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4 fv irririliTIKiTfl' HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." VOLUMN XI. MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1910. NUMBER 1 SOIL ADAPTED FOR ALFALFA GROWING . . i . T-ii .-.f Exneriments With An AXW " fclfelt now &n tt nc k it vii ee Beit Grown One cf the Coming Forage Ci ops. rditor Kecord: Below is an ar- :1p on Alfalfa Culture, which I nre will ueoi great interest to many of your farmer readers. As mi know I ara a successful raiser this greatest ui loiage crups, on small scale. I am often ques tioned by farmers who are interest ed in growing a paten oi aiiaiia, and this article will be of great interest to those who wish to laise if Tbe high price of all farm products and tne increasing ae raises, maKfs it evwcuii w everj thoughtful man tnat tne improve ment of the soil and increased pro ductiveness is the only solution of an adequate supply to meet the increasing demand made for every thing produced by tne larmer. The demand is now beyond the nt of sufficient supply, and it behooves the farmer to improve bis lands, increase his crops and reap the greater returns, and alfalfa is one oi tne iuture crops for the restoration of our depleted soils, and the restoration of its failing fertility, and at the same time ioereasiog the Dank accounts J TP of our larmer mends. l nope some time to see hundreds of acres in Davie growing this finest of forage crops. E. d. MUKK1S, Mocksville, N. C Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops that the Missouri farmer is growing today, its wide adapt a Din ty for feeding to all classes of farm animals, its high feeding value and its " renovating ef fect upon the soil makes it a very desir able crop to grow. In many - sections farmers are realizing this and are sowing more of it every year.- With the increased interest taken in it the characteristics and requirements of the plant are being better mderstood and it is now grown success- ally in many sections vhfr" a few yars T4 was thought impossible to grow it. Ivayyear it is coming to occupy more important place in system of farm man agment in those sections of the state tet adapted to its productiveness, and tiers is no doubt that it will soon be iwn to a greater or less extent all over ne state. Alfalfa can be made to growJ on practically every sou type m the state, but there some on which it is not a very profitable crop. A few years ago the experiment station co-operating with the farmers of Mis souri started a number of alfalfa experi ments covering all of the soil types of the state with the idea of determinging the best methods of securing a stand on these different soils. The result of these ' ex periments show that a distinct relation exists between soil types and the suc cessful growing of this crop. - - " " There are perhaps three essentials to the successful growing of alfalfa drain age, rich soil and inoculation. The crop needs a deep, loose, well-drained soil. Al falfa roots go deep into the soil and the plant gets moisture from below. For this reason it thrives so well on the semiaried regions of the west. On wet lands where the underground water is near the surface the plants never do well and die. Alfalfa is not grown successfully on our flat pra ririe soils, which are " noorlv drained. These soils are underlaid with a stiff clay subsoil in which the water level fluctuates often raising on the roots and drowning out the plants. Another requisite for" the, successful growing of alfalfa is rich soil. , Especially js mis true in starting the crop, it may oe started on thin land deficient in humus and nitrogen, but which contains a suffi cient supply of mineral elements of plant iooa, Dut under such conditions it starts very slowly and will rarely . produce . pro- mable crops. In practically all such cases, however, crab grass and foxtail will come jn so thickly as to crowd out ; the alfalfa before it can develop a good root , system ?na Decome supplied with nitrogen-gather "ig bacteria sufficient to make.a thrifty growth. In Missouri, where the conditions are not so favorable for alfalfa as ln the west, it is necessary for its growth., Al falfa is a heavy feeder on nitrogen and Phosphorus two elements that are defi cient in Missouri soils. ! It is also a "father heavy feeder on potassium, but there is an abundant supply of this in our soil, so pitrogen and phosphorus become the hunted elements. On the upland" soil lhsn an application of manure "and in S3me cases manure supplemented 5 with oane meal, has been found necessary to secure a good stand. Manure furnishes the young plant with nitrate until it can become well established in the soil and supplied with its own nitrogen-gathering tectreria. On the better soils; - however tere the plant food has" not been so de plated, a good stand of alfalfa may be gcured without manuring or fertilization uuri and nerhans most lmnortant factor controlling the growing of alfalfa is cultivatioi will "uLuiation. By inoculation is meant ? U?flg int0 tne soil the nitrogen-gather-air ?facteria that live in the roots., of the Jfwfe plant and furnish a part of the P'ant food. Many soils oh which;-alfalfa jja been giovra do not contain these acteria &nl hence it is necessary to sup W them before the plants will thrive wen Inoculation is essential on practical- ' ail UDlanri and soon the new field is thnmmihiv ir.