The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-13

crops can be grown at reduced cost.
BY the use of such labor saving imple-
ments the wages of one man can be
saved and this win buy the extra mule,
while the improvement of the land and
increased crops will pay for the imple-
ments.
Again, the improved preparation will
not only reduce the fertilizer bill, but
will increase the effects of those Used
by enabling the soil to absorb and re-
tain more moisture. For the same rea-
son II will render the drouths of sum-
mer less injurious. Again by having
full team more work can be done, while
the land is in the best condition. in
both preparation and cultivation. BY
using wide scrapes and cultivators The
two mules will be able to cultivate the
corn and cotton promptly after each
rain and thus dispense with much OF
the hoe work. More than twice the
load can be carried on a two horse
wagon than on the one horse.
One man with two mules can do more
and better work in preparing land THAI
two men with one horse plows. One
man riding a moving machine can do
more work and do it better than five
men with grass scythes. BY using a
double team, without increasing the
area under cultivation, twice DIS much
soil is made available to plant roots,
while its capacity for absorbing ond
holding moisture is quadrupled. thus
diminishing the risk of injury to the
crops by either excessive rains or sum
mer drought, thereby insuring larger
crops of better quality at reduced cost
of production.
Not only is this true. but instead of
decreasing in fertility as is usually the
case with the one horse farm, with
judicious rotation and deep and thor
ougn preparation, the productive ca
pacity of the two horse farm is annual
~ increased. A three year system of
rotation in which cotton. corn, small
grain, peas and sorghum constitute the
principal crops may be made to COM
bine profit and progressive improve
ment of the soil.
Rotation suggested
The following rotation. combines
money crops, forage crops and soil
renovation:
First year:
Field (a) 20 acres cotton.
Field (b) 20 acres corn and peas.
Field (c) 10 acres small grain fol-
lowed by peas; 5 acres sorghum; 6 acres
peas and hog crops.
Second wear:
Field (a) corn and peas.
Field (b) small grain followed by
peas, sorghum and hog crops.
Field (c) cotton.
Third year:
Field (a) small grain foil owed by
peas, sorghum, peas and hay crops.
Field (b) cotton.
Field (c) corn and peas.
1t will be observed that IN his rcta-
ton two-thirds of the cultivated land
has humus supplying ana renovating
crops every year.
Sweet potatoes, ground peas. SOFA
beans, artichokes, rape and ch Ifas are
classed as hog crops. These are TO be
gathered by the hogs under movable
fences, which are easily made with ca
BILE hog wire, by mailing strips Of flank
TO the posts and bradding the wire to
the plank. To move this he plank with
the wire attached, can be rollei ANA
carried to the new plot to oe nclos"d.
The posts are reset at The same dis
lance apart as before and tie plank
renailed to them. BY this means pork
can be grown very cheaply without re-
course to the corn crib. Ten acres
should be sodded in Bermuda grass aha
several planted in Alfalfa, the former
for permanent pasture, and the latter
for green sailing or for hay. A f."
acres in Texas blue grass will com
nlete the pasturage for permanent 'lse
as this is green when bermuda Is der
mant. Rye sown thickly, part IN drill
and mart broadcast is the best winter
grass