Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-12
$4,000 SOLD OFF Sc
ACRES IN A YEAR
What Can Be Done on q
Small Georgia Farm
Fertilized Entirely From
Cattle Kept on Place
---Fine Lesson This.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov 11-"Any plant |
er who will feed his cattle on cotton |
seed, properly balanced, and fertilize
heavily with the manure gathered in |
his barns can do what l have DONE"
said Loring Brown, owner and pro-
prietor 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 /
$2,790. This phenomenal record has
attracted the attention of the State |
Department of Agriculture and caused |
a personal visit of Capt R. F. Wright, |
Assistant Commissioner of AgricuI- |
-ture, who is enthused over this Won |
derful crop.
1t is believed that nowhere outside
of truck farm has this record been
surpassed, and it isdoubtful if many
of these, with as poor start, have done
as we'll. The little farm of thirty-six
acres is located on the trolley line be-
tween Atlanta and Marietta, near
Smyrna. OF this amount of land only
twenty acres are in use and only eight
under 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 troll
ley tracks and his home is the six
acre field referred to, on which $2,79O
has been realized this year
The manure with which his crops
are fortified is gathered on his place
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 $4,000 a year, exclusive of the
calves, which bring from $50 to $3.50
each.
Crop Rotation Method.
Last winter the manure from. the
herd of cattle was placed upon this
six-acre patch. This spring it was
sowed in oats and raised $50 bushels,
which were sold at 81 bushel. Heav-
lily fortified with this cattle manure
again, to which some acid phosphate
was added, the six-acre field was
planted in Irish potatoes, which grew
200 bushels to the acre and were sold
at 81 a bushel for seed potatoes,
bringing the total for the two crops
on this siX-acre field up to the amount
named $3.50.
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
winted, and this spring sowed in corn,
The second and last time it was plow-
ed acid phosphate and potash was adj
ded to the cow manure, and from this
two acres Mr.. Brown has gathered
IT'S bushels of seed corn, so per cent
of which has been sold for S. busheI
and one-half of the remainder at $3.50
a bushel, and in addition $50 worth of
corn stover was secured from this two
acre patch, making a net sale of $3.50
from the two acres and leaving Mr..
Blown some forty-odd bushels of corn
to be planted next year. Between
these two patches Mr.. Brown utilizes
twelve acres for his poultry and cat
tie barns, there being between four
and five thousand chickens in the
coops and between seventy-fve and
one hundred hogs.
Wonderful Development.
In discussing his farm, of which he
is justly proud, Mr.. Brown said: Il
have only been on misplace a little
over a year and have sold over $751;
600 worth off of it. The land here
cost US $4,000 and we have spent
$4,000 in stocking and equipping it.
Mr.. Ed L. Wright is associated with
me in the ownership of the live stock
and chickens on the farm. We have
here an 'Agathas Gray Prince valued