Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, March 23, 1898, Image 8
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/. F. iXJSBFT F-. !itor.
Corn or Col?on.'
t is almost too Into to tirp
ju farmers in any part of tin
ate the importance of redncitij
cotton acroav;-' th'- year. N'-arl;
every man has decided for him
' self what will In* done in thi
direction on his own (arm, an*
the policy of ewry neighbor
hood lias heen salt! ' almost con
clusively hv this lime, i' rtili/.cr
have heen Imiipht an I cottoi
lands have 'men prepared, am
the seed will s;o into tin
pround much earlier t hnn i nsnal
The area for corn may po-sih!\
:>e enlarged to sonic i*>: 1? nt. t?n'
t ho cot ton crop to he nirrke-'i;
next I ill and win *r i- vi>* m I
sett let! so fat* as th * ,'ren e t;
concerned. Vet t h?* * < fact' irinp
noon the tln'T ??: * '
? lies * arratmctoi nis to v. ! ' *h th
farmer's ntteiiti n may be till !
proliMo hina ! th t he nav
' hedpe Jo sonic extent ill the man
aireinenl o. I s mrm 'in* balance
of the y< ar, - ? '1 tie *1: idvan
taires under wii cii in* Marts out
may he r ..;;< in ;i me;:- :r- . i
thereby avoid discomfiture when
t he year closes.
file a nal v - < i ' nil. ,i> ??
hum i lor tho last i\ months,
tiven I?y Scorct arv 11; 'it. o| .Ni-w
?r 1 oh'. i ijiiiti' i rni!i< nt 1
it tails o!' 11: - -nalv is ;i, in
t cresting ' ri <>i;.- pre ent purpose
is to s-how the :r mwa! iv tills.
(Comparison is made for the ? ix
r.iontlis ending Mareh 1st with!he
movement oi the 1. ' >'> haie
crop til 1MT and it is shown I hat
tor the perie I named li;< re i- a
net increase of ttdM.dOO in the
total i-rep a re; 1 y ? ]: ' ' The
crop i;i si'.rht it 1 ! ? < ! ' !*< !>
rtiary. l a!
kin incre tso of |lS.'>,!15fi <<. er I
prop ol 1805. The iu;tires sliow
I - it ;lie crop of 1 ' will laigely
fused any crop . >\vn, ai d
owitn. ; .. in i
mam; n : to
c
.Mil
amor
tllO r
mark
V in ex .
\ the a < - r
'nreso ; v ., ! how.
ny i'-inii' l- ? l'. i! r J I ii:tt
iie pri '
tiian ti\
to sot i
is beyond ? ?i>* oomi :*< ! ?n ion.
Thq ('?' r * i r i . :
s . ,. : ,
increase !? price to n limit <.
tout. bti: v.ii ii a ?..p; !y ... ...*?< ?.
001) O lios . . . . T I . . j .| Olii
bor. 1 in* . v'tl j>r.cannot
possibly <*'>iui<( us:;!.- for Ihei loss
eiilaiietl by a hoii crop. 1 hb
li) ikes a vjlitil: i:i on) in it?r
?ll" < oil. 'V i -r I 11 '
a brio i*o- - hi -
fhi vi-!!\ w Mi i ?' '.ii' \v w her
\y '< >>' ! ''
I'llC ]>r'?h . . l;l y o: . r \v .; Ii
tin i .iiw . r : aMov I lint will1
iii'iipe t:: tanner 11 I it i<?:i
I |)l rut VI". 11'. A i : .
ly ^|r w ill ' ; ii' :i," t I, i "i '
h ') I um . 1 it
?> 11< ?1 O K J r l t t ' i
I-1 \ ry |i . . it < > ,
pt?!!. i , \. :
.. i ' j r. <\ > ', . t
will bo in any att?r denial .
en I :iii/ b v | ; i A." i .
nit-ion*. < ; r , u r ,, ..i :i;n i
ure?l in I1'.' i' . alt lu* Xort '
will I : m a . tly on i hat :
line. Thr W. t .'I I'li'M! h I!:
hlllk of 1 i. who: '. O it - .:<:<! e irn. '
1lr> eat t!' ;)!? ' ; ii !.' will
lie ... : in : c.
