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Green Manuring'.
Who hat not heard of the cow pea as
a hay-making and a soil-improving
plant? Anil, who has not been let to
believe thatNone-third or more of the
^ nitrogen anu other plant food elements
W found in this plant at maturity, are
left in the roots and stubble after the
crop is harvested and cured for hay; j
that is to say, out of every hundred
pounds of nitrogen etc., found in the:
pea crop at maturity. 83 1-3 pounds are "
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a short time ago, and even now some I
of our best agricultural advisers insist
on proverbial third of the nitrogen, etc., j
being left in the underground portion of j
the plant. Like the old idea of the sour- i
ing of the soil on well-drained land,
some man seemed to haye guessed at
the amount of nitrogen, etc., left in
the roots and stubble and hastened to
rush his intention into print.
Now, a ton of cured cow peas has, in I
the whole plant about, 40 pounds of nitrogen.
If one-third of this arpount
wore in the roots and stubble we would
have left on the soil and in the soil
about 14 pounds of a vailable nitrogen
per acre in case the acre produced a
ton ol cow pea bay. This amount of
nitro icn Is equal to that furnished by
700 pounds of an 8-2-2 fertilizer?a pretty
heavy application for most farm
crops. This seemed to be rather weighty
argument in favor of cutting the vines,
feeding them to live stock, and putting
the manure back on the land, regardless
of the fact that the manure from a
ton of cow pea bay fed to cattle will
cover?well, what part of the acre will
it cover?
Our farmers haye been acting on this
advice for a number of years in the face
of the daily decreasing fertility of their
lands under this system. -fAr. W. A.
Marsh, of Union county, took this advice
literally, sowed oats, cut and removed
them, then sowed cow peas on
oat stubble and then cut these for bay
when rtiature. This practice was continued
till his lani would not produce a
crop even of peas. Examples could be
multiplied where the pea crop has been i
removed year after year with disastrous i
results Indeed, it now seems that the i
surest method of depleting the fertility '
of the soil Is to rehiove a crop of cow '
^ pea vines from it every year for a few i
years in succession.
The real explanation of this ohenom- i
enon has finally been discovered. In an |
exhaustive series of tests and expert- <
ments conducted by a number of out i
be*, experiment stations it has been <
found that the amount of nitrogen, etc., i
left in the roots and stubble of the cow i
pea plant is not one-tbifd, but about
one-tenth, ff that found in tbe whole
plant. Here seems to be one of the
leading factors In the explanation of the
running down of average soils by the ;
annual removal of the pea crop. An- i
other, and, perhaps the leading factor, j
is that all the organlo matter la remov
od from the soil for a sariee.of yean by
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this method and thus all bacterial life j
is driven from the land, which is there- j
by rendered dead. These dead soils are
not necessarily robbed of their mineral
plant foods, however, as will be demon- |
straied by piowingdown a cow pea crop
or a good crop of rye for a year or two
in succession.
One top of green- cow pea vines contains
about 5.5 pounds of nitrogen; 2
pounds, of phosphate; and 6 pounds of
potash. It is an easy matter, on average
soil, to get a growth of 12 tons-<3^
sonie one of the rank growing varieties
per acre, which will cure up into three
tons of hay. Composition of green cow
? hied vuui|>nieu wnn composition;
of fresh cow and horse manure.
MATERIAL. NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH
Greon cow peas 5.4 2 6.2
Cow manure 7.6 1.6 7.3
Horse manure 8.7 1.9 7.3
With this yield per acre there would
be produced on a ten acre field 120 tons
of green pea vines which, if cut to
pieces with a shaipdisc harrow, plowed
under and thoroughly incorporated with
the whole soil stratum, would add to
this field about 650 pounds of nitrogen
and render available 240 pounds of
phosphate and about 750 pounds of
potash.
