The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-24
THIS SIX-ACRE FIELD
BRINGS OWNER s2,79O.
Phenomenal Yields on Fa-
nous Belmont Farm
Near Smyrna.
(From the Macon telegraph

| ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 18.-"Any planter
who will feed his cattle properly bal
anced ration and fertilize heavily with
the manure gathered in his cattle
barns, can do what have done," said
Loring Brown, owner and manager Of
the famous Belmont farm near Atlanta,
as he pointed with pride to the six-acre
field on which this year with two crops
he has made 50, 100. This phenomenal
record has attracted the attention of
the State Department of Agriculture
and caused personal visit of Capt. r.
f. Wright, assistant commissioner of
agriculture, who is enthusiastic over
this wonderful crop.
1t is believed that nowhere outside of
a truck farm has this record been sur
passed, and it is doubtful il many of
these, with as poor start, have done as
we'll. The little farm of SO acres
is located on the trolley line between
Atlanta and Marietta, near Smyrna.
OF this amount of land only 20 acres are
in use and only 8 are in cultivation,
which makes the record all the more
phenomenal.
The fame of Mr.. Brown has spread
the country over, and there is not day
but what his model establishment is
visited by scores. Between the trolley
tracks and his home is the 6-acre field
referred to, on which $2,790 has been
realized this year.
The manure with which his crops are
fortified is gathered from his herd of
fifty Jersey COWS, thirty of which are in
constant use, and from which he sells
weekly to DR.. Joe Jacobs, of Jacobs
Pharmacy, 800 worth of cream. From
this it is seen that Mr.. Brown makes his
dairy pay him 5000 year, exclusive
of the calves, which bring from $50 to
$3.50 each
Last winter the manure from the
herd of cattle was placed upon this g.
acre patch. This spring it was sowed
in oats and raised 800 bushels, which
were sold at 81 bushel. Heavily fer
tilted with this cattle manure again,
to which some acid phosphate was
added, the 6-acre field was planted in
Irish potatoes, which grew 200 bushels
to the acre, and were sold at 81 bushel
for seed potatoes, bringing the total for
tho fvDn This folA mn 70
the amount named, s., 100. Nor is this
all, for Mr., Brown has another patch of
two acres which was fortified with
green cow manure, 200 loads being
placed on this field last winter, and this
spring sowed in corn. The second and
last time it was plowed, acid phosphate
and potash was added to the COW ma
nure, and from this two acres Mr..
Brown has gathered IT'S bushels of seed
corn, so per cent, of which has been
sold for So bushel and one-half of the
remainder at $3.50 a bushel, and in
addition $50 worth of corn stover was
secured from this 2-acre patch, making
a net sale of $3.50 from the two acres
and leaving Mr., Brown some forty odd
bushels of corn to be planted next year.
! Between these two patches Mr., Brown
utilities y acres for his poultry and
cattle barns, there being between four
and five thousand chickens in the coops
and between seventy five and one hun
dred hogs.
In discussing his farm, of which he is
justly proud, Mr.. Brown said: 81 have
only been on this place little over a
year and have sold over SIS, 0CO worth
off of it, The land here cost US SO, soc
and we have spent $1,000 in stocking
and equipplng it Mr. Ed /. Wight is
associated with me in the ownership OF
the live stock and chickens on the farm
We have here an 'Agathas Gray Prince,
valued at $1,000. This bull was i'm.