The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-29
In harvesting the small grain 1t IS

i
. threshed directly from the shock say
ing the cost Of stacking and rchand,
. ling. Elevators provide against heat
Ing. 4 further saving Of ) to per
cent over the operations of the small
farmer is effected in shipping to ter.
minal points instead of selling to local
4 grain-buyers. Future options may
also be sold against the growing crop
on market bulges at a season when
the small farmer could not ordinarily
deliver his crop.
The soil is kept in high state OF
fertility by rotation Of crops SO ar
ranged that each piece OF land bears
three crops Of corn, next OF wheat ~
which clover is sown, next one OF
clover plowed under; then follow again
the three crops of corn.
The clover is SIMPLY fertilizer, a
portion only of the first crop being cut
for hay, and the remainder plowed
under to maintain the vitality OF the
soil. The large roots act as subsoll-
er and the deposing vegetable matter
restores the nitrogen taken by the
grain.
In order that the maximum amount
Of field work may be obtained, no
"chores'' are required Of the men
other than the cleaning Of their teams.
These are fed, bedded, and the barns
cleaned by barn men. The results on
this farm arc therefore secured by
painstaking care and thorough meth
DDS.
The question is often asked, what
does it cost to produce bushel OF
corn? On this farm, the size Of 30
ordinary farms, with 6O-bushel crop
the cost was 9 cents per bushel to the
crib. For shelling, shipping and COM
missions add another cent. making lO
cents in all. 1t is evident, however,
that had this farm been divided into
IS farms, with 35 cooks and 35 fami-
lies, IS dooryards and waste lands,
the expense Of raising a bushel OF corn
would have been nearer 16 to IL cents.
In any event, the cost varies from
year to year with the yield. The only
fixed estimate which the farmer can
give is the cost per acre for producing
the crop. This remains always prac-
tically the same and is, roughly speak
ing, $3.50 for small grain and So for
i corn.
The 1898 acreage of the corn farm
was approximately as shown in the
following brief table:
Corn. ., wv
Wheat. ], 200
Oats :..=.=.5.... 70O
Roads and trees. ..=.s.#...'...... 4OU
Some interest naturally attaches to
the man behind the gun-the man
who. in this instance, has demonstra-
ted that nothing pays better than
farming. While the element of for
eign birth and Of foreign desccntwhich
has done so much to develop the
northwest is admirable, it will still be
a qualification to learn that this suc-
cessful farmer is not Of that element,
but that he is purely aud distinctly
American. He comes from the
straightest New England stock and
bears the name Of one of its most
| famous families. His ancestral kin
dred were among the molders Of the
republic and represented their country
at the courts of England, Russia and
France; sat in presidential cabinets,
in Congress, and more than once in
the white house. The record almost
spells the name.
LESS than 40 years Of age, he never
saw a days work on farm until he
bought one after he was 81. His suc-
cess rather indicates that there still
are farmers born. and that the capita
and energy put into manufacturing
and merchandising, if applied to-day
to farming, will yield equally good re.
turns.
For the Housewife.