The Greenville times., 1881-11-05

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failure of The Legislature D. pro.
vide fnran cshibtt. lie has honey,
eiiniIs gruuud-unt. suuF rane
that is sixteen feet high. vheai,
aats. rye, corn that Is eighieenRbd
% hslf feet high, cotton in the seed
gs int and Ia bale, IN grown on his
owuplaee aud al Of tho very best
quality. III size Of grains and
IN yield aud in height Of stalks the
corn will compare flvurahly with,
Fit does not surpass, anything
shown by Kansas or Colorado,
We do not believe that there Is a
single exhibit that viii attract so
much attention as the individual
exhibit made by this Georgia far
mer who runs a three-hOrse farm
The success that has attended
Mai. Jones farming of late, and the
radical reform that he has brought
about in his neighborhood, will
have so much interest that we give
a short interview had with him
He said;
"fhe whole secret of success ii
Georgia farming is to cultivate lcst
land and cultivate it better. There
is nothing that can be raised OF
any land that we cannot raise sue
cessfully and proftably in Middl,
Georgia If we only cultivate i
right. Our farmers have always
believed that it was heir duty {,
pl0w every acre of land ths, wa
cleared. AS consequence the,
have cultivated loosely, wastefull,
and with poor results. Wheneve
they reduce the amount of Ian,
and intensity the cultivation tn
State viii be enriched as few mel
believe to be possible,n
Have you done this yourself Z
"Yes, sir, and ! am willing t
give my own experience in orde
that you may see how it works
After the war | had some none
and considerable property an
hired every negro that | could &c
my hands on; bought stock an
commenced farming on q gran
scale, cultiyating every acre that
had aud doing everything loosely
/ In a few years | had nothing bt
my land and was 81 ,000in debt.
then went to DR.. Moreland, tol
him my condition and said ! mus
have $1,000. He agreed to LEM
1t to me, and advised me to bu
more mules and hire more labo
and cultivate more land, But
had seen the folly of my ways, an
changed my farm from n twent'
five horse farm toa two hors
farm, and determined to cultiyat
what | did cultivate in the bcf
style. lplanted about twenty.f1
acres in cotton, and made it ave
age over a bale to the acre.
commenced raising my own whea
corn, hay, oats, etc, and improyir
the little land | had reserved
"What was the result of this
1t was that III three years insteG
of losing money, as heretofore,
had improved my place and ha
paid back almost the whole of Il
$1,000 that | had borrowed. Tn
is my fifth crop since | reduce
, my farm, and am now entire
out of debt, have improved n
home and buildings and farm. al
/, when this crop is marketed W
have comfortable surplus. The
is no trouble in making money
Georgia if the farmer win on
? work intelligently.n
"1ou may say that you ayerag,
more than a bale of cotton to Il
= acre ~
"Yes, my entire crop ayerag,
that. Last year | made with
two bales and d half to the acf
This year ! will average nearly
0 bale and a half to the acre. He
= is a certificate from two respon
j. bic gentlemen showing that ,
b three acres of land ] have til
t year raised eight bales of cotto
/ and gathered in their presence
o SOP pounds of cotton per acre, al
/ had already gathered 1,G
n pouudg npr acre making nm to dn