The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18

any crop harvested m Mdy, Juue of July. If early varieties are then planted, they may be harvested or pas tured in time to seed the same land to any of the above ctops, except Irish potatoes, while for the second crop of Irish potatoes an early crop of cow peas sown in May or not later than | the middle of June affords the taest preparation for planting the potatoes early in August. In such case the peas should be converted into hay and the ground immediately prepared for the second-crop potatoes. In addition to the value of the grain and hay se- cured from the cowpeas grown after grain harvested in the spring, and be- | fore grain seeded in the fall, there Is an increase in value of the subsequent crop of grain greater than the cost or the crop.of cowpeas.
 Fruit and Vegetable Growing. :. H. Benton, in Tri-State Farmer ana { Gardener.
 1t is evident, to the thinking man. that our farmers, to be successful, must get out of the "old rut" of depending entirely upon the old staple crops corn, cotton, wheat, oats, rice, etc. IL is not the purpose of this paper to ad, vocate complete change from the Weii understand crop to those that are not | but any one may observe that the suc- cessful farmer, at the present time, IS the one who diversifies his crops. I do not mean that any one man should grow the whole category or crops that may be grown in any iocai- ity of our State. but from the list or profitable crops which may be grown one should select the crop that he may have a personal preference for. It Is a mistake to undertake the growth or any crop that is not personal pleas ure, as well as profit. To be more suc- cessful the grower must love his plants From the long list of profitable fruits and vegetables, any one may easiiy a se, lect one two or three crops that could be cultivated to. advantage in connec- ton with the main crop.
 Tn conversation with Mir. G.. w. Holmes, a successful farmer of Madi- son, Ga, a few months since, he re- marked, T attribute my success to the diversihcation of products, and the thorough preparation Of my lands-let them grow up in weeds rather than plant lands poorly prepared. Thorough preparation is half of cultivation" MT. Holmes also stated that the reason so many of our boys leave the farm is be- cause the farm is not made attractive for them. The attractiveness of any farm may be added to by profitable selection of diversified products. The question of diversification should he guarded so that no man should un- dertake more crops than he can culu- vate and properly market to advantage. Select your crops so that no two will require your attention at the same time.
 Our city and factory population must be supplied with fruits and vegetables from some source, and 1t is a mistake with our saiubrious climate and re- sponsfve soils to let the supply come from other States To show what may be done in South Carolina in the way of fruit and vegetables submit the fol- lowing facts in figures of what is be- ing done in an adjoining State. What Is being accomplished there may be done here. .,
 It may be we'll to note, in passing, that personally interviewed the gem tieman named in this paper, and have the figures first handed. That apples can be grown profitably I call atten- ton to what Mir. s. M. wayman of Po- mona, Ga. has done. He has twenty five acres set in apple trees which were ten years old in 1901. During the fall of 1901 he sold 1,S00 bushels at $1.60 per bushei. f, O. b., which made a total value for the twenty-five acres of $2,- Ss0. MT. wayman says that the two principal points to be observed in growing apples are first a deep, pro- ductive, well-drained loam soil located in a valley; second, frequent and thor ough spraying.
 The Deitzen orchard located near Fort Valley, Ga, consists of eS,00O bearing peach and plum trees In. 1901 the owner received something over $34.S00 for his products after paying freights.
 A reliable peach grower of Georgia gave me the following results of his cron Fr0nf an orchard oP 4 E0n neach trees he netted $5,000 in 1900, lost his crop in 1901. and netted $4.500 in 1902.
 One of the largest pear growers in the South gave me the following fig- ures on pears. Fifty trees may be grown to the acre, these average one barrel tc the trae, each barrel averages
 vet Hn has found that 1t is rn- wise to apply nitrogenous fertilizers on commercial pear orchards. He used
 'A {" 7ao hounds per acre of mixture of acid phosphate and muriate. in the proportion of three parts acid phos- phate to one of muriate..
 Blight Is less active when no nitro gen is applied. He cultivates his or chards to keep the weeds down.
 Mir. L. c. Oliver of Bloomingdale, Ga. has grown Irish potatoes success fully for a number of years. He gives the following financial statement per acre:
  Cost of seed ............... 12.00 Cost of planting and cultiva-
 ton ................. 10 .O0 Cost of freight .............. 30. % Cost of gathering ........... 500
 Total cost .............S lO0. .0O
 Yield 60 barrels potatoes at $4.0O per barrel. $40. Net profit s14oOOO per acre.
 Irish potatoes grow best on a light, mellow sandy Ioam. moist but we'll drained. Stable manure often causes the tubers to be affected with scab, therefore the Irish potato is one of the
 few plants to which the preference should bc given to commercial fertiliz- CTS Use 800 to 1900 pounds per acfe of fertilizer analyzing about per cent. nitrogen, 8 per cent. potash and per cent phosphoric acid.
 MT. J. F. Merriam. of Atlanta, Ga, gives the following estimates.
 Cabbage gross receipts from one Tomatoes, gross receipts for one-
 half acre. ..... $500 Beets, gross receipts per acre.... $600 Lettuce, gross receipts per acre. <. $500 Beans, gross receipts. per acre.. S200 Lima beans, gross repeiets per
 acre. ., .. .. ...... ........ $500 Onions. gross receipts per acre. SITS Corn (sweet) gross receipts per
 Mai. G. M. Ryals, of savannah, Ga, averages 200 crates of cabbage per acre, which sell for $1.35 per crate $270 per acre. He plants corn after the cabbage which he sells for $50 ad- ditional.