The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
FARMERANDPL PLANTER
COTTON CULTURE.

The -Tntensfrs'" system a Calsars an "a
Ezsenatgs scale EaS Lfeats ~kaa.sri'aa4
and M sDscrssss "A Acreage SseesaarY-
Ia gr.r former articles we have ad-
vis..a the southern cotton raisefs who
have either a seaas-exh aas5ed ar nat
araIIV poor soil 60 e0nzend with, and
which he desires 60 build up gaall Oas
TO bwa bales eaa be harvested from
ea4sa and every acre at leasb "a favor
abe seasons. to a. of f9FVs three feet
apart in both cura and eoseon, planting
every other row n peas and giving
the corn aad cotton the benefit of
four and a half or i've feet OF SOIL and
reserqing bat from ~ 10 y inches for
tEe Peas. Il peas corn aad cotton are
each fed IIBerallY. the one tOt two bales
Of eo5Gon per acre and 50 10 roo bushels
Of corn per acre mark can be speed
lily reached. There IS nothing on
earth To prevent e. and we
challenge the doubling TA9maaes
Of the whole uaibed world
to prove Ghe contrary. We come now
to 4 consideration Of lands that are
richer, more fertile and productive
than those above described lands thai
are already sell sapplled with Aamus,
hence donfb need the pea vines lands
that. without the assistance Of fertfl-
izerz Of any kind, viii make from
three-fourths Of 3 bale 70 one and one
fourth or enc and One-haIf bales per
acre It IS en- such lands as these that
Fertilizers put in their BEST work and
are used with greatest profit. Ii =
here also that fertilizers can De used
in the greatest quantities. and. strange
and unreasonable as it may appear 10
the aninIbIaGed, and to those who
have had 10 experience IN their use.
the greater the quantity used t@ithia
the bounds of reason and common
sensels the more profitable they become
and the mere satisfaction and grat4a
cation IS derived from their use. Il
is On such lands that the two 70 four
bales per acre become a possibility
and Il our advice as to appropriate and
liberal feed. good distance mot less
than four feet by two, and never more
than one stalk IN a place.. deep prep
abEH&A45 anti bA4iyt tt4 llT 2skk
low and comparatively level culture
is followed, ib becomes not only a pos
sibiligy, bus. other things being equal
an absolute certainty. Il is just sa
sure al that effects follow causes, and
that Is sure enough. or should be sure
enough, to please any body and 10 con-
vince the most sEsepLIeaI. In AissIs-
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one bale to three acres, aad the cost Of
raising fully as much as L two or more
bales grew On a SINGLE acre. Vow the
question arises. can @e afford 10 plant
and cultivate year after year three
acres of land ia order 10 get what
could have been obtained from one
sixth of the amoant2 / for one
say no, and am determined not
to do it. | don't have to. and
1 will not. As previously stated
some of our cotton is planted IL rows
six feet apart, and th!nned 10 two.
three and four feet apart Ia drill, one
stalk in place. L is nov august l.
d. high as ny head, and gives promise
Of locking in tire midddIes IN the
course Of the next two weeks. There
is not spindiing stalk in the field.
but every stalk is 4tocxg. standing up
like a tree, aud well formed from bot
tom to top Not a single shape or
form has shed as yet, and this IN spite
OF the fact that we are undergoing
serious drought that Is parching up
corn all around it. This cotton has
had applied to it ~ pounds Of Thomas
Flag (phosphateJ and 100 pounds Of nj
trate Of potash per acre. On some Of
the land / used acid phosphate in lieu
| Of the Thomas Flag, but see no per-
| ceptible difference in favor Of either
| one or the other. No nitrogen was
used on this land, as there is already
an excess Of it present, as evidenced
| by an excess Of stalk or weed growth.
| The phosphate and potash were
applied for the purpose Of correct
ing this excess, to increase the fruit
| fulness of the plant, and to force it
into an early maturity. This cotton
was not planted until the sth day Of
May. For a long time The season was
cold and backward, and ever since it
turned warm, has been altogether too
dry for any kind Of farm crop 1t is
| not planted in the fertile lands Of the
Mississippi bottom, as might be sup
| posed by those unacquainted with the
| geography Of this country, but it IS in
one Of the oldest, poorest and most
bad dly~worn counties in the state 40 on
50 miles from the bottom. What we
claim can be done here can be done
equally in any ana every other section
OF the cotton belt There is no patent
upon the process. il is open alike TO
all and within the reach OF all, and all
are cordially invited to participate, or
| give a good and all-suiiicient reason
| why they do not wish " do So. We
know it is practical for the reason that
we are pracucing IT, and intend 10 con-
Time 50 dong as long as our mean
| viii allow or until "a better plan is Of
fered by some one else.-G. II. Turner,
in Texas Farm and Ranch.
WHY FARMERS ARE POOR.
| IxfravaVaucr. of fho Table Are Largely