- culated. If it is not Draptinal tn soil from an old alfalf field some taken rom patches of sweet clover found draw ing along roadsides or railways may be used. The same bactria that live on this plant live also on alfalfa. There is no need of fearing to infect the land - with sweet clover, as this plant is an annual and may be readily killed by mowing be- ore tne seed has matured. Artificial cul ture of these bacteria are now made which the. farmer may secure, snrinkle over his seed and thus inoculate them in this manner. This method of inoculation is still in the eqperimeutal stage, however and we have not found these cultures a success in every case, so that their use is to be recommended only exDerimentallv. Only about 25 per cent of our fields on which this culture was used have shown any benefits from inoculation, while soil rom old alfalfa fields has given results on 85 per cent of the fields inoculated in this manner. -This may be due to the im proper methods of handling, but the aver age farmer will secure better results by using the soil rather than treating the seed with the cultre. , Perhaps a fourth essential to the Dro- duction of alfalfa is abundant lime in the soil.1: In many of the eastern states an application of lime is necessary to secure a good stand. However, most Missouri soils except a few that are poorly drained have an abundant supply of lime and our experiments show that only in a few cases is the lime necessary. It is some time beneficial for correcting the acidity of the soil, but only in this way. Lime is not a controlling factor m alfalfa growing in Missouri as in some states. These experiments have shown that some soil in Missouri are much better adopted to ' growing alfalfa than others. n some sections it is a profitable crop to grow without an application of manure or fertilization. In other words an applica tion of manure and bone meal has been bund benificial, while in still others ma nure is essential to its successful produc tion. This is due to the fact that some soils are naturally much more fertile than others and some that were once -. fertile have been run down by continuous crop ping for a number of years. Alfalfa is best adopted to deep, loose. fertile and well drained soil. Probably the best soil in the slate for alfalfa in the land which has from 12 to 15 inches of rich, black, sandy loam, preferably bottom soil, underlain with a layer of sand. Such soils occur along the Missouri and Missis sippi rivers and it is on this soil that al falfa reaches its highest development in Missouri. This land produces in favorable season from four to five cuttings, averaging from one to one and one half tons per acre to tne cutting, a good stand is readily obtained in thocs sections with no soil treatment other than good preparation of the seed. The next best alfalfa soils in Missouri are tne neavier Dottom soils along the creeks and rivers within the state. These soils, while fertile, are hardly so well dained as those underlain with sand, hence hardly so well adopted to alfalfa. How ever, where well drained, aiiaita is grown on these soils without manuring or fertili zation. . The loose soil which comprises the river hills along the Missouri and Missississippi rivers is also weu adapted to aiiaiia. This soil is fertile, deep and well drained and usually contains a sufficient amount of nitrogen to produce good crops without the use of manure. This is the best up- and soil in the state for alfalfa and ex periments in Andrew, Holt and bahne counties indicate that in most instances mannre is not -needed. The loose soh however, does not generally contain the nitrogen-gathering bacteria and responds readily to inoculation. . The next best alfalfa sou in Missouri. comnnses the paranes oi tne nortnwestf part of the state. Uur experiments indi cate that most of the soils respond to an application of manure which, though not always necessary to secure a good stand, gives sufficient increase to make its use profitable, ihe humus and nitrogen con tent of these