The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-07-11
Diversity Your Crops.

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to South Georgia
Diversity Your Crops.
We hare uttered many warnings
against planting too large an acreage of
cotton. OF course no warning which is
hnheeded by the majority Of planters
can result in Immediate good; but the
repeated exhortatious ON this line have
been sent forth with the hope of some
day bringing about among southern
| planters suoh cooperation as will de-
liver them from their present thraldom
to interruptions spectators.
But encouraging progress is evidenced
by the rapidly increasing number of
those who raise sufficient home supplies
to make them independent OF the west
ern corn crib and western pork and beef.
On many a farm the well-stored smoke
house and commodious barn filed with
| the in. gathering from the fertile fields
bears testimony to the thrift and enter.
prise of the owner, whose pride it is to
point out to the visitor at his hospitable
home not only his fields of snowy cot
ton, but also his broad acres of corn,
wheat, oats and other grains. the luxu-
RANT grass or pea vines just ready for
the hay maker, his garden planted with
many kinds Of vegetables suggestive of
varied and wholesome fare, and his pas
ture beautified by carefully reared stock
of the finest breeds.
As the proprietor of an estate like this
sits at sunset on some little spot of ele-
waited ground, with delighted eye he
views the landscape Ger. and to his ear
there comes the distant music of the
tinkling bells as his lowing herds "wind
slowly Ger the lea" Then, as he turns
his footstep homeward and hears as he
draws nigh, the cheerful song of his
wife and the merry voices of his chill
dren, he knows there are loving eyes
that will greet him at the door and look
brighter for his coming.
Diversity your crops; practice econ.
omy and thrift; make every cultivated
acre pay. Then. even though your farm
may now be small and an humble cot
tage your home. the day may come
when competence will reward your la
bors. With fertile fields and an attrac-
tive home. there will be no trouble
about keeping your ambitious boys on
the farm.
Early Cultivation Of Corn.
In these early days of May most of the
corn has been planted, and now care must
be taken to give it proper cultivation.
Early working, so that no grass or nox-
ious weeds may hinder the growth of
the tender stalks, is the essential thing
for the expected harvest. Good and
faithful work now and careful supervi.
sion of the hands employed will give
your corn a good start, and the same
kind of work persevered in to the end
will, with favorable seasons. secure a
paying crop
Plant Peas Now.
Now is the time to plant your peas,
between the rows of corn. or, if you
have land to spare and prefer it, in a
field apart. Our soil produces no better
crop. It enriches the land ON which it
grows; the succulent peas afford excel.
lent food for stock and also for the ia.
BILE, besides the pea vine makes an ex.
cellent hay when it has been properly
cured and housed.
Cotton.
Every farmer in Georgia knows that
cotton must have plenty of sunshine
and must be so managed as not to over.
task the land by requiring so much of
its strength for the stalk that there will
not be enough left to nourish the fruit.
The plants must not be allowed to
come up too close together, for in that
case there will be too much shade and
too much of the plant will run to stalk.
Be sure to clean out the cotton well,
thinning out SO that the young plants
may be from 10 inches to feet apart in
the drill, being controlled as regards
distance by the fertility of the land.
OF course the intelligent farmers ca.
perience, obtained by years of careful
planting and attention, will greatly aid
him in his decision as to the proper dis
lance.
The great thing to be desired is that
the stalks when grown shall barely
meet in the row. Then the plants will
be in condition to secure the strength
of the land for the fruit, and the av.
erage production to the acre will be in.
creased.
o. b. STEVENS. Commits siouer.
May 10, 1901.