French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-03-09
$40 PER ACRE
MADE ON FARM
EWBANK FARMS RECEIVE ATEEN-
TION FOR THE SOUTHERN
FIELDt, MAGAZINE.
HAS A MODEL BARN
Interesting Detail of How $1,795 was
Gained in Ten Months on the
Farm Miles From Here.

The March number of Southern
Field, magazine devoted to the ag-
ricultural, manufacturing, etc., of
country tributary to the Southern
Railway, contained an interesting
story about a Henderson county farm
which is making good
On the Horse Shoe road about two
miles from Hendersonville is one of
the most modern farms in the county.
Located between two knowls in a well
drained valley just few feet from
the main road is large barn painted
red, substantially built from scientific
plans. Along side and co the rear of
tEis barn extends the we'll known
Ewbank farms which under the able
management of John Ewbank has
been made to pay from the start.
Mr.. EWbank was one of the farmers
who took advantage of the demon
strator, while the county had one, and
has put into practice the instruc;-
tons issued by the government from
to time. The farm is owned by John
ard H. H. Ewbank jointly.
The Southern Field has the follow
ing to say:
Returns of nearly $45 to the acre is
certainly way above the average yield
OF land devoted to the general farming
Or to any Of the grain crops. In the
North wheat lands to do this must give
a. bushels to the acre, with wheat
selling at 81 bushel on the farm.
| There are very few acres of land any
I where that will, as rule, give 40 bush
els of Wheat to the acre -zEau 1n--tIIfer
wheat growing states of the North
west and Canada the farmer very sell
, dom gets anything like 81 bushel
'"The return of nearly $45 within
the IL months is shown on a 40-acre
field on the Ewbank Farms, at Yale,
North Carolina The value of the
crops raised on this land in 1915 at
tile prevailing prices, was $1,795.
'"The land was tile drained and linn
ed with raw lime in the fall of 1914.
The plowing was completed and wheat
was sown on it November 27, that
year. The wheat, made a very small
crop on account of unusually bad
weather conditions. While it was
growing it so happened that there was
hardly clear day during that time.
It was harvested in July and yielded
only about 800 bushels; under ordi-
nary conditions the yield should have
been 500 to 1000 bushels. There were
about Is tons of straw.
After the wheat was cut the field
was -sown to peas and cane, the SOW
ing being completed July 27. This
crop was cut September %, making
two crops on the land in ten months.
The yield of the pea and cane forage
was two tons per acre. Owing to
stormy weather after the wheat was
cut the planting was two or three
weeks late and this undoubtedly pre-
vented g. yield of nearer three tons,
than that of the two tons secured.
The wheat crop and this crop togeth-
er made the aggregate return $1,795.
Henderson is one of the mountain
counties of Western North Carolina,
and the land there is very similar to
tEst throughout that part of the state.
T. Is good general farming land. It
will, as rule, raise very fine crops OF
wheat, oats, corn and other grains.
make large yields of a wide variety of
grass and forage plants. 1t is a sec
ton of country particularly adapted
to live stock raising and to dairying.