Cultivation of Cotton and Farm Advices From 1884
An extensive article outlines cotton as a major US crop, detailing soil types, bed preparation, seed treatment, planting methods, and crop rotation. It explains subsoil effects, fertilization, and the importance of balanced nutrients, plus harvest and ginning practices and seed meal value for soil fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. A. Charleston
Brockton Plough Works
Brockton
Mass
Ames Plough Company
Boston
Letters on Charleston phosphates and grinding methods
A correspondent from West Bloomfield NY asks The Globe’s Agricultural Editor about testing Charleston phosphates in natural and ground forms. He argues finely ground mineral phosphates without sulphuric acid provide equal crop yields at half the cost, challenging station assumptions and farmer beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Agriculture
Georgia
Professor White
Charleston
J. B. Lawes
J.J. Lawes
Farmers’ Club
AH. W
West Bloomfield
N. Y
Weekdly Globe
GLOBE
RM P
Drill and modern farming shift from old methods
The piece argues farmers should adopt seed drills over broadcast sowing to improve germination, reduce weed growth, and ensure uniform plant depth. It questions slovenly cultivation, critiques perceived flour advances, and notes the old hill system for corn gives way to newer practices while acknowledging regional limits and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
Germany
New York
Europe
Farmer’s Gazette of
Dublin
Normandy
America
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Andrew H. Ward
United States
Acre
Alabama
Kansas
Jana
Ississinpi
North Carolina
Carolina
Emmessee
Oy Sk
AG. Ep
Weekly
Manistee
Mich
Vermont
New Hampshire
Iseonese
Nesseioss
Puserromargue
Connecticut
Virginia
S.ceessenece Wee
Eee
Cense Vocscecrestoerssens
Stockhardt
Henry
Dorset
Ina
Scotland
India
Globe Correspondence
Vhain
the Weekly Globe
Weekly Globe
Erucit
South Carolina
Bowker Fertilizer CO
Wyst
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