The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-03-07
HoW Much Cotlme mercia1 Fertilizers are
You Going to Use I

using eight hundred pounds Of Gossypium
as s manure. When farmers make large
crops Of cotton they are apt to attribute
the yield to; the uss Of commercial fertili:
zers and the next season they will buy
;liberally. When It requires four to five
acres to make q 50O:pound bale, the far.
mer sblames the fertilizer and is allow to
take. hold Of any kind next year. It will
..be profitable TO repeat before wha. has
been said in these columns. There is; no
gold mine for the ;farmer5in any brand of
fertilizers on the market. He who de-
5pends on these fertilizers alone will: not
prosper. The more homemade manure
one makes, the better will commercial,
:3fsrtilizera psy. It is5 bettersto use only
seventy. Eve pounds Of acid phosphate to
the acre, with q liberal supply Of home,
made manures and cotton seed, than to,
use two. OF; three: hundred. pounds Of the.
commercial article alone. The best fer.
:tilizer, literally applied, will bea dead
iloss, unless the crops are veil and rspidly
cultivated. a man would be considered
very. wasteful TO pay two dollars for 8 sack
of corn and carry it home and let the rats:
eatabout half Of it before he had made it
into meal. He does The same thing when:
he takes q sack Of acid phosphate, worth
two dollars, and puts itin the ground and,
lets 5thesgras and weeds eat up all the
plant foods it contains, before he works
ont his crop. Thin soil, without manure,
can afford to wait for work. When fer.
,tilizers are used, it will not wait. The
question with many farmersis this :s:C Can
Iaford to buy commercial fertilizers this
year ~ IF the farmer will buy for cash
hecan afford it. IL he will apply livery
judiciously and work his crop we'll he
can sfordit if no disaster comes, even at
time prices. AS Il: kinds that are best,
opinions differ No: two men would
agree, perhaps Some prefer ammoniated
goods, while Others want only the acid,
:phosphates: That kind makes the. best
crops IS proportion to cost is-the one you
should use.
The applicant Of fertilizers is 9 subject
iEorth5 5consids dsring. Some Of our farmers.
5believss that the best crops are produced
::by applying The .mannles .at one time.
Others think that ss6os sappli ations are
better. Then d whMens len cotton Eseeds and.
other smanaressG are used with the Sphos-
pilates, its IS generally better to do your
own mixing in the furrow and bed on it.
That saves times. For instance, if you.
wish to apply q mixture Of acid phos.
pilates and scotton seed. to upland corn.
Lay OFF your rows so they will not wash.
Bed the land with a twister, opening out
agood water furrow. In this, place your
compost and throw two furrows on it
making q flat, low bed. When you get
ready to plant open with q shovel. This
gives q good seed bed and the corn will
start off we'll. The same method will
answer:Well for cotton.
As to whether you will use much or
little, circumstances must determine. Il
is possible by the application of a large
quantity to make large yield, but one
will haYeto bring up his land;as Captain
Goodwin did, to get it ready for very
liberal application Of fertilizers. What
soever you do, buy only as much as you
will apply judiciously and cultivate the
land most thoroughly afterwards.-Spar.
tanburg Spa, tan.