The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-13
A Suggestion to Farmers.

] advise all to plant few acres in
some good variety of early corn, as ]
think we will want corn in our business
very carly next fall, especially so, rs the
wheat and oat crop prospect is almost O
blank. have planted a largo variety
of white corn for several years that ia
very early, and will ripen last of August
or first of September, if planted early in
April and the season is favorable, lie
with plenty of sunshine and rain. l
bought it.,of Messrs Bruce & Doster, of
Greenville, by ordering from the north
you might get it cheaper.
Tho bsst authorities say that guano is
not complete fertilizer for corn, and
does not pay II profit. This accorls with
my experience. Corn needs ammonia,
phosphoric acid, and potash. Some OF
the best posted men advice the buying
OF tho chemicals and mixing at home and
thus save four to five dollars per ton.
For all crops it is recommended to buy
cotton seed meal (for tho ammonia) acid
phosphate, muriate of potash, nitrate of
soda and if II very high per cent of
ammonia is desired use large proportion
OF the meal or buy muriate of ammonia.
think we ought to raise tho average
OF corn in our stnte to higher point,
lO bushels per acre one Ct the very low
est iu the union. ] don't believe ono
can make living at that figure, without
beating somebody out of you and your
horses board. L advise all to hunt some
other avocation who cannot average more
than ten bushels of corn per acle.
There ought to be &C rows of corn on
IN acre of ground, 70 yards long, ono
half bushel to the row will make %
bushels of corn, and tho man that only
makes that much, will get rich slowly.
IL requires strong man, under our
process Of farming to cultivate Is acres
OF land: This would yield 345 bushels
80 OH for s1rinknge, with family of
8 persons "a wife aud three childrpn) 65
for bread, 100 for horse and visitors
lbut few too), G0f the COW and porkers
(scant fced) making 260 bushels, leaving
80 for taxes, clothing, physic, etc, and
to grow rich on; aud average the price at
Ducts. per bushel, q high average too, to
take 1t as it comes from the field, that is
more than mino is worth this year, even
at 81. 90 per bushel for good corn.
Whole is the man financially that only
make ten bushels per acre T think it !
pays to read good agricultural pap: rs or
those that have an agricultural pnge,
you get good ADVICE, especially so on
fertilizer formulas and methods of plant !
ing, sowing, cultivating, etc., and all
papers should have moro advice from
tho old farmers to the young ones in my
opinion. L am little old myself but
need information Oh the subject. have
learned to make hogs yield pound day
OF meat, but can't SEQ much profit in the
business, without 1 have potatoes prin-
cipnlly to feed on. Can someone lealn
me how to figure it to got q very small
profit 2
The largo number of mules and horses
England is buying for her army, is run
nmg up the prices, so tho farmer will
have to buy at higher pricos; and rs
things are running many men arc wear
ing cut the last one they will own. L
hear there is a large quantity of land
being dropped from cultivation because
OF the land owners and tenants are too
poor too own stock. I believe the adj
vice of many of the best farmers is to
plant so rows of corn to the acre. A
bale of cotton raised on 3 or acres of
land is as slow..as 10 bushels of corn.
AGRJcOT JaT