The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-10-07

farmers to begin now sowing fall
oats. He sows his every September,
and farmers can do the same. The
article that follows was taken from
The Gaffney Ledger:
More money can be made by far
mers raising oats, corn and hay than
by raising cotton. By this state
ment real, actual money that may be
deposited in bank or invested in
real estate or government bonds is
meant.
While the above statement, no
doubt, appears to be entirely plaus-
ible to paper farmers" or to those
who sit in their Offices or parlors and
do their farming with paper and pen
Gil, to many others who till the soil
in an attempt to secure comfortable
living, probably it appears doubtful.
These "doubting Thomases" are the
farmers who have been carrying out
the plans and ideas handed down to
them by their fathers and grand
fathers, following the same old rut,
and each year producing nothing but
cotton, the South's money crop, "
with the exception of few bushels
of corn and oats produced merely be-
cause they did not think the land de-
voted to the grain was good enough
for cotton. n
But as set out in the first sentences
of this article there IS more real
money in raising oats, corn and hay
than in the South's money crop"
This means more money to the acre.
By devoting the same land that he
has been accustomed to planting in
cotton to grain crops the farmer will
have larger bank balance than ever
before, or will be less in debt than he
has ever been.
The above statements are not con-
clusions drawn from reports Of rec
ord-breaking yields made in the far
west or some foreign country where
the climate is different from what it
is in the Palmetto State, but the facts
as set forth above have been proven
and demonstrated year after year in
Cherokee county as a farm not more
than couples Of miles outside of
Gaffney. And the proof is furnished
by one of the largest land owners and
successful farmers in the county.
Mr.. J. A. Carroll superintends the
cultivation of 25 acres of his land
located about one mile and a half
from Gaffney on route 2. Twelve
acres OF this farm is bottom lands,
while the remainder, 13 acres, is up
land. Mr.. Carroll personally super
vises and directs the cultivation, the
work performed by hired labor. This
year Mr.. Carroll realized approx
mately net poft of s72 per acre
on his bottom lands and $3.50 per
acre on his uplands.
The entire farm was sown in oats
during September last year. This
crop matured and was harvested in
May of the present year, yielding an
average of so bushels to the acre for
the entire 25 acres. After gathering
the oats the bottom lands were plant
ed in corn, and the uplands sowed
down in peas and cane for a hay
crop. MT. Carroll will secure yield
of so bushels to the acre from his
corn and an average of two tons of
hay to the acre.
Considering the situation mathe-
matically, it will be seen that
he made a clear profit of s72 per
acre on his bottom lands and s62.5O
clear on his uplands.
A statement Of the receipts and
costs of one acre follow:
Bottom Land Receipts.
so bu. oats at 75c bu. :. ..s27.50
so blu. corn at 81 bu. ;. .. 5000
Total go. =. :. :. $3.50
Bottom Lands Expenses.
Total expense producing oats.s 500
Total expense producing corn. $50