The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
DEMONSTRATION WORK
IN robson COUNTY
Scientific Method of Farming
and Any Old Way Contrast
ed---Some Pertinent Ques-
tiOnS

Having been employed as agent for
farmers cooperative demonstration
work in the southern part of Robson
county for the past year, it is graft
flying to know that the United States
Department OF Agriculture methods of
preparation and cultivation are far
superior to the common methods
used in our county. or their method
/ will give briefly: Preparation-deep
and thorough pulverized seed bed;
seed-carefuIly select the best; cult1-
vation-intensive, every Z to 10 days,
but shallow and late. Of the COM
mon method I will give so that we
may get the idea better: Preparation
shallow. Seed-any kind, just SO
they will come up. Cultivation-deep
and just often enough to keep the
grass from getting higher than the
corn or cotton, and quit soon.
Now I will give you some OF the
results Of the two methods, first Of
cooperative demonstrative work, the
names Of parties who worked some
from 27 1-2 bushels to 129 bushels per
acre. First, those who produced 100
bushels and above per acre: A. H.
Leggett, J. s. Floyd and Andrew
Smith. Second, those who produced
80 bushels and above per acre: r.
J. H. Bass. Third, those who pro-
duced 80 bushels and above per acre:
NJ. Sheppard, D. F. Phillips N. d.
hcCommac, G. H. Floyd, John
Bridgers, fourth, those who pro-
duced 70 bushels and above per acre.
w I,o
Graham, J. F. Parker. Fifth, those
who produced go bushels and above
per acre: W. II. Watts, Haynes
Prevatt, F. B. Johnson, w. ". Lee, J.
3. Walters, F. F. Purvis, G. l.. Robe
son, w. II. Harden. j. w. Burnes.
and above per acre: W. Il. Faux, ).
T. Purvis, William Byrd, Z. A. Bul-
lock W. p Britt, O. T. Atkinson, G.
B. Kinlaw, A. w. Harrington, IL. e.
Byrd, G. D. Floyd, P. H. Adams, j. f.
Adams. F. w. Walters: Seventh, those
who produced 40 bushels and above
per acre: E. H. Prevatt. w. H. Al
len, w. A. Sealey. H. e. Purvis. J. +.
Britt, Offie Quay, w. 0. Sellars, Is. w.
Pittman, j. II. Johnson, A. DAVIS, ).
c. Carlyle, S. L. Parker. W. A. Leg
gett, L. D. Pittman. Wright Leggett'
J. F. Walters, w. A. Griffin.
Now the common method Of prep
aration, seed and cultivation on
similar land ranged from 10 bushels
to SO bushels per acre Ihose VINO
worked cotton on the demonstration
method ranged from LOO to 1888
pounds in the seed per acre, While On
the common method on similar lard
ranged from 600 pounds to 1,5oO
pounds in the seed per acre.
This is a lesson in which we ali
might be benefited. We see by this
that there Is science in agriculture
and that the farmer needs to be edu-
Gated for his work as much SO as
the doctor and lawyer for their work
Not only does the demonstration WORK
give us scientific methods on corn ana
cotton, but all phases of farm work,
from raising the biddie to the horse
The thing That all we farmers
should do with the corn record we
have this year per acre is to ask our
selves the following questions:
Why should we farmers OF Robe
son county make cotton to buy corn
when we can make more money on
corn than on cotton at the present
prices?
Why should we make cotton to buy
mules and horses when we can raise
them cheaper than we can raise the
cotton to buy them with?
Why should we buy meat and beef
when we can raise 1t as cheap as the
Western man?