The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-09
NO. 50.
SPANISH pINDAns AGAIN.
They do not Impoverish the Soil--Che
Best Mode OF Cultivation;

II Ihey 40 not impOvcrish the SOil-Che
Best Mode OF Cui9ivation
To the Editor of The News and Courier;
For the information of 9th ors- -,xil}
say something more about Spanish
| ptndars. f.e @EIsI
L. They are certainly as good for
people to eat Us the old, common sort.
some people think they are better /
think that most of the parched pindars
sold in the towns in BarnweIi County
| by the pindar venders are the Spanish,
| as believe that moro of them are
planted in this county than the old
sort. planted In my garden last year
an ordinary size garden square in the
Spanish variety, just to boil, and that
square furnished us all and more than.
we could eat, and better boiled pindars
| never did eat, and | have been eating
them all my life. | have never met
the man yet who could cat more boiled
pindars, well salted, than can, aud /
friend Mr.. j. d. Grimes, of Colston,
3arnwell County, can testify. Spanish
pindars are good to eat.
2. They do not impoverish the
ground, but improve it even when
pulled up, pindarS. vine and all, to be
fed to stock. This is the experience
OF Capt Loroy Il. Wilson, OF Ailendale,
who has bcon planting them steadily
ior good many years, and plants them
in preference to the old sort. He
THINKS that the reason, on one reason,
that thoy do not hurt the land, being
such tremendous bearers, is that thcy
shade the land SO completely, which Is
always great benefit to land. When,
however, tho pindars aresnot pulled
up, but left in the field for the hogs to
root and iattcn, tho land must be and
Is greatly improved by the quantity of
vegetable matter that is left In the soil,
| nave mover heard any one say that
Spanish pindars are injurious to the
ground, but always tho other way.
There need be no fear of them on this
ground.
3. The quantity of them that can be
raised on an acre will depend, like
oohcr crops, ON the strength, adapta-
tllity OF tho soil, tho seasons and the
thoroughness OF the cultiyatiQKs.-ttb 4 b6-'~-
iievc that 100 bnsnciS to T. Acre on cr-
dlnary land is not an ovcrcstimate.
Say seventy rows to the acre and fifteen
inches apart on tho rows would give
loS punches, every two of which, it
may be safely said, will turn out a quart
of pindars, which will give 2s bushels
TO tho row. Seventy, tho number of
rows In an acre, multiplied by % bush
S.o, oilo iciu vi ono row, would make
lS3 bushels to the acre. Tho weld
doubtless would greatly exceed this if
say 700 pounds Of some good CONNER
cial lertlllHer were put on the ground
either in the bed on broadcast Let
some one who is going to plant Span
ish plndars this year 90 TO work and
see how many can be madc on an acre
Of land, and report the result next win
ter 1t will do good, and the result will
be surprising.
). To plant them lay OFF the ground
In threc-fect rows, bed up and open tho
ped with bnll-tonguc plough, drop
the pindars, shcllcd or unshellcd, if-
teen inches in the furrow and cover
with IL block. 1t will pay to cultivate
them well just as it does any other
crop.
5. The kind OF soil best adapted to
them is, ! think. IL light rather sandy
soil. But they may do we'll in stiti,
clay soil if we'll broken up at tho start
anu kept we'll pulvcrizcd by frequent
ploughlng. | am quito certain that any
Ol eur low-country upland will mako
them well. Don't forget that you can
make two crops Of them in The same
year.
u. When your pindur crop is made
turn your hogs in and when fat and
cold weather comes, kill them and euro
your bacon and bless the man VINO told
you about Spanish pindars. i
JOHN G. WILLIAMS
Allcndalc, March 26, 1888.