Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-04
DEFINITE FARM PLAN GIVEN
WILKES COUNTY PLANTERS
BY RALPH SMITH


blazer" in it's eff )rts to help ash
ington-Wilkes by helping the farm
ers IF Wilkes county.
AS remarked heretofore, the XII
wanians joined with the chamber of
commerce in sending forth commit
tees to investigate the means en-
ployed in ether sections for over
coming the evils of the one-crop sys-
tenn. A plan was agreed upon for
relieving conditions in the county.
and now the two organizations are
cooperating in an effort to put over
the plan.
"Our plan," explained M, P. Pope,
lis simple, but effective. We are
sending speakers all over the county
to explain our recommendations in
detail. Not a crossroads ore is be-
ing overlooked. We hope that none
will escape us. We are carrying the
doctrine to their homes.
1.-THE kiwanis club, which num-
bers several farmers among it's mem
bers, is planning right now to in
Vite two or more farmers to attend
each of it's weekly Iuncheons. We
would take them in as members, but
that is impracticable. But we h jpe,
through these weekly luncheons, to
entertain a number of our leading
farme.s, and we believe we can in
terest them and enlist their support.
That is What we need"
Wilkes County Day
But the Kiwanians do not intend
to rest with their luncheons and
their local speakers. They are plan
ming a Wilkes County day for next
Saturday week, and it is +'.eir hope
t have every farmer-white and
black-in the county attend.
l.. r. Adams, secretary of the
Country Bankers Association, has
been inv ted to deliver the chief adj
dress Of the Gay-an address to
deal wit the marketing of farm
oeucts and the effCr that ar be-
ing nude in Georgi to provide bet
ter r"arkets for diversified farm prod
ucts. Mr.. Adams speech at the
Athens farm conference has been
generally app1 oved in Washington,
and it is the .eli here that per-
sonal visit will help tremendously.
In addition to Mr.. Adams, the XII
wants club hopes to have the chief
instructor of agriculture at Tuske-
gee, Ala, address the negro farmers
VI CllC Guilty. IL 10 pCllCNCus IIldI
perhaps the negroes will be more
responsive and more likely to accept
the advice of one of their own color.
The plan that the Kiwanis club
is advocating and which every
agency in the county is supporting
follows, just as it is set forth in a
circular that has been widely dis,
tributed throughout the county:
The Wilkes Plan
"One-half acre in good garden.
which is the best single item in our
recommendations.
"One-half acre in orchard. No
farm is complete without q good or
chard Fresh and home-canned
fruits add greatly to the health and
pleasure of the family.
Zone acre in sweet potatoes. Five
persons will consume about fry
bushels sweet potatoes per year. and
as the average yield is about 100
bushels per acre, this will give the
family all they want for food and
allow fifty bushels 10 store or sell.
"One acre in cane, as follows: One
fourth acre in Early Amber, for
early green feed for stock; one-fourth
acre in Orange, to follow Amber for
stock; one-half acre in syrup cane.
for syrup and from which to save
seed, which should produce fifty gal
Ions of syrup for family use.
'"Ten acres in corn, with velva
beans, peanuts or peas throughout.
Sufficient corn should be grown for
home consumption. The number of
acres planted to corn should depend
upon the size of family and the num-
Der of live stock kept. The follow
ing is guide to annual require
mentS
l ,000-pound mule. ........73 bushels
Family of five persons. pr bushels
200-pound brood SOW. 20 bushels
Six pigs to 1G5 pounds. ...4S bushels
TIA bushels
additional brood sow and 1.-TWO
litters of pigs twenty pigs per year
can be fed on peanuts listed in next
item.
-Four to six acres in peanuts for
hog raising. We found this TO be
the cheapest hog feed aVailatle and
quickest fattener. Can either be
grazed off by hogs or gathered and
sold on the market. However. we
URGE lIlSlII LII nus ASAAoAAlS0J SA4N 'N@AN
that the average land that vii! pro-
duce a half bale of cotton will make
thirty-five to forty bushels of pea
nuts and a half a ton of hay per
acre. The hay is of the finest quail
ity. Fertilizer for peanuts: 200
pounds of acid phosphate per acre.
Three acres in oats. Should be
followed by summer legume such
Can ha nlan f.
ed in late peanuts.
1.-TWO acres in wheat. Pick good
land, broadcast stable manure, pre-
pare well, follow in summer with le-
gume same as land planted to oats.
"One acre in alfalfa; best land,
we'll prepared, well lined. Five cut
tings per year possible. This should
be we'll drained land.
give acres in permanent pasture,
fenced for hogs and cattle, preferab-
ly low land. Best grasses are Car
pet Grass, Lespidesa, Dallas Grass,
Bermuda, Burr Clover. This is the
best investment on the farm, and
Wilkes county is we'll adapted to all
these grasses.
Five acres to cotton. Plant early,
work fast, fertiIize we'll, as only the
bolls stuck to July 10 count, as a
rule. If dry year, you may eX-
pect a reasonably fair yield, but a
wet year-you simply are out Of
luck. So you must raise enough to
eat first.
Two good cows, to calf six
months apart.
lone brood sow, two filters Of pigs
per year, to be increased to two sows
as feed and pasture is OrO -ided
Twenty hens, to be increased to
forty. Sufficient green grazing should
be planted for same.
I'VE recommend that each farmer
start Burr Glover and get it over his
farm, which will enrich his land
faster than any other one leagume.
Care and patience will have to be
used in getting it started"