The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21
Georgia, who won liberty for US by seven
yearS Of hard fighting and terrible
cufferiDg.
Advice TO all Cotton Farmers.

Advice 20 oil Cotton Farmers.
VI. Tarpley. of Henry County
Georgia, writes aa follows to the Farming
World Of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the sub
ject of call cotton" farming:
We have planted and cultivated, and
borne the heat Of the day, aud tho season
has come for few days rest. How
msny have made o success or advanced
in the old mother profession by reflection
and experiment? Each can now see the
fruits of his labors developing. The
Weatern farmer, that is akin to every.
body, locke over his brosd acres of corn
and amiles at the thought of weighty
corn crib and disappointed winter. 4
Southern farmer, with diversity OF
crops, feels himself an American citizen
He haa garnered his wheat and oats and
nov enlarges his corn crib, and mskea
new barrels for his syrup, uhilo his few
acres in cotton bring him o few surplun
dollars
But what 10 the condition of tho man
who planted oil cotton7 Truly he 10 a
melancholy man. He began his work
the firut day of January, and has toied
through heat and dust, and now finds
himself in the same tracks that he stood
in fifteen years ago-so far az financial
progress 10 concerned He is perfectly
exhausted, but, tho vorst of all 10, be
realizes that new year will dawn upon
him again with empty hands If that
man does not need the sympathy of his
people, who does?
have endeavored to picture the con.
ditions Of the two farmers, just as they
exist. This oSo viii tiIsr ask, hos, cat /
bs!te mSssli9 FELL him 70 quit rsisibp
cot.ol, and he will invariably cay that [
am obliged to raise it; am 10 de6t and
I have no other way to get out aud,
furthermore, have not tho necessary
meane to commence different plan Of
operations. The truth 10, ho docs not
know how to quit. He has been goiug
tho same way 30 long that it has become
habitual With him. Thie is not supposi.
tion, but in the real condition Of swo.
third0, if not three. fourths. Take the
two different plans and compare the
6gures. Take the one.horue farm, for
inatanco. The farmer ahould SOW fyo
acres in wheat, clean end break the land
we'll, NOV and harrow in some half an
acre Of rye in September for early use,
gov another half in November, com.
mence tho frat of January and SOW ten
acres Of rust proof oats, and put thirty
bushels of cotton seed TO the acre. if
your land 10 not good plant tuelve acres
in corn 80 early as possible; if the frost
doea bite it down it 10 that much the bet.
ter, but plant it on your best land or
manure it, II only with muck or rich
dirt. Plant eight acres in cotton aud
five hundred barrels of compost to the
'cre o. your own make, which will not
coat you over two dollnro per acre. Plant
two acreo in sweet and Irish potatoes,
oas acre in sugar cane upon looae sandy
loan, II you have it. You now have in
tho thirty nine acres. The oats will
make tventy buShele to tho acre at
the leaat calculation. or two hundred
bushels for the ten acres, at twenty. .fi9e
cents per bushel, is worth one hundred
and fifty dollars. Cotton seed, worth
thirty dollars, deducted, will leave one
hundred and twenty dollarD. Your corn
will make at least one hundred and
twenty buohels, worth one hundred snd
twenty dollars. The two acres in pota-
toes will make ut least one hundred dol.
lara. The one acre in sugar cane, if it
makes anything, will make seventy Eve
dollare' worth of syrup. The eight
acres IN Gotten .spon ssersss land, Il
planted Go directed, will make five bales
Of cotton, worth two hundred and twenty
i've dollars, expenses Of compost and
ginning, twenty five dollars, which leaves
Two hundred dollars. You have made
upon your diversified crops oix hundred
and fifteen dollars, with wheat, rye, fod.
der, shucEs, etc., thrown in for good
meaagre, and have put everything at its
least figures.
Now take the man that plants all cot.
ton. Twenty-Five acres 10 40 much 40
ono man can work, from which, if he
gets seven bales of cotton, he will do
well. II he manages to gather it all
himaelf, which 10 more than he can do,
his expenses will be for guano, ginning,
'tc., oi1ty dollars; hio seven bales Of cot.
ton 10 worth three hundred and 6fteen
doilsro; ai1ty dollars deducted leaves
two hundred and twenty-five dollars
just three hundred and sixty dollaru
difference FOR eSs-heyss fs.sn. kJ
opinion 10 the six hundred and fseen
dollaro will pay up oil dues and leave
enough to Bub0ist on while making
another crop and have a few dollars left.
1t 10 no wonder that man does not sue.
cesd with only two hundred and ify
dollers to feed man and beast upon.
One Of the great points to be considered,
if peraon vishes to succeed, 10 to econ.
omize end ssvo. Itin surprising to know
how little person can live on, if brought
TO the neceasity of it, for it 10 tet.es to
live cheap one year than all your life.
BY following this plan with determina.
ton TO 60 into debt as little as possible,
in two or three years you will be en in.
dependent man.
The Uystsry OF Dreams.