The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-29
FARMING THAT PAYS.
charleston News AMI Courier

-.bing .Ia1s,ndS on the farmer.
- n@ra in -lc man than there Is
in rho land. Drainage i 4 S}ou tiln@
81 nL,c,>. but Drainage counts on the
Lal +.,S and in the bottoms alike. Some
- 10 beSf results noted were dchleNtd
on fine poorest land. The biggest cI"p
~ corn ever grown on one acre ~ LIE
,,untrv was grown on an acre 81 ut
narat.lv ptor land III this state. 'h'
Of lie immensely profitable CROPS ftfoi
IN III Mr.. N6rment-a crop Of tobacco
uh.h nar1ed SO an acre. less 4 few
made on the poorest. ll@hleSl
..,ndiest land" in the county. VT.
Prr.kinton last year cleared S4lo from
In acre Of tobacco. and there are
.rbnnSaud> Of acres Of the same GUAM
- III land in every section OF the state
H. II. had at our own price. PaFaoit
!, +nStalment~. There ; no reason
vhv any industrious and intelligent ana
in.ltbv voun- man should want for q.
rrofitabIe business in South Carolina.
Tho earth longs TO yield her increase
- hi1n. the sunshine beams 4 warm
welcome to him everyWhere. Inc
branches and the springs ana the creeks
and the ripping grain mlrmur = stand
ing invitation to him. Inc standing corr
nndS liz plumcl head to him and waves
IT'S l9il3 :ETlll~ DttktH II hiih ~ -
and rlrher its golden fruits III their
season. The lush tobacco beguiles HIM
| with i promise Of many hours of dream
| ful and fragrant ease, and the luscious
watermelon is ready TO surrender lis
| virgin heart to h:m at the flrst sum
mons. Sleek and deer-eytd COWS can
him from the pastures. Chanucleer
tfail~ him from he fence tops. challcls-
ING him to come. and Biddy III the yal.l
IN bibles o new-laid eggs. There are
riding horses III the paddock and hams
in the smoke house. There is milk and
butter III the dairy and honey III the
hives. There are peaches and plunlS ana
Dears in the orchard. and blackbcrrles
are free. 1t is an inviting field of labor
surely. surely: and that is not all. There
is money in it. as Mr.. Norm"nt shows
'.by the books Of the authorities he
quotes.
From GS acres of cotton. corn. fodder.
oats. ahy and pork. MIR. Fletcher. Of
Marlboro cleared last year. ST, 1850,
or an average net profit Of S23.o6 per
acre-not counting the proceeds from the
dairy. poultry yard. garden, orchard aitt
| other minor sources. Each acre. III 9TH
or words. yielded enough profit in one
season. to buy outright from two to ten
acres like it. Thirteen acres of cotton
cleared S472. Th:rty-tive acres of corn
and peas cleared $500. Twenty acres
Of oats and grass cleared $500. The
met profit on the cotton. per acre. was
S36,6l: Oh the corn and peas. was Slo.ll:
on the oats and hay. was SLIGO. After
cutting $500 worth Of oats from a TWEEN
y acre lot. it was ploughcd once and
treated TO S26 worth Of fertilizer and
yielded 5000 worth Of hay extra. Does
farming Pay IN South Carolina?' in
deed. Does it pay Mr.. and Mrs. John
c. Fletcher. Of Marlboro?
Mir. Fletcher. it is explained. raises
everything 1T home except sugar and
coffee" and his record ~exemplities the
'wi~dom of all-rouml farming.'" the
system which is followed by nearly every
successful farmer IN the State. Mr..
Nolment adds, however. 4 notable eyi-
dence Of the value Of the new crop.
tobacco rs a substitute tor cotton III any
system III the present conditions. Capt.
Nhipple. Of Darlington. who formerly
planted 800 acres in cotton each year,
has "carefully tried tobacco culture.
and now not an acre of cotton is
PLANTED Oh his farm. His record teaches
its own lesson. HIS lands are very
Light and sandy. They are among
the poorest in Darlington county," He
made $4,000 in 1896. on 80 acres Of them
planted i'll tobacco. and last year cleared
Hi4.i1 per acre on one hundred acres
These returns, as Mr.. NOrment is care.
ful to explain, were not due to the fact
that the land was sandy and poor. bul
to the fact that there was more III tho
man than there was in the land. \
good farmer can make more money OF
poor and sandy land than a poor anC
sandy farmer can make on good land
That IS the whole lesson in a few words
Mr.. Normcnt adds some interesting
facts TIT figures derived from the books
Of Mr.. \. :. Gibson. 4 leading farme1
of Florence county. showing that Ii,
produced last year 81 bales Of cotton
at the average yield OF 800 pounds o.
: lint per acre. at the average cost O
4.16 cents per pound. This low cos
was largely due. no doubt, to the ccOno
! mical methods Of 4 progressive and sue
ceSsful farmer in the conduct of a large
farm-or from large farms-as Mr.. Gil,
son cultivated OH acres III cotton alone
he exhibit goes to prove III fac< tha
| "fyc-cent cotton does not pay the cos
| of its production. to the great maiorit,
; of pro1lIcerS