Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-04-11

/ ~SOA s>'fSc ibouI 10 III tucI
hsving to stop to gather fire WOO
and attend to their gardens an,
} patches.
Such pineland as mine (some Of i
naturally poor should average iron
20to 20 bushoIs of cern to the acre
AND wet or dry, if the work is right.
ly done, there is is no such thing a,
failure, as very many visitors from
all parts of the country will testify
| In 1861 usod $4,000 worts ot
guano, and in 1867, $4,000 worth
| 'One of the reSson8 | use esmmer.
cial fertilizers says Mr. Dickson,
IS that may aavs double the quar-
tity ef home mado manure. I make
double the crops, have twiee tue s.
mount of forags to tesd away and
twice the as much cotton seed for
manure.
MR.. DICK SONS STATEMENT TO MR. GIFT
As lsrgc as you thought my ik-
vestment last year $50, ,00O) in ran.
urcs, my losses in stock and in thief.
was equal to that. The guano and
the rise IN cotton were the only
things that saved me,
To be successful IN mining you
must first find the mine; to be sue
cessful In agriculture you must know
where all tie elements of plants are,
and how to control them and make
the most of them.
Fill your land with humus, to
stick the soil together and to darkcn
it. This will prevent its rejecting
the heat, and will cause 1t receive il
gradually and to part with it in the
same way.
commenced using guano in 1916
did not use 1t heavily until 1856
and 1t has never failed in the nrsa
instance to make good crops, wet or
dry, nor oven when the caterpillar
prevailed
Ammonia ! consldsr the best sin
gle Ingredient to grow green crop,
with to return to the earth, thereby
producing more ammonia and 30
per cent bone earth, to be returned
to tho soil, and losing no other 10.
grsdient that was already in the soil,
Onc of the great objects, asids
frod the immense profits Of using
comm orcial fertilizers, is that it gives
the means of increasing yoar' com.
posts. 1t gives yoa increased food
to be used; it increases your cotton
seed and grass to be turned under,
it causes weeds and other things to
spring up early in the wintar to be
turned under in tho spring without
any loss or lrorhls CT sing green
crops.
| Cotton | consicar 4, aun plant,
growing bost in latitude -0f 80 to
40 degrees, avoiding most of the
casualties in that belt. Az sosn az
4
the surprises the cotton plaat holds
out broadest surface of its lssvss to
| the sun and moves round with the
sun and issnsver done growing until
it Is killed by frost. In orsor 10
mature the greatest quantity ot cot.
fton before the worm or frost comes,
eu must have at lssst eight stalks
to the yard.
/ Corn is an annnsl. II delights in
4 a latitude little higher that chtten,
1 lsbeleve that the cultivation Of corn
can be carried to such poirt tha,
| you may make a good crop with
two good seasons (ralDs).
j There is another means of IN.
proving land by turning in vegetable
matter. Poor land will not produce
vegetable matter sufficient to i'm
prove the land materially without
the use Of commercial or other fer
t'lisers in increase the quantity o
green crops to be turned in. BY
tho use Of these fertilizers veu sQar
get two'green crops year 10 trrr
iu either Of grass, peas, weeds. q
clovor, and cultivated grasses wtsr'
they would succeed, whore other
! wise you could not get but one.
Kicking against the new poll y,
does no good. You are 70 pay II