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2 Agricultui > De absolutel: crops to j partment and whil? i i i j a rotatioi THE LAN y necessary wiih most Cp3 prevent soil exhaustion, Jgj ? it is belter to pursue i of otlier crops with OASThK NkWS, MARCH [ 25.1*08 R8 Mi More Cottor F.J. Merriatn in S< Every cotton should he, iniere increase ins viel< acre. A bale to two col ton, at i Per Acre. quite poe juthern Euralist. gHnie farmer i% or an(j at th sled in how lo ftU(j impr 1 ot cotton per ,Q j0 this the tirat ] acres i* aboet ?tt t the same time it is Hfl sible to grow cotton on 01 Inn I \ear ai'er year 10 e?me time increase ^|| ove the land. In order* w ?, however, we much, in Q1 place, reurn to the land ...J 4 _ 1 <T l ^ 1 ?-rl ^ I jS s 1 5INC JT I Hi 1 i all that can bo e ^ood land witl methods of cultr and the u^jal standard fertili With the present and fertilizer hi nit tun 3r xpected 011 even #ll(, (h 1 tile oidilliiry ?le 8talk| nation and seed, ar0i jns| 200 pounds of turMd t zer per ?cre. ? i 1 figures si t cost of labor 0 _ Suppoi iid other item* . oro.iiir.eti ? u ?'ii K>y iue crup, \i] ie second place, aee that jjJ * are not burned, but j>j ead, chopped up and j~< inder. The to!lowing tj iow why: Ji se that an acre of land gl 300 pounds of linf r?nf. ^5 J * which go to iticr production, one to grow ricii though cotton is cents per pound. The thing for how to grow m ea^o tlie coat of ton. Th cannot expect in this 3C very last, even amounts selling at twelve ,r|?er har tained in us to s'udy i- which cat ore C ?t t n on H ) to $3.43. e plant food or fertility f'\ j>? 10 pounds ot lint only | to 22 cents. On the id, the plant food conti e 054 pounds of seed >i\ no from thid lmtamouiib vl which, if you sell, vou sd] 11 U I c< ri I S D >me Qui nd take advantag >ress Goods. Notir Lck e of our sweeping ins. T^mhrrnr1pr\; I sale. J j!J nrpQ I ^ 'it jiiven amoum ot the same, it not this end I wi-h ! attention a fev te.'in to me of v id011 u this line. The Land?T1 I 1 r* L'lnd, ,,v* ^ remove ff lets, labor. To entlyo bring to >ou' >Jo\v, t r points which an(? r0ots it ri importance j0unilsoi plant toot ie condition ?'f a??rP c 11 '-H om your land perra?ny\ lie stalks, leaves bolb Mj upon which this 300 [ lint srew contain tut re (1 iban many people are ~v\ ii. Itogetber tliis ^|| I I ilks, etc. This st about $5,000, anc gardless of cost 11 r nnr immpnco nfn :ock has been rec 1 must now be sol i order to make 1 r rvf luced i ^ tl out I |f| room I ^ |>i unr lana is oi ui As you all I n m of cotton laud la e1 about lour inches deep, wl start with, tnat \ advanta.ee o! IliiJ isff \ U if rtc unpo'tauc >. ..mounts r, the m >j'?ritv food is tli tid is only plow- ic acid ri: or possibly six sjs shows lich shows, to the same ,ve ??*e not tak oommerci the opp r'uni- . d t*l the ' to $5.35 This plant Hft ib Ammoni'i, phosphorid potash which analy- "y\ they c on tain. It is thills you huy in a r*! 