Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-21


acres of land and show a similar prof
il. he would obtain a profit much in
advance of the average now obtained il
he put this land under rotation sys-
TEN and operated IL with the idea Of
building up it's fertility.
That Mr.. Stanley's case is not an isO-
lated one Is shown by the fact that Mr..
]. d. Cox, Of Griffith, Spaulding county,
made a profit per acre of $3.50; Mr..
W. A. Norville, of Bishop. Oconee cOun-
~, a profit OF S29.39 per acre; Mr.. j.
l. Benton, of Monticello. Jasper coun-
~, a profit of s2s.72 per acre; Mr.. J. II.
Gaissert. of Madison, Morgan county. a
profit of $25.33 per acre; Mr.. }. w.
Bridges, of Blakely county, a profit of
S19.31; Mr.. II. c. PoindeXter. of George
town, Quitman county, a profit of $500
per acre; Mr.. ]. T. Williams, of Round
Oak, Jones county, a profit of s1S.42
per acre; Mr. c. F. Griffith, of Miner,
Poke county, n profit of S16.41 per acre;
Mr.. ]. L. Houston, of Conner, Ala, Bar
bour county, a profit of $685.. 1t must
be regarded that these men made a very
gratifying profit per acre. 1t is. note
worthy that these results were obtain
ed at widely separated points. There
fore, the farmers operating these test
farms experienced all sorts of weather
conditions. and the results can not
therefore be regarded as due to other
than good management.
There were 1,032.5 acres in the %
test operated in 1915. A summary OF
the results show that they made an
average net profit of SI5.93 per acre.
The total value of the crop was s35.-
46S.15. The cost of the crop was as
follows: Man labor. S3.6s7.SO; horse la
Dor, s2.61S09; fertilizers, S3,69359; har-
vesting, S2.S39.2S; seed, marketing, etc,
S2,522.15, or total of 15,361.51. The
income from the rent of the land was
$3.673.25, and the profit was S16,42s.39,
or total OF s20,101.64. This will give
one some idea of the amount of money
required to operate 1000 acres of land
under what must be regarded as a good
system of farm practice, and on a basis
insuring a desirable profit to the own
er. 1t will give the reader some in
formation too as to the value of the
crops produced. Probably a few people
realize how much capital it is necessary
TO invest in a good size plantation in
order TO operate ii successfully, nor
do they appreciate the amount of money
which the land owner will handle in
the course of year in growing and
disposing of his crop.
FILLING A COTTON sILO.
have 2O0-ton silo and desire to fill It with
mixture Of corn and cane this summer.
How much land which produces a bale OF
cotton per acre win I nyed 10 plant I'm
these crops TO fiji the sIlo, and should they
be planted at the same time. / have sew
enty head OF cattle and if had not built
the silo in the late summer, I would have
been broke now feeding them.
y Land which will produce bale of
cotton per acre will probably yield from
even to ten tons of silage per acre.
Much depends or how you fertilize and
cultivate the land and u good deal also
depends on the season. Ii rainfall is
well distributed you can count Oh a
maximum crop. If you strike a dry
eason the yield will naturally be less.
We count on an average of eight to ten
ems on the college farm, though we
nave made fifteen tons. This. however,
S an exceptional yield.
We believe there is nothing better
han Kaffir corn and sorghum for silage.
We prefer the Red Head variety Of
iorg hum. Ii has been our custom 10
plant two rows of kaifir corn and two
-cws of sorghum. Kaffir corn is "A bet
er drought resister than sorghum and
we find the combination of these two
cIcps gives us a satisfactory yield, even
under unfavorable weather conditions
We would plant the corn for grain
and save the fodder to be fed as dry
.oughage which is valuable to use along
orghum should be planted in rows about