The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-03-31
~. place of Cotton.


DFi" 4 commercial scale in Africa
va other subtropical lands have
Wv .aren financial failures. \ syndicate
british cotton manufacturers
I'd hv unlimited capital. have con
@'I governmental plantations il
Gus African colonies, but in every
'a' '' tho cotton 50 produced could not
ca ia down in any English port ex-
j. nrices of about two cents per
wv . ur above the average price OF
american cotton. ne qHal'y OF the
am cotton was also much inferior
:. no American fiber.
'~a Tho worlds consumption and de-
=, for raw cotton are yearly in
70 asinr at a much faster rae than
W! worlds population. II j certain
~ +ba. the demand for the rrodGct
# american cottonfielas Will continue
~ increase, ana with the Increased
U.s. md must cone an increase i'll
us price $1,000 i,oo, ..,nono,.,
..rrnIns crop. Under intelligent care
w .,a Good mana cement. cotton is safe
et ~ sure noney-maker. Hut good
~onscpmpnt' does not consist in Sin
ee crop' planting. single crop farm
:,r II whatever kind is a species Of
..nhlne in which the odds are al
against the player
!" Cotton planting, by which Is meant
- excIu,iye and continuous cuitiya-
aon Of cotton Oh tie same land as
,n,c as the crop VIII yield enough 10
3 ,ic. has ruined thousand, Of acres y
oDce fertile land. and di>h-urcd The
lle eottoD region with torn and quilted
oM fields. THIS type Of cotton growing
bas been an unrlitigated curse to The
=" Southern states
os The most profitable satisfactory sys
,em of farming in the cotton region is
one in which cotton comes on the land
M, oftaner than once eTert three |
u vea-s. Four and five year rotations |
y are better still The crops % he in
rlu1el il the rotation must differ with |
. soils. localities ana the tastes of the |
Ut farmer. The CHIEF ent.cayor should he /
cI 10 make The farm self-sustairin- with
ont counting tie area iii cotton. Cot
lUu sEbuIi oC III ,hl Iit'rs - - 10
bsnk." account II such 4 system,
Be wien the market is too low the farmer
s simply stores and holds his crop until
u prices rise. II arranging Gnol rotd
ton f0r upland sections Of til" cotton
belt the following crops are all avail
y able: Corn. winter oats. winter wheat.
T. sOrghums sweet and n0n-sacclarinel.
70 vi !
As rlle il will be more prof table to
depend upon le1unin0us crops for
4 hay and pasture. or a mixture Of such
with winter oats. than to lay down
y cotton fields in temporary or Snort
term grasses.
In the cotton region the soil should
be kept at work all the year round
Care must be taken that the soil does
not become acid. To insure this pow
derry, watery slaked lime. at the rate
Of 1000 or 5000 pounds per acre. should
be applied, and smaller doses after a [
crop Of green manure was turned
down. S
The intelligent farmer should, on !
small areas of his fields. vary the !
amount Of fertilizer applied to his crop Il
and use every endeavor to determine '
ne maximum feeding capacity of the y
sol and crops. He should then feed
up TO the limit with the three impor- Z
ant mineral plant foods to wit: Pot u
asn phosphoric acid and lime.
The following are formulas for corn q
and cotton which have been found I
satisfactory BY farmers in North Car n
DINA:
First
M Hod phosphate, IA per cent 80. 900 lbs
Mlrate OF soda " o0o his | 4,
As'ni'.. 49,. ...... ....... 900 lbs N
1000 lbs bl
Mix and apply from 900 to 1900 III
pounds per acre. e:
Second i;
n Had phosphate IA per cent . go lbs
NSolsonseed meal - S50 lbs be
Aurate OF potash ........... 200 lbs. -.
y. 1000 lbs &c
NIX and apply from 1900 to 1000 he
quilts per acrc.-Gerald Mccarthy. co
r''ment Station Work With Aspara-us Oh
~. 'aiious American Experiment Sta til
s' D' nave gwen more or less attan- ca
~ " asparagus culture One of the ly,
sassuohs which has long been Of in DO
.s.es' IS the use Of commercial fertiliz
49, - On this cron. The crop is one ne
"a.'h usually brings relatively high or
H. ~ :, ana it is upon these crops that I'll
,.,n iaisest financial returns are OBJ Va
e.. from the usa Of fertilizers. nc
M, =, as iohs considered an essen ar,
~, ~ .iizer for asparagus. The nat we
.ha.. naollat of asparagus is Tie sea sh,
M A. and It was reasoned. therefore an