The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-02
Cotton Plant.

The martial failure OF the small grain crop
should Eel farmers to thinking and plhnning Z
that he hired drill and on we'll prepared pea
siubbie put In nine acree Of wheat. The drill.
ssed and guano costa about S&. He expected
To max hundred bushels NJ cost OF aonut
20 ceuls n bushels. He fed 10 ~ his mules
Without threshing. The wheat was sown
Nov. 10, IL II did not begin 70 come up I'LL
Ihe middle OF December. The many freezes
and heavy rains killed y ua.i tns1s was not
had similar experiences II was generally
believed that sowing With q drill would as
sure a !uli crop. A neighbor sowsd lot. IL"
turued the land In poor sort Of way With
Two norse piow, covered The wheat with a
cutnway harrow without drilling. HIS wheat
though very poor. was as good m the DINER
lot put In with the drill
A farmer was giving his experience with
oats, He usld n one-hOrsc grain drili. run
ming rows about q foot apart. This put the
oals down IN u iurrow with high, sharp
ridge between them. They stoGd the winter
similar land, sown broad cast were not wori b
cutting, lie also said that several OF bis
ueighbors had tried the drill aud In every
case the result was satiAfactory. Ano'nor
question comes up In the cultivation OF small
Grain. Does u benefit IL TO harrow ar run u
v eeJer over IL two or thr-e times during The
spring? Some people have Tried narrowing
aud thought IL benedcinl. CietnSnn College
night have q series OF experiments made ry
farmers In different cOuuties 10 test The mat
ter more thoroughly. II staods IN reas"n mat
n the surface oi the ground II we'll pnlverized
With sinoothing harrow IN rsornnry sns
Bu: on the other hand the largest yields 10
The Stale have been made without hat
The following inquiry has been received:
Would you adN i.e me 10 @w neio 10
clover or alfalfa? These crops are said TO be
fina tor hay and bring up ptsDr land.
We wuu ID answer this question by saying
yes and M. Glover will flourish only "n the
clay soils Of The STATE Three.iourIh 81 the
should stick 10 peas which they can MANAGE.
When farmer has land rich enough TO make
a nne clover GRIP. he In generally going TO put
II In cotton. But clover In better for the I'm.
provement OF soil than peas. The roots strik
deeper and then IL grows Ia the winter and
early spring. but Tia farmer bas q lot Of land
prepared for IL. let him now clover. This msy
hs sown In the fall, or on wheat To February
This should be plowed TO lsihches deep.
Sow wheat rather thin In October. In
February when the soil Is dry harrow the
wheat and then SOW ten pounds OF clover
.eed 10 the acre. II the dry days OF April
and May kill the clover plants nothing will
be Lost except the seed. Land should be rich
hrtnrs alfalfa - attern Piled II should bs
broken and puiverized ai Iekst Ten meme.
ex cessive rains would be absorbed. Sow The
| seed 10 October. II the stand In not regular
sow over In March aud harrow lightly. Land
that would make % To ID bushels of corn Ia
the acre would make fne alfalfa and furnish
four good cutting. u year. Both these plants
are fine Tor preserving and restoring soil
The roots strike deep. With good care and
and an annual top dressing and little lime
alfalfa may be kept growing on the same
ground for years.
Some gardeners nre very succeasful In raia
ing RITA baga turnips. The seed should be
sown In July. IL requires rich land. Farm.
-rs in the country can generally raise nns
turnips by Gearing piece of land In winter
aud burning the whole surface of The ground
That will give potash enough. II the land is
rich In hunt IN and nitrogen. nothing will be
required except the addition OF phosphoric
acid. II old land is used q mixture OF stable
manure and scrapings from the lot reduced
TO Inc condition and piowrd or narrowed Ia
will make fine turnips. II ono depends on
com mmerciRl fertilizers. one sack OF kaihit
one OF acid phosphate and one OF ton seed
meal will make u safe application. II In bet
ter 10 apply broad cast about 0Oo pounds "a
the acre. II put In the drill II should be vel
mixed with the soil before planting the seed
Rows should be 80 To 81 inches opart and the
planes ls Inches apart