The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-11
500. 900 FROM ONE FARM.
Ramberg Men Show AlabamianS How
to Farm

Spann Brothers, VINO own large
tract OF land four miles west OF
town, known as the Peterman place,
have made a record on their farm
this year that should be worth some
thing TO the farmers of this county.
They planted 225 acres in cotton
and will make 200 bales.
They planted 60 acres in corn and
got so bushels to the acre.
The planted 20 acres in oats and
made 60 bushels to the acre, and
from the oat land, cut 500 bales of
as fine hay as was ever shipped to
Dothan.
The total value of this crop runs
right around $4,000.
They used only commercial ferti-
lizer, about 500 pounds to the acre.
Next year they expect to use 1000
pounds to the acre.
This is good farming. The land
in the first place is good, but it had
never done anything like this be-
fore.
Most of the farm has been stump
ed, and was thoroughly broken with
cultivators and disc plows.
Instead of waiting till the spring
of the year to begin plowing. they
are plowing now They have ten
mules pulling plows that break the
land from IL to IA inches deep. They
are turning under all cotton stalks,
corn stalks, grass and all svegeta-
ton on the ground, and by planting
time in the spring this vegetation
will be in good shape to do its part
as a fertilizer.
There has been an idea from time
immemorial, that if you turn up the
red clay and mix it with your soil
that you are injuring the lands. But
that isn't so. Deep plowing will do
more toward making a good crop in
this section than anything else, and
when coupled with intelligent work
and fertilization, crop is always
assured.
When the lands are thoroughly
broken they are in shape to stand
much rain, or a drought. They can
be plowed any time during the year.
On this Peterman place bought by
the Spanns, a great deal of it had
Bermuda grass, and this was consid-
cred by some agreat drawback to it.
Many wouldn't have bought a piece
of land with Bermuda on it.
1t was no trouble for Spann Bros.
to kill it. Of course they didn't
get so good a yield from that land
the first year, on account of the
work they. did killing the grass, but
they killed it out alright, and they
will keep it down.
1t is this kind of farming that is
going to save Alabama from the
boil weeyil. The man who farms
along the old methods will smell
the patching. The man who uses
modern methods; breaks his land
thoroughly, cultivates fast, and de-
stroys the vegetation early in the
fall, is the man who is going to
make plenty of stuff on his land,
in spite of the boil weevil.
1t is worth something to any
community to have such farmers,
for the neighbors learn much that
will be of value to them.
But here's the main point to this
story: The Spann Brothers plows
are running now. They are not
waiting till next spring. When they
started out to working their hands
like this, the hands wouldn't quit.
You couldn't run them off now. They
haven't a man-and they all work
on halves--who didn't make money
this year. Some made over $500 in
clear money, and have it now, when
they owed big debts to start off with.
They are in good shape, and they are
willing to work when and how they
are told-Dothan (Aia.) Eagle.
DR.. L. A. Riser reports to the State
board of health that he examined S6l
persons in Berkeley county and that
5S6, or 6S per cent, were affected
with hook worm.
Twenty-four children have been
barred from the Spartanburg city
schools for failure to comply with the
rules regrding vaccination. Some