The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-06

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pointed ei sSootefg. When the cotton seed
cannosbe had, use 500 pounds of gos-
sypiam per@crc just before planting. On
my thirsty land run a subsoil plow over
the fastff5zcr, in order to mix 1t thorough
ly8hh the soil o,
"'Osfsahy bottom land I put 1.O0n
pounds OF fertilizer per acre, in the dr'i
and two list burrows, and mix 1t well
with the soil With the planting seed
pW 30 pounds additional. From the
fftf of'Nfay TO the Goth of June broad
ctst $50 pounds per acre ahead OF the
pISwsr On bottom land | use II mould
boarts making the beds little higher
than on the upland.
before planting run Thomas har'
row across the beds ahead of the planter,
which destroys the early grass and make.
the land fresh and level. Wi'ha Brooks
PLANTER put in two bushels of seed per
acre to insure good stand, using lOo
mounds OF fertilizer with seed on upland.
LAS soon as cotton on upland begins
,tb break the crust in coming up, E!sFy St9lj
satsruss the first time. and afterwards, di-
hcctly across the harrow rows. Then fol-
low with an ciehtccn-inch scrapc and
short scooter, running shallow. Then
start the hoes, every hand carrying a
three-foot stick to measure the distance
between hills on all up lands. / plow
this once every twelve days, using, after
| the first time. II twcnty-fourinch scrape,
very fiat, blowing up To the first of Au.
| gust.
| ''On my bottom land make the rows
five feet apart. and bring the stand down
to four feet between hills by takinga TWEEN.
| ty-fourinch scrapc and running two fur
rows across the rows, leaving belt OF
three inches to form the stand. This en-.
ables me TO plow both ways, leaving but
little work to the hoes. This is better
than dropping in the check and insures q
better stand.
II find that from the Goth of March tC
the 10th of April is the best time to plant
cotton. -.--.,---~~,. rIurII veal
to year from the best stalks, until now
my cotton is at least 100 per cent. better
than it was eight years ago when began
improving it,
II use my stable manure by itself tt
avoid hauling heavy compost loads.
Il do not know that could improv,
IN that plan. even reducing my opera
tions to one fourth the land | now cult
vatc. do know that man cal
make twenty acres pay big money b.
building it up for all it is worth by fcrtil
izing with peas in the spring and rye il
the fall-turned under and not cut at al
i follow the next year with cotton. 4
an example of this, three years ago ha'
tenant who made twelve bales on twcn
ty acres of land. The following yea
that land was sowed in peas in the sprin.
and rye in the fall, and last year it mad
twenty bales of cotton.
ITO get the best results from twenty
acres in cotton, starting with ordinary
worn out farni land. the first thing to b,
| done is to thoroughly terrace the land, il
order than there may be no waste from
washing. The terraces must be mad
strong and on level. When so mad
they will not bc any trouble after tn
second year; then prepare and fertilize a
above Deep pIowng in the preparation
Of land is essential. After the plant i
up. Of comsc the shalower the cultiva
tinn the better. About the Goth of Jul
;hc cotton should all be topped. as tina
makes it mature earlier and often save
much damage from the caterpillar, Mos