The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-11-05
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defects n ne obi meiipHls Boz
putting M . sirohg hight ihc ff''
N nes ones 1bme 49, 10 even
community even iht iH0al unff'
pfessiye. nfew men vim appl inR
their minds Inienily q The bnsine
IN hand. ihink ga Improvement
which bring fortunes " fhcit in
yentofs. and would result IN widc
spread benefits II farmers general
" could be brought 70 give them
the consideration they deserve
The conservatism natural 70 ih,
agricultural mind makes Il difficult
70 introduce 4 ncw.anRled idea
unless Il Ne done upon somc great
occasion and in q striking and ~.
prcssiyc mariner. Fairs, cNposi
lions, granger society meeting
ETC., have this merit Of putting th'
minds Of those who attend them 10
a receptive condition, and thus
furnishing attentive listeners to
more progressive men. II haa
long been the vice Of Southern
farming to attempt to plant too
many acres, and " consequence
TO cultivate them badly. When {"
once fertile field has been exhaust
ed by continual cropping without
replenishing the soil the planter
has preferred to discard it and IN
close another equal area o tlrcshly
cleared land in his plantation and
proceed as before. The "old
field" becomes scanned with gullie'
and the thin soil thus disclosed
tells the story Of radical error il
the ''extensive' system Of farming
The problem Of the present an'
future for Southern farmers IS how
gradually to reclaim these ole
Il fields aud preserve the productive
ness Of the new BY substituting
q the .'intensive" for the "~extensiye'
method. That this may be don
with profit is demonstrated by 4
exhibit made at the Exposition b
Maj. ]. +. Jones, a small plantc
Of Troup county, Ga, OF cottoI
Il corn, wheat, oats, rye, cant
honey, ect., produced on his three
Z horse farm He began sever,
years ago with atwenty-fVe-hor'
farm, and. rs usual with 50 larl
II a force under one direction, ever,
thing was loosely managed. ]
the end Of every year he was
debt, and when he decided TO GU
tivate fewer acres he was $40
behindhand. His ncighbors a
vised him to buy more stock Al
cultivate more land. On the co
trary'he planted but twenty-o.
acres in cotton and employed b
81 three boys with three horses
assist him. lie supervised ever
ia thing, and what was done "
81 well done. His help cost h
II $I72, his fertilizers 1885, Oh
: expenses Of picking, etc, ma
Ii the total cost Of his twcnty-o
acres of cotton Sssi. lie gath
ed i4,4oi pounds Of cotton, m,
ing twenty-eight bales Of |
pounds each, Tor which he !
|. 81 t4o, leaving a profit OF so
or nearly $44 per acre. This v
10 cents a pound Tor cotton wh.
~ II had cost him but Al cents
|# pound to grow. The average c
OF raising cotton in Georgia is
timated by good authorities at
cents per pound, so thai by int,
sive farming Mai. Jones made
profit more than cents per pouI
which, under the "eNtcnsi,
plan. would have gonea s eSpen,
His product, however, was but
and n third bales per acre, Will
brother ofGen. Toombs has gro
rs many a. i've bales. But y
the same help that was emplo.
on the twenty-onc acres Of cot
Maj. Jones raised also 100 bus
Of wheat, 900 bushels Of corn,
bushels Of oats, and a crop Of {
and garden products. Within
years he has paid oil his deb
$1,000 incurrcd h extensive "a
ing, and by growing his own
plies has escaped the elntehc
The commission merchant,
whom. under the credit system
would have paid for supplies
vanced over IS per cent.
than cash would buy them
He has, in short, solved the |
lem Of cotton growing
more Sun.