Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-06-06
valuable fertilizing in

SleulGut.
Experiments at the Louisiana
station show that one acre Of cow
peas, yielding 2.979,3S of organic
matter, turned under gave to the
soil 64.95 pounds of nitrogen, 20.39
pounds of phosphoric acid, and
110.56 pounds of potash, of
which at least S.34 pounds of
nitrogen, 4.43 pounds.of phosphoric
acid, and 1S.1 pounds of potash
were furnished by the roots.
Analysis made at the South Caro-
lima station show that cowpea hay
contains 1.42 per cent. of potash.
0.39 per cent of phoshoric acid,
and I'll per cent of nitrogen. Cow
pea roots contained 1.19 per cent
cent, Of potash, OBS per cent Of
potash OPS pc r cent of phosphoric
acid and 0.94 per cent. after. the
crop was harvested contained OSS
per cent, of potash, 0.26 per cent of
phosphoric acid, and 1.35 per cent
of nitrogen. Experiments elsewhere
showed that the vines from a given
area weighed six times as much as
the roots, and were 81 times as
valuable for manure.
Cowpeas and melilotus have
given good results as green manure
on the canebrake lands of Ala
bama. Before the land was
sowed in melilotus and cowpeas it
was not considered worth cultiva-
ting. This season (1S90) it pro-
duced as fine crop as the best
lands of the station highly ferti-
lied"
| wish to urge upon every farmer
to sow cowpsas in every cornfeld,
and on all land that may be
available between this date and
July l, and which is to be planted
in corn, cotton or small grain. In
the North and in EnglanI the prac-
tice is to SOW wheat and other
small grain on a 'clover sod," as
many express it; that is, after
crop of clover. In the south we
may just as we'll sow small grain
after crop of COW peas. In this
case it is advisable to SOW peas in
corn at the last plowing, pasture
them off when ripe (or gather the
peas) turn under the stubble in
ESeptemherandgso gsoWsthea easn1all grain,
I'm cher and geI1ber y here
the peas aTe, Sow al y,ra Heat
|istubb1e, and tits 2not desired td
SOW in wheat or oats again, but
rather to plant in cotton next sea-
son, a good practice is to convert
the pea vines into hay, Immediately
turn under the stubble and harrow
in two or four pecks of Georgia rye
per acre. The rye will at once
commence to feed Oh the decaylng
pea vines and other plant food left
in the soil. and will hold it until
January or February when the rye
may be turned under in prepara-
tion for corn or cotton.
DELEoN, TEXAS, July %, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah,
Ga.
GENTs-l've used nearly four
bottles of P. P. P. I was afflicted
from the crown of my head to the
soles of my feet. Your P. P. P.
has cured difficulty Of breathing
and smothering, palpitation of the
heart, and relieved me of all pain;
one nostrils was closed for ten
years, now I can breathe through
it readily.
I have not slept on either side
for two years, in fac, dreaded to see
night come, now I sleep soundlY
in any position all night.
am So years old, but expect
SOON to be able to take hold of the
plow handles ;eI feel proud I was
lucky enough to get P. P. P, and
I heartily recommend i. to my
friends and tho public generally.
Yours respectfully,
2. NJ. RAMSEY.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Comanche.
Before the undersigned authority
on this day, personally appeared
A.. M. Ramsey, who after being
duly sworth, says on oath that the
foregoing statement made by him
relative to the virtue of P. ?.