nii'l our own u \v'!l !. I
i.'l t III' lire!: ' i.ir - !
nr<? 'I'm 1. ! i< I rihor who '
- ??r;i. l? >y n>i 1 i*i Ihis (;
? V liio.' l<>; flu ,ii t !r:n lie '
<? flonn
i oillv ' ' i <
I
I events which are casting heir
j shadows now. It i not too lao to
prepare 1' r the v. nst, md all
- throngh th year there is opjor
tunity to retrieve in some decree
tiie mistake in planting nr n
large cotton crop. A com nor
sense view of the situation loads
l> to the conclusion tl.it the far net
- who grows food crops this Y0H1
'* wi!) ,. { v , el; and if. v< r : grel
for a rnonienl that !.< did n<?t ptf
s his trust iu -ottoi,?Cotton 1'lent
I
Keep everlastingly at if.
. i'rlzo Let(?>r In I! in nn I !'.
SW ei >s ia iny i ; in:-. ' pciidi
'j to a i:Te.at e\|, nt .a ; ; ]?i; .. ver
r.-i nr.:y ; 1 it. > i ' 1 iv<\ uin vt
men who su emed to v "* is n r<
I and live us close as |> i ''U1
.v'-O W ,'e ! : . ' I: 11
o:t ;icf.?'i!11 it irr i ' 1
><
r .y t <i tin i . r .i. >.11 u
i i*j _i111 t i mi'.
i 11 -lien".- . |i? !u . Ii :;{
t i | .? ; |i I .( ' I ' Is
! of -I an war;.. Now i?* te t iino >1
f
and summer ?;. fences to be ro
ji iil'i 1. i!itI'l.os :i i<l ' ; |i . ' ?
; ;t ii ; ' on it ", l. i i
; Hi-.: vy mills o| win -r :;. 1 s; ;
Kverv effort should now he madi
.1 to increase I lie coin p > t i
I Mo. a 11 far in took put in :<?
condition, so that no time will hi
os? v, In n t lie t oj ,,
i * !io spli. .. lj ! I ,
'
J t ) make it sell sustaining.
(i.M's in l i i iSoul hi i ill in m M
with rare o \c j> ns, mi,. ,
' iicir laniis ior too l , >; u, m *
| iicast. i (no very ; 11 j ci
tie'.e o| leci 1 for imrs 111< 1 m!
j on my farm, i- ! 5- ruin*: i i, .
>.? i!?' w , t on, in\ o j! jij
i 1>!"1 '?
I ik i ... .1*1.
ijO \\ i Uii! oil ( |'? 1 . . ii
<' - w : 1 i <'! i i;; i I I?? . . : i "
1 inrtnuda : r; . ;i"' :? >w
Ml no' i mo: < pr*: 1 it I?Io crop ::
.
.
work* I in co i . .
of..'111 v.mi'.s .1 ,i j.i. ,i?\ i ii>
.
or Iv wiiioii li;n 1 boon t i
. hi * ? f!i - . i i. r . '
?! ' i i?"i 1<? p. ; ?.i ii.
hay. All bnslio? woro ?!i -r out
t 1
iv.novcd. N? ! I;., isi_ a ai
!' . ! i:- 0 II, io o;; 1 .!! ! i
ii 1 >1' iii:it. 'j.i viim i .; k111 . i i i>
ill** hay. \> o cut lip' land ov<
twice each year, hikv in .hi: .
and nirain inSoptoml -r, mr th:
or lour years, realizing I mm t.*i
to lourtoon** tun i v - ir I'roi.
a1 < o 11 live aor < > I i t ti !.
\ I I lie end of ' iia* : i.< m\
1 .r< ' !i.*r n ! *11y < :bov .!:t t la
roiu him,
1. .* .o ai i .... vo 1>* i'ii ._ !! .a.
