The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-09-28
SOME TinHLY SUGGESTIONS.
flow TO Produce a Profitable Crop Of
Wheat.


The Charlotte Oil & Fertilizer Com
pany aud tho President Of the Compa.
ny, Mr.. Fred Oliver, Of Charlotte. N.
o., have again demonstrated on their
iarma what can DO done towards profit
able wheat raising. The $50 acres which
they had in wheat this year gave "a ~.
erage yield Of 30 bushels per acre; one
held Of 30 acres gave an average yield
OF 81 bushels, another Geld OF 90 acres
gave an average yield Of 80 bushels per
acre. A fold OF 90 acres that was in
wheat q year ago, sown by tho former
owner OF the land, aud which last year
yielded only eight bushels per acre.
this year gave "a average yield Of "A
bushels to the acre. With such an il
lustration Of what can be done by pro.
gressive farming, why will the majority
otfarmers continue to be satisfied. or.
II not satisfied, continue TO curse their
luck when their crop of wheat turns out
only five to ten bushels por acre? There
IL no reason. and ia fact. it is q crime
Tor any farmer to throw away his time
ana land by growing such q poor crop,
90 the most OF them now raise when
they could treble and quadruple the
yield by intelligent and progressive
farming. They must use better mules
and plOughs to prepare the soil, using
the best disc grain drills, having fsrtil-
lzer distributors attached TO plant and
fertillze the wheat, using the beat seed
wheat even if it does cost 3 few cents
per bushel more money, using not less
than 400 lbs. high grade complete fer
tilizer per acre instead Of 100 lbs. Of low
grade acid and acid potash goods. Seed
wheat that is free from broken and de-
feetiVo wheat, and above all almOst alb
solutely free from cookie seed is worth
twice 90 much for seeding as the seed
wheat usually used. Still more inn
portant is the fact that seed wheat from
q crop that gave yield of 30 to IS bush
els per acre is superior to seed wheat
from q crop that gave only Ave to ten
bushels pOr acre. No farmer will at
tempt to raise mules end horses to
weigh ], 400 to /, 800 lbs. each and ex-
pect to succeed if he uses for breeding,
stock that weighs from 500 to 800 lbs. !;
no breeder Of high grade miloh COWS
will expect to succeed except by using
high grade stock Last, but not least,
they must use high grade fertilizer If
the farmers expect to receive proper re.
turns from land and labor. Why be
satisfied by using 100 lbs per acre of
cheap, low grade fertilizer when 400
lbs. Of high grade fertilizer will give an
incre ease Of 10 to 20 bushels per acre
It costs no more, or very little more, to
prepare the land for q good Drop than
for poor one; il 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; it costs no
more to cut an acre Of good wheat with
. re6pinR machine than IL does to run
the machine over an acre of poor wheat,
and the rsaping machine leaves less
wheat In the field ungathsrsd if the
crop is q good ore than it does if the
crop is q poor one The farmers OF the
south have the best market for their
wheat, corn and hay of any section in
the United States, as they can obtain
the same prices as the western farmer
plus the freight that is charged from
the west to the south. Why not then
farm on a profitable plan and not an
improbable one? Use good stock and
tools, good seed and fertilizer, COED
Judgment and skill in handling labor
and machinery, and above sll work
yourself as an example to your hired
help, and you will find farming profitable