R. c.. An oca, N. t. My lands are light
grayish soil moderattly goal for North Carolina—
from good lift’ clay to aje sai ly suby 1, the
Utter more or less leaky cation, corn and pcauuis
are crops for money. 1 have good quantity of stable
manure (horseJ good rich lot and stable manure,
(c >w,) raw cotton seed (not killed.) and cotton set -I
meal, oil expressed. Give me best method of hand
ling said manures for the respective crop®.
on cannot make the best manure for any
of tho crops named with the materials you
ha\ <‘. I'orn and cotton need more pho>phates
than they contain and peanuts need more
lime. \ou could come nearer preparing a
good manure for peanuts than either of the
<’thor crons by making a compost of one-third
hor.-e and two-thirds cow manure. The same
would be moderately good lor corn and cotton,
but would be greatly improved by an addition
of acid phosphate. It would pay you to ex
change cotton-seed meal for phosphate, or sell
and buy, and make the usual compost
of barnyard manure, cotton-seed and acid
phosphate. Nlix all kind of yard and stable
manure together, and with every thirty bush
els ot it incorporate 400 pounds of a< :d phos
phate and thirty bushels of green c-tb n-sced.
Put the mixture in pens four feet high.
