The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-03-04

and it had helped the crop considerably,
but was not prepared to say that it would
pay. Mr.. Holder had once improved
his crop very much by fertilizing in the
spring.
Mr.. W. B. Allgood reported his fall
sowing of oats as looking very sorry.
He always succeeded better with spring
sowing. Mr.. Loopey's oats were look.
ing we'll. Mr.. Martin reported his oats
as looking fine, large enough to almost
hide rabbit. Mr.. Loopcr thought
spring oats to do we'll must be highly
fertiized or sowed on rich land.
Mr. Looper did not think that it was
good plan to rlow our lands deep with
improved plows, in preparing them for
Cotton. He thought best to burn off
stubble before breaking land. He pre-
ferred the Cheatham seed, and used
about 200 pounds of fertilizer per acre.
Mr.. Allgood preferred the Osicr seed.
Mr.. Ellis said that the Jones, where it
had results, compared with Osier seed,
had produced ten pounds more Of lint to
the acre.
Mr.. ]. A. Griffin thought that we
ought to be careful in the use of acids in
view Of drought.
Hon. j. II. Bowen said there was not
much danger of getting too much guano
on good land, but poor land would not
support SO much. Farmers in Marlbor.
ough had used rs much as 1000 pounds
to the acre. He had put GOO pounds o.
acid, 100 pounds of manure and sc
bushels of cotton need to the acre, and
only plowed the land once, deep, before
putting in fertilizers. lie made some
thing over two bales on three acres
This experiment was made in 1883.
Mr.. Stackhouse, of Marlborough, hat
been cultivating 20 acres in cotton fo
several years. The smallest yield from
this was 81 bales, and the largest was 81
Mr.. S. had put in drill SO bushels o
cotton seed to the acre. It was impos
sible to use too much fertilizer to th
acre on good land, drouth or no drouth
Mr.. Allgood thought that acres il
cotton was as much as one hand coult
work properly. Mr.. Looper said that
acres was enough. Mr.. McMahan salt
10 acres WAS about the average to tn
hand in this county. The Presiden
stated that many of the citizens
Marlborough admitted that 10 produc
their fine crops they had used 6O
pounds of fertilizers to the acre, and tina
they preferred 1000.
Mr.. w. 7. O'Dell said be had gen
orally cultivated lis cotton in the oil
slip shod way, plowing shallow. Messrs
McMahan, Parkins and tooper pu
cotton to a stand, first working near a
possible. Col. Hollingsworth thought
was best to leave in punches. Severa
were of the opinion that one half bushe
seed was sufficient to plant an acre
carefully distributed.
Mr.. Lo' per said deep plowing il
summer helps the crops to stand drou,h
Mr.. Allgood's objection 10 deep plowin
was, it made the crop waste itself on
second growth. Mr.. J. Fl. Bowen wa
in favor of surface cultivation. Dee
plowing should all be done before GRO
was planted. Grass was great injur,
to crops in dry weather-it helped t
, drink the moisture. Dr. Clayton agree
with Mr.. Bowen, ard said it would b
best to cultivate cotton with the hoe
, we could work enough land in that wa
to pay for the labor expended. MI
Looper still insisted that deep plowin
was best and he appended to those wh
differed to try it. Mr.. Allgood though
he was right if it rained, but wrong,
it should not. Dr.. Clayton had see
cotton worked successfully with hoe Of
small scale.-Pickens Sentinel.