Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-10
How to Produce Profitable Crop OF Wheat.

| The Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer
Company and the President of the
company, Mr.. Fred Oliver, of Char
lotte, N. c., 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 all average yield Of 30
bushels per acre one field of &c
acres gave an average yield Of 81
bushels another field of 80 acres
gave an average yield of 33 bushels
per acre. A field 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, this year gave an
average yield of "a bushels TO the
acre. With such an illustration OF
what can be done by progressive
farming, why will tho majority of
farmers continue to be satisfied, or
if not satisfied, continue to curse
their luck when thoir crop of wheat
turns out only five OF ten bushels
per acre? There is no reason, and
in fact it is crime for any farmer
to throw away his time and land by
growing such poor crop, as the
most Of them now raise when they
could treble and quadruple the yield
by intelligent and progressive farm
ing. They must use better mules
and plows to prepare the soil, using
the best disc grain drills, having fer
tilizer distributor attached to plant
and fertilize the wheat, using the
best seed wheat even if it docs cost
a few cents per bushcl more money,
using not less than 400 pounds of
high grade fertilizer per acre instead
Of 100 pounds of low grade acid and
potash goods. Seed wheat that is
Tree from broken and defective
wheat, and above all almost absolu
tcly free from cookie seed is worth
twice as much for seeding as the seed
wheat usually used. Still more i'm
portant is the fact that seed wheat
from a crop that gave yield Of 30
to 35 bushels per acre is superior to
seed wheat from a crop that gave
only five to ten bushels per acre.
40 farmer will attempt to raise
horses and mules to weigh 1,400 to
1000 pounds each and expect to
succeed if he uses for breeding stock
that weighs from 500 to 800 pounds ;
no breeder of high grade mich COWS
will expect to succeed except by
using high grade stock. Last, but
not least, they must use high grade
fertilizer if the farmer expects to
receive proper returns from land and
labor. Why be satisfied by using
100 pounds per acre Of cheap, low
grade fertilizer when 400 pounds Of
high grade fertilizer will give an
increase Of Is to 25 bushels per
acre 1T costs no more, or very
little more, to prepare the land for a
good crop than for poor one; il
costs no more to drill in good seed
wheat, and 400 pounds of high grade
fertilizer, per acre, than to drill in
poor, seed wheat, and 100 pounds OF
poor, cheap fertilizer per acre; f; ii
costs no more to cut an acre of good
wheat with rcaping machine than
it doe to run the machine over an
acre of poor wheat, and the rcapine
machine leaves less wheat in the
field ungathercd if the crop is a good
one than it does if the crop is a poor
one. The farmers of the South have
the best market for their wheat, corr
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 tho
West to the South. Why not thcr
farm on a profitable plan and not an
Improbable one? Use good stool,
and tools, good seed and fertilizer
good judgment and skill in hand
ling labor and machinery, and abov,
all work yourself as an example tt
your hired help and you will finl
farming profitable.