The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-13
1853 BALES OF COTTON ON
$50 ACRES POOR LAND
Mr. Hudson Gives His Experience of
Using the Williamson Corn
Method" for Cotton Planting.

lew OF them nave ever tried to make
more IAN one bale to tn. acre. It
can be done. And from recent ex-
periments it looks as though the time
: ~ for distant wh." the new
Williamson Plan" will be used by
every farmer in the south. In writing
or his experiments, Mr.. B. Nj. Hudson
OF Camden says:
AS the Williamson corn method,
has been such blessing TO South
Carolina and rs | have been accused
or Withholding what information 7
have had on the subject for 'scIfsh
m ''i:a>. | want to SAY to >hc far
mers of South Carolina that the Will
hanson Method is just as necessary
FOR cotton as for corn.
ION the average lands of South
Carolina ii is impossible to make q
full cr"rl Of cotton if yar have an
early SPRING crop, and this I say af-
Ter years of experience. I have no
tlced this year my own crop and sev-
eral Others and find that the best cot
ton today was the poorest the first of
July. and the best co.!nn we had in
this country in June is the poorest
now compared to what it should be.
While this may be doubted bv
some, I can prove my assertions by
some of the leading men of the coun-
tH. The method is simple and. un-
like the Williamson method of corn.
will apply 10 large amount TO fer
tlllzer, small amount or none at all.
''Plant the first week in April.
plant and cultivate flat; your CROP
will grow slowly in the spring, but
will grow in July and Augusta, when
your neighbor has failed. Yours will
fruit close and make at least a third
more than cotton planted on bed
and worked to get a quick growth in
June.
L" The best crop in this section today
was considered failure the first Of
July This is the method by which
l made 1853 bales Of cotton on $50
acres and will do as we'll or better
this year.
Il write not for notoriety, but that
may be Of some benefit to nv fellow
farmers
"lf ! was not conv'rced beyond
reasonable doubt I would never give
my experience to the public.'
At II cents Il pound 1863 bales aver
a"in" 430 pounds would be $S.SO2. 90
Tor the ginncd cotton. Think what il
biz thing that would mean for the
south If this "improved mcthod' of
planting cotton is successfully tried
and promoted by the majority Of
farmers in South Carolina mex, wear
there will be such an increase in
yield, ana consequently in money val.
ne. that il is almost beyond figures.
And the flcecy cotton is not all to
be considered. Think. Of the incrcas-
cd yield Of cotton seed. With the
growing demand for cotton seed it
will not be many years NOW before
many cotton planters will be trying
to increase the yield Of their cotton
seed. Along this line prominent
cotton seed expert, who was address,
ing a crowd at the jamestown Expo-
sition recently, said:
''Last summer had The pleasure
Of introducing my friend, Professor
Dolbear, who is. perhaps, our greatest
living scientist. to one of my friends,
cottonsced oil official, who is pre-
destined to become our leading man
OF oil. In IA semi-scrious way Profess
sor Dolbear referred to secdless
fruits and suggested the creation Of
seedless cotton. Professor the oil
man CALCULATED, you had better make
cottonlessseed, for that's where the
money is -
So many new experiments have
been made with the Use of Cotton
Seed Meal, Oil cake. els, that it is al
most impossible to keep up with them
all. Following Is OF interest TO those
who raise fine hogs:
Dallas, Texas, Oct. 27.--A bulletin
Of the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, says:
TO those wishing to Use cottonseed
meal for hogs now, we recommends:
l. For animals on heavy feed, that
not more than one-four the weight of
the grain ration Of cotton-sced meal.