By .thus using the pea crop as green
manure the farmers get from the air
as much nitrogen in the first ten inches
of the soil of his 10-acre field as he
would get from 80 tons of manure or
from 16 tons of an 8-2-2 fertilizer. Hp
gets as much phosphate rendered available
to the succeeding afop as he would
get from 150 tons of manure or from
1 1-2 tons ot an 8-2 2 fertilizer. The
potash thus rendered available is equal
to that obtained from over 100 tons of
manure or from nearly 19 tons of an
8-2-2 fertilizer. And the humus obtained
from this amount of vegetable
matter turned into the soil will be suf
ticient to feed bacterial life for years ;
to come and will add immensely to menKnninal
biiai'iVHi vviiuiblvilO anu YV a LCI HUlUing
capacity of the land.
The result of having lost sight of the
fact that the humus or organic matter
contents of the soil is the basis of all
successful farming have been apalling
not only in North Carolina but over the
whole South. Can we afford to reduce
the vitality of our lands still further '
and hope to retain ownership of them?
When we have finished this series of
articles on feasible methods of soil improvement
we expect to take up and.
sutline a condition that is even now
tattling down like a pall over the farmers
of North Carolina.?J. L. Burgess,
North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
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To the Public.
I havevone million cabbage plants.
Karlv Jersey,! Wakefield and Winningiteaa,
are r ready for sale. Price
II. 2S per th( uand. Special price on
large lots. 0 v\me your orders.
\W. W. Holm as,
Yjxiuiaburg, K. C.
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Furnitiirc and
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Ls an exceptional bargain at this price, 1
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Read and Remember.
Ltemember for this will jnean dollars saved for vou. We dol
not hum-.lrum your ears. As an honest business concern we
do not.use alluring ads with red letters. As a matter of . fact
we do not advertise often. Our reputation is well known and
our business is growing all the time.
WHY?
To give you a plain and true reasorf why; just come in and
look at our immense stock. It the neatest, cleanest andi
most up-to-date Line of merchandise to be found ' anywhere
and above all we ask you\cordia/ly to compare our prices. By
buying from us you get the\bendfit of our vast experience of
knowing how and what to buy/ We naturally buy big and
get same goods very much cha/per. You get the benefit. We
give you lower prices than yo(uNcan get in larger towns.' Keep
an eye"on the quality. Thisyis Vu age of quality. We have
used our-best judgment to b\iy merchandise of quality.
Our/ciotmng
is composed of the cream of 1/e season and a\reat variety to pick from.
An extra lar^e amount ofr ladi/s cloaks, shirts, sweaters and childrens apparel.
STANDARD HIGH/CLASS SHOES. \vW handle the strongest
line of mens and ladies shoeJ, such as the well knowh^brand of VV. L.
Douglas, Rice and Ilutchinwand other tamous makes. Do yourself jus
tice. B113' where you can f>uj right.
AARON DEITZ, Louisburg, N. C.
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new nuuuei Aires on your puggy win maKe your
wheels last longer and mkkl riding a pleasure I
am prepared to do the vemrN^est work on short
notice. 23 years experience in the buggy business
Yours ttruly
H. C. TAYLOR, iLottisburg, N. C.
Jackson Tri-State Motor Car Co. *
Louiaburg, *. C.
Wishes to announce thavfroni now on they are prepared
to do any and allNdlid4 of machine work.
Automobile Repairmgjpur Specialty
Automobile supplies and alctsslbtiea, * Prest-O-Lite
Tanks, casings and tulles carried in stock.
During the Tmonth of Octo/er we wilKestablish an
Automobile School. Mr.^W. A. Rodabush, formerlyof
Richmond, an automobile expert, will\have the
school and shop in charge.
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5 chargej of ?our Undertaking Detmenl
and will do all in his power
please you when in need of his service
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the Pianos is good as when it was
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LOUISBURG, N. C
I at Rot>(* put on over twenly years ago are as good as
UfttW*' ^ new today. For further detailed information apply to ?M.
f. HOUCK, Louisburg, N.C.
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different kinds of corj
sets and t^ink you are
k. W^J hard to fit, you could
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troujjfies by getting the
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otiier corsets.
Style 7015. Is made of a poplin, has
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enintr slightly at back and front. 11-inch front 1 il C F C S 3 IV 3 D O
clasp, three pairs of strong hose supporters, very \
pretty lace trim. Metal eyelets. Sues 18 to ."*X J 1 c
"model tor every figure.
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Louisburg, N. C.
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