111 tertdizer and figur t, ^ pame price If yon y^ N si i 1 ap\ ' 1 vrui lllllliV^llOV^ OIVJ ices A n#l v-rv vi I I ' *V) ? "il '1 UU i u 7 If s ands to reav proved t?y experi broken ten or deep is capable o very muoh larger broken only four deei) Did ir oxrt i/ui w>vu 'urn ines >n, and lias b9??n :urn it to ^nce, that land '''e stall; , . i up in sni t\vc 1 v9 inches , 1 lost amm ,f supporting a ,jy ,,)e crop ?hun land ,, , , r 'ho lmi, i or six inches ??, tain-',22 c >r r.fflir In vim e s'aiKS unuer you ie- \i the soil. It you burn ^ Is all the ammonia >>oes oke The urn mania ?" y mt- to $3.40. old method vou fell nd the fertility it con j^l ;ents ; also the seed and u? v\ jttl Mc % ill's Wear. that by deepenin were really incre sge? Yoq can ac right under the * working, and wb good clay subsoil is oiten very run " I the lerti i ?z your soil yoU ,nd you t a-dotc your acre- t}1<?atrirno id another ucre f\liosjetht' -><e you are no'-v worth o' i ere you have ? produc'>t>M , the second acre j cottou ? m ch richer than' ty it contains, $3 43, r~' nirn the htalks and lose J nia they contain, $3 40 r you remove $7.05 tM f-rtihlv Irotn each acre Si : o00 pounds of lint jli year And what do jj I II I xvi lich we wexpect t< e future. No use < 11 say that this is a handle exclusive quoting prices hen a nice stock of g the lirst. Mor> cultivute both :ioi time, and v.hilo double the numb can, with proper tilizing, double tf By iuc'easimr you put D over, you ci? Abou' -0 pes at the earn-' t tin111 i , \ o? may not fv.rtiUty < lt of y>u it, 'lSi tiilap*, and ter- VOUr land mi \ujlcl. poorer i*v( the ileo'h *'f ?* ' ,<k acK to take its place? Nf pounds of fertilizer i about $2 worth of vtj >r plant food. From '<!( very o tuy to see that becoming $5 an acre no ary year, and it is or.'y ?jj . ~t *,i Mi". ! T * mparatively new, st, and we guaran i in it cheaper thar retail or make yoi 1 rY*1 selling at and k tee to sell you any 1 you can buy elsev i a present of it. >elo\v I inhere R JlS 5<(vX] bWe your soil you a id to the root rau^e tor cotton r ;ois trate to any great liardpan at the furrow. You c i that i>y increasi.i; ? .j.,. j'ist that much xv111 bee -t of your crop, pay to cul will ii"t pene-i On the ; extent into the I sell ?he 3 'bottom of ' ^e j r,?:Tj'.ve l? ti?er for se?' . plan1, fooc I1 ois p is' Ufaue, | K not i \j i 'ii i iiiny wiiuii 11 ' |! ne no poor it will not It: Vat*. T~1 other hand, if wo only /*jj >) ) pounds of lint we xjj nt 22 co.it>' worth of l, and nearly all of this y, il?f? r.t' ft p. I'ticuncul nl.j TXEPiJIESiBS ean business. 1 \v Yours It n PS an e goods will be so! i truly, ik ?^4 t# 1 a*. S?fe n '.... ii as it were, you I much more plar reach of your cro t'lis de?penin i c?j it just that much r staining tnoisf ur acre broken ten ii I I>rin:j ju-?t that me'itf? ot j it food within ; vf>pl>inn i p. Kutherm ?r?-,! tV.rtil Zer i the soil muiv : ^horic aci more capable of j tion ?o t e. In f ?ct, one iti;> stalks aches deep will | laud will ? .. ^ < If ' (> ?1 .nt food. TSu-n by t reasonable am umt of ^ i) the shape of phosI a id j>or ish in add:- yj; lie 8e<*d returned, and ?n > turned under, your |a, crow richer everv voar .... 2 If 8111(11! 8 vmmmmnwiM hiotmct?uimm? h1 in cotton, but ho turr .1 ? it. . 1 i J . i 0 His I 'd | i 11'o the composition vfi tump of cotton make m>?re col il 13} | ail ae,fNi,<3?Xgg:xi!