The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-30
SUCCESSFUL rABmres

The following from the ~
Springs Meteor shows what ~
accomplished by farmers
think as well as act: w
The Alliance has accomDl,.,
one great purpose IN this sso,l
Of the country and that (
friendly spirit of rivalry ana
ulation it has created amona
mers. @'
Up to date, returns have l.,
received from three exper,m"'a
ers which are published IN ossl
to demonstrate what can he AN ~
with our soil, properly and ,D,a
lIgently cultivated.
w. NJ. Kethley, 100 bushels toc.
acre.
n. NJ. Collins, s7a bushels tos.
acre.
f. NJ. Barlow, rs bushels 10 4.
acre.
These results speak well for II,
productive caracity of our soS
and show that this under eert,ia
conditions Of culture, is as GOOD,
corn country as can be found On
the globe.
The Meteor Is anxIops -
oats selected as an experiment.
crop When this country can
produce all feed grams IN abuD.
dance diversified farming wifi
profit becomes assured, and moi
only this, the means TO live At
home is also guaranteed.
At the solicitation of Mr.. JIM
Mathis, tho editor made a vlst 10
his farm last Monday. 1t is we'll
known that Mr.. NIathis Is a warm
advocate of the intensive method
and has adopted it In his farming
operations. 1t is needless to state
that he has been emlnentIy sue.
ce>sful, for there are few better
farmers hcreabouts than Mr.,
Mathis, To bis cotton he applied
% pounds OF lertllizing elements
mixed to SUIT his judgment. From
this cotton he has already gathcr-
ed considerably over 900 pounds
to the acre n the first picking
and there stlll remains an equal #
not greater quantity yet to be
picked. This viii yield hlm, not
wlthstandlng the ravages of the
worms, II bales to the acre. The
variety OF cotton planted was the
Petcrkin, a heavy yielder Of lint,
The soil on which this cotton was
grown was pine upland. Its
SiilkIngrontrast with the frultage
OF the fertllizcd crop is au acre or
more OF unferlllIzed cotton, which
will yield the average upland
amount Of one bale t. four acres.
To see the same cotton on the
same quality of lard, but treated
differently is to concede tho SUI
perlority ol the intensive method.
Mr., Mathis adopts surface culture
and much of his success Is due IN
this.
His other crops of corn, straw
berries and sugar cane are exceed
lnsly fine, especially the latter.
lie estimates a yield Of 200 gallons
OF molassts from a third of an acre
10 cane. 1t is certainly the finest
cane the writer ever saw grow on
upland, Mr.. Mathis farm com,
prlses forty acres, but on this he
has grown and harvested a pro-
duct equal to that grown on a
place four times the size under
me old system, Such farmers as
Mr' Mathis are valuable to a COM
munlty IN that his example is
worthy of emulation.
MIR. II. 5. Owens, Of this vicin-
lty, aged II years, sums up the
products Of his industry for the
year 1889, as follows:
7 bales cotton, 500 pounds each.
200 bushels of corn.
$50 bushels of oats.
goo bushels of potatoes.
100 gallons of moIassess.
Meat in quantity sufficient TO
supply his family. The remarka.
Die pait Of this achievem ent Is the
fact tha' the crops were grown
and harvested at an outlay of
70, 90 only IN addition to his own
labor, This is true farming and
! olots the one way to success.
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