Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-14

" put ottl loOl upon the SOll that so far as We know holds the record in cotton production. The facts ill the case referred to ill south Georgia are these; The cotton was raised on the
 land of D. P. Cugle of Oglethorpe
 Ga: it was cultivated by R. N. Allen. and We have the facts from him. The piece contained nine acres instead of eight acres, as We were informed. MT Cusle has good many cattle. and penned them on this land at night, and their droppings constituted the principal manure used, only 15O pounds Of guano being put in the drill When the cotton was planted The | land was broken deeply and the cot ton planted in fourfoot rows, and was chopped and cultivated with scooter and scrape in the ordinary way. It
 was plowed rapidly and soon grew Up to where it did not need any more
 work, The nine acres yielded 21 bales, averaging 512 pounds each.
 Within the city limits of Griffin, in 1901. It was cultivated on halves by H. c. Rogers. We went out to Ga, in Spalding county, H. A. Burr has six acres that yielded IS bales view this land, which is in cotton this year, but owing to the hot wave which simply cooked the forms upon II, and the squares and young bOlls still hang upon the stalks by hun dreds, the yield will not be more than a bale and a half to the acre. The stalks were fine. six feet high, but the top three feet had no fruit upon il. This land is fresh. the top soil is sandy, pebble soil, with stiff, red clay subsoi. the ideal land for cotton. This land was broadcasted with stable manure in the fall and broken dep with a two-horse blow In the spring the rows were laid off four feet apart, and six hundred pounds of Day Break highly ann moniated guano, was used in the drill. The cotton was planted about the middle of April. of tho Big Boll' variety When the cotten came up t was sided and chopped in the ordi- nary way. It was plowed every ten Gays with scooter and scrape. The of tolI to ok every IS or 20 inches.
 We are convinced that to get the maxinnm yield you must have it thick: the land must be wholly oc- cupied with cotton We have seen several parties this year trying seven CT eight-foot rows. This is too wide We are confident four feet is best. both for corn and cotton. Now three things stand out very clear to our minds in these two instances: and they stand at the very Foundation of all successful farming. First, the lands were broken deep: second, they were we'll manured md largely witt, COW and horse manure. We can never do the best farming without more cattle to make more manure. Thirdly, they cultivated rapidly Rapid, shallow cultivation alone can give us the maximum yield. This is the way to make money raising cotton; and whenever you bring one or more acres up to this yield you have done a genuine service-first to yourself, for you will never be quite so con- tented with low one; and second, to your pocket, which will feel the difference in the fall; third, to your family and community in setting them good example ever to follow, and fourth to posterity, for to them you will leave some acres more fertile than you found them. and upon which they, in turn. can receive just re- turn for all their labor expended upon such lands.
 To Make POO Bushels of Corn Upon
 an Acre.
 Right in this connection we want to tell our read rs how John D. Sullivan of Honea Path, S. C., made POI 1-2 bushels of corn upon an acre; and had seven acres nearly as good. We Go not want our readers to get their heart set upon the maximum yield in cotton alone, but set upon the maximum of all the staple crops, cot ton, corn and grain; then we will be farmers worthy of the name. For our part it gives us more pleasure to set our feet upon the acre that had produced 200 bushels of corn, than upon the one that had produced three bales of cotton. For the simple reason that if we will follow MT. Sul- livan's example in raising such yield of corn it will mean more for the genuine prosperity of the south When