The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-03-04

Talks With Farmers.
By HARVIE JORDAN.


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r......- he past ten years there has
. marked increase in the growth
a.. #Ee stock industry throughout
... -.urH. as evidenced by the census
.....- ur 1900 compared With those OF
-.. m.. continual decrease in the
,.. .. cotton. together with a more
....I aunrgciation of the advantages
. .... r-IIed agriculture, have not only
.. .. . marked increase in the acreage
.... bat corresponding increase in
-.. ..Y.aGe of many other important
...- hay and forage crops. This in
.. in these farm products has been
,r..aEr about by changed conditions and
,... .essities OF the situation.
rr sent inditions point to still
...fer increase in the annual produc-
t..- ur important cereals and a more de-
....r change TO the adoption of first
...-. system OF diversified agriculture
t..au-a9ut all the South Atlantic and
s.f States. While it is true that he
lt-=r yields Of corn per acre are
GROWN in the northwest, this is due
~ur. 10 the methods of culture that
.<.r i'm the two sections rather than a
...r.uce in soil and ~climatic condi-
-.ls. ON the contrary, the largest yield
.# corn per acre on record, 237 bushels,
Mas crown in South Carolina, While the
census of 1880 showed that the second
heaviest yield per acre for any whole
...uy in the United States was made
i'm I-a.uena county, Mississippi.
Wa.n cotton commanded a high price
Southern planters were willing to eX-
change it for corn, because of the two
cotton was the more easily grown. The
best land and attention was given to
.arou and cora was relegated to Il
secondary place. Some farmers have al
waEs grown enough corn to supply the
annual demands of their farms, but a
maiorlty of them exhaust their supply
"r1er before the next crop was planted
or no fore it could be harvested. 1t can
nar be denied that wherever the corn
pop has been given the same care and
a.taution of the cotton crop it has been
found equally rs profitable and as satis-
..1#E. The South naturally possesses
'EarioI 2dvanJagcs in growing corn to
..E other section of the country, and
wa.a T. for its sale can be found here at
equally remUneratiV2 prices as in
.a West. With the now rapidly grow
.- ldency 10 raise pork, beef cattle
..H IMPLYING our local markets With
-... The cultivation of corn is certain
become in the near future one Of
-.. .a5inC farm industries il the South.
..... converted into fat beeVe5 ana
'"rN.rs. VIII sell Tor more prof, to thc
w.r than continuing to plant his lands
. .'cton. selling the product at a low
'.. and buying hi5 meat and bread
FIG. problem mas ahea t. been worked
"". -n The satisfaction Of every one who
tr-"d it. and diversified agriculture is
#.. tho popular mode of farming
SOIL AND PREPARATION.
'"E .apd which viii grow good crol
"0"on viii also produce good corn
f" ugh some dry uplands which ar,
.#"ut in huIus may, when Well fer
d. produce better crops of cottOI
" corn. Those lands which produce
GO cotton Weed and possess a fat
"#a- Of hUmuS or ~otten Vegeta bIj
". do hest in corn. The rapid am
.nHut Growth Of corn require:
ure an1 well drained land deficicn
..'."e1 vegetable matter will not re
2 Hnisture sufficiently to insure
".o. yield Of corn. Humus. is tn
Important clement in the soil 70
""f'nton Of moisture and a soil wei
a With that clement rarely suf
+ from iroughts
ran9ct be made too rich for corr
"cII supplied with humus. Tn
of the ears will usually bear
proportion to the stalk, hence
#"aFE stalk Will produce CORE
."Ha" heavy ears. Corn SHOULD