Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-09-18

from winter killing. This crop should
be put upon good land literally fertil.
lied. We do not deem it necessary to
plow in oats very deeply, provided they
follow crop that has been well cHlti.
waited during the year. Two inches
would be sufficiently deep, and they
should be plowed in with a cuItivator
or short turning plow 1t is best to seed
heavily thus allowing for the loss Of
some grain by freezes.
We regard barley a most admirable
crop for early spring grazing, valuable
both in contributing to the health of
stock and in the saving of corn and
fodder. An acre of barley we'll fertil.
azed will feed two mules for five or six
weeks. On thinner land you can seed
rye. which will always grow and make
good-paying green food crop. While
not the best feed, it is reliable, always
coming in when most needed. Oolonsl
James NJ. Smith of Oglethorpe county
said that he would hardly know how to
farm without raising barley and rye for
spring feeding. The various vetches
and clover. red, crimson or burr, are
useful and should be seeded down this
mGnth.
We would not advise every farmer to
plant all OF these for winter crops. This
is matter of choice to be determined
by surrounding conditions; but no farm
IL can afford to be without tnerns~~---,.-u
THE PROFITS OF RICE CULTURE.
Although there is so much land in
Georgia suited to the profitable cultiva-
tion OF rice, there has been a great fall
ing off i'll its production in this state
during the last few years. And yet
there is no more profitable crop than
rice for some sections of our state, es.
pecially along the seaboard. We are
indebted to Oswald Wilson, in the Sep
tember number of the Southern Farm
Magazine, for some valuable informa.
tion concerning this important cereal
The average value per acre of rice
is $1,000, less the cost of irrigation,
which amounts to about $6 90. Accord.
ing to the reports of the United States
census the average value per acre Of
corn in 1900 was 5000; of wheat, ST. 81
Of oats, $763.
The three great staple crops of the
world, corn wheat and oats, have an ag.
gregate production of more than 8, 500,.
100000 bushels and market value of
nearly So, $40, go, 900. The production
of rice is 74,074. 369 1913 pounds valued
at So, 962, ,974,T81. It is the principal
diet of 800, 900, 900 people, or more than
54 per cent of the entire population OF
the world.
Although rice has been grown in the
United States from the earliest period
Of our history. it is only of late years
that it has reached much development.
In Louisiana and Texas rice culture has
become great industry with a capital
of $5, 900, 900 invested in 100 canals,
1,500 miles in extent and capable, under
present water conditions, of flooding
100000 acres.
The consumption of rice in the United
States is increasing steadily, and there
is growing demand for it. Hence there
is very little danger of over production.
Wherever the conditions are favorable
will it not be profitable to pay more at.
tention to the cultivation of this great
cereal?
Abundance of wholesome food for our
people should be one great aim Of the
agriculturists of our state, and rice is
already one of the principal articles of
diet in almost every Georgia home.
THE MEANS OF INDEPENDENCE.
We have at our command the means
of independence in our soil. adapted to
the cultivation of every product of the
temperate zone and to some of those of
the tropics. There is no need for us to
go west for our corn and wheat, our
hay and meat. We can produce them
all at home, and with our great money
crop, cotton, as a surplus, be not only
self-sustaining, but, in common with
the farmers Of other southern states,
become the wealthiest agriculturists of
the world. o. B. STEVENS, Oom'r.