The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-18
diversified Farming.

....r .He evils which have come IN
...- of the country from the
OF Minnesota to the cotton
size South, from single cropping
.. wear on the same land, writers |
farmers to practice q more /
-.n.t agriculture. This is all right, !
...-.. ,.anpr and systematic diversified |
..-.....G primarily for the improN c
.s ... soil and the increased pro
..- the staple crop. But there /
. ... ..gc crown UP, in the South at
GLASS of newspaper writers who
..-... tae farmer should grow some
.... aI c,elything that his soil and
..... will produce. and that he should
#....ru.ug that can be grown On his land.
..u.I br dlvcr-lticatlOn with ven
-.. Gut would IT be busIness-like
,..o The adaptability of soil and
...t.. TO certain crops has made them
....-.u money crops Of various sections
In ... lgamiful valleys of Southeastern
~-..--r. aud North Alabama men atc
-,..... cotton On lands and under con
.r..- which point to wheat, grass and
...e The, can grow cotton, 1t Is true.
r-- .a.U do better by making wheat and
.att.. heir Specialties, as here and there
...es .. doing. Then in the true cotton
warm, sandy SOILS OF the SCUM
t,.-.. and the Gulf, we find men scat
t.Hz tNeIr energies in growing some cot
-.r. -.uo tobacco and some market garden
..,- and Yet no one of them sufficiently
-....#z.4 to get the best that can be
made IRON them. What we need in every
..r- ur the country Is not to produce
some. ing OF erything we can grow, but
-.e..aIzeI farming. in which the whole
rotation is devised for the purpose OF in
l...-ug the production Of whatever may
h. r.4 best money crop Of that section,
il t..~ is wheat. then farm for wheat, not
sowing vast areas year after year IN wheat
until the land viii no longer produce d
paying crop but farm Systematically, and
m.-- the lard pay It's way to the produc
... .t increased yields Of wheat. In like
..aacr if the money crop is tobacco, &C
ur f.'. INTO the old notion common II
-...a sections, that you can get your land
a. rich for the production of the bes
ta..eo. but farm for and i'll
.a#-tL production of tobacco
.# you viii find that increased
production per acre Will go hand IN hant
with improved quality. 1t is seldom Wist
t8 have two hoed sale crops on the sam,
fam N addition to the corn crop whicl
Wee ed must have IN this country. II II
addition to the corn we also try to grow
cotton and tobacco. one or the other vii
t4 APT TO be neglected and the improve
meat OF the soil interfered with. Til
Eolaceo grower Of the Middle and North
en States viii naturally be a wheat grow
a. since there Is no heed crop that pre-
rre~ such q fallow for wheat as tobacco
Nu te VIII be unWise if he adds anothe
a.I -alc crop to his tobacco. Corn an
ha
-a. in bis rotation, alternating each oti
ar ou the iand in each round of the TO
ta-au. But a third hoed crop, as a sal
crop. viii require the lengthening of tn
rotation, and Il longer time between tn
lauu- making crops Of legume>, and hero
-.sLer yields Of both money crops. Loc5
conditions here and there may make
profitable, as IN tire long seasons OF til
,.Hfu Atlantic States to vary sOmeWha
from this rule as the growers OF earl
vegetables there find that on their highi
"aaae3 land, they can grow large croI
d cotton after their early vegetables haN
uo.u Shipped North( and can multlpI
..u- ca their lands through the lon
=.a"|as season. But it is not OF I'll
market gardener and his intensive metl
a.~ "g write, but of the farmer whose II
''.-. lies liz selling wheat or other gran
cotton or tobacco. Each should be a sp
.- with his money crop, and yet NJ
single cropper. He should feed cattl
u. course. a. much for the aid they w
@+ BID the increased production of h
crop - for the profit direct fro
TIE cattle II he neglects stock feedI
#" "#I invariably fail to get the best T
>.|- from his wheat tobacco or cotto
III short. he should make a profession
..|t.#l2. study H!N crops. study his la1