The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27

He used u tons of guaho, buying the couon@ seed ma,a acid land kmnt, and doing his own mix
ing Some say tsg m yield could only have been made with fines seasons Not So he hda
nine week dough; one of the most severe ones they have experienced in years Mr. Bridges ran
his farm on akes put he stayed right with the temnsan and saw that all work was done exactly
right The negro that mad the bannery yield vas named WHS Shingles This land wassa sandy soil
IA ACRES vas fresh land land the rest free from stmps He tended 40 acres in all; had 81 in Of
ton and three in corn The and was broken deep with two horse bw in heh Buth ddaH@
preparing planting and culivahngw hho one mule and two women were all the help ne had until
picking time Then he had all hec Gould gt gathering s much as seel Besa week for several
weeks. Here is tabueds temen thatw figured from the cotton rcePs:
" Al B c 2o7o3 lbs at s2.!..:...$ISLA N#
al Bales seed at ST. per bale ..:.:. 1890 E.@&#@ .#
Gross returns from one w ,":.:, 2oSH |
Less 10 tons guano.. 23oo f|~&" Is @%MH.
Net Returns. ..."...."...$1SdoA s
Mr. Bridges keeps all the seed and gives the negro help half the lint 50 the negro got s9%7s-
S16oo or $7Se73 tra all Hew work. #~#"@##
Dow in the sandy lands we can uhvh 90 acres wit one mule as eaya w can 80 p the
clay hills, but cuthng the area down to the same as the Wrinkle Brothers and web $4o83 gas
AGAINST $500 IT. whnh was not all due to difference in soil or work., but largely duet to the boo
pounds guno used per acre.. Mr. Bridges has fines system and " wish to gNeh to all VIII
appreciated good thing and he will uet 'H@ r.. E&#> %@
= He SAYS either put your gano bodct tt put on ass side application Ash has not the
pDw force or hands to put in a side application lin June, he hsb bought grain H Hand is og to
drill Stvp pounds per acre broadcast ovrh his ohn land tr next yr during tem month OF
March. Hs breaking this and with four mule gang pillow now using t~o large turner's and cut
ting about eight to me mchs dep He believes hnt turning of his land so much 81 that hes
blowing in all scattering cotton raha than wait pick it. says will pay better to pow now
O. He plns his cotton seed in the water hrow. H takes a mdde buster land ayso rs
rows five feet apart Then drills one or two hundredp oundsd guano and lists on THIS Win TWO
burrows made wha small scooter This geshm him nanow list and he runs his planter putting
seed in this. He has his cotton to come W as w have our corn down below the level
T. He runs around this cotton and chops it OUT then gradually works the dirt to from hs
wide middle. He gn two hngs the cotton roots aredown where they get m1em MOISTURE ana
in blowing he ever breaks the roots. He pulled up sevuala stalks and we saw THAT anthero os he
had putt out we're some six nchesb beneath the top smace of the SOIL His rows are about ha
when he lays b.. For cuhivang large 1T atot h mule and for producing a hgey oP yer pow
Mr. Bridges system can hardly be excned. He is going to cultivate Zoo acres with two P0"s
and wo sandng wages lands this yera and is gog to try to make 50 bales of coon ITO the p":
team be done all right, for he lost eea acres this year on account of por stand and five bales on
good work and liberal use of fertilizers will do While MI: Bridges regrets teD low rice nn
other d. yet he freely admits that made money on TIL year, crop "h eNsnns 'nu"A"
This is where good work and godm management omei in.