The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-08

Net proceeds from farm. .$3,S62.71
| No financial statement of the
stock-feeding operations is given, as
here are not sufficient data at hand.
The owner states that there is a
small profit on the feeding and that
the manure is produced without cost.
In closing this report Mr.. Good
rich says:
"The important features to be
noted in the management of the
farm described are the following:
C"The Strengthening of the old
borders. the clearing away of bushes
and scrubby trees. the filing of gull
lies and the getting of fields into bet
ter shape for cropping operations.
| ("2) The deep blowing in broad,
generally sloping lands, instead of
terracing. to control surface water
and prevent the formation Of gullies.
("S) The deep and thorough sys-
tenn of soil preparation for crops by
broadcast ploughing and sub-soiling.
c'4) The adoption and practice Of
systematic rotation of crops, in
cluding money crops Cotton is the
principal money crop.) feeding crops
(corn. oats, cowpeas,) cleansing crops
the clean cultivated corn and cot
TONI and manurial crop (cow-
peas,) thus providing for the main
tenance of soil fertility and for lib.
eral cash revenue besides the neces-
sary hay and grain for maintaining
the work stock and small herd of
cattle and hogs.
C5) The feeding Of cattle and
hogs for the purpose Of converting a
part Of the grain and roughage Of
the farm into animal products for
sale and into manure for the main
tenance of soil fertility.
coo The building of cattle shed
for the comfort Of the stock and for
the protection of the manure from
teaching rains and burning sun.
CO The maintenance of and the
increase In the supply Of humus in
the soil by the use of barnyard man
ure and the plowing In of vegetable
material for the control Of moisture,
plant food. ventilation and germ life,
most important factors of soil fer
tility.
cS) The application of barnyard
manure to the cotton land In a rot
ted and moist condition, covering it
Immediately two or three months be-
fore planting, and the thorough mix
ing of the manure with the soil be-
fore putting In the crop. thereby
diminishing. If not entirely eliminat-
Ing, the tendency of the crop to burn
hlch often occurs in dry seasons
-yhen the crop is planted on recently
applied coarse manure.
("9O The greater space given each
individual cotton plant as the soil be-
came more fertile and the plants
grew large. thus giving room for
large. we'll branched, heavily fruite d
plants.
| C"10) The closer planting Of the
more slender growing corn as the soil
became more fertile, thus insuring q
| sreater number of stalks to the acre
and increasing the possibility Of Sc
curing larger yields.
| C1D The immediate good results
The first year Of the present manage
.ncnt indicated by yields OF L.
>ales of cotton per acre and 81 bush
lis Of corn per acre, as compared
with previous yields of 500 pounds
If seed cotton and to bushels o.
corn per acre.
| C12) The continued increase Il,
rop yields accompanying q decrease
| n the amount of commercial fertili-
Zcr used. the cotton yield increasing
! rom 10 bales per acre in 1902 to
s.72 bales per acre in 1908 with 500
| Dounds less OF commercial fertilizer.
the corn yield running up from 81
| ushels In 1902 to S5 bushels per acre
| n 1907, with 200 pounds less Of COM
.ne:cial fertilizer, IN the oat yield in
| oreasing from 10 bushels per acre
With $50 pounds of commercial fer
tilizer in 1902 to so bushels per acre
in 1908 without a pound of cOmemr-
cial fertilizer.
C'3) The substantial and crafty
| ms financial returns.
| while the syatem of mans ging this
| !arln could he carried out in Gfetail
| on comparatively few other farms
one or more Of the main features of
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