The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-07
INTENSIFE FIR.EING.
Somo Wonderful Results In Gcorgia-A
Compost Formula.


Mr.. Fnrman, farmer living near
Millcdgcviilc, Georgia, has, according
to well authenticated reports. met with
wonderful success by iarminy on the
Intensive plan. Being asked for an
explanation of his system Of farming
and its results, Mr.. Furmun has fur
nishcd tho following:
"W'hcn l determined to 90 TO farm
ing, five years ago, saw that it would
not 90 to farm in the old way. saw
farmers around me getting poorer
every day, though they worked like
('slavcs. saw them starving their land
so that each year their yield was $can-
tier, and their farms less valuable. |
saw that it was still the plow follow
ing the nSc, and that as fast as IL farm
or starved out piece Of land he cleared
out new l'itcc. Worse than all,
| saw tint my own land rented to small,
farmers was thirty-fivc per cent. poor
CT and less valuable than it was a few
years ago, and that it would SION
censc to pay rent. 7 know that Gcor-
ssia was Dlcst with tho best condition
| Of season and soil, and that if prupcr-
ly treated it would Yield large results.
81 therefore selected SiNty-tivo acres
| OF the poorest land hud,and went to
work. The first thing. of corirsc,> was
|'to enrich tho soil. no do this there
| was but ono Way;;to feed it, and give
it more food than the crops took from
It, and above all to give it proper food.
knew tllnt certain phosphate manure
stimulated tho soil SO that it produced
heavy crops for n While and then fell
OH. i wanted none Of these. | did
not believe in soil analysis. That was
not exact enough.
IVY hat L wanted was to know exact
~ what a perfect cotton plant iook
prom the soil. That aSccrtnincd. thru
10 restore to tho soil exactly those
clemcnts ln' Mrgcr quantity than the
crop had abstracteu them. This is the
basis OF intensive farming, and it will
always give land that is richer year
after year. l had u cotton plant ana
lyZcd, and found that | needed q rht
elements in my manure, Of which com
mercial fertilizers furnished only three
and the soil OILY one. | thcrliorr
determined TO buy chemicals, and
mixed thchi With humus, muck, de-
caycd leaves, stable manure and cotton
seed till | had secured exactly what
was needed. l did so, and at last pro .
Guccd perfect compost for cotton. |
fhcn asccrtaincd that my ciUD of cjrl,t
bales had taken out Of each aero Of my
land as much Of the constituents OF
cotton as was held in 260 pounds Of
my compost. l therefore put 1000
pounds OF compost on each acre, re-
I'storlng double what tho crop of the
year before had taken out. Tho result
was that L nIatic four bales extra. |
thcn restored double what the twelve
oaies had taken out and made twenty
| Mrcc bales Cdoubled the restoration
the next year andgot .brty-scvcn bales.
| doubled again, and this year lave at
least eighty bales.
'Ihc manure cost nc So. GO n thous-
ana pounds. Tho first year | put 800
pounds to the acrc-cost 81 so nn acre
or S!11 for siXty-tivc acres. But nv
crop rose from eight to twelve bnlcS,
the extra four bales giving me 5000
Snrpius, on $S3 net on my manure.
Sext,year my.'nanure q 900 pounds to
tho acre)} cost $22,35, but my crop in
creased to twenty-thrCc ba,es from
eight on unmatured land. These extra
bales give me $3.50, or. net profit on
manure Of $5l6. The next wear |
used 1000 pounds per acre at the cnst
OF $I.25 an acre, or $l71 for total.
| ~OI Wv iiSlIi w lOIi
seven bales, giving an increased ill.,
come OF 81 800. This year used
1000 pounds Oh an acre, costing Sli so,
or S9l2 ror u total manure. But nv
crop Is at least eighty. bales with This
manure, Whcro't was eight without.
This increase Of scvcn,y-lwo balns%i3
worth $4,000. Deduct costs cf man
Eui@j. $9IO, and we. have 81 900 as the
profit on use Of manure"
."'And then the land is so much
,, richer"
"Certaiily. 1t is worth 800 an
acre, whore II was formerly worth So.
You must credit the manure with this !"
81 shall double my 'nmnrva,.g ,;next
year, putting8, ,0C0 pounds to tho acre:
l beHevo { will get $50 bales from the
sixty-fivc acres. hope to push 1t up
to three bales an aero. | have a few,
acres OH which I put 10000 pounds Of
compost rs an experiment, and every
acre Of it will give INC three batss this
year."
THE FORMULA TOR THE COMPOST.
clio Is my formula: Take thirty
bushels Of wcll-rottcd stable manure