The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-01
PEAS, PROFITABLE
SUMTER MEN, SAY
IRON AND BRABE1AM vARIE-
TIES ARE PREFERRED
3 YEAR ROTATION
Good Results Procured With Wilt
Resistant Cotton-Successful
Applications Of Lime.

Another account of excellent farm
work comes from Sumter to the office
of the State department Of agriculture
j. Frank Williams, farm demonstra.
tor In that county under the direction
Of the United States department OF
agriculture. has furnished Commits
stoner Watson, upon request, with the
following information:
There have been several phenom-
email yields In Sumter county this
year, especially with cotton. S. ].
Whit, In q contest for the Bank of
Sumter prize, where he had plowed
In cover crop Of oats and vetch,
made on one acre two bales, one
weighing 512 and the other 44O pounds
with 1877 pounds OF scrap seed cot
ton. making a total in all of 1887
pounds OF seed cotton per acre.
"The same man In tho same con-
test made 1000 pounds OF sheaf oats,
which would be at least 120 bushels of
oats and 10,S9O pounds of corn in
the ear. net weight, which allowing
80 pounds per bushel would give q
yield of 1876 bushels of corn. These
yields were made with ordinary fer.
tilizing, less than 1000 pounds per
acre.
IL,
made 5000 pounds of seed cotton on
an acre with only 600 pounds Of fer
tilizer, after having turned under q
cover crop OF oats and vetch. This
yield was made ON badly infected wilt
land with wilt resistant cotton. OF
course the land had not been in cotton
for two years.
AFTER observing and dealing with
wilt on my own land. 1t is my opinion
that in three year rotation, where
cowpeas other than iron and Brab-
ham peas are eliminated. no less from
wilt will be seen with a good variety
OF wilt resistant cotton.
Iron peas and BrRbham peas are
being grown very extensively In Sum-
ter county. sold for myself and the
farmers Of the county last year sew
eral hundred hushei; of iron peas
for the sale from d four-horse farm
this year.
"S. D. Cain grew 300 bushels of
BrahaEi peas this year on tlva-h0rse
farm OF the waste land and In his
corn. Farmers who do not use large
quantities Of nitrate of soda have no
trouble in making from FIVE to eight
busaels Of peas per acre in Sumter
county.
"A. AICllnkOu uaS R6IuGTGu n
hundred bales OF Cleveland big boil
cotton on 80 acres or q bale and q
quarter to the acre with less than
coo pounds Of fertilizer to the acre,
and that OF q low grade.
ID. v. Keels at Rembrant grew 35
bushels Of wheat CT one acre and the
State farm in Sumter county has beer,
planting wheat for several years,
averaging rs bushels each year. AS a
result OF these large yields of wheat,
In this community, there is being
planted In that immediate neighbor-
hood 100 CT 500 acres of wheat. d. Y.
Keels and e. E.. Rembert are plant
ing each 100 acres. This is one of the
communities vis,ted by Con.n.iss!en-
CT Watson and party on tho grain
campaign
'F. -. Boyle gathered % tons of
oats and ve!ch from eight acres of
land this spring and planted the same
to Cprn. feel SIRE that the corn
yielded as mitch as 60 bushels per
acre. haze u photograph OF this
beautiful fold. So 81 !; 80
We have come excellent results In
Sumter county from applying ground
limestone. Frank Andrews or Oswe-
go applied Ton per acre and any
stranger would discern 10 the row In
both TIM corn md the cotton exnctly
whsc, the lime was broadcasted.
would estimate that The yield was in
creased this year j: TO 20 Der cent -