The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-15
SUCCESS OF A NEWBBERY BOY
Money in Farming if Properly Man
aged.-Live at Home.-Cotton
Surplus.

two for croppers, but this report IS
for my wages crop alone.
First, made 135 bushels wheat.
Threshed $50 bushels oats and
saved about same amount for feed.
I have gathered the following:
500 bales peavine hay, with lot OF
peas.
"A loads peavine hay, with lot Of
peas, not YET packed.
40 loads peavine hay. unknown va
riety, not packed.
SO 4-horse loads fine slip shucked
corn, containing % bushels to load by
weight, making a total Of 1902 BUSH
els gathered.
5000 bundles fodder.
125 bushels COW peas.
200 bales oat straw put up.
200 bales oat straw with shucks.
80 bushels beardless barley.
I might say just here we have sold
$500 worth Of straw used for bed
ticks; $4,000 Of this being sold in
Laurens county.
believe in living at home and in
an effort to that end [ now have
seven hogs fattening for my use. Of
course it will not take that much for
nv use but will sell middings to my
hands.
I have IS acres in cotton to my
wages crop and IS to my two crop
pers, at one time thought [ would
make upwards of 100 bales, but as a
result of drought think I Will get
about 55 on wages crop and 25 cA
troopers. | may fall short of this:
but think I will reach ii.
/ have often said there is money
in farming, if conducted in a 5usl-
ness way. I used 400 pounds high
grade fertilizer to acre, Of my own
mixing on wages crop, and 300
pounds to acre for croppers. [ pre-
pare nv cotton land thoroughly in the
fall by first cutting cotton stalks with
a machine for that purpose. then
bed ont with two-horse plow. and #
possible subsoil all rows with Chat
tanooga subsoil using three large
mules. I think this a good plan to
have moisture in case of drought the
succeeding year Land should be thor
oughly prepared and worljeed shall
low and often. I use cultivators
freely in my growing crop. I planted
part Of my corn on Williamson plan,
following partly my own plan, using
500 pounds fertilizer to acre as corn
was punching for tasse} and loo
pounds soda when I laid by.
I have field of 6 1-2 acres in
front Of my house thus treated and
have just hauled it i'll and by actual
weight got rs bushels and Is pounds
to the acre measured. and this acre
was a fair average OF the held. L
contend that with fair seasons we can
make corn for 70 cents per bushel,
and to take present prices you see
there is good money in raising corn. L
will be able to sell 800 bushels OF corn
next spring. have not been as care
fu. in the past in selecting seed corn,
but this year l went over the field and
selected we'll shaped stalks with two
large ears and they near the ground
and pulled the largest ears. | feel II
is lust as essential in selecting your
corn 10 insure good yield as it IS IN
securing good. we'll proportloAed
Sows in raising good pigs.
T have come to another conclusfon
thai it is best to apply fertilizer just
before corn or cotton begins to fruit
as this fertilizer goes to the forming
Of The ear and boil rather than max
inc a large stalk. | expect to use oo'
mounds to The acre next year ant only
Du7. say $50 pounds when [ plar5 anc
about time squares begin to form
will make side application following
this ar Intervals Of about ten days.
Another thing We farmers do no
know or do not do. II land produce
cotton tina; grows s feet in height w
put the same analysis Of fertilizer a
we do very small weed and this shoul'
net be the case. Apply on larg
; Growth land. literally Of acid and p"!
. ash. and or land producing Sma]
SILK greater amo"gt OF ammoM:
: We know some land fruits better TIA
others.
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