The Colorado statesman., 1912-04-06
SCIENTIFIC FARMING
BY NEGROES
REPORTS OF RESULTS OF Ex-
PERTINENT STATION IN SUM-
TER COUNTY, SOUTH CARO-
LIMA, CONDUCTED BY r. w.
WEsTBERRY, COUNTY DEMON
sTRAToR IN CHARGE OF WORK
AMONG NEGRO FARMERS.

Many different varieties of cotton
and corn were planted on a farm at
Horatio, S. c., to determine which
would make the best yield. The sew
eral plots were planted in one field so
as to give each about the same grade
OF land
All of the cotton plots were planted
the same time with the same amount
and kind of fertilizers, and worked
with the same implements and the
same way. The plots were all planted
April 10. The soil was dark gray.
The first picking was August 81, the
second was September rs, third was
November 15. The different varie.
ties were as follows: The Money
maker produced 1900 pounds of seed
cotton TO the acre; the Toole produced
1,600 pounds of seed cotton to the
acre; the Hites prolific produced 1.40O
pounds of seed cotton to the acre;
Looks big boil, 800 pounds of seed
cotton to the acre; Dillon wilt resist
ent 1850 pounds of seed cotton to
the acre; the Bates, 1850 pounds of
sed cotton to the acre; Latents i'm
proved 1850 pounds of seed cotton
to the acre; Peterkin, 1,400 pounds of
seed cotton to the acre; Russell big
boil, 1,600 pounds of seed cotton to
the acre; Morse's improved, 1925
pounds of seed cotton 10 the acre
Bank Account" 1900 pounds of seed
cotton to the acre.
Among the different varieties of cot
ton mentioned, the Bates is the most
favored, the yield of lint was Al per
cent. The Moneymaker made the
largest amount of seed cotton, but the
lint was only "a per cent The Rus
sell big boil makes the finest lint OF
any of the short staple cotton. The
Columbia long staple was planted near
the experiment station, June /, after
oats, little more than two acres was
planted, and the amount of seed cot
ton gathered from the same was
l,524 pounds. lint cotton $40 pounds
The amount paid for the lint was
$3.50 The seed are being sold for
$1.50 per bushel, which will amount
to about $4,000, making a total OF
S11S.50 for one bale of long staple
cotto nand seed, 1t would be a good
idea If the farmers plant a portion OF
their farms with the good varieties OF
long staple cotton. There are facto
ries in South Carolina that use nc
other cotton but the long staple, and
whenever South Carolina farmers can
not supply the demands, it is ordered
from other places.
Cotton coming in from foreign mar
kets is very likely to bring pests into
the state that would be very injurious
to our cotton crops, such as boil weevi
and diseases, that have been kept Out
of the state thus far.
The names of the different varieties
of corn we're: DR.. Simms, Marlboro
Prolific, Strawberry, Hurson, Aldrich
Perfection. Sanders Improved. Jerry
Moore and Charlie Sanders. The
number of bushels made per acre by
each were as follows:
DR.. Simms, As bushels.
Marlborough Prolific, 431s busels.
Strawberry. 40 bushels.
Hudson, 40 bushels.
Aldrich Perfection, 401a bushels.
Sanders Improved, 49s bushels.
Charlie Sanders, 3S1a bushels.
Jerry Moore, 20 bushels
The Hudson variety is not a good
seed for this section of the state, the
weevils were in abundance on this
plot 1t is an early field variety. hav
ing matured nearly two. weeks earlier
than the other varieties. The Jerry
Moore variety proved to be much
heavier than the other, while DR.
Simms' was more prolific.
Charley Sanders variety has a great
deal of nutrition. 1t will not decay or
rot, as easy as the other varieties, and
the corn weevils do not affect It as
much. The experiment station will
be planted in the same plot this year
with reference to the use of fertilizer
Yours truly,
w. R. WESTBERRY,