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I N ! fi t i $ I The I i H. T. Bridges it t . t ^ Owing to the low price of cot W fertilizers, much discussion has bee ^ at least of greatly reducing the am W ^ which the fertilizer business is exte ^ as to the results the liberal use of i ^ our minds, we heard ot two stntynf i ^ Winkle Brothers in Coweta county ^ county MrT Bridges had made 40 t ^ we give as clearly as we can a true \ ^ can draw for yourself., Down in the upper edge of Ci \ known as the Winkle Brothers. 1 bought and paid for a good farm, { % as they went along. They have bi X business together in the name of " ^ serve credit for their good work an ^ and when there was an effort to ra ^ use any.r They have a farm bettei \ ed. These men do better work th; ? cotton to the mule they only gathe 3a getting from 12 to 14 bales; so, ac ? use of four tons of guano this crop ^ this: . \ ' 7 B | C * 5 / 14 B | C f 4 ' A differer ^ 4 tons of jV Leaving; 4 i. One negro tenant who did V them if they were satisfied to farm v shoot at the marble in the ring nex $ As this fall was unusually favc ^ dency for the top crop not to open ^ green bolls were left which if they W as they were willing to admit, that & to pay out such a large amount for W The next week we sent down i W ticulars concerning the record-brea W good farming done ^n Terrel. The W who vie with one another in seeing W held in highest esteem and those re ^ West; but now the pine or sandy s ^ sandy sections, ?ix miles east of D; ^ and made 151 bales, besides oats, ^ t J Realizing j we have paid <? planters of th s ammonia fror ' ' i ins: from hon J the Cotton Se 5 Let's work to I C. FITZS / .11.. I - t Jse or r \ ] lakes 41 bales of cotton \ By G. F. ton and the large- amount of money our fa; :n going on as to the advisability of not usir ount. We are rather staggered by the enc :nding, and we decided that we would mak fertilizers was giving. While we were deba j examples that would shed much light upon had not used any fertilizer on their crop, \ )ales of cotton with one plow. We went 1 statement of conditions and results, and Dweta, near the line of Campbell count "hey started out poor, but by hard work an< getting every dollar out of the soil, besides lilt two homes, some five hundred yards ap Wiiikle Brothers." We like this spirit anc d for their success. They are men wi ise the price of fertilizers last fall, they deci than the average, sandy soil with clay sub an the average farmer, but with some t red seven bales of cotton to the plow. Thi cording to their own admission, they were i would have been doubled, then we would 1 43-75 $306.25 43-75 612.50 ice of ' $306.25 guano at $21.00 84.00 a. loss of $222.25 not work his land well, is not making half without fertilizers and one of them quickly t year without putting some guano on my t rable, their cotton opened very well, but w ; and where the tenant had not worked his opened at all would be badly stained. W' they had made a mistake. It seem? hard fertilizers, but is better so, than to work ai to Dawson in Terrel county to see the groui king yield" made by Mr. H. T. Bridges. "W sre are many good farms in this county and who can make the largest crops. Former] ;d and mulatto lands are as fine and fertile : oil is giving the best results. Mr. Bridges 1 iwson. This year he ran five plows, had corn, peanuts and hay. the value of this The State newsp is State. We ma a Cotton Seed !> tie manufacturers ed we buy from y gether. MHMHM Pi MM IMMONS, G VVVVVVVVVVVVVV ' / *L u, fcii44i%444^ i F i \ Jau .no * U1I- uo FertilL' with one mule, wh Huunicutt, Editor So rmers have to pay for He tg any next year, or - ing. >rmous rapidity with nine i e some investigatiohs his fa .ting this question in right, it. The first was that 14 aci vhile down in Terrell ton ai :o visit each party, so ' prepa *?aii niol/u lllc tUUUUdlUUd week: ;y, live two brothers d close economy have making their living art, and run all their 1 these two men de? th strong convictions ded they would not j^r soil and well water- $116. wenty-three acres of . sy had formerly been cjay off one-half. By the agaio have a statement like pouni appre /- He ' plow ? drill Marc r ting < plowi a crop. We asked . 