Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-20

South Georgia Farmers Make Good

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South Georgia Farmers Make Goot
Stories Of agricultural success il
Georgia are most inspiring and en-
couraging under existing conditions
prosperity is not a thing local in its
choice of habitat. 1t is found. out
cropping here and there and every
Where throughout the State. Farmers
WHO mix brains with their business
always make good. Look at the rec
ord of accomplishments made by the
following men, If you are in doubt
1t they could do so well in such wide
~ separated localities, you also car
succeed, if you are right minded anC
|eeurageous. Let the example OF
these men stimulate us to the at
tainment of great success in Geor
gia this year.
Mr.. Tharpe Fitzgerald, Of Ben Hill
&county, is man who, in former
&years, had been an exceptionally
hafd worker as a farmer. He and his
1amlIy are economical livers and for.
merry depended almost entirely on
cotton as cash crop. The boil
Weevll for the past two or three
Eears has caused him to change his
plan of operations. He feels now
that he can make a comfortable liv-
Ing on his little farm and save every
dollar that he can make In growing
cotton. He expects to continue to
grow five or six acres Of cotton each
year. He has never poisoned the boil
WeeV1l, but says he will do SO an
other year.
~
statistics of his cropping program
br 1923 show the following:
Xix and butter from three
COWS for eight months. IS 200. 90
Shoats sold from two sows.. 10000
Eggs and poultry sold from
100 hens. Observation-Disclosures. $500
Cane syrup sold from one
acre ................ 1880
Vegetables and potatoes sold 1880
RAY sold ................. $3.50
Cotton, six acres, lint and
seed after paying fertilizer
Dill .................. 1880
IotaI ................. $1,1425 so
The above is in excess of that
used by the family in the way of
mi X, butter. eggs, syrup. potatoes
and vegetables. lie is going to in
crease his herd of cows to five and
double his flock of chickens. He
viii plant ab"uc five acres in the
blghtless Pineapple pear, and also
pecan trees, so as &c add to his home
orchard for family use as we'll as 10
have surplus to sell. He IS now
setting out Strawberries AID dew
bsrries for family use and also for
marktt t.
Thus, it can be seen, that his idea
of making some cotton from which
he r ay be able to save all the
money is air eady proving out.
1t Can Be Done
Mr.. Stiles b. lines, of Screven
County, in tank with the county
ageLt, recently gave him this ac-
count of his farming operations to
make cotton an all profit crop.
Mr.. Lines says he has not strip
ped a blade of fodder III sixteen
years because it does not pay. He
figures he loses about one-third OF
his crop of corn through the prac-
tice. He has found that seven acres
of cotton per plow was all he could
properly cultivate This year, 81
acres were planted to cotton, s bales
were made on IA acres by Mr.. Lines
end / bale on the ether seven acres
/ by his share -cropp3r. Three hum
srefl pounds per acre Of a 1882 fer
tilizer were applied, no poison be-
/ ing used.
. Forty-seven acres OF corn and vel
vet beans produced beans and
about 20 bushels of corn per acre.
! Ten acres were hogged off with 60
shoats. averaging rs pounds each.
Tie fam now supports 20 Hamp-
Shire hogs, including one boar and
eigat brood sows. Four acres of
early peas were planted for hogging.
+, Stock has the run of all corn and
bean fields except ten acres from
which the beans were picked for
seed. Oats were planted on twelve
acres last year, and 5000 worth
of seed oats were sold and four
mules fed. After the oats were har-
vested peanuts were planted and
over one-half ton of peanuts and
over one-half ton of hay were pro-
iuced per acre. Feed is never
bought, but a surplus is produced
for sale.
There are $50 pecan trees on the
farm, which produced $50 pounds of
peanuts, averaging so cents per
pOunQ. Inc OrCHdTQ COnIdlIlS sew
enty-five peach trees. ten bunch
grape vines, one scuppernong vine,
six pear, six apple and four orange
trees. A year.around garden, aver
aging seven or eight varieties OF
vegetables throughout the year, IS
grown.
Mrs. Lines says, "She can not
cook without chickens and eggs" so
it takes 100 chickens busy producing
for the table.
y One acre OF watermelons and cam
lSupes was planted for home use.
VThree dairy cows support the
family, and an average OF three
pounds OF butter is sold per week,
which brings so cents per pound at
the present time.
Mr.. Lines last words on this in
terview were: Give me my hogs
and garden, and l am satisfied, for
they pay the way of thA farm, and
what cotton is produced is cash
profit"
Mr.. w. Fl. Bone, Jr., Douglas,
Coffee county, Georgia, has small
farm out about four miles from
town. He hires man to do the
work on this farm, under his super