I ro:; i I o:. tot wo. \ c ! < i. -? <> . .
hay oil iii ! ' o.i>-a year -iaoo.
no wii'k - vo Id o:.: aii'i i a
it. W'loMi wo hoi mill I h" lain
t!i -. - or.-*? oil) ' 1 i' on
onartor ?!' an o ivcrod witi
buHhos and l.riar-. which wo cloar
c I o V ] ! ' orini: *oni
*; m. . . <.\ i<, and in ;
i*?ft :! v. > ij)s IIk
' ?r !i'!o ; :r of i ,? ];iu
y I. ! ; 11 having low
i "J :.would
W in :
m I i :;i '. *<1 ill t lie
# ' 'i ! Ii-rnr.i la,
"" ' : ' ! '! it! 11 I !'<,. a !::: y
' ?)??. As ?'?'in .t: m i < liar
/osted, sow about oner. I/'i-!i"l of
? t!t !h? laiul
i. ?, !| i j : 1 ||- >:: a
i" t) u i' I '., >1 . i:: i\ i !l< I. .1II 1
< ' pfiK and irr " ** jjju'ow Io-m tia-r
n ! 1 t!) fir j? - ?>f ] oa
>? _ ! a I > i iii n. ?,nl, a in I i. |ir ?|ht1>
modlo i. i? wdl bo bettor bay
i 'b- nulil.
I 1 ivc irnno into inv rornliold
I
where there was a good growth
1 of peavines on the land (and I
1 think farmers should always plant
peas in their corn), and had them
! cut, and as soon as they began to
i wilt, put up stakes about six feet
i high, wrapping the vines closely
i around them, making stocks about
r three feet in diameter, and cap ofl
r so thoy will sin d water, and in
I about two week-, if 'be weathei
f is fa-vorable, or perhaps less time,
. it will be ready to put in the barn,
I have saved a great deal of it
this way in which there were si
i many peas that the hordes led or
| it, diil not need any corn, i eon
sider it the best combination feei
II I have ever Used I'he value >
a crop of peas p th" laud c . > ><?i
, be easily overest 1. Wer .csl
j I diversify our ere In ourcrazi
j over cotton we :: t< pnui" t?
neglect the mini . t to
1 farm.
livery farmer ' ' hav
. patches of pinda: . . > ? pot,,
toes, etc., for his tor prin;.
and early snmme ' t ' - o' rv<
and wheat are g? ' ' _iv'< f'u
11 the hogs a start. hv chantrim
I ruin that to pind r . * 1111 Lis a u<
Dot aloes in the i it [uir *
wry little4 cora ti .i i I!? wor'
of lllilei imr tItem
I have a noighl a he nus .
small I,trio who h ! ?j ?. 1 'hi
plan, who had so iviiL' !s;r
to i )ecen:!?er s. $'. 1 \ orlh of Itoirs
" j and had more to 1!. lie sai<
Itis hogs uave him i :-mrh hello
prolit titan his rot a Ii larm
i I!iiT is to p.av We is -t it'll deia^
too much on any o p.^H'ol
low rotten with 0< i ni 1 peathis
with small *rr >. ow pea
'. on the ^tnhhlo lam'. savin
! I wo crops one vea nd leavin
your land in better 1'' a tha
J when yon began. ' phnitin
. only as mncli land in v el
i w?Vrk, and lertili/it I < vetrow
planted, we will obtain luue
:>: !! or P'siil1 s. t hat! ! 1 ' ill ' t
' ! work t? > mncb 1 -a '! h -re
|i ':.!?? in t he old land t v * \vi
i
i only yivo 11 rh.uie
; Iv. A Al >TIN.
ri-(?ss liill, s. (A
itf'i {<?r Wiiii
I
< >11 tiling < hat ii . i
about the bost inv i *:
< ; m bo iv.: ! is f t
. oyer i i j - u -t-u, |
i . oott 'i* ;?. yets. , .
