The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-11-27

been used up by the young plant, or
washed away by the spring rains. Just
when the plant needs strength most il
has least. This is the time when the
proper fertilizer should be applied as
you work the crop, putting 1T close to
the roots of the plant as you plow it,
then covering with a light furrow. If
your plant has plenty of stalk at this
stage, but needs more shape, OR is
shedding its shape, use a strong phos-
plate brand. If the stalk is small and
needs pushing, use a brand that has a
good percentage of potash in it, and
also plenty of p~hosphates.
1t is this simple feeding of the cot
ton plant at the proper time that helps
me make three bales TO the acre. This
could not be done in any other way
that is practical.
In planting my crop l give the plant
| good distance, both in. width of rows
and in the hill. You cannot crowd
cotton and get the best results. Con-
slider the quality of your land. You
know about what size stalk you will
get. Thin the crop according to the
quality of your land.
In this connection | WISH TO say that
a great many farmers allow their cot
ton to grow too thick in the row, often
allowing two stalks in the same hill.
a little care in this simple matter will
add several hundred pounds of cotton
TO each acre, as the best results cannot
be had where the plants are too close.
Years ago / used to make an average
of 1000 pounds of seed cotton per
acre and L thought l was doing well.
On twenty acres L usually got about
fourteen bales. / commenced along
the lines / have indicated in the fore
gong pages and the result was soon
2,000 pounds per acre. L continued To
add the right fertilizer to the land, 10
apply it at the right time, and it was
not long before my crop went beyond
1000 pounds per acre, and all done by
simple methods which l have tried To
make PLAIN 10 my friends in the bust.
ness in these pages.
1t is a simple thing to do, but TO dc
it you must be watchful and %observant.
You must watch every part of every
field. If you have a part of one field
that swearing away, plant peas on it,
or haul in humus, or rest 1T. DO some.
thing TO bring it up TO the average.
When you pillow your lands IN early
spring don't be afraid of getting toe
deep, and when you apply fertilizer
don't feel that you arc throwing away
money. You arc simply planting
money that will come up a hundred
fold.
Study each part of every field ant
put just tho kind of fertilizer on Gael
it needs most. Don't be content 1,
apply the same fertilizer ull over cacl
field. One part will likely need {
different brand from the other.
When the plant begins TO fruit II
July then add a light application o.
fertilizer at each working. If you fnt
the plant is holding the fruit ther
withhold the fertilizer until il show.
signs of failure. Then apply and con
b tlnuo to do so until you feel that you
cotton plants have taken on a full crol
and will be able to mature same il
good time before the coming of frost
i know Is great many farmers will
| say that to grow as much as three bale!
of cotton per acre is what they cal
clancy farming" but l know from OK
perience that il is practical, farming. Ii
l am anything l am practical, and
; believe in getting the most out of you,
land you cam. L used to think it wa.
/ impossible to raise two bales of scet
cotton per acre, but l found by expe
rience that it was an easy matter no
/ only to grow that much, but moro.
i am honest in the belief that TIT
great majority of cotton growers IN TIT
l South, if they will follow the directions
L have LAID down in the simplest Ian
guage 1 know how, can increase thci
average of cotton per acre at least 10(
} per cent. in a single year, and if the,
+ will continue to follow the direction
given the time will not be far ava
when every acre that is planted undo
r the directions given will yield an aver
} age of over n bale per acre, lnstca,
/ of one-third of q bale, as at present
The experiment is we'll worth trying
Plant fewer acres and make more; tina
should be the policy of the cottol
growers of the South from this time on
: 1t will pay every N who starts out t,
follow this rule.