Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-28
CULTURE OF COTTON
Congressman Stevenson Tells The
Story to Colleagues.
FROM PLANTING TINE TO GATHERING
Crop that is Supposed to Yield For
tune to the Producers, Means Debt
to Start With, and Debt at the

Wind-up
Congressional Record. January %.
Nlr. Rubey. air. Chairman, yield
20 minutes 10 the gentleman from
South Carolina (Mr. Stcyenson).
Alr. stevenson. Mr.. Chairman and
gentlemen of Tho committee, L want TO
discuss one feature of agriculture TO:
the few minutes that / shall take this
afternoon, AM! That is the cotton plant
how il is N;ad", what it costs. and
what the outcome s. We hear great
deal said in this Hall about cotton. In
The first Place, Il great MANY people
DO not knew that you plant cotton
every year.
Since have brought samples in to-
day II goot: many Members have asked
me how many years it. takes for a
stalk TO grow? You begin in the At
lant;c seaboard States in February to
prepare your land. NUur rows are
about feet apart, Better than q
You plant the seed after you put In
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you put fertilizer in. The ground is
broken, burrows are run, and the ferti-
liZcr is put in and the bed is thrown
on the fertilizer and then ri.c seed Is
oltntcl along the bed in drills.
U.timatcly stalls arc left ta grow
about feet apart in the territory
where ! live, but it is planted much
more thicl:ly than that in order to in
sure u stand, and then it is chopped
out TO q stand which is known as cdt-
ION ch6nping.
Having prepared the land the fcrti-
iiZcr that is put in amounts in my
co,nrrv to anywhere from 500 to 1850
pounds TO the acre. The average Tor
South Carolina last year. from the
irsl figures can get, was 500 !n
acre for fertilizer for cotton plants.
You say Chat is Il good lot of money
TO sc. a crop, ana it is.
Tie 1i.st application is amonia'
Which is largely gotten from tie co1-
tonsecd meal II can Of which have
here. Then acid phosphate, which is
put there for the purpose Of making
ire ccttcn f.lit, and potash to prevent
I,,.":rv O.: IN" hnls. This is pit in hc-
;o.c yuu p.unl. '!'hcn The cotton Is
planted about thi 1St ur April ard in
;wo wrci:s il comes UP in !hc ortiin.
NY termination OF Int seed. In Two
weeks mo-" they br2iA 10 chop Ii oui
TO :; stan; and bcs:in u ciiii"atc it.
!;y !hc 1Olh CT jim" th& pla": sets
W about J. to Is inches high and
hr:;iH$ 10 bloom. i"n see these St"iN'
hcre. Tl'i& is c"lton grown III lile
.nl:GtI "h"Ec i've ny frcaS:lch W.
;'iryTG. @!ii il ordinarily known ~
= ''!"rCIanl i:!:- I:"i!-uot named ii'rr
'i."n%cr C!cir;Ind. h':t man Ivy The
l.A"!lc "f ri"N@!aHd in Georgia.. II Is =;
ahor; S:apic.
As u IL" Yield, - 1crcs made abohi
- b"!c:'. wllic!! Is :; very Eood El"!o'
The average IN S"'''h Cafoiii't( ioF ''''
its f"w yea" !" aH"nt Il iI'li i p"t~
~ tic acre - a's'' "''''S lS'l''e
h"Ec il patc |" ~" '|i>' "''" '''N' 70 ""''
10 unusually S"ud ill:;n&hdFy. Now INC
sta!H gets un TIL; i'!i;.i' heS'As |" P"'
put limbs ANA h!"ull:' nut Il "oeS 'o-
stop growing. i i':o"S ul''' ''','
""'!!c;i ;'H" comm u''' !" "''''' ',' we
have tt2 ir"it ID !ic '''''''''i '''.'' III r
long Hei"!e II stops i''''''''F' VII - ''' ~
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