1 i.iw that < inly .our ? < ,
rv 'on aim v 1 ii
r in but moss escape fai
. ' i me, a ; 1 t !iis is fs r . :
true of t i. i:.tu. Lu v
. < n(l ith ?r ith ; **
iv ho runs ! p ac
! 'iu<inosri ;?ri?i i!os ev . t i' . I
|(?\V n O.V I'Wn ;l PfM> ?
import )'s owner and ' ?ot
TOW hotter, w e rot
. I'd originally poor far
1 lu records ti:>vo tee,
i vcr ninety years, t
i on hv a widow who k
?' ow, a pit? or two ar.d lie:
I .iter h??r <on ;rmw on
it rea ?d t fi?> eapneiM < r?':m
; ? several eo.vs and ! >
t vo. I tuoi her jrra ndeh. i?t <
1 |.. y i, ...! f r
. a dai eon.. {a o t ly -n rdiii
1 s. ' \.hen t ho 'Si i n
came into p ra ' .>
' <r. ' ,:il I a rt her i. iprovom at >
brouj ht tli lutul up to keeping
i ' < < to o.-i'di aero, built. now huth
ilors and other lmnrovem nt
m >hin<r of it i most cnnifortabl
( home and : piaee of high sellir.
! value, it' thev wished to dispose <
it. I lie few dollar the ;dac
would in rimeo! the widow hav
! I roiie11f it' sold then, would hnv
1 he ii of j. ? value for afford iter
i i \ i ier to 11>' r !'e era t ions, h j i i
' bee a i:: \ t?d in any tin tm td lit
iti Jan 1. i'l.e reason that .in<
farm or pertv i rated ? low (
! ?{(?. i tho iri*? ddr that i
m'inv InV* to lonvo th
rniin't v mkI ?0 tr> town to !j* f
Mo t of t:?ortl would fur !.?tt<?
stick to tho farm.?Tri St t
i Kami ?r.
\ ri 1 tup i . ci-iticriocd who
i hra< y . .'ti i f croup "iirid * t hrnu??
i " Iiiiii ? :i! ni'.'h:. i iit I tie tiTi n
i hnn?.*" ? to r idiot nftor ? Mc "tin
in? < i >i i if ti '"tiro tins Noon n*l fii i n i??t
>;\i" ..'ill h;.ri d on lor i liildr oi. < 'raw
, lord Urns.
f ' "
GROWING COTTON AT A
PROFIT.
WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR
THE "PRACTICAL FARMER"
; BY BURKELL STEPHENS.
A ?. ."^>0 Prise Essay.
> I came to Montague Co., Texas,
about seven years ago. At that
! t.iuio all the capital I possessed
>;\vr.s about $50 in cash. I coin.
jiii 'ijced growing ccttuu, routing
| iHid the lirsl two years, at a rent
i | of oue-fourth the crop. 1 suej
I'eet!' 1 ?o wt?11 that after the sec
! ' -in..i year 1 bought a larm of 4(1
acres, pn> in, a small amount in
1 jcash. 1 now have my farm piid
' I for,have built ? oomfortab!" house
1 .lot' nave a ni young orchard
j earning itito bearing. It v.as all
paid i <>r i. o:n n.i'uev receive lot
cotton. My ^uc"'> |>:i been du
to a study of i > c irt jlsnf. !
, have J> ) : b! 1 {>? pick i
fivt.s while .umbers. ' farmer,
iiuiv.- bai*"lv held their own, and
I others p,r.> nonr.M' than when 1 be.
- jran farm t - m\ ; if \t fir^t I
' followed the common tustom ol
<ie? , (Mil t iva'ion an 1 tv r-v l*i in*.
I ( , V . i jy, V, il . I t v . IJ ^ 1111'
tir i crop, a> v ?uil ; .in, 1 n i
: tied a nlc v> * t h<> water b?<
sii>":mi viy?u! i jl .. .vn tin- to,.: ii
-'and saw ex; >> ><1 v great rn::n\
i fibrous r??ots, extending from rov
J to row. Here was :. j.-veiation t;
iUi'/ I had h ugiit that eottoi
' Jf':,f,? W; vd m .inly ap ron\ ron
/Mi'ti ; - r 'trill- liown. 1 snv t'l '
1 '.vms m i' nsr a ?ersous ml t..U n
plowing .? o :: >u_h to ?i. dim
many < ; t-f;?line !? iog ?"' t
s As a result vf 1' is d u v< ry rti<
next year 1 .1 w on 20 ? .
