On his farm near Smithfield, Mr. J.W. Stephenson has prospect for yields of 12 barrels of corn to the acre. On the field where the corn follows alfalfa, the corn is fine but the heaviest cared corn follows crimson clover. Mr. Stephenson adopts modern methods of crop rotation and soil building. His principal cover crops are rye and crimson clover.
Livestock on his farm is another soil-building factor. He “sells” his surplus feed to this cows, sheep and other livestock and the gets two profits in one when the livestock is marketed, plus the value the barn yard manure as a by-product. Mr. Stephenson was recently elected as one of the 10 directors of North Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Sept. 1, 1925. To see a photo of J.W. Stephenson, go to:
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073982/1925-09-01/ed-1/seq-1/
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