The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
THE ALDRIcH SYSTEM.
Gather In Hay and Hominy Between
The Rows OF Cotsen! - fiore Co op-
eratian at Home in The Field
With Cotton, Corn pad
Peael

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Farmers, don't trust too much to
others to help you, make an effort each
and every man of you to help your
selyes, try few acres on the Aldrich
eystem OF growing two rows of cotton
alternating with two rows of corn
There is nothing to lose in giving this
plan fair trial. We are sure that
the Two rows of early corn will not
materially injure the two rows of cot
ton. We have been watching this
system or planting two rows OF cotton
and two rowe of corn since THE plan
| first came into notice, and have come
to the conclueion that there must be
| something III ii, or about twenty good
men we know of have been doing some
good Icing about this thing. At least
four or our neighbOrs, as we'll as our
selves, are TO try several acres on this
"Aldrich plan" this season. Some
ho!F Or other we have got it into our
heads that there may be tho much cot
ton on hand next fall, and in case
"something drops" we hope to have
more food for both mar and beast, and
not trust 20 others for our feast.
Our plans are as follows: Where our
| lands have already been fertilized aud
prepared for cotton. take large dou-
Bile Jack piow and throw down the
whole cotton bed, with oae furrow.
in two rows and plant early corn in
bottom Of these burrows, covering
corn with small double-foot plow,
continuing the whole field sc1 this
plan. This early corn will mature and
be out of growth by the time when
cotton needs all help possible to put on
agood crop Of fruit and retain it. at
the last plowing of the corn rows VIC
are to SOW in0culated cow-peas in
these corn rows ahead of the plows.
g mn a n ooI,n N 80
culture vii! :2oouiate two acres Of
land. Of course, we will not be able
this season to inOculate all our peas,
bnt we will do 30 as much as possible.
Quite a number of practical farmers
report that they have made as much
cotton to the acre under ths Aldrich
plan as they GIG by planting every row
as q profit to the credit of this plan.
Now, farmers, be honest to every body,
cut q good number Of acres on this
plan and let US hear from you.
Yes, we may say to those who have
not cut their acreage and are feeling
bad about it that this Aidrich plan
Will give them good opportunity to
aame time give them q splendid chance
to make q profitable cotton crop at
mO5t any old price and have more corn,
peas and f0dder that bring good prices
all the while and never fails t0-bring
good, fat hogs, horses and cows. 8
qnite awhile since we heard much
about the once lonely fellow called
.'book farmer but since we have been
uniting 8 the the SSihii6U1 SSi Of the new diacOv-
cry OF, in0cnlating lands with nitrogen
producing bacteria l>efore the people,
every now and then some fellow has
seme amart things 70 say about "these
name cannot be applied to one that has
ditched in ter nj, TO his knees and
| led teams Of hands days and weeks at
astretch with either the plOwt or hoe,
We take no acceptione tC this accusa-5
tlon but fling it back into the face of
every one that nHes commercial fertil-
izers and call the whole army .of; cot.
ton growers who use commercial 1er-
tIlizers more or less q great meAs OF
seb0ok farmers.n rs
Thie may or may not be 20 their
credit. The credit res..s witt the snc-
cessf1l parties only. $3.50 sss 30
Fhe older 60 otsOn growers that were
at its, during the alter part of the COS
may be able TO recall the many funny
remarks then; mads about DR.. Rave
nelps discovery OF how to convert the
black rocks on 1 the coast into gt,ano
OF such magic strength, that 100 pounds
or 200 pounds would oEas far and pro-
duce' as& good Tesuits IN a cotton feid
az m 10 to 70 loads of barny ard manure,
rms aa,scoverysys as then ckOned ae a
klnaS or selentiflc TN I aleore tlcal, visionary
snoelk-I mers dream or night mare
snat mlgnG 90 for the Broad street far
mere 0Ls Cnarlest0 pnt it 5wOald never
work ont these wonders ON the fields
OF the pfact ctical farm mcr, M ~
w hat do We see today on this iine2
last rear the farmers of Sonth Caro-
LUZ iHsssI ,lg wv IONS or commercial
ISISS,rlllEeI9 ~ ans 81 prDxImate c0Ht OF
Ihg g5engEh0dsa an or . ,22UO, ,0UO ssg3
isA Inc younger n0ti0n OF cotton grew
era IN our state have grown into this
kind OF sthOug ghtieaB, drunken habit Of