The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
|PTAyNES ENRICH SOIL.
.rU,SFXPER MENT SHOWS
Euo"noFRFUL RESULTS.
! ,..s,iye Farmer Produces Best
'.s Crops at the Least Cost
i Of Production.

limo through different sections
1 ' .ais and conversing with a
.r farmers, find that the
- of cow peas for the purpose .,
fees orovement is rapidly gaining
Y, with progressive farmers Inere
ssonbt in my mind but that cow
81 chemicals will be the tertii-
81 tho future, and this is as IL
ba for what is the use OF ouy-
s Nitrogen when we can get IL oS
e.. inc cow peas, and at the same
49, dd vegetable matter to the sun
N Illustration of what peaVineS
Fl a. towards reclalmihg wornouC
I'd increase the production OF
-. I will say that Mr.. L. R. Farm
"a Of the many progressive farm
s # Louisville, Jefferson county,
9eor gia, had, in 1895, field contain
on acres of very poor sand land,
yhieb he sowed in rye. The yield was
5 Il shells from the ten acres. lie
Las ed COW peas sown broad cast. after
the We: plowed in the vines, aud III
saoe AGAIN soWed the land with rye.
ia Weld in 1896 was AZ bushels; FOL
Iotsi ny the same rotation again, the
sieId of 1897 was 92t bushels, and 10
eus = WELD of 1913 bushels. Here was
tash every gear and considering tnat
lhefe was no fertilizer used, only that
Khfch the peas surnIs he'd, | consider IL
remarkable gain. If Mr.. Farmer had
5seh 70 pounds of muriate OF potas II
Ind 200 pounds of acid phosphate per
mre the land won d have produced
wen better results at nominal cost,
tA6 the experiment shows the wonder
IfH power of the legume IN restoring
th fertility of worn ut soils.
a connection with this let us see Wha'
kk experiment station of tennessee
81 about fertliZlng with cow peas
IBlI etln No. II says las the COW
bk is heavy feeder 1t draws freely 90
m phDsphoriC acid and potash OF tie
kd 1t is necessary, therefore, to
kbply these fertilizing elements in a
blraI manner, especially on thin
NBds, which it is proposed TO improve
Systematically, We advise the use of
ID TO 400 pounds of Tennessee acid
dosphate, and 50 to 100 pounds of
1rate OF potash per acre"
gIhe tendency now with progressive
Hfmers is to produce paying crops at
R least cost OF production, and this
tnst be the study of every farmer; NOT
IN muCu he can raise Of any farm
NbduCt per acre, but how cheap can
Il raise it, This is working on the
me principal as the successful mer-
hant, who, III purchasing his stock of
Dds, intenus to make his profit TO
pfhe extent in bu. ing; and so tie
|Mmer should endeavOr to make his
IIFbhU in lessening the cost Of produc-
|Bn.
ID hear and read of advice to farmers
k0cut down the cotton acreage and do
w8thOul fertilizers. 5 me of this advice
E#neS from high sources, from those
VIZ ought to know better. With ey-
NG ton used less than the require
peg ntS, we are rObbing the soil OF that
mF Gu fertility, better reduce the
a@ cage and double The fertilizers, and
0HlId up Systematically our poorest
s@ldS with COW peas and chemical Ter.
81 zerS.
+ There is some change for the better
ping on in this ultry; farmers are
4udyIng and experimenting and are
sAdlng out the best ways of ferlhIz no
DER lands. Oar experiments stations
Apd agricultural literature have been tn.
AeanS OF bringing this about. The time
" coming when the south will be largely
~ tereSted in the production of butter |
~ cheese and raising cattle for beef
q hicn Will necess.tate the growing OF
- gram crops, and there will be use
the cotton seee as cattle food, while
manure can oe returned to the soil.
l0 slIo Will come with the dairy cow
oah make ensilage with the cow pea
neS, ana there will be no dancer of |
oH CeIng ruin I'd il curing Tor hav
y IlH the help of stable manure uronerIv
sb' lof, by the addition of potash and
EnoSpnoilc acid to baTance the plant
- ana with the growing of the
suLleS 10 furnish the necessary amount
/ nitrogen anG humus to the soil. we
1u safely say that 50 far as the cost of
au. looa Is concerned we have lessened |
4 ny ~ TosI OF production. Th.re has been
go. GTuange in the method of southern
6or journalists u; for the asst generation.
ontI - need tor radical reform. the |
N i i,I. Is suffering in many sections with
,1, tluP diversified soil yet susceptibl BILE to
~ a.. sou fertility under proper cultiva.
,ra,.; ;'nu Vhe plant food which nature has
lbs,a' Vou lot ITS use. How to build up |
fn5g l ls lands at the least cost is the |
nm VI Cue future. Let us begin now to |
ng nn ,0 instead Of following the wears
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~ oIu lterfelt and worthless saIve Of