The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10
AN UP-TO-THE-MINUTE FARMER
Good Yield Made by DR.. W. G
Brown &c Commented On Editor
ialy by Washington Paper.

y copy or The Herald and News
which casually mentioned the yield
OF oats AMI corn and cotton made by
! DR.. ". {. Brown fell into the hands
Of the Washington, d. e., Herald
and under he caption ''An Up-to-the-
Minute Farmer.' the Herald writes
leading editorial which We give
herewith.
Dr.. Brown is not one Of the largest
tanners but he is an intelligent far
mar. He has no better land than
many other farmers, but the has
studied the fertilizer his soil needs
and knows how to apply it and then
how to cultivate it and then he pro-
ceeds to 10 it.
The facts mentioned by The Her
aid and News were stated by DR..
Brown one day to several gentlemen
on the street and he did not state
them for, publication but The Herald
and News knew DR.. Brown to be
truthful ald reliable and that he
would make no statement which
could not be verified and thinking
that publication Of what he had done
might encourage some other farmer
to do likewise the item was printed.
Whether DR.. Brown is in communi-
cation with the government at Wash
ington he can answer for himself.
We do not know.
He is president Of the Farmers
Union for this county and is always
ready to help his neighbors. He not
only does good farming but he keeps
good stock.
We do not know whether he has
any desire to have 'postmaster''
added to his name, but if it should
take him from his farm it would be
misfortune for nim as we'll as the
vocation he is now following so sue
cessfully.
Another farmer in this county, in
another section, where the seasons
were not favorable did not make so
much to the acre but with three
plows made IS bales of cotton, 300
bushels Of corn and 1000 bundles of
fodder. This is not SO bad. In fact
it is very good. We suppose ne mads
some oats also. He is not a large
farmer either. It is the small far
mer who attends to his business, who
informs himself and applies hi:
knowledge who is succeeding. He
should get this knowledge from
Washington or anywhere else.
:: But mere is the editorial, to which
reference was made, from the Wash
ington paper:
That the motto on the coins clear
| ing-house certificates and the what
nots Of modern business and legisla-
tive movements and manipulation
need have no t5rrors for farmers of
intelligence and circumspection is
proven most abundantly in the case
Of one DR.. W. C. Brown Of Newber
rv, S. C. If all the agricultural ac-
Movements attributed to this partic-
ular genius by the Newberry Herald
and News are true his methods are
we'll worth studying by those inter-
ested in such matters; provided, of
course, he may be induced to reveal
the secrets thereof.
| We read in the Herald and News
some startling statements about the
prowess of DR.. Brown. We note
that he thinks little or nothing Of
reaising twenty bales Of cotton on
fourteen acres of land; while he is
credited quite casually with gather
| ing sixty bushels of oats from one
certain acre Of ground; only to re-
plant it Immediately in corn aid
reap ninety bushels of that! HIS
motto is, "How much better it is to
plant a few acres and gather as
much grain as we gather from many
acres.''
We have not the pleasure Of DR..
Browns acquaintance. We are not
familiar with the result-getting lines
along. which he proceeds. We sus-
pect, however, that he is one OF those
arericulturists~ with whom the gov
erament at Washington has been in
league and toward whom attention
is directed in the Presidents mes
sage to Congress. wherein he says:
"The Department of Agriculture
has in many places, perhaps especial
117 IN certa;n districts Of the south,