The Little River news., 1920-08-07
MORE BIG YIELDS OF
 COTTON ARE SEEN
Arkansas Visit One Georgia Farm that Yielded Three Bales to
 The Acre.

Athens, Ga, Aug. 3.-The Arkansas profitable farming bureau tourists again had their eyes opened today when they visited a large number of hill farms around Athens that are producing enormous yields of cotton. Many of these farms were on hills so steep that the land had to be ter raced.
 One of the farms visited today was that of Thomas Erwin. consisting of 750 acres. On some Of this land the owner last year produced two bales to the acre. MT. Erwin plants the Cleveland Big Boil variety and uses 600 pounds of fertilizer to the acre. Also he practices deep blowing and intensive preparation of the land He uses four tractors and large mules in his farming operations.
 Another farm visited was that of J. 0. NJ Smith, who last year produced 30 bales of cotton on 10 acres As fertilizer he used 1900 pounds of acid phosphate 2,200 pounds of mixed fer tiliZGr and Il tons of stable manure. His fertilizer ccst $125 an acre aud the cotton from this 10 acres brought $500 an acre. Mir. Smith also had 200 acres of cotton that yielded an average of two bales to the acre with ordinary use of fertilizer.
 Visit Agricultural College.
 The tourists spent this afternoon at the College of agriculture of the uni versity Of Georgia. This great agri- cultural institution has been devel- oped with almost no appropriations from the state, but it has had the for tune to be in charge Of an unusually capable set of men. The farm operat- eG in connection with the school has made big profits for the state. Bank visitors that the work of the agricul- tural college has increased the value of every acre of farm land in the state. Eight hundred Georgia farmers were visiting the college today. They in cluded many of the best farmers of the state so that the Arkansas farmers had an opportunity to learn from these men how they are producing such i'm ense yields of cotton.
 Velvet Beans Everywhere.
 The tourists again had it impressed upon them today that fertilizer is not cure-all and that farmers of this section do not depend upon it's use alone to produce big yields of cotton. Many farmers who are raising bale to the acre told the tourists today that they considered the sowing of velvet beans just as important as the use of fertilizer
 The outstanding feature of the farm ing territory visited by the Arkans as tourists on their long auto ride today was the enormous acreage of velvet beans planted in corn. About one JfllTu OI the tulllNdI6U ldIlu S6en lOudy was in corn with veivet beans planted in every row. Most of the corn fields resemble a jungle with their thick matted bean vines. The farmers said that these vines will continue to- grow for 75 days longer. Most of the farm CTS visited and also the business men said that the yields of bale to the acre produced on so many of the farms visited today, is due fully as much to velvet beans as to the heavy use of fertilizer.
 The farmers who have been produc- ing the largest yields of cotton say that velvet beans in corn are far su- perior to COW peas, soy beans or pea nuts, in increasing the yield of cotton the following year. The farmers who are making 8 bale or more to the acre today urged the Arkansas farmers to plant every corn field to velvet beans every year. They laughed at the ob- iections raised by the Arkansas men,