The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-06-15

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! his herd, until he has now some
fine mixers that will give be-
tween four and five gallons per
day.
The writer paid a visit to HIM
in May and was astonished at the
Improvement which he has made
in his land. We found him plant
ing corn with a two-horse planter
on land that he had manfred from
his stable during the winter,
spreading the manure broadcast
as it was made. The land was
plowed last fall, so that no loss
was sustained during the winter
by washing, and the manure
worked in when preparing for his
corn this spring.
, He had about 10 acres OF the
prettiest wheat we ever saw, and
twice that much in oats. The
wheat will make anywhere from
20 to 40 bushels per acre, and the
oats-well, it is difficult to say
what they will produce. Last
wear he threshed 300 bushels OF
fine Burt oats from seven acres,
and he showed us the bin In his
barn with over 200 bushels still
unused. The oats were vigorous,
dark green in color, showing the
effect of manure on the land and 1t
was remarkable that all the gull
lies have disappeared.
Another thing that was especl-
ally noticeable; while his land is
quite rolling, we did not e a
single terrace, and he has been
able to keep his land from wash
ing by deep blowing and by lay
ing off his rows as nearly as pos
sible on a level. The fact also
that he sows down a large part OF
his land in wheat and oats and
follows this with cowpeas has
helped greatly in building up his
land and preventing erosion.
Mr.. Kasmier sells his butter IN
Atlanta at 35c per wholesale, and
disposes of his buttermilk at l5c
per gallon, which brings him In
a steady income the year round,
and really constitutes his prlncl-
pal money crop. His farm is a
small one, worked principally by
himself and family, with a little
hired help now and then; and he
is gradually getting ahead, until
he has gotten him up a nice barn,
a comfortable home and one of
the best arranged little dries we
ever saw on a small farm. He
had the advantage of a nice spring
near his house, so that he could
run the cold spring water through
his dairy and keep his milk at an
even temperature, and keep his
butter cool and firm, so that it
has not been necessary for him
to go to the expense of buying lc-
for this purpose.
Mr.. Kasmier does not grow cot
ton to any great extent, but last
year he did make some cotton
over a bale to the acre-on a few
acres which he planted. He is
rapidly bringing all his land into
a high state of cultivation, and it
is easily worth today over one
hundred dollars per acre. We
doubt very much if he would ac-
cept that price for his farm.
In a small pasture near the
house we noticed a few South
down sheep, a new venture of Mr..
Kasmier's which he took hold Of
last fall. The sheep are doing
nicely and he believes will be a
profitable investment.
His farm is a marked contrast
to those adjoining where no COWS
are kept, plainly Illustrating the
fact that with even a small dairy
farming land can be brought .up
to a high state of cultivation and
made worth many times what
similar land, without cows, would
make. This little farm stands as
an object lesson to Southern far
mers, although it is in an out of
the way place where few have an
opportunity to see it. We wish
we could bril- the lesson home
to our reade as we are sure it
would convirr them that the way
TO build no the land an make a
farm profitable is to rasie stock Of
some kind or carry on a dairy.
While Mr. Kasmier has not been
able to show any very great pro-
fit from his dairying operations,
at the same time it has given him
a good livelihood and the princi-
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