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r Short Talks About 'Fertilizers. . ,
A READING COURSE.
: irrm part OP almost every crop
TV that Is grown is returned dl-
hW rectly to the soil and thus he
comes a ereen manure: but 'the crtfps
grown especially for this purpose are
comparatively Tew. i Tnose most com
monly grown In the South are cow-
neaa. crimson clover, hur clover, ana
tva. Tn Rome sections red clover Is
also a highly-prized green manuring
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.JaDan clover are also utilized this
way. Other winter crops sometimes
used ate the vetches, turnips, : and
wheat or oats. Of these, the cowpea
and Janan clover are summer-grow
ing crops, red clover is a biennial
that is, lasts two years, the otners
are winter-growing crops. j
The Best Way to Use Manure Crops.
All of these crops are' valuable for
'feed; and as a general proposition, it
may be - said that any crop that can
'be profitably fed to live stock will
pay better when so used than when
'returned directly to the soil. This
Is because when the crop .is fed the
. 'feed value is, of course, secured, and
'there; may. be saved in the manure
-' from 60 to 8 5 per: cent of the plant
' food that was originally in the crop.
This plant food, too,' Is usually in a
more readily available condition ' for
the use of the following crop in the
manure than in ; the turned-under
"crop.- '..'.OivO'-;" ' -
The ideal way, then, to utilize
crops grown for manuring is to feed
them to stock and to return the ma
nure to the soil, thus securing their
. full feeding value and from two
thirds to three-fourths of their orig
inal fertilizer value. .' s, ,
While this Is true as a general
, proposition, nowever, tne fact re-
Vl-Wheb and How to Uoc Green Manurco
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him to plow the crop1 under, even
though he, could sell it and buy more
plant food in other forms after get
ting jay for the extra work of saving
and marketing the crop. This scarc
ity of live stock to consume the crops
grown makes 1 green manuring J a
necessity in many cases where it
would be much better if -the crop
could be first fed. . - " - Z
--A third case is where if - the fer
tilizing crop is left to mature it will
be in the way of the succeeding crop. ,
For example, if a .cover crop of rye
Is to 1 be followed by cotton, it may
often 1 be necessary 1 to plow the rye
under before it makes growth enough
to make its harvesting profitable. 'A
similar' problem is often presented
with ; winter-growing crops, such ! as
rye and crimson clover, that while
useful for feed1, to a certain extent,
have also some features that make
their use objectionable. Rye is an ex
cellent crop for cutting and feeding
green; but if it must be made into
hay, it ' will usually pay better to
plow it down. Crimson clover makes
good hay if cut at exactly the right
stage; but if allowed to get too ripe,
It may be a dangerous feed, especial
ly J. for horses, and in such cases, is
best plowed under. 1
Some Points 3 to Observe in Using ;
Green Manures.
The great value of green manures
In adding to the humus of the soil
has been spoken of; but they some
times produce injurious effects also
and, - like other fertilizers; must al
ways be used with reference to the
crop that is to follow their applica
tion. . . . ,
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The plowing under of a large
amount . of veeetahlA 1 : matto oa &
mains that n mnnv mboo It nrlll naif I Preparation for. or a nhnrt tlmo
to return a ornn rtlroeflv Ilia in fore.'the SOWinfiT nf xvh Pot no fa In
on which It was grown that is, to tne fall, is never to be advised. The
plow it down or otherwise incorp- undecayed mass makes the soil rtpuf-
OratB it With t.hp anil hofnro nr attar, fy" ! and Unsettled and nrpvonta yA
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maturity. Tne cases when this is lormauon oi mat nne, firm seed bed
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advisable will mostly fall under three wmcn xnese crops so much like. In
neaas. : ; n? uocu, it is neany always better tn
have green manures mixed Trith the cloverin f or tXo to-tai of p wa
soil in Ume for them to have partial- crap tiitf I UJto U tTJ &
cedlQg cr.op. is ?lant?d. fflUi itP?. 3p J.J..iJ? W .
Lme cropsV com fQr SSnVfe mPl& W 18 W P.la-
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under of a heavy crop of green Tege-f
tatlon often results in too mucn acia
ity in the soil when it begins to de
cay. For this reason it is usually
better when a rank crop is to be
turned down, to allow it to fully ma
ture. Soil acidity produced by this
may be corrected, however, by giving
the soil a top dressing of lime after
the crop ' has been plowed ' down.
Green manures are , most ' profitably
used as a preparation for such gross-feeding-
and humus-needing crops as
corn,; or for those; like the Irish po
tatd. and other root crops, that heed
plenty of soil moisture,' do not mind
a little sourness in the soil, and are
sometimes injured by the application
of stable manures.
TO
Cover Crops for Green ! Blahuring. !
. The crops most generally profitable
as green manures are those that are
grown during the winter7 tbti protect
the soil, and are then turned down In
the spring In time to be followed by
cotton, .corn ' or other hoed .crops.
Rye, for example, is most profitably
used, as a rule, by pasturing or soil
ing in the early spring and then turn
ing under ; while it is ; often more
profitable to plow a crop of crimson
no oilier chance-
of getting the humus tho, crop con
tain into the solL 7 c
: To sum up. then? The most prqfiU
able green manuring cropsj as a gen
eral rule, are those that grow durlnr
the winter and' are turned dowii in.
the spring; it is usually better whea
practicable, to let a crop mature1 than
to plow in It green; largo quarlUties
of green matter turned under some
times sour the soil and ' are' always
bbjectlonable Just before :; seeding
oats or wheat; where a crop can be
profltably-isayedlfor, feedand the
manure returned to the r land 'this
should always be done. , , 1 r ; ' f
Next week's; talk will be about
barnyard manures, their composition
and usefulness. .
h'' Bny Garden - Seed 1 EariyT ,
In buying - garden seed, it is bet
ter to buy from a dealer who handles
seed in " bulk, or . order fromsome
reliable seedsman. . This will insure
you fresher seed as well as more re
liable as to ; trueness to name. Do
not n put off . purchasing your seed
until : planting . time ; and then run in
town and risk the little five and ten
cent packages from the store. Prof.
D.;" C. Mooring. ' s-;
When It Pays to Plow Under a Green
j Crop.
The first is when the croo is so
light that the expense of harvesting
it would amount to .more than the
difference between the combined
values obtained from it as feed stuff
" and as stable manure and its value
when used directly as a green ma
aure. Such cases are very common
on the poorer lands of the South.
Many old fields can be most econom
ically started on the way of improve
ment by sowing a crop of cowpeas,
for example, in the spring, fertilizing
this crop with phosphoric acid and
potash if these elements are needed,
workine It into the soil whan mo
v y w Mbu, U4(
ture, anding it with a winter
crop, likenfye or crimson clover, to
be turned under also before' any
thing is removed' from the soil. This
. will, , however be the plan to be
recommended only on very poor
lands much lacking In humus, or un
der other exceptional circumstances.
The second case In which the di
rect application of a cron aa a
green manure is. to . be advised. la
where the land needs the humus and
there 1d little change nf fo ka4
' turned to the soil if the crop is re-
: moved. If the owner of the land for
example, has not stock to which to
feed a crop of cowpeas and can only
u tne nay and ouy commercial far.
Mixers ieea s lanq, i may pay
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