the 25th ofsI
May to the Doth of June, and in every
instance has made more cotton with fare
less work than on any other land on the
plantation. Three out of these FIVE year,
have been very bad seasons and only one J
good, but in the bad seasons the superb
ority of the cotton following oats has
been even greater than in the good and
even the present abominable year, .abom
Unable for floods as we'll as drought
selecting land run down and out Wi -
cotton, and failing to secure a stand UNI
the 23d of June, the cotton follow
oats made not only more than any OF
cotton on the place, but fully GO peal
more than the same land - 41leoe sf >!
year in the last twelve. Throw fonIsI
burrows together with good turn plough,
strike off the top of the ridge, and mix:
ing so pounds of cotton seed meal, or
other good fertilizer (auything treated
with sulphuric acid should be avoided oI
the s. md may be injured, with the seed,
SOW with the planter. Two ploughiDgs
and one hoeing will make the crop.
I think no system of planting has eyero
succeeded which did not embrace rota-
tion of crops, using one or more of them
to I'll the soil with vegetable mould.
Before the war our planters had cotton,
corn and peas, &c., rather poor rota.l1
ton, but better than our practice now.
We need oats for this rotation. 1t is
estimated that the stubble and roots of as'
fair oat crop weigh about 2,200 pounds
and contain over per cent. ammonia, 4
nearly as much potash and considerable
amount of phosphoric acid. No wonder,
then, it produces such good results swhens
turned under at once and all of its con-.
stituents saved. With oats and rye fol.]
lowed with peas, either with or without
manure, especially if fed off to hogs and
sheep, we can renovate our worn out
lands cheaply. It is doubtful if We can
get along withoat them.
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