The Monroe journal., 1921-08-26
Old Sand Land Now Gro,us
Both Corn and Sweet Potatoes
THE INTERESTING STORY
OF MARLBOROUGH 4 SON
No,us Homo Gets Right Down Ia a
Description OF Small Union Coun-
q Farm That l. Wonder
JACKSON DEMONSTRATION FARM
by No,us Homo.

On the Jackson highway. just tw
and one-h half miles south OF WaNhaN
and about three and oue-half mile
north OF the Jackson monument, il
the sand hills of Union county on il
extreme western border lies the beau
tiful little farm of Messrs. +. G. Var
brough and Son.
This farm might very well be nam
ed the demonstration farm of Jack
son township. since the owners ar
thoroughly demonstrating TO thei
neighbors and fellow countrymel
what can be done on the poor SANE
hills of this part of Union county.
Mr.. Yarbrough has been doini
good farming for number of years
in fact he has always farmed consid
erably above the average; but no
until recent years did he conceive tn,
idea that poor sand hills could be in
duced 10 produce corn and forage
equal TO river bottoms. The truth is
twenty-five years ago the best farm
ers in this section were unanimously
agreed that sandy land would no
make corn and that il was waste oil
labor and OF good seed corn to plant
il in corn.
We remember once hearing Nj
Yarbrough make the assertion that
Il cannot raise corn, but | can raise
sweet potatoes enough on one acr,
to brins me in cash enough to bui
all the corn | need.
The writer lives in sight OF tbs
Yarbrough farm. and few days age
we decided that it would be time well
spent 10 cross the hollow and
climb the hill on the other side and
take a peek at that field of corn that
looked so good at rather long range,
Accordingly we proceeded and in a
short time we pulled up at the home
of the younger man. finding him and
his father seated on the front porch,
the young man reading the Progres-
sive Farmer and the older engrossed
in the news columns of The Monroe
Journal.
After the usual preliminaries aud
a brief survey OF the general news OF
the day. including The Journals
editorial comment on the remedy for
curing the "Immorals" of the present
time. ana also Hinson's and Zeb
Green's scathing indictment of the
present day trend toward ruin, we
suggested taking look al the crops,
and cooling off little.
"Ail sht. says Heath. the young
or member of the firm OF Iarbrougn
aud Son. well take a look at the
cotton first since it's nearest the
house. then well 90 through the corn
field AID examine H."
Prospective Cotton Yield l. 1000 lbs.
Per Acre.
Immediately after entering the field
we found ourselves wrapped up In the
best cotton we remember TO have
been in lately. IL not longer. There
are few boil weevils in the field. but
evidently they are doing very little
damage and the prospective yield per
acre of this field is around two thou
sand pounds. We only have three
acres in cotton, both of us, says
Heath. and from further CONVERSE
ton We learned that they expected
to get at least four bales from this
patch. I'VE have a tenant who is cul-
tivating FIVE acres in cotton, making
eight acres all told on the place. We
have also eight acres In corn and
eleven acres in peas and cane sowed
broadcast and fertilized. This pea
and cane forage is on as good land as
the corn and cotton is and my guess
on the yield is two tons per acre at
least"
Entering the corn field we were
Joined by the old gentleman who had
refused to accompany us through the
cotton on the grounds that 1t pleased
him better to look at corn. And
since he has more cotton on hand. al
ready baled, than he knows what TO
do with right now on account of the
price at which 1t Is SELL
ing. We could readily appreciate his
point of view.
Sandy Land Grows Corn as Well rs
Sweet Potatoes.
Passing up through the corn field
we asked, How much corn is this
going TO maker" well. | don't
know" was the reply. "0f course
none of us do, but the rows being
four and one-half feet and the corn
% inches in the drill. with from two
10 seven ears and shoots to the hill.
il looks like mighty good corn. and
II we figure an average of only two
Ears to the hill and throw away sixty
hills for misses made by the planter.
we get ten thousand ears per acre.
which at one hundred and forty ears
TO the bushel would give US about
seventy bushels per acre. or five hun
ired and sixty bushels from the field
" eight acres" We suggested to Mr..
Yarbrough that he was now able TO
yrow both corn and sweet potatoes on !
his old sand land. He agreed.
How much fertilizer have YOU got
lnder this corn?" we next asked I'VE
,ut five sacks OF acid, 1000 pounds
IN the eight acres" said Heath. we ,
lave soda up yonder in the barn we )
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