The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-22
THE NEXT COTTON 1aJ II DROP. % ri

~ THE Mkt COTTON CROP.
Some Good Advice to the Men Who
5S Will Make Tt. X 3iS5
Mr.. Martin VI. Calvin, Of Augusta,
Ga, writes as follows to the Macon.
Telegraph: {. NJ
The whole world is busily engaged
conjeoturing tho policy which tho cot
ton growers Of the United Statos will
pursue this yosr. The world is solao-
Ing itsolf in tho boliof, which "a born
Of . wish, that larger acreage than in
1899 will be planted in cotton and an
extraordinary crop produced, M
Ibelievo that an II, , 900, 600 balo Drop
may bo grown this, year without 80
ri,usly affecting the prioe which now
rules. The large inoreaso in the mum
ber Of cotton mills near the cotton
folds, the larger quantity Of cotton
thatwill be required for tho manufao
turo Of spe cialtios in cotton goods, oto.,
authorize this belief. ,sj 8Sj,8 8
The cotton growers need to have an
eye to- tho cost of producing the crop.
This iB as important to thom as tho
minutest itom in tho cost Of the pro.
duotion of cotton goods is important
to manufacturers. A very large num-
ber of farmers have accepted this as
Q fact and will govern themselves 40
oordingly. Tho number Of this GLASS Of
farlnors has boon increasing tho past
two years slowly, but steadily. This
year many moro will fall into limo.
Labor conditions will compel those
who are disposed to regard oyery pro.
posed innovation on old customs as a
vagary, to conform to the now order
OF things. The Lessons taught na bv
experience ought to bo treasured. ,T We
need to look backward as we'll as for.
ward. Largo crops of cotton havo been
produced at too great oxpons }. 3 Too
many aoFo5 have been cultivated and
too little made pc acre. III
Some progress in producs csion per acro
has boon mado, but not great deal i
Herein Georgia, for example, in 1893
and 1894, tho average yield Of cottoni
per acre was 33 100 of a bale; that is,
1t took three acres to make one bale.
In 1895, We mado 80 100 Of bale per
aore; 10 1896, 36 100; in 1897, 38 100;
in 1898, 39 100. Tho record shows
that cotton growers have boon buying
largo quantities Of fertilizers; tho results
prove that they have not used them
wisely. Too many apply too small q
quantity por acre. Ono hundred and
forty pounds Of the bost o,mmeroial
ftltilizsr on tho market applied to the
average acre is practically wasted. Bot.
tor twico the quantity.
Given twenty-five acres Of averege
land, throughly prepared and treated
WITH W,ttIl y 5yt Aer9 TS,nt Anr
plant-400 pounds per acre ~ the best
seed obtainable, though they cost ST.
per bushel planted, say, eighteon inches
apart in rows four feot apart, carefully
cultivated, aud stventy.six bales will
result, as .again nst twenty.six bales OH
eighty acres under the policy which
usually prevails. 1,
Smaller acreage, good aeod, liberal
use of commercial fertilizers and bet
tor methods in cultivation aill moro
than moot the labor problem. What
ov tho aggregate Of the crop produced, |,
thoro will be much oloar money in it to
the producers. .5a
was talking today with iarmer
whom have known for years. He
used to gather twenty. .six balcs, aome-
times q smsllor number, from eighty
aoreH; tho past year, following some.
what the plan outlined in the fo1eko.
ing, he mado forty eight balos on the
eighty acres. This year, moving for
ward several steps, he purposes to
mako fifty bales on ifty acres and have
corn and wheat, oats and hay in abun.
danoo.
Smallor aoreago, free use OF high
grade commercial fertilizers, rich in
the food the cotton plant requires; the
best seed and the best methods in oul-
tivation, will minimize the coat of,pro.
duotion. l1 ~
It was demonstrated by the South
Atlantic statos in 1896 that the farmer
who applied fertilizers por aoro at a
COST Of 81 DO roalized and increased
profit Of 102 per cont, while the
farmer who applied 81 II worth per
acre realized an increased profit Of 81 Z
per cent. #,
| repeat and emphasize the statement
just any kind Of fertilizer will not do
for cotton. If you would have tho best
roaults you must supply with wisely
liberal hand the food tho plant Graves
ana demands. ~ Ea3 f%!f