The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-28
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS.
When Shall We Discard the old and
Adopt tfle New and Better
Methodist

The editorial in November 18th is
sue on Laying Foundation for Sue
sess" was certainly timely, and the
opening sentence, The majority Of
farmers are farming by force Of habit
Or BY surrounding circumstances, can
not be too often or too forcibly i'm
pressed upon the attention of southern
farmers While attending the fair at
Macon we had gentleman To give US
his experience, which well illustrated
the case in hand, and made profound
impression upon US, and we take the
liberty TO repeat it to our readers, hop
ing it may make lasting impression
making their plans for the new year.
This gentleman said:
Z was born and reared in Hancock
county I owned a good farm, but
worked il along in the old Shallow,
shocking style, Went fox hunting ana
took an active interest in local poll
tics, SO / got badly in debt. In fact, |
had to sell land, stock and everything
III pay out / came down to south
Georgia, near Dublin and rented q
tWo-horse crop on halves'-just like
any other tenant. a wealthy man
down there saw | was not afraid Of
work and he made me a proposition
to oversee for him for wages and to
let my TWO sons run crop on shares.
| stayed with him three years. He
started me into the method of deep
blowing and high manuring, and !
began at once to make large crops
and to clear money each year. Last
fall 7 bought of him 20 acres Of land
and commenced On my own hook
again I have 108 acres in cotton,
have ginned 81 bales ana will make
about 120. Have already ginned four
weighing 1000 pounds; will make 80
and 40 bushels Of corn per acre, I
every acre cultivated; bought the in
gradients and did my own mixing;
broke every foot Of land as deep as
q tWo-horse pillow would go. / had Z
acres for hay. | broke this land with
a two-horse pillow and put 600 pounds
peas and sorghum; have fed away
several loads; baIed rs bales and
have enough to bale that much more.
Under my cotton and corn I put 200
pounds of guano in drill before plant
ing, and 200 on each side after the
crop comes up, and when I work it
the second time. I will clear any
where from $1,000 to $1,000 on this
years crop.
Now, this ought to make us think.
Here is a man past middle life, with
everything lost by following the old
| methods in vogue IN over three
fourths of the south. But forced to
begin life again, he adopted new meth
DDS and his efforts are crowned with
abundant success. The question now
is, will We wait to be forced, or will
we voluntarily change to deep p1ow-
ing. thorough cultivation and high ma
nuring2 AL who read and think,
We know the right, and approve it
too;
Condemn the wrong. and yet the
wrong pursue.
Now at the close Of 1904. and at the
beginning of 1905, let's emit all half
handed methods-all these spreading
out, +" scattering over ways, and be-
gin Alright the only true and worthy
way Of thoroughness in all our work.
And look forward to the only genuine
prosperity which must come from
well-tilled land and diversified crops.
Thinking more. of corn, grain and
stock and less of cotton. and then we
won't be standing around waiting for
it to go to ten cents, as we see SO
many doing noW.-G. F. Hunnicutt, in