The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-23

vines and beans and they make the
most feed for the least money OF any
crop l know of. besides building up the
land so fast.
grow cassaVa and velvet beans and
convert them into beef and pork and 1t
is by far the most profitable line of
farming a man can engage ill., 1t is d
[ mystery to me why more South srn
farmers do not plant Cassava for it IS
q grand crop for stock. yielding eight
to fifteen tons per acre, and can be
made at no more expense per acre than
corn. while | consider one scTe equal
to nine Of corn. one acre Of CASA y
will make 100 pounds of bacon and
[ lard. ! feed my mules on CasSava and
velvet bean hay from October to July
for So a head per month, while they
are doing the hardest kind OF wol k
and they keep up better than on a
grain ration.
| fatten an average of 500 head of
steers year on cassava and be ms.
BY next winter | shall have my own
cold storage and curing plant in opar-
alton when I expect to make 10000
pounds Of bacon and lard and DIRE. s
/ over 100000 pounds of beef. all of
which will be fattened on my own
farms.
The Florida station demonstr d
that the cost per pound in gain of live
weight in hogs fed on cas-ava was
only L cents per pound, whereas the
average cost per pound of gain on
grain in the great grain states is over
) cents per pound. Thu same station
fattencd fifteen read of steers on one
and three-qUarter acres of ca IVA in
sixty days with net profit of s7.31 per
head. The cost of making the crop on
the two acres not exceeding 500.
The high price Of meat products Of
fers the Southern farmer "A mine of
wealth in growing and feeding ve.vet
beans and Cassava to hogs and cattle.
There is hardly a farm in the South
but what can grow enough of these
crops at very little additional cost to
fatten IA dozen steers and twenty to
thirty extra hogs and make a hand
some profit.
MOneyed men have invested more
than $l,000,000 in stock raising in the
South during the past twelve months
and the farmers are letting good dol
lars go by.
The Cassava and velvet bean has
done SO much in building up a poor
farm and furnishing such a large
amount of feed and fertilizer, when |
realize that thousands of farmers in
the South are struggling along barely
making living on their wornout cot
ton farms, | consider it my duty to call
their attention to the value of these
crops and help them get out of the rut.
l would advise that the acclimated
seed be planted and to get them wide
ly introduced l have sent out great
many small packages at my own ex-
pense.
The seed cost SO per bushel and 1 can
not afford to give away the seed and
pay postage. TO help matters along 1
will send a large bag Of the seed if 25
cents in stamps is sent to cover post
age. The cassava canes are heavy
and to representative and leading
farmers in each county I will send "a
bundle of canes and bag of beans to
start an acre if they will forward 81
to pay express charges, if they will
agree to distribute a portion of their
first crop among their neighbors to get
them started.
l am not in the seed business, have
none to sell, but am a plain farmer
who is anxious to see farmers get all
they can out of their farms, and quit
making the fertilizer trust richer.
I will explain more about the cu;ti-
walton and uses of cassava and velvet
beans in future articles. While very
busy l will answer inquiries as far as
my time will permit, but stamped en-
velopes should be enclosed.
Kline o. Warn,
FairView Farm, Fort Meade Fla