- ratiier poor up! i:i<\ al out 115 hale
, of cotton rec 'ivinn for it ov.
in 50 hr; :ii. s 1 no valnah!' sec
| : >:?o fourth oi that had !o go !'.
rent, and I decided low i rouii
no low r afford Jo pay re if.
My neighbors laughed at -u
ol when 1 bdgan to advocate si illoi
i ' cultivation* but sotno of t!i in
|| i ,.1>w t' -r the.- v:H we tub ! "
cultiv i* as ! do. 1 do not *
in plowing deep cd any timewfte
I the oottou is planted, exc pt 1
| vor\ v et weutln r in early 'prin
?.) in! : i -i:ii . ! :;!j ! air. Ti
are should bo taken not 1 > lei .
idWh Me co!i;in b :.
Ir- . semi <. :t ! ig. limbs, all cult
v tiqu should be sluil >w. W r
. . 1 . i.i a mi i v Sj.,:
j by not plovvii y alter si rain.
'.:i1 i been mini: g so much th it
d I thought we had b< ttcr wait a fe
>?I days and save a plowing. But
'Kl did uot rain for a nouth, and
L> i?> -r. by w aiting. i. p . n -t .
r plant early. Here, where drontl
ly .ire 1'req sent, some <> cfc to earl
?I planting, reasoning that if tin
I :nt early the coilo:. will M<
brewing during the Summc
H while if they plant late it wi
: keep on grow i ng.
The trouble is with the plow in
a? Frequent shallow cultivnti ni.kei
a up mtil ! ?l" in th< Summer, w i
' I t.e.M-) early cotton growing not
n* the Fall rains, arjd then it "ill !
rnurh bet! t than if p! inted l;.t
"r T. 11. Terry's advice in regard
j t! con ervation of moi turn
^1 the pot ito field answers equal
| % ?il for cotton. I find that if
' k (> th surfuce soil stirre ) ohm
inch or on inch and a ha
i r. i '< oil dust mnloh th
? ii 'ininKVt, . . .
\ si lliil 'Vtr!'1' ho I
1 I V i?iry. While it ./.
1 with little - . ir rfviiiu
* "'; t ixii -s aitji mrs t ? . o i ny, i
e lie! I th,- i>o!i- ami looks health"
! : liave Mf.i r. tiou aider a Irnntl
look as though ruineil, at: 1 at"; r
' wards ' <rt < !!' nicely wiihnn
01 ri in. If there in plenty of moist
' ure from doW on the loaves thJ
:i cotton v. , | <].) well, a<; the moist
i i leaves chocks "vapo
1 ration, and in. thh s toe plant it
h .. i- * ?? -
j ?n.ii > i 11 ijiii i;ii! mo IS, i I I Men
. no r.iois:in e in tiie air, e .iiHtan
' ( uitivat.i n may J>rovt Ml itseseapi
r from tin* oil. It mijjit not \y.
best to f i?i vale too -often if v,<
r ?v*?I v of rain, but as wee ;
'* not eon' o! the weather it is hrsi
to h ? or tho safe si I".
I t>r-*f"r to have eottoj. thinnei
h in the row han most roonledo. ]
r Ivivo my rows U.[ fo t ,if? irt, :r c
j Mi1 j?! .! : J' f et apart, it. lh<
J rows, <) . erv ri? 11 land i went
i }4ivo it st.il. more distance. Lei
. 1
\
\
each plant have a chance
tain its greatest perfection. L
too thick the extra number *.
plants will use up the moistun"
too rapidly. It is interesting to
note the difference between < ?>^ ton
properly thinned and t. i
grown as some grow it. If left
ten to fifteen inches in the row,
plowed deep, and left standing . .1
a high ridge, which soon dries
out, it grow, up st.i'.ight aud tall,
forms but a few short limbs and
produces but few bolls.