2. replied, "No, I'll not rows :aw." # 1 furro e could* see the ten- seed > cotton well, many s 3. e could plainly see, wide to work and have in pic -id fnicc thp vi pM UnA r J uau ? [id and get full par- \ when Je often heard of the ^lr. ! many good farmers and t ly the clay lands were It cai as the plains of the accoi ives in one of these good 160 acres in cotton other This < 1 > article by th aper to publis nufacture eve trriic xvxt/ai, vv iic rand are stai ou. This is t \ icon I en. Manai WWW***** J UiiiUiiiiui > ' . ' * - i-V ? ^ f" 1 e of Coi sers tile Winkle Bros, make uthern Cultivator. i *. i used 72 tons of guario, buying the cotton Some say this great yield could only ha^ veeks drough; one of the most severe, one irm on halves, but he stayed right with tl it --X j- xt_. 1 ... 1 ne negro inai maae uie uamiei yieiu w res was fresh land and the rest free from s nd three in com. Thejand was broken d< ring, planting and cultivating with one mu ig time. . Then he had all he could get, gi s. Here is a tabulated statement that we 41 B | C 20703 lbs. at 41 Bales seed at $7. p Gross returns from one Less 16 tons guano..., Net Returns . Bridges keeps all the seed and gives the : 00 or $789.73 for all the work." wn in the sandy lands we can cultivate 40 hills, but cutting the area! down to the sai st $1866.47, which was not all due to dif ds guano used per acre. Mr. Bridges ha jciate a good thing and he will use it. 1 says either put your guano broad-cast or ~i-r\ nnt in o cirJo onnliraHnn 1UIUC U1 lidHUS IU ^ui in a jiuw u|/^/jl4ww>v?v? sixty pounds per acre broad-cast over hi h. He is breaking this land with a four m ibout eight to nine inches deep. , He belie1 ing in all scattering cotton rather than wait He plants his cotton seed in the watei five feet apart. Then drills one or two hi j ws made with a small scooter. This gives in this. He has^his cotton to come up as He runs around this cotton and chops it middle. He gains two things?the cottor swing he never breaks the roots. He pullc )ut out were some six inches beneath the ti lip lavs hv. For cultivating' large area to J - -J - - - w w Bridge's system can hardly be excelled, wo standing wages hands this year and is ? q be done all right, for he lost three acres int of the drouth. He made 37 bales with work and liberal use of fertilizers will do. s do, yet he freely admits that he made m is where good work and good management e Editor of The ;h it here, that i ry grtiuc u? x-ciuj in you buy our Fe iding by home ;he way to keep i Ml HI m uil i *er. CO] J ,, . .. * ' - v. ?V,' 'i J. i i .. __ . ing i \ nmerci ? / / / seven bales to the * ( s y * v seed meal, acid and kainit, and doi re been ihade with fine seasons. 1 s they have experienced in years, lie tenants and saw that all work ^ as named Will Shingles. This lam tumps. He tended 40 acres in all ;ep with two horse plow in the fall, le and two women were all the h< tthering- as much as seve*i bales a figured from the cotton receipts: 8f....... $1811.47 er bale .. 287.00 \ ' _____ plow 2098.47 V .. 2^2.00 $1866.47 negro help half fhe lint, so the neg acres with one mule as easy aS^we me as the Winkle Brothers and we ference in soil or work, but largely s a fine system, and we wish to gi < - ' , . . put it on as a side application. A in June, he ha& bought a grain dri is cotton land- for next year duri: iule gang-plow now, using two large ves in fall turning of his land, so n : to pick it, says it will pay better t furrow. He takes a middle buste indred pounds of guano and lists o him a narrow list and he runs his we have our corn down below the 1 out, then* he gradually works the d i roots are/down where they get m< ;d up several stalks and we saw tha Dp-surface of the soil. His rows the mule and for producing a larg He is going 10 cuiuvate iuu <tuic joing to try to make 50 bales of co this year on account of poor stand rhe same plow last year. There i While Mr. Bridges regrets the oney on this year's crop, with ex t come in. \ Southern Cul t might reach 1 - - - j nzers ana sup] rtilizers you a products mad ip the price c i . * I B' B B I ^km B B^p S B wWBl^B' I' ^KB." ^1 ^^^B liUMBIA, \ , < iiiiivig l ; Lai I mule. ? < / t ing his own mix- ^ tfot so, he had a W Mr. Bridges ran J vas done exactly W . i was sandy soil, ; had 37 in cotBut he did all J ;lp iie had until ^ > x week for several ^ i j / pL. ro got $905.73? J can 30 up in the # have $408.33 as ^ . f due to the 6oo, ^ ve it to all who W' she has not tHe ^ H and is going to W ,v ng the month of > ! turners and cut- W , mch so that he is ^ o plow now. V >r and lays off his / ^ c. n this with two v v , planter, putting W evel. 5 irt to it from this ^ Dre moisture, and ^ ' it all the roots he \ are about level e yield per plow, s with two plows ^ tton to the plow. J ' V and five bales on ^ s no telling what low price, as all ^ isting conditions. i tivator t all the J pfyour I re buy- # le from i )f seed, t ml IN I i C t s. c. s * IMIII llillll