The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-08-28
NOT STALK OF COTTON
ON BIG PLANTATION OF TWELVE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES.
Oats, Wheat, Hay and Pork Are Be-
ing PrOfitably Raised on Model
Southwest Georgia Farm.

Oats, Wheat, Hay and Pork Are Be-
ing PrOfitably Raised on Model
Southwest Georgia Farm.
Mr. T. NJ. Lowrey, successful and
prosperous Sumter county planter
who also owns and operates a large
farm near Doverel in Terrell county,
is one man to whom wars alarms
cause less worry and financial loss
than almost any other man in South
west Georgia. The reason why is
told as follows by the Americas
Times
Mr.. Lowrey, although operating a
big plantation representing an in
vestment of $4,000 or $4,000, has
not single bale of cotton to sell
this fall, due to the rather remarka-
BILE fact that he did not grow a bale
this year, nor will he grow one next
year.
Think of a twelve-hundred-acr
Sumter county plantation, without
single stalk of cotton produced upon
it. But that is exactly the condition
prevailing on the Lowrey planta-
ton.
But there are other crops grow
ing-fine crops of grain and hay,
magnificent oat crop already harvest
ed, and a big meat crop in the way
of fattening hogs fully assured. Mr..
Lowrey is not cotton grower; he
used to be, but seeing the fallacy
of all cotton he quit the cotton habit
and turned to more remunerative
crops.
Planted Fields of Grain.
Early in the spring of this year
Mr.. Lowrey with twenty-five mules
and improved labor-saving machin-
cry broke up his fields thoroughly,
pulverizing the land-as fine as any
in Georgia-and began planting
grain crops exclusively. He put in
very large acreage of oats of improv-
ed varieties. He also planted wheat,
and a bumper corn crop. In the
meantime other farmers were busily
engaged planting cotton, with some
grain, but not enough.
Mr.. Lowrey harvested his oats-a
magnificent yield of several thous-
and bushels worth 81 to $50 as
improved seed oats.
His other grain and smaller crops
turned out well, while his corn cribs
this fall will resemble those of old
Egypt when other folks were in the
market for corn.
When the acreage of oats were
harvested Mr. Lowrey at once plant
ed the same fields-hundreds OF
acres-in peas for hay crop. Rains
were propitious and Mr.. Lowrey will
have to build other barns if the mon
ster hay crop is ever housed. He will
make several thousand tons Of excel
lent peavine and native grass hay,
for which there will be great de-
mand, as the western hay crop will
be largely shipped to Europe while
the war continues.
There is a demand for every pound
of produce raised by Mr.. Lowrey and
at prices that will be far above ex-
pected figures.
Good Money in Grain Crops.
Mr.. Lowrey, who is one of the
many progressive South Carolina
farmers who came to Sumter a few
years ago and are making veritable
gardens of their new possessions is
more convinced than ever that some
thing besides cotton can be grown
successfully on Sumter county farms.
He has tried it and upon a very
large scale, and with the splendid
success attending his efforts this year
he is going to stick to grain crops.
Mr.. Lowrey, personally, is not los
ing sleep over what the government
may or may not do towards fnanc-
ing the cotton crop, for he has barns
filed with grain and hay to sell, and
iS uo~e Interested in the raDidly ris-