Another advantage in giving
cott -a a good distance io that boll
worms do not seem to injure it so
! much. I cultivate with whatever
i tools will do the work best. Have
I tmver found anything that v >11
;! beat a heel sweep for nice work,
I especially in stumpy land. 1 prefer
the Pelorkin to any variet. 1
.(have ever grown. Few people
i j ere manure cotton, ami none so
I i far ; 1 know use commercial t'<Jr.
'uer . I ha. <!!;. \nink u will
pay t i boy tortile/.- iv at the er
-nf me.* <> cot tot*. I on n not voo
I there can he much exhaustion
"i the |-ir..I from coM<>ti ^rowitie,
I if the seed or the equivalent is 1
' ' r?'?timed to the i.;n<i. .dtiim v\;th
:.n ore - -t en i <'? ?[) ?>; c >\v ocas or
] cf! h i?i'ri - ()f cotirs crih ;.rr;iss
, j o- i?r.i ( (in t! :?> row j' ii^. hut ) do
' j not. think it is appreciated as ir
jshould he. ]i >re it should he
I | turned in th?- ! ;? 1 i if we expect it
hr > Hit t h v t: -xt ? "op to :my
. | \t> :H. I live near an oil mill
. where t-hoy use the meal to fattdn I
) i larsre r,unite rs of eattle evofy
! I-' ill,with no had results, so far as
: I can learn. Most farmers h"fo
j j ft ti cnt'i n Fred to tie ir eat lit?.
( 1 1 hear of their lo?in;r a civ; o\\
two mi early Sprinu, !>uf caniiOjW
snv t!iat iv is din to cotton s- * <!.
' j t n-re i-" s'nl i cum ?r??fit in cotton
j- i at. nrr'-eni prices if a man irrows |
in si his own land, cultivates m
j. ! !!soi>er 1 v, and the seasons are tn-.
vcr ihi", on.i I cannot, see* how the/
. rente. r > n * e a living at it
,i Sii[ij>' " that v. h i! 1 rnuUe is coo'
; fourth -irclit. IT ! was renti'na;
pih'iai t Ins would he tin* hmd'ord'.
1 are. r.d the rent r wouhl - V
.Jon' barely ven. ?* V'7
.? . [ i j ^ 'i' /
i ! I i ho people cl ? no ooutal ? ;
only he inade to so - iii" uw-'i
of producing -?s ; *r 1a
. i v >ryt!ii n;; tl ? v "< \ m h m i\
;i wouhl Ii it> ' <n tc iccr-.s.
We nee! in- r corn :u. t oat?,
were fruit ;m ! i; tier gardens.
I i V- or ' "! a I '<l ,f
_ 11in' n 90essavic; of Jifo, the price
. 1 ol iMi ton ! 1 :t \ ! ' a h > \< " s ' t
. ! pit <>. !? >.' \v.? c t So t rvod
' < ij-, n r v ' 1 v oompdl'Ml to ''
-"!! Hih r ? ! i ;.t t ponu'tl-inj; /
I to vat. i hws oot.'on would h? i :?!...
ty tba ii'iji' or surplus crop,
l'ro'iu ii - n . v mIm < (> ol c r?,
i ' o.: Ji ;< i i . iu :tf will !i tho
( Soot * : o ir /ay
?g|It will enable biro to lessen the i
,*.?:? ia e<vtot at ' r ?< n t!ie
aoral cr .p, thus i rutty i i inr
Icrease the p r i <40. It will enable |
' !tii?n to I- 'M', ! >r-' ptook. and jriyj
j' ::ni a better rofotion of crop
land will h fho uivost prevontivj
? hard tirn* Of cour.-" wo do
not wish to ; ro any rroo that
|j i o;. Ml-lt h ! I \i >!i t.'lSllv, !>n *
: thetv nro i / . otton famous who
! I'iiniHit ?iro '! .< ? ! i rrniK or . i * .
hly ; not. p< rhaf for 8ft!e, but $
to ''' Qavo mniicv ;ir home. We r>
j lioi Meed ! > r:ii<i? iv.oro COtf">ii.' t11 i.
to grow more on lower ncros, dcI
voting the o. the lat i to
llfi other crops. To in .nrir.riz the
[j- i condition - of ncce . (I) Phcr.
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