<i 'On p?r acre ?h?n hold more water l roken live inclie lose it very much if '-nly half the a i; can evap traie. t ? carry * orr croi time and will mj than two acres ilJfl your a deep, ami will though yo slower, as there ion .11 th? re from which ; plant food This will help 80 .small a p through a dry is so gre \ke it possible u-hai malt j * ? ; iiu crops larger, even \rA u grow nothing but cot- 1 .,n i land. The amount of) pt. 1 removed by the lint is a|. ,nd the value of this lint <>H at in comparison, is yr ;es cotton so valuable ?u it-r i m- biiiihs alio piu me s ck on the land. He used o out 200 pounds of fertil r acre, but his crop increa (1 his cotton stalks grow ta f'h ye*r, until alter lift a's of comtant cotton plant ,iuu L ! u 1 I.' u i ro itr t hr.il 1 /I ivr 1^ iee<i ana wnai iT takes troi nly to demonstrate that v izer ligent work the South iS?'d cotton indefinitely on ller l?n 1, wuh a modern eeo commercial (ertilizcr. ;iun the seed are r' turned ?111 ..-i I - in the soil you ever thou^l vith intel Especially it tl may tirow combine this ti the same ing with the 8' te use of para'ion outli ll nil of your crops of cr lo the land er each year, ai lit possible before. is true when you nethod ot fertilirfitem of soil pre ned above. As t'on become laru <1 as the qnan'i t ) me more term fatre. I' feeem therefore, that acreage downwa Rlep to bo taken I i?i? our yield. Cotton is a it jz-?r to aivan- p mon s self-evi'ient, sp?*ct no r mci easing our with it. rda ie tlie first [ have i toward increas purchased years a?>o, lost wonderful worked in ey crop. In this re?ili?5r crop can compare ro rel 11 mind a friend who ja, a farm about twenty wj Tlie land bail l>e"n tj)( cottou for many years, Pfl om?I no f. i u n oMinnuci u d produced nearly a bal tton per acre Good tillage j usinj? to sell anything off ?d that carried plant food ut di 1 it. In ca?o you 3 seed you 9hooll put t! divalent Iiap.1t hv iisini/ i 11/ w 111 IIU I>u II^I*? 8^11 e ol an araraoniated forti and you will need to bs the the plant food in the i vv.ts pounds per ncro ol aci sell ash fertilizer, analyz inir | ten per cent phosphorii inat I f ratn fruit* f a qi v r%r rv IO u?e ty 01 seed to be lizer. All es, it will be i lance the use more phogj *eed is 400 to b dance the i <1 and pot- Ot ammonia iiig about fruiting It wi 3 acid, and nary ?8 your co . li. ?? returned incre^sneces-ary also to [d?a'e an i pota-di noreased quantity to insure heavy ill also bo iieces> ton prows larger crop, Hie grerUcat the >vorli ; for t'r < 1hrtt the lint, ' he r ve pell, carries lei 1 lie hind when si other crop Wbi ; money crop in j an ! w n i 9 simple reason | The cntt< ujiin part wh eh about kne gs pl^nt food ofl a bale to old, than any acrea. !o a ro'a'ion is j lie con apparently worn out. ti^, on rftalks were only no e hiph, ?he yield about ^r( every three or lour cr< y o tinned fo plant this. tit much more fertilizer, other f^ay you continue w cotton profitably nod sage the fertility and valut tir land a' the fame time. 1 have sroue thut ex'engiv W-.- ...... .WW. . w o-A I'd ? In We will H?y a J0-4 < to , land, f*n'i a 10-0 on in- ruber sandy > of about tea pounds of soda per a r? with tl ely cive it h st?rt, and 4 >?n, jjuiupiii. 10 pui your ro m rod clay and nivu moro gray or drill. Then us? It for any ro: nitrate of larly desire to l?e feed to >ou should p you will <?ther torn the W9 wider apart, distance in the *son you partiou poll your seed, urchafie in some fertility thus re