The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-23
THE METHODS OF A SUCCESS.
IS Full FARMER.

An article by Mr.. H. T.. G.. Bryant
Epublished in the Charlotte Observer
has attracted great deal of attention.
IL mas received so much attention be-
cause 1t proves that at least one farmer
mas succeeded in raising cotton at o
cost OF 2.97 cents per pound. This
farmer is Mr.. %. w. Brawley, and his
farm is near Mooresvllle in North
carolina. Having made such O re.
markable record, one naturally wants
TO know who Mr.. Brawley is. He is
the son OF q successful Nortn Carolina
farmer, and graduated at the Uniyersi-
ty OF North Carolina in June. 1894.
with honors. ellis aims and efforts in
college were towards securing a first
rate English education" lie did moi
take a course in agriculture, but "he
never once gave up the desire of his
boyhooc. TO be successful farmer
was the height of his ambition.n Mr..
Brawley, therefore, farms because 1t is
ms chosen avocation, and he loves it.
This is an important element in attain.
ing success. "He is very methodical,
pains-taking worker" and we are,
therefore, prepared to accept the state.
ment that "he keeps accurate accounts
OF his work." and that chs books are
as essential TO him as the books of a
manufacturing concern are to the mill.
lie is his own book.keeper."
Now as to his methods. AS soon as
nc buys a piece of land he opens an
account with it; charges it with all
that goes on it and credits it with all
That comes off it. In illustration of
how accurate and particular Mr.. Braw-
ley Is III his accounts with his different
farms, the Observers correspondent
mentions credit of IL rails given to
one farm from which the rails were
taken. Such mcthodical and pains
taking farmer as Mr.. Brawley appears
TO DC would OF course, have the edges
OF every field shaped and cleaned.
unlike most farmers he seems to prefer
land in rundown condition, which he
Dtys cheap and then builds up. Speak.
ing OF one farm the correspondent
says: "Fhrce years ago rode over his
larms with him. 1 remembered one in
particular as being badly washed and
cut III sections by gullies. I hardly
knew that falm when there the other
day. The thin places have fattened
and the gullies have been filled and the
land levellcd. To begin with, the gull
lies were filled in, the fields ploWed
deep with a two horse plow, and peas
soWn with few hundred pounds of
commercial fertilizers per acre. Mr..
Brawlcy's method of improving land is
after this fashion He takes poor land,
sows it in rye, with 200 pounds of
Suano and ton Of lime. The lime Is
put on in the winter. In the spring the
rye is turned under. The lime keeps it
from souring. After the rye, COW peas
are soWn with 400 pounds of acid and
potash per acre. The peas are moved
and the land is sowed in wheat and
clover with 200.to 800 pounds of acid
and potash" AT tor this Mr.. Brawley
finds his land in good condition, and he
1urther improves il by rotation in crops.
Lis system of rotation is now under
tcst. III is six year process. The
llrst year he plants cotton, the second
cotton and crimson clover, planting the
! clover when he works the cotton for the
last time. The third year he plants
corn and COW peas with heavy spread
OF stable manure small grain and red
clover the fourth year; red clever the
'flfth year, followed by wheat and then
peas the sixth year."
Mr.. Brawley furnishes Interesting
information as to the way farmer
should procure his fertilizers. He buys
the ingredients and mixes them him
sell. In finds that he saves money.
Most farmers pay $18 to $22.5O per
ton. "Last year Mr.. Brawley's ferti-
i'zcrs cost him 81 ,00S.82 laid down at
Mooresville. The ingredients TO make
his guanos cost $714.39, and freight on
the same was $214.43. Besides his
cotton seed meal cost him $72. Hence
the cost per ton. was $15.78." He,
therefore, saved $3 to $5 pei ton by
mixing his own fertilizers.