The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-02-12
Intensive Farming.

Intensive Farming.
IA paper read before the Edgefeld
County Alliance on Friday, the End Of
January, 1891, and published, by resoIu-
ton to that effect, in the Alliance De.
partment of the Edgefold Adrertiser.
BROTHER PREs1DENT-We often hear
Of the intensive system of farming, and
to convince myself Of the prscticability
of the system I determined to plant a
plat of q acres aud report the result,
and I herewith present detailed account
of the entire expenses, and also the plan
of preparation and cultivation and the
result Of the experiment. will say
that the experimental plant was what
would properly be called clover sod,
the same having been in clover for the
last three years, upon which the clover
(red) was very fine. The first year in
clover paid me forty dollars per acre in
clover hay. The land is level upland
with clay subsoil, and was we'll improved
even before seeded it down in clover
Now for the preparation: The land
was turned about the 18th day of Febru.
ary, 1890, with two-horse farmers
Friend plow followed by one.horse
subsoil plow. After the land was bro
ken it was rolled with heavy two horse
roller. 1t then lay in that condition
until the first of March, when it wes laid
off with long six-inch shovel and fol-
lowed with q ten.inch shovel in rows FIVE
feet apart, in which was deposited two
hundred bushels of cotton seed, green
from the Clubhouse, and 1000 pounds of
acid phosphate and ridged on with small
turn plow. 1t stood in this condition
until the 10th of April when ne run q
bull-tongue plow in the ridge SO as to
incorporate the soil with the cotton seed
and acid phosphate and thereby, to some
extent, prevent the cotton from dying
out after it should come up, and also to
add the ammoniated guano that I pro.
posed to apply at this time $500 pounds).
The land was then bedded out with q
farmers Friend turn plow, and the bed
opened with bull-tongue plow and 500
pounds ammoniated dissolved bone ap-
piled and the cotton seed then planted
with Dow Law Planter. The after
cultivation was by the usual plan with
the hoe and sweep, and now the result in
toto:
Turning q acres clover sod with
one hand and two horses ..........S 90
Subsoiling, horse........"....."".". 2 90
Rolling, Q 2oxen........ ............"..." 2 90
Laying of and bedding out same...- 2 so
200 bushels cotton seed and putting
in the same........ .......... .........". n 30
1000 pounds acid phosphate and
putting in the same............." 10 90
1000 pounds ammoniated dissolved
bone.. ......... .,.............. IS 90
Ploughing cotton four times.."...... 2 90
Hoeing cotton three times........... 90
Picking ........ ............ II IS
Ginning and packing g.....".......". 0 55
Bagging and tics.."..... ...."........". G 70
Total expense on q acres ........S101 90
Cr by 4,437 pounds lint cotton att
cents per pound ........ ............... 399 33
26G bushels cotton seed at 12ac. per
bushel......... .......... SO 25
Net proceeds on q acres. .......... 432 So
Deduct expenses above....... i....... 101 90
Total............... ..............".."St33l 81
Now, brother President, this exhibit
looks perhaps to some unreasonable, but
having made the experiment unsolicited
and of my own 7olition, and also at my
own expense, and in the face of the fact
that I was not contestipg for any special
prize or premium, but simply to satisfy
myself of what thought to be the best
plan for US all to adopt, that is to plant
less and manure better and thereby
secure greater profits from our farms, is
my reason for submitting this paper to
the Alliance to-day, and feel satisfied
tina! the above result can be excelled. /
will add that the best acre of the above
plat made fraction over four bales of
467 pounds each, on the balance of the
plat II acres, the stand was imperfect
and therefore the yield was not SO good,
and further, I will add, that my rows
only being FIVE feet apart were entirely
too close, aud great deal of the cotton
rotted during the wet season in the early
fall. But at all events was pleased with
the result, and shall plant the same plat
next year and try to raise five bales per
acre. I believe it can be done. The
variety of cotton planted Was the HaW-
kins.
Respectfully submitted,
W. s. ALLEN.
Fruit Hill, s. O., Dec. 80, 1890.
4 Bad Woman.
"Now, the best thing you can do" said
the judge to an old negro who had applied
for divorce, "is to 60 home and behave
yourself
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