The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
By G. F. Hunnicutt, Editor Southern CultivatOr.

Owing to the low pneo cotton and the large amount ofm money our farmers have to pay for
fertilizers much DISCUSSION has been ng on aso the advsably of not using any next year or
atl@t of realty reducing the amount We are rather staggered by the enormous rapdiy witt
which the fertilizer business is extending, and we decided tatw We would make ome investigations
as to the results teH liberal use of fertilizers w@'g giving. While we were debating S question in
our minds we heard of two striking examples that would shed much light upon it The fntwas that
Wrinkle Brothers in Cowaa" county had not o any Ht~a0 on uE crop willie o""nm A"'O
county Mr. Bridges had made 40 bales of cotton With one pw We went visit each party so
we give as clearly as we can true aement of conditions and results and the conclusions you
Down in the upper edge of cowea, near the line of Campbell county live two brothers
known as the Wrinkle Brothers. They started out poor butt by hard workan md close economy have
bought and paid for good farm, getting every dollar out ofte SOIL besides making their living
ast hey enta along They have built two homes som five hundred yards apart and run all their
business together in the name of Twinkle Brothers," Well like this spirit and dea two men de-
serve credit for their good work and for their success They are men wths strong convictions
and when there was effort rahet the price of fertilizers last fall they dedded they would not
use any: They have hmb better than the average sandy soil with clay nbsol and veil wa@-
ed These mend do better work thar the average farme' but WIFI some "en3tmse acres "
cotton to then mule they only gathered Hvenb bales of cotton to the pOw' They mad formerly been
getting from II to "a baS So according to heir owl admission they were off onehaf. By the
use of four tonso guno this crop would have been doubled them we would have statement like
his.
.zBI s75..".."...""sp625
4BC Observation-Disclosures o25o
Adherence Of ""~ *."ss6a5
tonsd guno at $2Ioo.":-..: $500
Leaving loss f...............$2&n2 .
. One negro tenant who did not work his ladw WE'LL is not making half a crop We aed
them they wesa satisfied to farm without fertilizers and one of them quickly Replied "N0 Ill not
hOa at the mabem in the ngn ext year without putting ONE guanoo my wv
Asst fall vast unusually favorable, their cotton opened very WELL but we o"d see the ten
y for the top crop not to pen; md where the tenant had mot worked his cotton WE'LL, many
green bMs were left which if they opned at all would be badly stained. We could plainly SET
as thy weew willing to admit that they had made mistake tseemF hard to work and have
to pay outs such algea amount for fertilizers but is b@aso thant work ndm Miss the yield
The nehw week we sent down to Dawson in Terrell county to see the ground and get full par
tclars oouceningH the rrordbeakngy yield made by Mr. 1T Bridges We often heard of the
uimH ON l~ 49, -. Lm.. rs Fmmnrv+ the dv lands wre
s W., shs sS p pse a s fnamnn Tbsvm he nn five Sus bdi &c acres in cotton
and made ISL bales besides OATS corn, peanuts and hay
Realizing the value Of this article (
we have paid The State newspaper to p
planters of this State. We manufacture
ammonia from Cotton Seed Meal.
ing from home manufacturers and are
the Cotton Seed we buy from you. This
Let's work together.