soils is somewhat lower than the bottom lands and hence manure will often give good results. ; -... A The northeast Missouri prairie sous do not generally grow alfalfa as well as those of the northwestern part of the state. Here the nitrogen content has been run so low by continued cropping that there is not a sufficient amount of nitrates present to start the: young plants off well, hence an application of manure is , necessary in most places m this part of the state to se cure a fiood stand. The alfalfa 4n the un treated Plots of our expenments on tnese soil seldom succeeds in Decoming estaD- lished and soon dies. An equally impor tant factor, however, in this part of the state is drainage, many sections beiug too flat and poorly drained for alfalfa -The poorest alfalfa soils in the state are founn in south Missouri. ; The ridge lands of this section are the poorest of all ' our boils and hence are the least . adapted to the growing of alfalfa. With ther liberal use of manure and inoculatiotf it can ; he successfully grown in many places, . even on the slopes of the.Qzarks. But gener ally spealting it cannot be said to be a profitable crop for this section. However, ona field": sown on a southern slope in Phelp county which has been standing for four years produced three cuttings last year, averaging a ton per acre to the cutting. . The Missouri farmer is learning to grow alfalfa quite successfully. With a better understanding of the requirements of the plant it is only a question of time until it -yyill be grown in practically all parts of Lie state, fn north Missouri it will be grown on piactically all well-drainep soils,! while m soutnern Missouri LITTLE HAPPENINGS FROM EVERYWHERE General Happenings of the Week From All Over the Country a Gathered From Our Exchanges Many Things Told in a Few Words. Garfield Hutchins, a young con vict working on the Forsyth roads, was shot and killed while trying to escape last week. James West, 20 years old. of Hat tiesburg, Miss., was burned to death in a boarding house last week. Oth er inmates escaped. The steamer LaRochelle was sunk in the English channel last week and nine persons perishedl Statesville was visited by a severe electric, rain and windstorm the 19. Many houses were struck by light ning and crops damaged. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Miss Eleanor Alexander were married in New York the 20th. It was quite an elaborate affair. Fire in Salisbury last week de stroyed the old Swift & Co., ware house and several other small build ings. Loss several thousand dollars. The Jeffries-Johnson white man negro fight will be pulled off at Re no, Nev., on July 4th. California is to be congratulated. Will Barham, a well-known block ader, was killed near Wendell last week by Pink Page. Women. Lightning struck a negro in Win ston last week, tearing his shoes off but leaving no ill-effects save a bad ly scared coon. v ; Ralph Lupton, of Newberne, was held up by a negro last week and shot through the thigh. He will re cover. . v Seventy-nine new, doctors were granted license y the State Board last week, and turned loose ; ,on;. the country. : .-...v its UDlanri cm Ic in MiccnnrS Practical way for the farmer to and is to is to scatter t he most inoculate soil from an old al- d neid over his ground before seeding. ms may be applied at a rate of 300 to nuU DOHnHa or. i i i j u u i. . cu An lmmpniant-lv cinna Dvnnaura tf K1s the : bacteria. The bacteria light "tfhiph ' ua-Bta. . x lie. . . uaciei m cu soil coniains jnultiply very rapidly successful mers. doubtless be somewhat more restricted. It is generally true that the longer alfalfa is raised on any farm the mbrereadily it grows and the easier it becomes for the farmer to get a stand. This is due largely to the fact that he learns better how to seed and, handle "the crop, and the land becomes - more thor ovghly inoculated and better adapted for groMing alfalfa Prof. C. B. Hutchison, Department of Agronomy, Missouri College of Agriculture. - What Everybody Ought to Know. That Foley's Kidne PiHs contain just the ingredients necessary to tone, streng then and regulate the action of the kid neys and bladder. Sold by all druggists. More-Peas'V-.. ;.: Again we desire to remind farmers of the importance of planting eyery available cultivated acre to cowpeas. They are valuable for the following reasons: - They are a fairly good human food. Thev are one of our most nutritiu- ous foods for stock. ' 1 hey shade the soil during the hot test part of the summer, thus aiding in the formation of valuable nitrates. If turned under,, the vines add con siderable fertility to the land. The presence of decaying roots, stubble and vines in the soil helps to convert mineral