La Junta tribune., 1910-04-16

NtAN 'AAfAaaAAAh al A'sAA "a
ed from him that he had not raised
an acre Of cotton last year. but had
launched out on a new program lie
raised seven hundred acres OF corn.
one hundred nIty acres Of oats. nfty
acres OF sorghum. ten acres Of cane
and a great quantity Of peanuts and
potatoes lie claimed that he netted
about &3.Ooo-S3 per acre. drove
out 70 the plantation TO see f.r my
self l. SIS a beautiful trar, OF land,
rich and wei uIIod % has raised
cotton fYr half century or more The
headquarters are not rXtrlyAsaut, a
one.story six or seven room house, a
barn. cribs, cotton houses. feed lots
and scattered over the plantation the
sordm mEgur shautI"s Hn sold 49,
600 bushels Ui com a. sIEtyeIslf
cents. and tud and suII holds prob
ably $500 bushels more. about twenty
four bushels per acre The foreman.
"uizger driver" told me. as we rode
over the plantation. when We were
on a back field. that this fold of
over TWO hundred acres did not yield
ten bushels per acre on account OF
late planting and lack 0f proper work
Just before laying the corn by as b.
often tine custom, part Of the corn
was sowcd 20 field peas. SIR. Pou.
drom. the owner. bought about soy.
aniyfiFe head OF raffl" 10 feed weigh.
ing about 600 pounds per head. when
! saw them ! could not help but
laugh They ought 90 De shipped lu
dpuble.lark cars Hr had faI them
o. rrCn more fHaH TWO months and
claimed they had gained about I50
pounds per- head aud that BOO four
months feeding h. expected them 90
gain 800 pounds As : have led cat
tle { doubted bis expectations lie
first turned the steers into the
sorghum. then into fho corn field 10
feed upon the corn left when the
corn was gathered and upon the
field peas. which yield a large fat.
fcuiug crop When ! saw the cattle
they were boz The feed lot being fed
on cotton seed meal and. for forage,
cotton seed hulls. From the weight
Of the steers that had been weighed
/ made an estimate that they would
gain bur about $50 pounds per head
by the expiration of the four months.
Several Of the steers we're doing no
good aud would not Dee nt for the
market 1t all They are not the kind
Of cattle O. pays 20 feed No one
can make profit feeding these It,
tie. louEhnrn. boofl.ss Louisiana or
Arkansas cattle on my return
visited plantation belonging 10
Mrs Myers. who owns a large planta.
ti0u and is breeding good herd OF
short horn cattle They were not In
show condition. but thry are good
class og feeding cattle These cat
tie g. would have paid 10 feed on
Mr Poudrnm's plantation / saw
herd Of full blood Poland China hogs.
very fine ones too. aud few Bcrk
shiros He had just bought fine
Berkshire SOW az the Kinlock farm
sale. east Of Kansas City. for which
he had paid So. think he had
about one hundred acres of potatoes,
which yielded him on. hundred bush.
els per acre and which averaged him
one dollar aud upward per bushcl
lie told me how much molasses he
had made from his can" and what
he realized Tor IT,. but do not now
remember Here Is man who il
proving In the south that they can
grow profitable crops besides cotton.
and that hogs, cattle and horses can
be grown and fed At profit lie
Is cntcrprising. careful student Of
scientific agriculture and stock,grow.
ing and carries his concise business
methods and bookkeeping into his
plantation
When corn Is grown. two crops Of
corn can often be grown on the same
ground the same year. and In Ger.
tain rotation. three crops, Oats are
sosn generally In the fall Potatoes
arc dug, the early crop. In May.
Corn can be- planted after an GA, crop
and after potato crop A crop
OF peas can BE- grown with the corn.
planting them after the corn has
grown and has been laid by. The
peas may be gathered and marketed
or viii furnish excellent feed and pas
turc until late In IN. winter and Ia
fine fat,cning crop for all kinds
OF stock. cattle. horses. hogs and
sheep. Besides peas are fer,ilir.