Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

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planted tie Premium" aTfpit" and
Orange" varieties. All Of these
varieties are large boiled aud very
prolific, but tho doctor considers the
premium the best of the three.
II carries the smallest seed and yields
the largest quantity of lint. How
eyer, ihsyaTss oil exceptionally fine,
and tho probability is that seventy
five! acres on his farm are going to
yield at; least seyenty-fve bales.
AS to tho best manure for cotton,
pr. Campbell says that, Of course,
depends entirely on the land. BY
analysis, Or experiment, one should
|frst6nd out what the land needs,
and then supply those elements.
cas- is well known, The most com.
plete fertilizer for any crop is cotton
seed, and the best way to applythem
is in the furrow. When applied, in
this way there is no loss, as is often
the case in composing. Butthe full
benefit from the seed is not derived.
the first year. The hull, containing,
as it does, q very large proportion of
potash, will not usually decompose
until it has been in the ground more
than one season.
GA great many people are in the
habit of mixing their cotton seed with
stable manure. I used to do this
also, but it is wrong, or at least
unnecessary. Both are complete
fertilizers, and their respective val
ues c about the same. In view of
this fact put down one as far as it
will 60, and from there out continue
with the other just as if there was
no difference between them,
Rust in cotton can always be pre-
vented by the application Of potash.
You never see any rust in cotton on
soil that contains mica (colloquially
called isinglass), and the presence of
mica is an indication that the soil
contains sufficient potash"
"About cotton seed, doctor; how
much are they worth a bushel as o
fertilizer"
81 should say not less than 25 cents,
though it is hard to estimate how
much they really 7 worth. never
sell any. On the contrary, I buy as
many as I can get every year, and
/ can afford to pay as much for them
as tho mill men WILL" p st
"What about cotton seed meal. Is
it as good as the green secd?"
elbow could it be ? 1t is true that
the mill men say that the oil is of no
value as a fertilizer, and 80 far as the
manufactured product is concerned
they are correct; but take it this
way: The green seed is a complete
fertilizer. Carbon enters largely into
oil and is also an important clement
of plant food. The carbon, originally
in a most easily assimulable form,
having been extracted from the
meal, how do you expect 10 supply
that clement by tho application Of a
fertilizer that no longer contains it 2'
"Now, one more point, doctor,
You claim that there is more money
in grain and grass than in cotton,
Suppose 4 man. was in debt, would
you not say that he could get out
the soonest by planting cotton"
"Well, this matter of getting out
of debt is rather an uphill business
anyway you take it; but l will say
this: All things being equal, let two
hands each take ten acres, and one
plant cotton while the other sows
grain and clover, putting in.his spare
time collecting manure, and at the
end of ten years, considering the
value of the land, you will find that
the nan who sowed grain will have
made a great deal the most money
A thorough going farmer, DR.
Campbell raises cattle, sheep and
hogs, both rs a source of pleasure
and profit. lie has a flock Of about
fifty sheep and q great many cattle
among which arc about a dozen hall
and full bloodcd Jerseys. His live
stock, he says, are practically nc
expense to him, and besides what he
sells, more than pay for themselves
with their manure alone.
Some one has been figuring or the
number Of pounds of cotton con
sumed in tho mills in Georgia and