The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-02
CROPPING SYSTEM FOR FARM.
Prof. Hutchinson Discusses n Way to
Distribute Farm Work.

arm tIOEks
Clemson College. June lone Of
most important problem. on ii farm Is
so TO arrange the work that the man
and horse labor will Ne evenly dis
tributcd over the whole year" said
Prof. litchinson Of the agrOnumy di-
vis:Gn Of Clemson College. Prof.
Hutchinson was in the course of
discussion Oh farm management prob
lens. Any man that can provide
a full years work for the people on
his farm will save money"
Any man. said Prof. Hutchinson.
who cannot grow cotton for less mon
cy than he can get for II at present
does not know how to grow cotton. A
man Will make ii good profit from cot
ton for the period OF the year In which
II is grown. But. he added. II a man
grows only cotton. it will not give
his farm a whole years work and he
may come out with IL loss at the end
OF the year even though he makes
money on his cotton.
II is IL hard thing he said. TO pro-
vide for a full years work on the
farm Ninety-niHe per cent of the
farmers in the United States fail to
do so In toto. But it is not hard to
ariang" cropping system so that Il
farm will approach this ideal Prof
Hutchinson proceeded to suggest q
cropping system for an average one
family South Carolina farm OF 25 or
30 acres
The cropping system will depend ON
he land and on the section. There
may be forty crops Il South Carolina
GARNER cun grow very well at the same
me that he can grow cotton: but he
honld not pay any attention to the
'thrr thirty-nine as long as cotton
is the most profitable for him. How
ever. cotton will provide work for
only part OF year and there must
be found way to employ the resour-
ces Of the farm during the rest of the
time.
Where farm is in tobacco sec
tion. though tobacco cOmpetes with
cotton somewhat. 1t should grow
enough tobacco to handle economical
". probably three or four acres. The
tobacco will give work to the people
On Il farm al a time when they are
likely to have little else to do and will
bring money to farmer at time
when he Is likely to need it badly.
Corn and hay crops. like tobacco,
compete somewhat with cotton. but
the one-family farm should grow
enough or these crops for home con-
sumption. BY planting the corn
early and getting 1t out of the way.
man can make corn enough to save
his corn bill and will not lose time
from his cotton.
For the grain and hay crops, oats
and vetch, followed by cowpjeas are
suggested. This fits in we'll and will
not compete with other work. II fur
nishes the important opportunity to
grow both winter and summer leg
umes and in this way cut down the
fertilizer bill.
e8inter money crop. A crop like as
paragus or some other winter truck
crop can be made very profitable and
Just enough of it should be grown to
provide work for the people on the
farm and to make money at a time
when none would otherwise be COM
ing in.
Prof. Hutchinson then suggested an
| outfit 0i live stock for the one-family
or "one-horse" farm. He said the
first thing he would do to such farm
would be to provide it with another
work animal and go make it a two
| horse" farm. He advised other live
stock as follows:
some gOOu chickens, well kent
and attended to, to provide plenty Of
one of the wholesomest articles of
food known to man and also to pro-
vide meat on special occasions and In
emergencies and when other kinds of
meat are rather scarce on the farm.
Two good dairy cows to furnish
plenty Of milk and buttcr and to yield
| an occasional animal for sale.
herd OF sows. probably ten. capa-
bile OF producing a carload of hogs per
year.
This cropping system. Prof. Hutch
fnson suggested required very little
more capital than Is now required by
the one-crop farmer. At the same
time the profits from it are very
| much larger.
The main thing. he said, is to have
the farm work so arranged that there
| will be work for the whole family the
year around and that when the land
Is not producing a money crop It is
In some crop like legumes which will
enrich 1t and cut down the fertilizer
| bills.
A farmer with carefully planned
| and properly executed cropping sys-
TEN can scarcely fail to make money.