Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-10-13
4 Of Commission
81 B. Stevens.
slEsTloN OF LABOR.
OF LABOR
ssioner Gives Some Timely and
lnabls Suggestions to Farmers
OF Georgia.


Iaabls Suggestions to Farmers
Of Georgia.
ne question Of labor is getting to
uch serious one TO our farmers
It is very essential to their sue
to find some plan which will en-
% them, with less labor and less
feage, to raise as much cotton a.
aretofore.
Of course it will require very scien.
lilc farming to raise as much cotton |
4n ten acres as used to be raised on |
twenty. To do this will require intel.
ngence and diligence, Some in Gsor-
8ia have done it; why not others?
There are farmers of our acquaint' |
ance who have taken land that was
considered exhausted and almost
worthless, and by careful, persistent,
dillgent farming on the intensive
plan, have brought IL up to the point
where 1t produces on the average one
bale Of cotton to the acre. This has
been done by careful study Of the
needs of the land, by judicious ro-
tation Of crops and skillful use Of both
domestic and commercial fertilizers.
Success demands not only the ex'
Denditure Of time and labor, but also
of money. Put as much time on ten
acres as you did on twenty and spread
upon the ten as much fertilizer as
upon the twenty and you can doubls
she average production to the acre, |
But no farmer can hope to obtain this
result who uses oldfashioned tools |
and the oldtime methods.
Use the Best Tools.
In order to properly pulverize the
soil and get the right kind of a seed. |
bed, which is the frst essential of sue.
CESS with every crop, and then to prop
@rIy plant and cultivate, the farmer
aust use improved plows, rollers, har
rows, planters, weeders and cultiv@ |
tors. With improved Implements the
FARMER will be able not only to plow |
khe land to the necessary depth, but
also with rollers to crush the clods on
across the field, with no clods left UNI
broken, to require the extra labor Of
going over the field and breaking them |
one at time. In order to use this |
Improved machinery the field must |
cf course, be cleared Of stumps and |
rocks.
Preparation and Cultivation.
When the farmer has thoroughly |
&urned up his land with the pillow. sub. |
sOillng II necessary, and every clod |
has been thoroughly broken with har |
row and roller, he should then put on |
the necessary kind and amount Of fer. |
tilixer by either broadcAsting OF |
by opening the burrows and
bedding on it, If 1t is put between the
rows. When ready TO plant, he will |
DO we'll to distribute a small part OF |
fertilizer with the seed
In the we'll prepared soil he should |
put the seed in rows from three to sir |
feet apart, and when the plants havS
grown TO sufficient height thin them |
out to distance of twelve or twenty
four inches apart, determining the dis
lance by the fertility of the soil
The great thing TO be desired is
that the stalks. when grown, should |
barely meet in the row. so that they |
may thus secure the strength of the |
land for the fruit.
Fertilizers.
A judicious use of fertilizers in, |
creases greatly the productiveness Of
the fields.
On every farm there are manurial
lEesources-from the horse lot, the
COW pen and the barnyard These
should all be gathered together and
saved under shelter for use at the
proper time.
A compost Of these animal manures
with mari, muck, cotton seed and
commercial fertilizers will greatly re-
duce the cost Of fertilization. AS has
been remarked by one Of our most
successful farmers, the COW ID
the best fertilizer factory. II in the
lot which has been used as
COW pasture the ground IL turned every |
month or so, and the cattle removed |
20 another lor the whole farm may be
gradually enriched up to the point
where 1t will have double Its former
productiveness, and even more. pro
yided the farm is we'll supplied with |
i've stock. Every up-to-date farmer |
snnst so manage that his farm shall
be thus supplied. He should have a |
few fat cattle to sell every year. and
yet have an increase of his herd. Sew
enty-nve per cent of the food which
fAey consume will be returned to the
land under proper management. and
bis herd will not only pay for the
expense Of their keeping, but give him