The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-19

anal r" I-IJIt a, IN 'T''II6 i1iIt .Gi1STIl
q NJ Just worries me nearly 10 death. II
keeps mo awake all night II expect / will
have Il on hand all winter, and I can tell
you by your looks that you are going 70
have one Just like It," l. i gIlBs 7,lIp;S
hclcnti1c Farming. ,j, M 4, \ I'm,
It Is no longer matter Of doubt that ed
ucatcd bruins arc just rs much required on
tho farm In order 10 got out Of the ground
I'LL the profit there Is in It, as that they are
needed in the professions. An Illustration
in point 10 furnished by The Atlanta, Ga,
Constitution, in a recent issue Of which Is
given m account OF series Of experiments
made by Col. Parish Furman Of that State,
who Is spoken ofas a "bainy SENATOR"
and who was a former active member Of
the Senate In that State. "a few years
ago." We are told, 'hc quit politics and
went to farming. lIe settled, itseems, ION
a thin piece Of land" but under the brainy
management Of this "brainy Senator tho
land did not stay thin. How he managed
10 change the character Of the soil, und ut
the same time TO make a good deal OF
money out oft, is thus recorded by The
Consultation: FlA l@W.}. s4,E lii ''l'
"When ! determined 10 10 to farming,
five years ago, saw ii would not do to
farm in tho old way. l saw farmers around
me getting poorer every day, though they
worked like slaves. ! SAW them starving
their land, so that each year their Yield
was scantier aud their farms less valuable.
/ saw TINT Il was still thea,plow following
the Ak, aud TINT as fast as farmer starved
one piece Of land he cleared out new
piece: With 100000 immigrants pouring
into this country annually, and the public
domain virtually preempted, I realized
that this wastelul sys'cm must stop some.
where and soon. Worse than all, saw
that my own lind rented to small farmers
was % per cent poorer and less valuable
than It was a few years ago, and that it
would soon cease 10 pay me rent, Iknew
that Georgia was blessed with the best
conditions OF season md soil, and that II
properly treated it would yield large re.
suits. l.,g,,. NY i.'f,. l,,,,4! II 'ts''sl
| Therefore selected sixty.fve acres Of
the poorest land I had and went 10 work.
The first thing, OF course, was to enrich the
soil To do this there was but one way to
feed it, ami to give it more food than the
crops took from it-and above all TO give il
the proper food. I knew that certain
phosphate lnaru1es stimulated the soil 80
that it produced heavy crops for awhile and
then fell oil. l wanted none OF this.
did not believe in soil analysis. That was
not exact enough. H. me- %d'i q.
"What ! wanted was to know exactly
what n perfect cotton plant took from the
soil. That ascertained, then to restore TO
the soil exactly those elements in larger
quantity than the crop mad distracted from
them. This is the basis OF extensive farm.
ing, and it will always give land that is
richer year after yes ri had cotton nlnnt
analysed, and found that needed eight ele.
ments in my manure, OF which commercial
fertilizers furnish only three md the soil
only one. Therefore determined to buy
chemicals and mix them with humus,
muck, decayed leaves, stable manure, and
cotton seed till I had secured exactly what
was needed. i did so, and at last secured
perfect compost for cotton. l then ascer-
TIMED that my crop OF eight bales Ind Ia.
ken out OF each acre OF land as much OF the
constituents of cotton as was held in ESQ
pounds oil my compost. therefore nut
800 pounds of compost on each acre, re.
restoring double what the crop Of the year
before had taken out The result was that
| made four bales extra. I then restored
double what the twelve bales had taken
out, and made twenty-three bales. donb.
led the restoration the next year, and col
forty.seven bales. ! doubled again, and
this year have at least eighty, bales" h;& (,
But does this extra manuring pay ?''i. Z
immensely, Here are my Ggures-20 900
pounds OF my compost costs S7.225, or s. 90
per 200 pounds. The first year l nut 500
pounds to the acrc-cost 81. 90 an acre, or
Sill for siXty.flve acres. Butmv crop rose
from eiehtto twelve bales the extra four
bales giving me $500 surplus, or SS3 net on
my manure. The next year nv manure
l,O00 pounds to the acre. cost 1894; but my
crop increased TO, atwenty.three bales
from eight on mauured z lands.
These extra bales give me $3.50,
a net profit on manure OF $5l0 The
next year | used 1000 pounds per. acre at a
cost Of $50 per acre, or SAIL for total. But
my crop went from eight TO forty.ssevcn
bales, giving increased income OF 81 $50,
OF net over cost OF manure OF about Sl,50o,
This year | used 1000 pounds to tho acre,
costing .:Sl450, OF. S042 for total manure,
But my crop is at least eighty baics with
tins manure, where it was eight without.
This increase Of seventy.two bales is worth
S,6O0. Deduct cost OF manure, 500, and
we have $3.50 ms the profit on use OF uau.
pre." W 1870. 80 WV
And then Ne land Is SO much rirher,ir
"Certalnly. 1t is worth $500 an acre,
where it was formerly worth S.. You must
credit the manure with this. ~; tII,s:t,,l;.,i
Where will you stop in this progress.
| ion ?"j rtSit.lI l4 sfE'1nI' Eta 7tiHf q =
ii'l don't know. shall double nv ln ma
nur!ng next year, putting 5000 pounds to
tho acre. i believe will get $50 bales from
the slxty:fiyc acres. / hope 10 push it up
10 three bales an acre. I have a few acres
on which l put 10000 pounds oi compost
~ an experiment, and every acre Of it will
give me three bales this year, Z
TIE West Virginia M. Z. Conference,
which recently closed its annual session al
CIa1ksburg, resolved in favor OF aholishjpu
camp-meetings entirely; unless tho gates at
SUCH mcetlnga no. cloaed on the Sabbath
day and no excursions allowed to run
thereto. This is a move which should have
received action many years ago. Ii is no
longer doubtful. but d matter Of fact, that
more harm than good is tho outgrowtl OF
these meetings. Ipagncsbufy lsppklican. !
Il IliJtlj. 4 -=--@6Sf-----t II s,}t iGIJ
tbs high price that stock In tile First
National Bank of Washington, Pa, brings
when any Of It is offered Mt public sale
must be very gratifying TO the management
q that ,.inp|ltulian, \ On saturday last Dr..
T.. w., Etoekton; rs administration ofrihis
aunt, tho late Mrs. Gordon, sold at publo
cutlery 10 shares as follows J. i shares at
S95, per share, . at sa7, and s ut S07 25.j
/ The par value OF the stock, ia S5fl 7unon