substances into plant food. , - If picked, the peas alone are worth from $8 to $12 per acre. The vines that grow on an acre are worth from $6 to $10 for stock food. Through their roots peas put into the soil from $4 to $6 worth of nitro gen per acre. Most of our unprofit able soils are lacking in this substance The vines, roots and stubble help to make the soil loose and easily cul tivated. They also absorb and retain mois ture that will aid the crop to go through a drought easily. The roots of peavines are good sub soilers. They, go to considerable depth and open up the earth so that air and water can make a deeper soil. Peas get their nitrogen from the air, free of cost to the farmer, so that very little nitrogen is needed in their fertilizers except for very poor soils"- -... . ' . Vv K ' " ' V Peas' feed strongly upon the sup ply of potash and phosphoric acid, therefore jthese substances should be snpplied to them. Many crops fail for lack'bf acid and potash. price pi peas is xugii. uut uua doe not keep the wise farmer from planting them. He is thinking of, the $10 nrvalue he is to receive later for every dollar invested in them now. Let no farmer neglect to plant a bundantly of this important crop. Plant some for hay; plant some , on poor landtfor turning under; plant some for grazing by horses, cows, hogs and other farm stock; and by all means plant and cultivate a few acres from which to obtain seed peas for next year's planting. Then you will rejoice if the price is high. Plentv of cowpeas on the fann hnake loose, fertile lands, strong,- fine stock and contented, prosperous iar- ; C. K. HUDSON, i i A j. TS. r T ' 5 otate Ageuir . v. u. wixv. ' " T hnne that the farmers of Davie county have become convinced of the importance of raising cow peas; that they are not only valnable as a feed crop but also as a soil improving crop. I hope the farmers will not let the Dresent high price of the cow I peas keep them from planting and cultivating enougn to maKemeir uwn peas for next year's crop. The keep iug of more cattle and the sowing of more peas and clover to build up the land, is the only salvation for the Southern farmer. M. J. Hendricks, ' , 1 Local Agent F. C. Work. . Our Raleigh Letter. The Democratic primaries to chose delegates to the Democratic State Convention which meets in Charlotte July 14th, was hnld in .every county of the Statr Saturday, June 25, and the county conventions will be held Saturday, July 2nd. This is the first time primaries have been held on the same day throughout the State and many regard this as a step to wards the enactment by the Legis lature of an iron-clad State primary law. The Democratic party has been steadily moving in that direction sev eral years. In fact such laws have been passed by the last legislature for several counties, in an effort to fix the South Carolina primary sys tem on this State. Such laws were passed for Halifax and Nash coun ties. Read Chapter 494, Acts of 1909 and you will find that if you lived in Nash county and wanted to fiarticipate in a Democratic primary you would be enrolled and if you scratched your Democratic ticket next November you could be indict ed, convicted of perjury and senten ced to the roads. The Legislature attempted to make this apply to all political parties but the design is simply to foster a Democratic mo nopoly and destroy all independence at the.Dolls. : : In Wake county the denunciation of each other by the two Democrat ic factions continues. The "ins" or the s-called ring crowd, held a ral ly here Friday night in the Academy oi Music and nearly all the speak-, ers, particularly Senator W. B. Jones Representative Hinsdale and Com missioner Brewer, denounced. Jose phus Janiels, J. W. Bailey and . the News and Observer. Senator, Jones charged that an associate editor ;of the News and Observer declared that he. had bought and stole votes for the Democratic party at the same time" Hick DeBoy made his famous or infamous rather, ' assertion; Sen ator Jones said that Daniels was ask ed to print DeBoy's statement that an editor of Daniels paper boasted this, and that Daniels refused. Want Her to Take Her. Time. 7 An old Kansas citizen who had been henpecked ; all his life was about to die. She felt it her duty to offer him such consolation as she might, and said: "John, , you are about to go but I will follow you." I suppose so, Manda," said the old man, weakly, "but so far as.I am concerned, you don't need to be in any blamed hurry about it,'? A Woman's Great Idea is how to make herself attractive But, without health, it is hard for for her to be lovely in face, form or tempeV;- A weak, sickly woman will be nervous and irritable. 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