The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-10-11
PROFITABLE FARMING.

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Company and the president OF the COM
pany, Mr.. Fred Oliver, of Charlotte,
N. g., have again demonstrated on
their farms what can be done toward
| Profitable wheat raising. The 25O
acres which they had in wheat this year
gave an average yield OF 30 bushels per
acre; one field OF 30 acres gave an aver
age yield of 81 bushels, another field of
?oacrcs gave IN average yield of :|3
bushclSpclacrc. a iiold of 60 acres that
was IN wheat year ago, sown by the
former owner of the land, and which last
year yielded only eight bushels per acre :,
inns year gave an average yield of "a
bushels to the acle. With such an
Illustration of what can he done by
progressive farming, why will the
majority Of farmers continue to be
satisfied, or, if not satisfied, continue
to curse their luck when their lop of
wheat turns out only five or ten bush els
per acre ?
There is no reason, and in fact il is a
cr!mc Tor amy farmer to throw away
his time and land by growing such a
poor crop, as the most of them now
raise when they could treble and
quadruplc the yield by intelligent and
progressive farming. They must use
better mules and plows to prepare the
soil, using the best disc grain drills.
having fertilizer distributor attached TO
plant and fcrtiizc the wheat, using the
best seed wheat even if ii does cost a
few cents per bushcl more money,
using not less than 400 lbs. of high
grade fertilizer per acre instead of 100
lbs. of low grade acid and potash yootls.
Seed wheat that is free from broken
and defective wheat, and above all al
most absolutely free cookie seed ls
worth twice rs much for seeding as the
seed wheat usually used. Still more
important is the fact that seed wheat
from crop that gave yield of 30 to
80 bushels per acre is superior to seed
wheat from crop that gave only five
to ten bushels per acre. No farmer
will attempt to raise horses and mules
to weigh 400 TO 600 lbs. each and
expect to succeed if he uses for breed
ing, stock that weighs form 800 to 500
lbs; no breeder of high grade milch
cows will expect to succeed except by
using high grade stock.
Last, but not least, they must use
high grade fertilizer if the farmer ex-
poets to receive proper returns from
land and labor. Why be satisfied by
ushg 100 lbs. per acre of cheap, low
grade fertilizer when 400 pounds of
high grade fertilizer will give an ill.,
crease OF Il to % bushels per acre I?
IL costs no more, or very little more, to
prepare the land for Il good crop than
for 4 poor one; it, costs no more to drill
in good seed wheat, and 400 lbs. of
high grade fertilizer, per acre, than to
drill in poor seed wheat, and 100 lbs.
of poor, cheap fertilizer per acre; il
costs no more to cut an aero of good
wheat with a rcaring machine than it
docs to run the machine over an acre
of poor wheat, and the rcaping machine
leaves less wheat in the field myath-
cred il the crop is a good one than it
does II the crop is poor one.
The farmers Of the South have the
best market for their wheat, corn and
| hay of any section in the United States
rs they can obtain the same priccs as the
Western farmers plus the freight tha
is charged from the West to the South
Why not then farm on a profitable plal
and not an unprotitablc one? Us
good stock and tools, good seed am
fertilizer, good judgment and skill II
handling labor and machinery, an
above all work yourself rs an cxampl
to your hired help and you will fin
farming profitable.