Evening journal., 1914-07-01

ton with some fruit speciality like
apple growing, or strawberry cul-
ture. The same may be said also OF
raising cattle for beef. Pork produc-
ton Is also extremely profitable be-
cause all kinds of forage plants and
grain grow with extreme luxuriance
and yield immense crops, On this
point M. G.. Kains, associate editor Of
the American Agriculturist, says
Though dairying, sheep, swine and
cattle raising and horse breeding are
less practiced than I'm other sections,
this is only because crops are con-
sidered more profitable than stock.
There is no reason, however, why
these branches OF agriculture should
not be undertaken on q larger scale
than they are at present. They would
almost all be profitable enough at
least to supply local demands, and
In some cases be profitable also for
supplying needs outside the State
There is no better place IN the
world for poultry than Delaware and
I the Eastern Shore. Because Of the
mild winters, during which such
crops as crimson clover cabbage,
turnips and other hardy plants grow,
OF remain green, egg production Is
one(o OF the most profitable and salts
/ factory lines of business, Along the
streams water fowl are profitable
{ because the breeding stock feed
/ themselves for almost the entire year
/ and much of the food for the other
1 fowl could be secured from the water
/ and pasture. Along the shores Of the
bay there are many locations as ai-
mirable for goose and duck raising
as the famous spots of Long Island.
Corn and Wheat.
The farmers who grow corn and
wheat as their principal money crops,
I plant fields running from ten acres
to one hundred acres each. and with
good cultural methods wheat yields
/ from twenty 20 thirty bushels per
acre, or even forty and forty-five
bushels under exceptionally favor
able conditions.
Crimson clover Is one OF the most
important factors in soil improve
ment TO secure increased yields Of
grain at a large profit AS typical
OF what may be accomplished, the
/ experience OF b. +. b. Woodall. Mil
ford, may be cited. In January
1909. Mr. Woodall made the following
statement about his treatment of a
] piece of land that was so depleted
! OF plant food by bad MANAGEMENT
that It would not produce a paying
crop. The soil Is a sandy or llgh,
loan. Scarlet clover has been the
all-lmportant material for bringing
this soil up to It's improved condi.
tion, To get the FIRST crop Of clover
on such soil, plow in July and harrow
in thoroughly four hundred pounds
per acre of a mixture Of acid phos.
phate and kainit, then just after the
first rain SOW eight quarts of clover
per acre and harrow Il in. The nexi
spring, in March, repeat the applica'
tion of fertilizer and IL this croT
should not be q heavy one, turn Il
under. II a good crop, cut It for hay
turn the stubble and plant in corn
Seed to clover in August after tn,
cultivation of the corn is finished
This method OF cropping every yea
can be continued for an indefinite
time as has been done for twelve
years at least, with my own soil
which Is now producing fifty to siXt.
bushels of shelled corn and two ton
of dry hay TO the acre every yeal
This land will now produce In II
high state of fertility cabbage, tomi
z toes. potatoes and fruits TO tl
{ amount of 500 to $500 per acre with
: out additional application of con
2 mercial phosphate. Every time
! piow this land ! turn up a half-inc
, of sub-soil so as 10 get the sol
deeper.
The cost and returns per acre 70
thirteen years are as follows:
400 pounds of phosphate, $3.50 pc
year for thirteen years, S36.40. seel
each year, S100 per year for thirteel
years, $500; four applications o
lime, $500. Total cost per acre TO
thirteen years, S5740.
Twelve crops of corn, average Il
bushels, 4S0 bu. at soc. $4,000; I,
crops of fodder at IS, $4,000; II crop
of hay, Is tons at S12, $4,000. Tota
returns for thirteen years, per acre
+ $4,000. Total profit for thirteeI
years, per acre, S45S.60 Profit pc
acre, per year. s35.27
IL Is seen from this statement tina
corn growing is a very lucrative bust
ness and that Il is not difficult 3
/ convert the poorest land into soil q
b great fertility while making a sub
d stantial profit on the crops produced
{ What Mr.. Woodall has done on
! small scale with great care an
3 exactness has been done in a slight
5 less degree on a large scale by man
3 farmers on the Peninsula.
r Pure Water In Abundance.