The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-21
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E. II. AULL, EDITOR.
ONE ACRE IN IEIVI:


lion. F"pc Brown is one Of the sue.
ceSSIui farmers OF Georgia. Having
made this statement. it Is hardly urccs.
sary 10 add that he is not an a'I.co,ton
planter. Mr.. B.Own has long Sipcc
learned that :hr road to prospc, i!y Ii, :
through fields of dive; sificd crops, and
the successful farmer mrst produce ut
nome the food crops upon which he
and his animals can I've. lie is thus
quoted:
81 have no desire to dictate, but
firmly believe that If could enforce
the planting of crops in the south ON
the following plan for five years t.me
the farmers OF this section would be
independent. would cultivate fifty
acres to II mule. This would div dc
rs toh,ws: Seven cen acres in corn,
with old tltcd Ripper peas in the friil,
ana ground peas in the middle OF the
rows, seventeen acres in wheat, ryO
aud oats, three acres in ground peas
solid, one acre in cane, one acre in
melons and truck, one acre in pola ors
ana ten acres in cotton. After the
oats and other grain that land could
be planted in corn and peas. used as
pasture on to make hay us desired"
The thing that surpusscs ordinary
mortalS is that the cotton farmrr seems
50 hopclcsSly joined 10 his idol Even
II he irScnlS the good advice which has
Dccn gwen him year in and year ont in
thc newspapers, along this line, it does
seem that ne would heed the counsel
OF Il practical farmer whose own success
entities his words to consideration In
Colonel Browns schedule unl" ten
acres in fifty are devoted 10 cotton one
IN vc.-Augusta Chronicle.
The above is along the sane line we
have been preaching for several years.
diversified crops for the farmers Of this
section is the road to independence and
happiness. 1t must come to that at
last and the sooner it does the hcttcr
it will bc for all OF us. If thr,,armrrs
OF the South would plant in the pro-
portions above mentioned by NJ.
Brown the acreage question and all
other questions that nOv trouble
and worry the farmer w,uld be
settled. Each individual Garmrr mus,
settle this for himself and without re-
gard TO what his ncighbor or any other
farmer is going to do
We are glad to hear from diIrrru,
sections OF this r"dnty that the farmcrs
arc preparing to plant more whcu, and
the establishment OF "olcr mills will
encourage the farmers in the rtYo,t ,u
raise more wheat There should br
one or more roller mills in every cnun.
ty in this State. We wish thyr,. wu,
one at Ncwhrrrr. Bat wilAul. ro,rrr
mills the armc"s suUr!G grow mon.
wheat in this section anu a, .or. ,,,.
ana barley, aDd corn, und oai> thcr,.
can he no question abuut r,ar,ivr
plenty OF these things 'or then Won ,.,,
always have fat hoes uu,f hu~,y, .,.,:
every thing to make the farm rr,,i,.r.
table. We have talked along chi, ne
SO much that we fear sometime, w,.
may become tircsomc bat we are So
strongly convinced that the kind of
turning mentioned by MIR. Brown is
the solution Of the problems that con-
front the farmer Of the South today
and in fact his only salvation that W.
do not believe they can he urged too
strongly or too frequently. We will
nave TO come to this and the sooner
the better.
We hope every farmcr in Nrwbrrrv
County Will try one ycarthc proportion
and diversity Of crops mentioned by Mr..
Brown, and if any man who honestly
tries will tell us that it is not better
than the all cotton plan. then w. win
make him present Of Il barrel of rood
home raised Hour, the kind we are NOW
using anu 1t Is not from the rollcl mill
either.
Let us, lis farmers, cndcavor to make
the farm first sc|f-sustaining by diver
sltylng our crops, aud then raise all lhr
co1'oh we can and in that way be indie