The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-06
MODEL FARMER IN
AUTAUGA COUNTY
c, V. Lamar Makes Success on
Poor Land
He BUYS FINE CATTLE
Net Proceeds From 100 Acres Per Year
Is About $1soo-Fine object
Lesson For Alabama
Farmers.
He BUYS FINE CATTLE
BY H. e. GIBSON.

Prattville, June 5.-(special)-Some 70
years ago C. V. Lamar bought on credit
16O acres of land which at that time was
considered about the poorest OF this
county. He had two plug mules and
a two-horse wagon with a small supply
of household goods. He thus commenced
on land that was so poor that little could
grow on it save poverty weed.
By chance he began to sell some but
ter, and finding ready sale for all the
butter he could make he lost no time
in securing several milch COWS and be-
gan to make more butter. This, with
some truck growing, proved more sue
cessful than he had been able to do with
cotton, and he therefore gradually turned
loose cotton, and some six years ago
turned all of his attention to his dairy
business and truck farming. Mr.. Lamar
has today herd of 10 of the best bred
and best grade Jersey cows in the state
The income from his butter and truck
farming, all conducted on the 160 acres
of land, is an average of about $lSo0 per
year net. This land today is in a hlgh
state of cultivation, as one will Know
when it is said, as a fact, that at
single harvest 35 and 40 bushels of oats
per acre were produced on a field OF 81
acres without using pound of fertiilzef
The last corn crop averaged ABOUT 30
bushels per acre and not pound of fer
tjlizer was used. Such results come, or
course. from the care and building up of
the land heretofore too poor to cultivate
In any kind of crop.
Besides butter and truck farm business
conducted by Mr.. Lamar, he has small
orchard which is perhaps one of the pest
in the state and he shows himself as
capable in caring for orchards as build
ing up lands and looking after a dairy
business. He shows some peach Trees
which something over two years ago
were practically dead when he undertook
to renovate them by pruning the tops
and fertilizing the roots; he has made
new tree. and today they are equal to
the new tree four years old. He has ~
acres well set in pecan trees, some OF
which are 10 years old, and ranging down
TO years old; these are of the best va
rieties of pecan, and will be bearing IN
the near future.
Mr.. Lamar is a believer in machine
work for everything that can be done by
machinery. He has cutters for cutting up
his hay and food for his cattle, shredders
for the purpose OF cutting up ms "
stalks and fodder, and modern machlnes
for harvesting his grain scattering MS
fertilizer and doing practically everything
that is done by machinery.
On going about this farm one is I'M
pressed that he is in the midst of some
western cattle RANCH and Mr.. Lamar ~
frequently asked by strangers whether ne
is not a western man. In all cases ne
takes great pleasure in informing them
that he is native of Autauga county
and has always lived here except when
he was in college. He has proved con-
clusively what may be done with energy
and economy properly combined HIS
methods of improving and filling the SOIL
are we'll worth the attention OF every
farmer in Alabama.