The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-07-05
| SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Experience With Rust.

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Thirteen years past / commenced
farming on some land that was said
cotton could not be raised on on
account of rust. The first year l broke
the land deep with small-furrow plows,
and then used 200 bushels of high
graded guano to the acre. The rust
struck the cotton the first of August,
and it looked like fire had singed
over it. I gathered that year 500
pounds of seed cotton to the acre. |
That fall 1 sowed the land in small |
grain. / gathered a fine crop OF oats
fron it. / kept my stock off of this
lana, aud allowed all the vegetation
to groE on it that would grow, which
was mostly the rag-weed. In the fall
and winter l worked these weeds into
the land. Preparing my land next
spring for cotton, l bedded up deep
and used 200 pounds of high
grade guano to the acre. That sum-
mer | had some rust, but not near
as bad as the first year. l gathered
| 900 pounds of seed cotton that fall to
the acre. I then sowed the land in
oats, realizing a good crop of grain the
| next wear, which was the third crop
| of cotton planted on the land. L
worked the vegetation under deep in
the fall, and in the spring l bedded
the land deep, and again used 200
pounds high-graded guano to the acre
and about twenty bushels of killed cot-
| ton seed to the acre. had no rust In
cotton that year. II gathered 1,20O
| pounds of seed cotton to the acre.
Since then I have sOwn this land aft
er each crop of cotton, and when
planted in cotton l use compost OF
rough manure and cotton seed and a
good grade of guanO Gas l have used
different grades of guano l call no
name). have never had any rust In
my cotton since. have gathered as
high as 2, 400 pounds Of seed cotton
from some of this land to the acre.
, Your North Carolina farmer says in
his inquiry that he had noticed that In
: places where brush-heaps were burnt
cotton remained green. 1 have noticed
this on my land. l think where we
find this to be the land is lacking oI
a potash.
As to what caused my land to rust
e can not say. But the plan / adopted
! in rotation of crops and manure
caused the cotton to keep green unit
: killing frost, and have no more rust.
y l would like to have your views o
e what YOU think the real cause of this
le land rusting so in cotton, and what par
- of the management l gave to this LAM
h that stopped the rust.
le This land was very poor at first.
5 think poor land is one cause of rust
Sc The land was planted so mary year
- and had no rest, and was exposed to tn
10 hot sun with no vegetation left to lite
re the land. l think a man should so
his land every other year if 1t is nc
lie ADAPTED to cotton or small grain.
!" rests the land from one crop to tn
20 other, and when sowed the hot su
? does not kill the land, and heavy rain
ne do not wash it. Sowing the land make
is the best terraces you can put on it
% although l do both, but like sOwin
the best. For three reasons-it give
rest to the land, keeps the land frol
washing, and makes the best feed
tile land for your stock. Think of
ol the best feed made in the land for stoc
at the cost of $15, well spent, to fee
ce one mule a year 1t will take $75,
ng the best, to make corn to feed OF
a. mule a year, and your land will get |
nd rest. That is what is the matter wit
as the poor farmer now; he won't tai
Ter care of his land, and tries to raise g
'r- corn to feed his stock, and fails
ae that. Then takes his little cott'
rW money to pay for the raising of tn
,ak little corn, and to buy more corn
ing feed, or to buy more mules to repla
1o1 .I11 the ones that died for the want
mt rood, wholesome food. Think if the
two inquirers will sow their Ian
her down in small grain every other YET
her and plow their lands deep when pl
oEs pairing, and manure literally and cul
uid vate shallow, and don't let their Gro
los stand too long between workings, tn
will soon have no rust in their cottC
Farmer, in Southern Cultivator.