The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-22
THE ALDRICH SYSTEM.
Originator Shows Advantages OF Germ
and Cotton Planted Together.

tho comm lnicatiun in The Chronicle
OF the 9th of February from Elm.
wood, sisn.d co." and while tue
writer is evidently an intelligent ans!
obsel want person, he plainly shows
that he has faiied tc grasp the best
features of "the A'drich system" OF
planting and cultivating corn and !
cotton togather rs one crop, grown
on the same land tho same season
The great merit Of tho system is that
by it farmer just doubles his corn
yield without diminishing his cotton :
yield. b. it ho makes more corn
everv year than he can consnm,;
hence must sell corn at his nearest
market, or else produce stock TO con,
sumo That surplus. This stock h,
must sell at his nearest or best mark
ct, WHICH would lessen to that extent
the impol tation of grain, bacon or
beef from the WesG. And if every
farmer in the State would omplov
this system, the result would he that
in less than three years time hot a
bushcl Of corn nor pound of mcat
would ho sold in South Carolina cx.
cept Of tho home made alt,c'cs.
Think Whit wave of prosperity
would sweep over tho State when
such a condition Obtains!
Tho farmer who how produces ten
bales Of cotton and ono hundred
bushels of corn to the plow by plant.
ing Corn in one field an cotton in
another, would by the Aidrch svs
tenn produce ten bales of cotton and
two hundred to three hundred bush.
els of corn to the plow, with less
labor of man and mule than by the
system now in vogue what 1 call
the old played out plan. And he
likewise wou!o produce cheaper CO!
ton, since he would make, hisss1lassss1a,
.ssi,,a,', M,sh ths EpIia pais $.6w,na ,Lt wouIS w
necessary to cultivate his corn; nn(
1T would also tnko less pluwing t,
make the corn. Any practical farmer
can SEQ this at once. The farmeI
who can aud does make living b,
the cid system, will in few Years
tet rich by the new system, if ht
keeps. what he clea,s or rcinvests i
in farming.
This is as demonstrable as an
problem in mathematics. L wish you
correspondent Co." cf Elmwood, la,
carefully weighed tho corn, foddo,
peas and seed cotton ho made On th
land planted on the Allrich system
that we might be able to compare tll
net profit with that made in eithe
cotton rr corn Oh the same area {
land on either side Of it by the oI
plan. He says that his land w
make Thirty bushels Of corn or IL bnl
Of cotton per acre, if planted in ellhe
crop separately. [ claim that an,
of my land which will make sucl
yields, will produce thirty bushels o
corn and seven hundred and fift,
pounds of seed cotton per acre, b,
my system. Consequently, | would
have that much corn and seed cotton
TO show Per acre against thirty bush
els of corn or one bale Of cotton pro
duced by tue Oh method 1 would
have as fodder and nearly as much
peas too. My Gotten would be made
by the samo plowing that made the
corr; hence, won!d be cheaper cotton
per pound. Now let "O' figure out
the net profit on bale uf cottoa per
acre, and set against thirty bushels
OF cCrn and seven hundred and fifty
pounds Of seed cotton, and compare
balance sheets. go" says, "I do not
think Mr.. Aldrich claims that You
can produce rs much corn and cotton
as II every row wero planted in either
CROP" NO. The yield of cotton
would be only onc-half, but the corn
would be n full yield. Why not?
You would plant ju the sumo nun
Der OF bills per acre by lessening the
intervals one-half on the seed bed,
consequently rs many ears per acre
would be gathered as though every
row were occupied. 1t may be true
as "O says, that my system is better
aoal ted to some 60 than to others
but have seen no farming lands in
Barnwell, Aiken, Orangebury, Tx
ineton, Saluda or Edgefeld COUNT,
which will not vindicate tho sonnd-
ness Of my proposition, if given an
opportunity to do so.