The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-31
How to Cultivate Forty Acres In Got
ton With one rIuIe.

Z Mr.. j. b Wilson, at the request OF the
) editor OF this paper, has furnished tbs
subisined for publication in the Scnti.
Ii mel. 1t in brief sets forth the methods
: that he purSues in working his crop,
E and gives the result of his farming last
wear, which Is simply marvellous, SO
much SO that we find there are doubt
ing Thoipas'sin regard to it, but OF it's
absolute truth there is no question. The
: showing is so much better than that
made By other farmers in this section,
and so much better than ever known
before, that it staggers the belief of
many of them that such result is
/ possible. To all such we would re
spectfully suggest that instead of con
Guiding that it is impossible. TO adopt
the same methods and see II they have
not cause for congratulation ut the
end of the year:
You must have comparatively level
land, such as is found in the Yazoo
i Delta. The land must be thoroughly
ditched and drained so no water stands
on it Lay off your rows as long Ms
your drainage will pernit-the fewer
| turn rows the better. Distance your
rows about Eve feet apart. Buy good
mules that are free-goers and long
stayers. Get ouly such toc,s rs are
adapted to your soil Get careful Plew
hands rho like to plsw. Begin piow
liTt, IN January, and pillow every day all
winter when weather permits. Land
| is never too wet during freezing sea
son when it is dry enough for your
mules to stand upon. Bed up your
land in full as you go. To make new
beds run center burrows with Halls
middle buster. then throw in two fur
rows with Halls Lone Star No 20 turn
ing pillow. then follow with one furrow
have complete bed ready for plant
ing. Use two mules to these plows,
and run in ground from four to six
inches deep. Get through breaking up
in time for your beds to be thoroughly |
settled by rains and top soils nellowed
by freezes Plant on these beds by
running one time the Planet Jr. Guilt /
vator one to two inches deep ahead OF |
your cotton planter. Scrape off bv put |
ting the Diamond scraper on the No 20 |
Lone Star plow beam, leaving the drill /
about four inches wide and be certain
to run deep enough to thoroughly GOV
or up middle Your eetton being on
firm bed can be hoed easily and with
great rapidly, and in case of rain be.
fose moulding will stand up straight.
To dirt cotton throw two burrows with
No 20 Lone Star turning pillow towards
cotton, and what is left in middle run
out with one furrow of 20 inch sweep
set on the Georgia stock and put in
ground up to the beam; then two fur
rows with PIannet Jr. Cultivator in
each middle SO as to run beds nearly
down on level. Then if dry season
your 90 iEch sweep ON The Georgia
stock is all you need up to last of July i
la the Yazoo Delta. then run three fur
rows with bnzzard wing sweep during
August. II rainy season like 1905,
to throw two burrows with
,nrning elow towards cotton, then one
fnrrow in middle with sweep. and
hen run down with the scultiva,Or, the
principle being to piow deep in middIes
Ind STA 0g aroand co ton. In the
Yazoo Delta where rows are five feet
part never be afraid 10 plow in mid
Hes as deep rs the mules will pull pillow
Up to last OF July Deep blowing is
necessary to Kill grass and weeds. Z
Hoe cotton four times, once each month /
md be certain to follow each horing ,
with plows, the principle
,eing what dirt is drawn away by hoe
ng be immediately thrown back by !
he plows but never pile dirt higher .
Iround cotton than 1T was when stalk =
lrst came up. BY this process III 1895
broke up 300 acres with four double
cams ready to go to planting the first q
lay of April. and worked it with the i
q no nj frt MN III Ioi1 ~, N
It total cost of sl400 which includes
eed of mules. | used.only day labor. 7
laying so cents for males and 40 cents c
or females per day, giving hem free i
Use OF house, garden, wood aud team !,
0 haul with. 1t took $2l00 to gather,
laul. gin, drayage, store, weigh insur-
ng and sell, this crop. 1t brought $97
. when sold. leaving clear profit of a
5000 This is over $1,000 to the mule !,
ross. and nearly $500 to the mule net.
nd clear profit on the land Of over !
20 per acre. These results were OBJ e
aimed under the most adverse circum- y
tances for working crop-it being j
n extremely rainy season, aud the arr =
~ worm completely devourcd nearly l
alf the crop the first week in Septem- Ii
er OF 100 acres anf all the rest the last n
'eek In September. - Yazoo Sentinel.
We insert the above because it is full
{ agricultural wisdom from our stand
oint from start to fnish-worth nm
Did dollars to the man after success
nd who wants to learn. We wish to \
npress four special points upon our
saders: Early blowing, deep summer
fiddle blowing, late cultivation and all
Dor in one squad and for. cash. In
lie Delta and in all stiff clay soils that
ack and do not wash badly there is no
lestion In our mind but what the :