The leader., 1905-05-13
COTTON AREA IN ANTE.
The Acreage IN That County Reduced
About Is Per Cent.


was expressed as to whether the
! farmers we're really reducing
! their acreage or not, we made it
convenient on Saturday last to in
terview number of farmers from
different portions Of the county as
to what they and their neighbors
l|Were doing in this important mat
, ter. We here give the substance
of what each one said:
7. I'll. Butler, of O'Neals Up
to this date (April 24) | have not
planted an acre of cotton, should
4 Che weather be unfavorable / will
plant but little. The acreage
planted in cotton this year will be
4 less than last year.
j. nj. Smith, near Liberty
The acreage planted in cotton this
/ year will be reduced from what it
was last year. We realize the
Importance Of so doing, having
agreed to reduce the acreage and
use Of fertilizer % per cent. we'll
do it.
ii Lambert Bros. The area plant
ed in cotton this year will be re-
duced from what it was last sea-
son.
f. M. Berryill- Yes, the acre
tIage with US will be reduced.
More lands are being put to pas
Eture this year than ever before.
D. B. Ferrell Il planted land
. sufficient last year to raise twenty
eight bales. If that which / will
put in cotton this year produces
/ fifteen bales / will be satisfied,
having complied with my obliga-
ton. am using the same guam
tity of fertilizer this year that /
ibid last year, much of which was
lput under corn.
4 +. G. Fugler The cotton acre
Iage on my places will be reduced
| from last year Is to 25 per cent.
4 r. S. McLain On my home
place the acreage will be reduced
so per cent.
n Jim Anderson, colored / had
between twenty eight and thirty
Iacres in cotton last year. have
reduced it eight acres. Have
planted the eight acres in corn. /
know Of several other coIored
lmen who are bigger farmers than
iii who have reduced their acreage
more.
/ We interviewed several of the
Il Heading merchants as to the guam
tity Of fertilizers sold, compared
with last year:
! w. d. Johns, of Barney, Johns
& Co. We have sold about half
as much.
w. III. Ratcliff, Of McLain &
Ratclif Our sales are little
Iabove half Of what they were last
year.
j. d. Causey My sale of fer,
ltilizer is about half, compared
with last year.
M. Kahn My sale of fertilizer
Ills about so per cent. Of what it
|, was last year. / have more Gus
toners than last season.
g. p. McGehee have sold
[abont as much fertilizer this year
as last, but it has been taken BY
greater number of people, most Of
whom are buying about half of
what they did last year.
r. FL. McLain, Of McLain e
Tatum Our sales Of fertilizer are
Iabout so per cent Of what they
we're last year.
b. e. Jacobs, of Jacobs & Nc
,I Daniel The sale of fertilizer by
us is SO per cent. less than last
year, now that We have none,
there is a good demand for it.
The answers given BY farmers
indicate a reduction of the acreage
more than 25 per cent. The mer-
chants answers indicate greater
reduction than was anticipated.
Il The farmers interviewed live III
different parts Of the county,
widely separate, showing that the
lmove to reduce the acreage and
curtail the use of fertilizers is
livery general throughout this
county. The farmers have said,
ssiVe I'll do it, and we believe that
-tkhav miI 4Iocfots Rae0rd