The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-11
PICISENs EsAIsNrERs.

~ VII SihShSttSy, tho tiSI luSttlby bIlS
Agricultural Society met in the Court
House and wss called to order by the
President, DR.. S. w. Clayton, and
the discussion of the programme was
commenced.
Mr.. Williams did not think that
wheat ought to be narrowed in the
spring. Mr.. Holder had tried the
experiment and it did not kill his
wheat, and if it did any good he could
not perceive it. He knew of man
having narrowed his wheat with some
success.
Mr.. Joab Mauldin narrowed his
wheat last year about the first of
April, but the land was rather wet
and the ground rough. Otherwise
it would have been beneficial Those
who had tried the experiment said it
was worth trying again, and if they
had time they would certainly repeat.
Mr.. John II. Lewis had narrowed
one sowing Of wheat by trying to re.
plant in january, and what remained
Of first sowing was very fine
Mr.. Langston had tried fertilizine
in the spring, but did not know that
much good resulted.
MIR. Loopcr had tried the mnnur,
ing in the spring by broad casting
manure, and it had helped the crop
considerably, but was not prepared
to say that it would pay. MIR. Held
er had once improved his crop very
much by fertilizing in tho spring.
Mr. w. B. Allgood reported his
fall sowing of oats as looking very
sorry. He always succeeded better
with spring sowing. Mr.. Loopcr's 3
oats wero looking we'll Mr.. Martin
reported his oats as looking fine,
large enough to almost hide a rabbit
Mr.. Looper thought spring oats to do
we'll must be highly fertilized or
sowed on rich land.
Mr.. Looper did not think that it
was a good plan to plow our lands
deep with improved plows, in pre-
pairing them for cotton. He thought
best to burn off stubblo before break
ing land. He preferred the Cheat
nm seed, and used about 200 pounds
fertilizer per acre.
MIR. Allgood preferred tho Osier
seed. Mr.. Ellis said that the Jones,
where it had results compared with
Osior seed, had produced ten pounds
moro Of lint to tho acre.
Mr.. j. A. Griffin thought that we
ought to be careful in the use Of
acids in view Of drought.
Hon. j. III. Bowen said there was
not much danger of getting too much
guano ON good land, but poor land
would not support 80 much. Farm
ors in Marlborough had used as
much as 1000 pounds to the acre.
He had put 600 pounds of acid, 100
pounds manure and SO bushels of
cotton seed to the acre, and only
plowod the land once, deep, before
putting in fertilizers. He made
something over two bales on three
acres. This experiment WAS made
in 1888.
Mr.. Stockhouse, Of Marlborough
had been cultivating 20 acres in cot
ton for several years. The smallest
yield from this was 21 bales, and the
largest was 81. Mr.. S. had put in
drill so buehels cotton seed to the
acre. 1t was impossible to use too
much fertilizer to the acre on good
land drouth or no drouth.
Mr., Allgood thought that 8 acres
in cotton was as much as ono hand
could work properly. Mr.. Loopor
said that 8 acres was enough. Mr..
McMahan said 10 acres was about
the average to tho hand in this coun-
ty. The President stated that many
of the citizens of Marlborough ad-
mitted that to produce their fno
crops they had used 600 pounds of
fertilizers to the acre, and that they
preferred 1000.
Mr.. w. T. ODoll said he had gon-
orally cultivated his cotton in the old
slip shod way, plowing shallow.
Messrs. McMaLan, Ta1i.i!;;iins and Loo
per put cotton to a stand, first work
ing near as possible. Col. Hollin,s-
worth thought it was best to leave in
punches. Several were of opinion
that one half bushel seed was suff1-
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