The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-03-01
TIE MONEY III COTTON.
Forty ;;slcs Made with one Mulo ara
Si,1sO Cleared rs Profit


Si,ss0 Cleared rs Profit.
The young men at home and in the
neighborbood we're inclined to be slow
about planting a rev crop. They did
not show the energy l wished to see. So
to stir them up, boasted I could take
one large mule and cne hand to plough
him, ard make fifty bales of cotton and
$500 clear profit. This had the desired!
effect. talked it until convinced my.
self I could Go it. So wentto work to
accomplish it. l had to swap work so as
to run three horse Cassida plough to
break thirteen acres of lard that had
been in corn, and worked by 6 negro for
several years. 1t was very badly over
run with Bermuda grass, and very poor
indeed. When the land was ready for
planting, the big mule aud negro had
nine days due them, but 1 did net require
it psid back. There was no other plough
in it but the one rsed By the big negro
ard run By the big mule. My neighbols
say ii was good or as we'll cultivated as
any Fifty acres in the neighborhood. But
1 did not make the fifty bales; made
forty-four. ! lest my stand ON the part J
that had been infested by Bermuda grass,
and had to poison twice for worms, which !
injured it some. But if possible, I mean
to make the fifty bales on ffty acres with
one mule and cne negro in 1855, and ex..4
pect to fertilize The land from the seed
or meal Of fifty bales.
I will nov tell how prepared and cul-
tivated the lsnd, although I would not !.
advise any one to try it on as largo a 4
scale as myself, as il requires practice to !
do the work we'll. This is my third year
on the water furrow or alley system. I: |:
begun with ten acres, the next year in
creased to twelve acres, and this year.
(1SS7) increased tito the fifty acres, with
the stated result. I will not be content
ed till make fifty bales and Two thou
sand dollars clear profit with ore mule
and hand. L can be done, and if life isz /
spared NE I mean to do it. The land
was thrown into beds of three and one::
half foot rows, just as though I was
going to plant On tho bed; but did not
do SO. I put my fer.il:zer-three hrn-t
dred pounds of cotton seed meal aud one;
hundred and twenty-five pounds Of acidE
phosphate mixed, as I Lave before del
scrihed-in the water furrow oE betweenE
the beda; then threw two burrows ont
with a double bul! tongue; boarded itE
off; put the planter on it in the usualE
way, but down in the water furrow. Ass
soon as tic seed began to sprout I har:E!
roved with thelittle Iron Age-harrowe&
the middle and sll-and go killed the
crab grass in its inaarcy. AfterwardsSs
there never appeared much grass in the
cotton. called this one ploughing. III
then bul!.tongued it, and called thattwoE
ploughings. Next ran around it with arIB
eighteen.inch sweep-one of Poppenjs
helms; that was three ploughipgs. u
next used the Planet, Jr., cultiyator, one
furrow to the row. This was fouHa
ploughings. Next laid it by, one furroN#|
with the sweep The ploughman and
mule began work by daylight and worked
till sunset each working day. e ,
The ploughman cost me 500: IE9gx
hoeings cost 500; the picking cost So
cents per hundred or Ss per bale, or s30@
for ginning and picking. The seed con- s.
verted into meal ard mixed with aci@
phosphate makes the lard self.suppor4S
ing. The mule made twelve thousan
pounds Of peavine hay and peas, whicN
will support him. He did this in fy
days that were TOO wet to plough in th b
cotton. His oats are growing. exped
to get 10 cents per pound for my cotton IS
more if I can. 1t will net me beforW
February s1,4S0; this is making cottoW W
at less than 8 cents per pound. This M
not large crop of cotton. 1t was tH S.
money I wanted as well as to stir up thI
farmers and show it could be dom IS
Now if my plan of selling cotton N
adopted, will make $4,000 on the san k
fifty acres next year. My experience s.
that making cotton is the best and easie eA
farming in the!wor!d. Go at it with W
vim, and stick to it, stay in the field as
see that the work is done we'll. Sper{
less money faz fertilizers, and see thfS
you put the right kind and the rig
quantity in the right place. Make t
farm selfsupporting and you are sure MM MM
succeed.
Plant nothing in cotton but high, d. dIg}7
and natural draining land bottoms Il 4s
require dltchlng are uncertain lanoEs3
they look as if they would make crd
but generally fail in the end. There aE
bottom lands that make cotton, but th s'
have natural under.d1ainage. ST.
planting cotton as soon as you get off I M
natural drained lands. One acre of @ @,
cotton will take the profit from two &C.
acres. Every farmer should know M
land perfectly, and know what to put ss @
it, whether it be corn, cotton or Cd
Whatever suits it give to it.-Capt. j. #a3 #
Peterkin in his 6ooE, "2dlks acith Coka
Farmers"
Strange Occurrence On tie Rail. E@
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