The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-29
DRAINAGE SUCCESS
IN CRISP COUNTY
CHEAP METHOD DOES THE WORK
stump PULLING DISCUSSED
BY Geo. D. Lowe Rax!cy, Ga.

by SCOs ~ EO"C GeN'Sy, I'd
There is little waste lard in Crisp
county except in large number of
basins of varying size in the fields
and woods where a stratum of hard
pan is so imperious that evaporation
is the factor that controls their dry
ing out These basins are usually so
located that surface bitches are out
of the question because of the requir-
ed length and the damage done to
parts of the field that do not need dit
ching. They spoil much land in a
splendid farming county, and there is
absolutely no need of the condition
prevailink longer. Vertical drainage
will dispose of this water at extreme
ly low cost
On the j. NJ Hunt place near Cor
dele Monday l saw w. B. Afford, de-
mOnstratOr of agricultural explosives
fOr the Du Pont Company. put down
two shots which materially affected
the surface water in large spot of
The field while we were watching
it. Lacking an extension auger Mr.. AL
ford was compelled to place his
charge of dynamite too near the sur.
face and naturally could not get the
results he desired.
County Agent j. NJ. Turner and
several farmers who saw the demon
stTation agreed that for small sums
Of money many farmers in Crisp can
drain low spots that cause them Sc.
we're losses almost every year. Also
much good land now regarded as use
less can be drained and nut into cul-
tivation. Mr. Turner familiarized him
self very thoroughly with both the
practice and theory of vertical drain
age is in position to advise Crisp
county farmers along this line.
Where stumps are blasted out in
stead Of burned drainage is ALWAYS
materially improved and the condi.
ton of the subsoil is also affected
heneficially. Crisp has more stumpy
fields than l thought were left, as the
the headquarters of the best stump
puller outfit in the country are in your
county. No county can make rapid
strides in these days ofshort labor
supply without opening the fields to
tractors, reapers, mowers, binders
and cultivators by getting rid of
supply without opening the fields to
tractors, reapers, mowers, binders,
stumps.
Top lightwood is getting scarce
around Cordele and | heard that, it
sells for eight dollars the cord. There
is an abundant supply left in the
fields the shape of stumps and they
can be turned into cash very readily, |
paying their way out of the fields. Sew
eral farmers have pulled hundreds of
stumps and have them lying around
now. A stick Of farm powder placed
right will break the largest pulled
stump in the county into fragments. |
doing work for few cents that would
require at least a day of hand and
hard labor.
Our farmers are inclined to think
they have a terrible problem in the
lightwood stump, but they should bear
in mind that it is the only stump in
the country that it fit for fuel and
that has a cash value. We need them
out of their fields and they will pay
their way out leaving right of way
for all modern implements of cult
walton and harvesting. Crisp should
put on countrywide Get Rid OF the
Stump" campaign this winter Great
progress is not possible so long as
they block the way.