Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-07-12
FARMER AND PLANTER.
GRATIFYING SIGNS.
Improved Farming Methods Co@AsRs
Into Vogue, Hut Too Much
Land il Cultivated.

Into Vogue Hua 100 huth
Land il Cultivated.
1t is very gratifying to see on e'
ery hand the evidence of improve
meut in farming Better work is be
ing done on many farms. Create
diversity Of crops and improved meth
DDS are in evidence. The farmers ar
reading and thinking more than for
merry Prosperity is taking the pIac,
Of failure and adversely. There is I
higher appreciation of the dignit.
of farm work The farmers are hold
ing up their heads among their fell
low men. The entire atmosphere 1.
changed The exodus from the farm,
/ is falling of. There is even dispo
sition to return to the farm on the
part Of many who had moved te
town. Many who have been reared
in the cities are now looking to the
farm as a more desirable home than
the city This Is a consummation de-
voutly to be wished for.
We have recently visited sections
with which we have long been IA
miliar Twenty-Five years ago these
lands were worn and washed and not
considered worth longer cultivation.
/ Thousands Of acres were abandoned.
Gullies and briars and old-feld pines
had taken possession. Dilapidation
reigned supreme. But great change
has been wrought, These fields have
been rccleared. The gullies have dis
appeared. The briars and pines have
gone. Crops. better than ever grew
upon these lands. are now growing
Restoration has done much of it's
marvellous work.
But on every hand and everywhere
one thing stands clearly evident,
Each individual farmer is trying to
cultivate too much land. There is a
kind of craze for broad acres Evil
dences of lack of thorough prepare
ton and thorough culture are album
dant. If you call attention to this,
the reply IS: I'VE have not haa time
to do this work as it should have
been done. Every man is over
cropped He is trying TO get from
twenty acres "''o' ne 0oI'o "".' 90
ten ! rom elBH OF zen WIN nun Oh ,ne
work and half of the expense. His
prouIS "oulu nave oeen more 'uan
uouoleu'
We have seen many fields Of wheat
where 20 acres would not yield
what might have been gathered from
two acres properly prepared and
so"n at the right time Even with
the imperfect preparation the early
sown wheat is making fair crops. But
the late soWn is almost universally a
failure. Where from thirty TO forty
bushels per acre might have been
made they are getting from four TO
six. If you inquire about this the
answer will generally be that this is
not a wheat year, But the fact still
remains that those who prepared |
their land thoroughly and sowcd at |
the right time have satisfactory
crops of wheat.
Winter wheat in this southland is
/ biennial plant 1t wants the last
half of one year in which to make
,oot development and the FIRST hale
If the next year in which to make
he grain If ii has not had timo
o make sufficient root DEVELOPMENT
n the fall, it is not apt to make SAT.
sfactory grain development in the
pring.
To make success of ,yboo+-aro,,
no the soil ghouId he broken fr,r,
weIye to fifteen inches e,rly IN +La
all when +be CLAW il drv mis- sLontI
e narrowed until If is fine tbnn
oiled down firm. and fine wbaat
own the latter part of October Wa
ave never known failure when this
Ian has been followed.
The same cri+icisr, is inca ,,.i.L
ard TO all tbe crons NO. ,a,,.l
round has been pIonted and tha
reparation has bean moor Cr+ don,1
ne acres and run nm tbe nrafts
bie oap no doro pr+ - ,'a,, ds., - -
.ake nm vour mind 70 do ttfa 49, .'Ds
,ere is one other +binr Which ' ,.+'
IN do You can oot bottan ~
ID work the land ha++or nan, 80
-oved indictments tuolha l..
oyv win break mora Iond - ~. (
IAN a oro-boreo No., ~ 10y
orh a great deal Lo+tor W. sno !
in 90 over three or fo,n. ,,,,,,, N. ~ :
nd in a dov ma -, ,'''1' 'i'
III or , sinnTo - ,,, @',."'i i''''o"
NJ b. 4 hott tne sam same time the work !
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n impress tbis no{n+ Ill -, = we
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