THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER
Thursday, October 12, 1911-
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Edited by C. E. CLARK
Green Manuring—No. 10.
Strcm).
Travelling through the piedmont
section it is not unusual to see
large stacks two or more years old
rotting to the ground. As the
farmers do not need it for bedding
for their live stock, and find it very
poor roughage, they are content
to let it lie in the field or around
the barn lot as worthless ‘‘straw,”
good for nothing but to be burned
or rot where it lies.
rag weeds, coarse grasses, etc., cut
from around his tobacco bams and
cow stables, over a very poor land
in the fall on which he had sown
rye. He did this to get the “stuff”
out of the way and no thought of
its possible fertilizing value. I
sjiw the rye in the spring just be
fore it was cut, and the result was
astonishing. The crop was as
thick on the ground as it could
stand, well filled, and about 5 ft.
high. Just a few steps away
A ten acre field of wheat that where no mulch of any kind was
yields 200 bushels will produce 10 used the rye made but an indiffer-
tons of straw and chaff. This straw ent growth and was thin on the
has about 12 pounds of nitrogen, land. Another farmer in Randolph
4.4 pounds of phosphate, and 12.6 county last year thoughtlessly
pounds of potash per ton. These spread some old straw, weeds, and
amounts were necessarily taken out coarse, dirty grass over a gall spot
of the soil and should be returned in his wheat field, and in the spring
together with the very large amount' and at harvest time was surprised
of organic matter contained in a To. find his crop looking as though
ton of straw. j he had spread tons of stable ma-
Should the straw from this 10 nure over the land. Instances may
acre field be put back into the land ’ be multiplied,
the soil would receive an applica- In the future, do not let your old
tion of 120 pounds of nitrogen, 44 hay, old straw, flooded grass, mix-
pounds of phosphate, and 126 ed weeds and coarse grass, lie
pounds of potash. This is as much around and rot in the fence corn-
nitrogen as can be gotten from ers and gullies, but spread them
three tons of an 8-2-2 fertilizer or evenly over the poor spots in the
35 tons of fresh cow manure. The wheat or oat fields just after the
potash made available in the j crop is sown. When the crop is
amount of straw is equal to that in harvested, run-a sharp disc harrow
three tons of an 8-2-2 fertilizer or*over this mass of half rotten vege-
in 17 tons of fresh cow manure.
tation once or twice and plow it
Wheat straw, old hay, dead I under prior to seeding the field to
weeds cut when cleaning fence .soy beans or cowpeas to be plowed
rows, ditch banks, etc., should >e under if the land is poor or cut and
spread evenly over the poor places! fed to live stock if the land is not
in the field during the fall and al-jin need of fertility. We had in-
lowed to weather and rot during tended to discuss corn as a green
the winter. In the spring this | manuring crop this time but fipd
rough material may be easily cut tour space all occupied with the
to pieces with a disc harrow and above discussion and we will have
plowed under. to defer this crop for next week.
Last year a good farmer in J. L. BURGESS.
Davidson county spread a lot of N. C. Dept, of Agriculture.
Hut Arrow Poiatt to one of the nunj
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Farmers’ Coming to Their
Senses.
It is a most gratifying fact,
thought not generally known, that
during the past twelve years the
co-operative movement among
farmers has grown so rapidly that
there are now 750,000 economic
associations, with a membership
considerably over 3,000,000.
There are but 6,100,000 farms
in cultivation, and in this number
more than one-half are represented
in these co-operative associations.
Among the great number of co
operative associations are insur
ance companies against fire, in
jury and death to live stock. These
insurance companies will not have
over 2,000,000 .stockholders.
For the most part they are well
managed and have accumulated a
surplus which is larger for safe
guarding of the interest of the
stockholders and for the payment
of losses.
The 3,000,000 farmers in the co
operative associations are bonded
in associations large and small for
economipl manufacturing of but
ter, cheese making, irrigation, the
warehousing of grain and cotton
and the building of telephone lines.
Perhaps the greatest benefit
comes from co-operation by sell
ing. Supplies are bought whole
sale at often manufacturer’s prices,
and selling is conducted through
organizations whose business
methods are yearly adding mil
lions to the profits of the farmers.
The prolific crops of the past
ten years are not alone the cause
of the prosperous condition of ag-.
riculture. To the good sense of
farmers in organizing their busi
ness along economic lines and
subordinating individual benefits
for the good of the whole is really
the greatest factor in the general
prosperity.—Journal of Agricul
ture.
Bertie County.
Bertie County Union met with
the Peele Local Union, October 5.
I'he county was well represented.
Interesting lectures were made by
Rev. Jason Butler, Dr. C. B. Jen
kins, L., M. Wood and W. T.
Swanson entertained the audience
for the remainder of the time 'till
12:20 p. m., when a bountiful din
ner was"* served and the members
entered into an executive session
in which steps were taken, looking
11 the management of the peanut
market, coton seed exchange and
sale, and cotton holding. Every
man voted to hold cotton ’till a fair
price was reached.
Kelford Local is building a good
warehouse sixty by one hundred
feet. This house will be ready
for use in a short time. Other
Union enterprises are beginning in
this section of the State.
•W. T. SWANSON.
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