The Robesonian., 1909-07-22
GOOD FARMING.
Four Crops a Year on the Same
Land-How it is Done.

$3.50 an acre or more from the
same land that sold twelve years
ago for $3.50 an acre! Who will
say that is not progressive farm
ing? Where? Right here in
North Carolina. To be more ex-
act, right here in Cumberland
county. Who? Mr.. D. K. Tay-
lor, Fayetteville, R. F. D.. is do
ing that kind of farming out on
the Center plank road in Sew
enty-First township, a few miles
west Of this city.
Mr.. Taylor has 10 acres OF land
on which he raised four crops last
year successfully, and on which
he is doing the same thing this
year. Here is the way he does
it:
After breaking up" the land
deep with a tWo-horse ploW, he
planted the 10 acres in Ameer
and Alaska peas, early table va
rieties for the northern markets.
Last year he planted only the
Alaska, but this year he planted
part of his land in the Ameer.
About March 25th he planted
roasting ear" corn midway be-
tween the pea rows, which were
about 81 feet apart. After the
peas came off he planted field
corn halfway between the early
corn rows: that is, in the rows
first planted in peas. Now when
the early corn is gone he will sow
field peas broadcast" between
the field corn rows. Now, as to
the value of the crops:
Mr.. Taylor shipped from the 10
acres SIT crates of early peas,
which brought about an average
of 80 cents a crate clear of the
freight and commission house
charges, or a total of $413. 60
for the first of the four crops
grown on the land this year.
From this must be deducted 12a
cents a crate for cost of picking
and of course the cost of the
crates.
He was not through with ship
ping early corn last week wher
he gave US these figures, but he
had shipped 493 crates. tits con
servative to say that he will have
, shipped 500 crates from the crop
For this he gets an average O.
80 cents a crate, or a total O.
$3.50 for his early corn crop.
Of course the field corn is no
yet matured, but on the sam
land and under the same condi
tions last year he got 375 bushel
of corn. At 81 a bushel thi
would be 1915.
The field peas he will hav
picked and saves for sale O
planting or for stock feed, whil
the vines he will "plow under
to fertilize the land, and there
no better fertilizer. Last yea
was a bad year for field peas, an
Mr.. Taylor would not even max
q an estimate of the value of thi
crop this year. To be sure it
safe to say that if it be an ave-
= age year for peas, the vines an
legumirous roots and the pea
picked will be worth 1925. 90.
The value of the four crops
round figures will be about ;
follows, under normal condition
Early peas s 414.(
Early corn 45O.(
Field corn 375.(
Blade fodder 36.(
Field peas 225.(
S15OO.(
Now this does not include Il
vines of the early peas, whie
Mr.. Taylor says is an exceedin
ly fine horse and cattle feed.
AS to the expense, Mr.. Toyl
says it requires a less labor co
to grow and market these fo1
crops on 10 acres than to gro
and market 20 bales of &C
- ton on 20 acres-a bale to tt
o. acre on twice the amount of Ian
4 He uses about 1850 pounds
n fertilizer to the acre at cost
= SIS ton, or about $22 an ac1
& It costs about 81 to cut and sho
h the early corn forage.
k The land on which this farl
ing is done was IL years ago
E Wornout ''old field" that h
B been abandoned about the tir
of the Civil war, having be
& considered poor land. 1t is lig
i land with a clay subsoil.