Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-15

operations were necessary. Hhe nl1e o!
the S:al6 cutter TO clear the .1nd. or
horse days: the use of a two-horse pillow,
- man days and 80 horse days, the use
Of the smoothing harrow, IL man
days and 2-3 horse days; the cultiva.
tion of the and. !" - man days aud
- horse days: planting, man days ana
> horse DAYS. cultivation of thv crop
after planting, IL 1-S man days ami
horse days: eight CIVILIZATIONS of the
crop. 81 l. man days and - horse
days; the use Of the scTape twice, equiv
alent 20 p man days ana - horse days;
the use of the sweep III the m1ddlcS once
IL man days and IA horse days
hauling 20 market, man days and 10
horse days. II required. therefore. TO
produce this crop good deal of intensive
mar days ana 2I2 horse days. II is on
this account that the cost mounts up
SO rapidly. 1t is evident that the crop
requiring this sort cN cultivation and
hanGIigg cannot ne produced chcaply
aad in view Of the labor shortage ANA
the nigh wages now prevailing ii Will
be necessary TOR the planter to receive
app oXImately s. PCr bHSErl in OrdC"
to lie encouraged 20 SrDw this crop o.,
an extensive scale. Nd GOubt a better
ntice VIII be offered mex. year. and with
the CNpcrienc and General knowledge
when has been Drained - 1919 thus
crop ear be planted and hHrdled on
much letter basis another year. o.
course. the results Of one plantation can
i.scans. The management has a SOC,
deal {" do with uc'esStG; crop produc.
ton aS well as OTHER lines q business
activity Hence il WI be well to set
fCrtG the results obtaincr. on 81 me oJner
pIant Atoms III the same ccunty.
on the farm of ]. c. Burdette. of
Faceville, nifty acres were planted in
rows five feet apart and the plants leTt
five feet apart in the drill. The pros
pective yield of this plantation is 400
bushels, which at contract price OF
SO a bushel will approximate $1,000.
\ careful estimate of the cost of pro-
ducins castor bears kept on the basis
indicated above indicates that the out
lay will aggregate about Sl,655.62, with
4 prospective return of $1,000. This
would involve a considerable loss to the
grower. OF course, it is necessary here
again to point out that interest at
per cent and rent on land at SIS an acre
has been included and every proper cost
has been charged against the crop. Even,
however, if these figures be deducted
the loss would still amount to about
s455.
On the farm of w. f. Griffin. at Balm
bridge, ten acres were devoted to the
cultivation OF castor beans. The width
of the rows was four feet and the dis
lance of the plants in the drill five
feet. The prospective yield is $50 BUSH
els, which at the contract price of SO
buShel promises a return of $3.50. Fig
ured out on the same basis as pre-
yiously used il appears that Mr.. Grit
urs crop will cost him about $24S.59,
which leaves him a prospective profit
of s2O1.41.
According to these figures there was
a good deal of variation in the yields
obtained on The different plantations.
II viii be observed that in the case of
MesSrS. Fleming & Hines the prospec.
tive yield is nine bushels per acre on
Mr.. Burdetts place eight bushels. and
on Mr.. Griffin's place fifteen bushels Ir
the same yield had been obtained on the
hrst two plantations as was secured by
Mr.. Griffin the apparent losses would
have been converted into a substantial
pront. These yields. as we understand
1t, are much lower than had been antici-
pated and, OF course, S this is a new
undertaking better results with more
crop in the matter of yields may be an
uclpated. In that case, of course, the
crop could be produced successfully On
the basis of SO per bushel Individual
farmers who have cultivated this crop
during the past year and who have OBJ
differing from those indicated above
should send such information as they
have TO the editor of these columns, 1t
is important that all data concerning
castor beans be gathered in and made
available as soon as possible so that
we may know how TO advise and order
the planting and cultivation of this crop
next year and to insure n sufficient sup
ply of these beans for the needs of our
air forces. | am quite sure that all those
associated with this movement in any
way will appreciate any such informa.
ton or advice as may be secured con-
corning the handling and mana gement
of castor beans in order to insure their
production on a scale commensurate to
their needs.
The Food Value of a Combination of
Roughage