Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-11-02
Champion Farming
Carolina.
in South

From time to time accounts are published
of the extraordinary success which particu-
lar farmers meet with in different parts Of
the South. These unqucstionably give a
good name TO the localities from which they
come and enhance the attractiveness of
farming tc those at home and those who
arc disposed to immigratc to the South.
The surprising thing is that 80 few reports
of this kind should come .rom South Caro-.
lima, where there has been more develop
ment and growth, in farming, 10 the
Inst ten years than in any other Southern
State.
y Georgia newspaper publishes q de-
ou broken down land by planter in that
State. 90 IS acres of poor land five years
ago, he raised eight bales of cotton. Each
year he increased the quantity of manure,
and in the ffsh year used 1000 pounds of
compost to the acre, the crop being esti-
mated to be 80 bales of cotton. His de-
tailed statement shows the. the .o.a! OK
pcnses were $4,000 and the net profit
50 725, which, as the chrouiolcr says, is
tine record on two-horse farm. Mr..
Parish Furman, the farmer in question,
gives the following account OF his opera.
tions
"What wanted was to know exactly
what perfect cotton plapt took fiom the
soil. That ascertained then to restore to the
soil exactly those elements in larger quan-
tity than the crop had abstracted from
them. This is the busis of extensive form
ing, and it will always give land that ie
richer yenr after year. had cotton
plant anulyzed and found that needed
eight elements in my manure, of which
commercial fertilizers furnish only three
and tho soil only one. | therefore deter
mined to buy chemicals and mix them with
humus, muck, deoayed leaves, stable ma
nuro and cotton seed till had secured ex-
aotly what was needed. did so, and
at last produced perfect campost for cota
ton. then ascertained that my crop of
eight bales had taken out Of each aoro Of
my land as much of the constituents of
cotton as was hold in $50 pounds of my
compost | therefore put 500 of compost
on each acre, restoring double what the
crop of the year before had taken out.
The result was that mado four bales extra
l then restored double what tho twelve
bales had taken out and made 23 bales.
| doubled tho restoration the next year and
}oot 'Vit oScfeu OuieS. uOuOIcu again ana
this year have at leost eighty bales"
"But does this extra munuring pay?"
"lmmcDsey. Here arc my figures
1000 pounds of my compost costs 81 rs,
or S3 90 thousand pounds. The first
year put 500 pounds to the aore---cost
Sl.8O an acre, or Sill for 65 acres. But
my crop rose from eight to twelve bales,
tho extra four giving me 5000 surplus, or
So3 net on my manure. The mex. year my
manure 900 pounds to tho aore) cost
1894; but my crop increased to twenty
three bales from eight on unmonured land
These extra bales give mo $3.50, or net
profit on manure of 85l6. The next year
| used 1000 pounds per acre at cost Of
1896 on acre, or S47l for total. But my
crop went from eight to forty-seven bales,
giving incrouscd income of $1,960, or net
over cost Of manure Of about $1,000; This
year used 1000 pounds to tho acre. cost
ing $l4.50, or $942 for total manure
But my crop is at least eighty bales with
This manuroy whore it was eight without