The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-28
Agr1cuHural Department
CONDUCTED BY FULTON 8. WHITE.

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 Of a patent fertilizer l was selling l told him 1 was neither buying nor selling anything, but that if he would come across the way I would give him a book by which, if read and put to practice, he could grow next year twenty bushels of wheat on one acre. He did not think enough of fl to come after the book. To such farmers as this we had just as well give a Hostetters almanac 10 farm by as to give them a bulletin on grain growing
 Twenty-Bushel Farmer.
 But take the farmer who is growing twenty bushels. we persuade him 10 spend se Der acre for fertilizers and q extra for seed. This s6 for plant food should be exclusive of what he is able to furkish from his own farm in way of providing the necessary humus by the use Of elovers Or eowpeas, turned under or by appliea- ton of harnyard manures. Tn other words, If the farmer does not have sufficient well routed manure to furnish a food top dressing, he will have to buy, per haps. s6 worth of chemical plant food for this purpose If this s6 worth of plant food is proparly managed it will give an increased yield of from ten to fifteen bushels of a high grade wheat per acre. Put 1t at ten bushels, worth d per bushel and he was s4 profit. But there Is the dollar extra for seed to come out which still leaves a balance of $3 profit. The extra seed will hardly cost a dollar He has to SOW his own seed anyway, and he can usually sell this for D cents al- lowing one bushel per acre. Our farm CTS have offered the best seed wheat grown in the United States for S1.35 per bushel So this would make the seed cost but % cents per acre above the poor seed. But the farmer would be the gainer In the end. even if the increased yield of wheat but bareliy paid for the plant food, for his land is in a fine condition for producing a big crop of clover which should be allowed to grow right along In the wheat; or if he should want to fol- low this wheat crop with corn there is rest and plant food enough left In the soil 10 enable Ii to give largely in- creased yield of corn. This Is one of the offices of a wheat crop In a rotation of crops. It rests the soil and enables 1t to gather plant food, SO that the crops which are to follow will be greatly bene- tited. So every farmer should use wheat In rotation of crops. whether he sees much profit in dollars and cents or not But any intelligent farmer who will go at the matter right can clear at least S10 per acre on q wheat crop and have left his soil in a fine condition for any other crop which he wishes to grow
 Complaint VIII Be Made.
 know that many of our readers are ready to say: We just cannot afford to turn under these clover and pea vine crops We must have them for hay, and to use ss6 worth of plant food on our land Why. we never would get that money baclSs This class of farmers remind me of an incident that occurred when I was a boy. A good old minister was holding a protracted meeting In little country town. Close by lived a very wealthy farmer who cared little for religion and who seldom went to church. The minis ter meet him several times when he would come to town and insisted on his coming to church So finally the farmer said: Here, I will tell you what I will do. I will send my carriage for you You come take dinner with me. I will drive you over my farm, and l agree to come with you to your night meeting !" Agreed" said the minister. It chanced that the farmer had a very wise negro for a coachman. As they drove around over the farm the farmer kept calling the attention of the minister to fine crops or stock. "oh. yes." replied the min ister. you have everything nice here, but have you never thought of the import ance of laying up part of your treasures in heaven?"
 Soon the farmer was called to see a friend, so he told the coachman to drive