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rROGBESSIYE FARMER AXL GAZETTE.
CSatunkj. February 19, 1S1CC
THE VIRGINIA HAY CROP
Bo Long as Fanners Raise Hoed Crops Exclusively, Do With
out Pastures and Dny Ray, They May' Expect to Bo Poor'
LL GOOD GENERAL fanners,
as a matter of coarse, recog-
CJ 'nixe rrass and hay In their
crop rotations However, such :spe
clal crops as cotton,' tobacco pea
nuts, and track ' are grown under
very grinding and unfavorable con
ditions when, hay and grass play no
part in this class of farming. The
writer had occasion sometime ago to
visit one of our counties . where cot
ton and peanuts were chiefly grown.
The land :was naturally good and lay
well, but was - reduced in fertility;
which Is always the case where these
large special crops are grown and
commercial fertilizer is relied upon
to produce these crops. A short
time previous to my Tisit a fanner
from the Valley of Virginia had pur
chased a large testate there. Every
one was crowing cotton, and peanuts
and buying hay from the West for
his stock, and this man, seeing bis
opportunity and the demand for hay.
did not wait till his seeded, hay crops
would grow, but mowed crabgrass
and sold it to those one-ideaed farm
ers for. $10 per ton. At the time of
my visit three mowers were running,
over 200 acres i were in grass, and
many ricks dotted the field present
ing a. scene of prosperity and beauty
Whether we travel about the
country with a slow-gaited team or
look from the car windows of a fast-
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Blod taptage and Bones.
They- feed; your crop throughout the entire growing"!
season;
I the 'Nitrate and Blood start it off with V vigorous; -
hy growth; the Tankage sustains it throno-li h oritiV;
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ttywith a heavy yields-Proving our clainj that
TRey
Grow
the Biggest Crop
KSyest your money in them this season: f The retans
m ni6re;than please yotu : JMm -a ? r';f
SeDs TKeih.
Your
Dealer
AMOUR FERTlLiMf bMS
ATLANTA
FACTORIES t
WILMINGTON
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Th lake "S-grow big-and: healthy, aiiH'tBiis Iiv
crease our yields per acrc. These feAiUie art
Iilant food for us,, which means bread and meat '
for you.. They will put more-jnoney-profitsbto your ..
Docket ' '
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Asjc your fertilizer, dealer for a copy of ?cfcc Vio
J5arBook or'Almanac, or send us the coupon
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SALES OFFICESi
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fljins express,1 the-E7&S3 fields and
h&y Btacka point out tne prosperous
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Grftf fields Essential to Good
Fanning
Grass crops play such an import
ant part in adding to and retlanlng
fertility, that successful farming is
Impossible unless grass and liar are
largely grown. I am satisfied the
sarest, surest, and most practical way
to realize "$500 More a. Year Farm
ing"1 Is to recognize the Importance
ana value of grass: 'first as a land
improver, second as a crop producer,
and third -as a' mbhey sarer and
maker. No farmer has ever been
able to give a sound and sane reason
for growing a large special cron. re?
quiring the' time and expense of de
livery and marketing and then using
the proceeds In buying farm Dro
ducts that can be produced at home.
The most inexcusable of-all dut-
chases is hay for the farm animals.
If ) there Is ; any onei thing a farmer
can ao tnat ought to make himi think
himself less of a farmer.- leas tnf
citizen, and less of a man, it Is when
he meets his friends and neighbors
as-h returns -wit a Caw -fcalei cl
hay to bis 500-acre fara. ret posins
8i a ramer. j iThepurposo of :thla
article Is to arouse and awaken in
terest in this all-important and es
sential branch of farming. . -
Grass Will Grow la All Sections.
' "My farm won't tako In grass," '
or "This section Is t not adapted to
grass are common expressions, but
very mistaken ones.- - From the sands .
of the .seashore, r reaching- across tho
plains to the mountain tops, grasses
are found, and others tare adapted to .
these different, soils ; and climate,
ready for the use pf -farm nlmala.
Study ; your so1U. t Write to your ,
Commissioner of Agriculture for -r.
help .and Information. Give Mm all
the particulars you . can aa to ; the
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THE RELIABLE LAND BUILDER
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ham u jus vw apptffinQ jsue teerthJto mach ten of
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With your land when for " rfift
sake of saving a few dollars
you use a fertilizer whose
only recommendation , is1 its : "
analysis. It requires no spe-
cial knowledge to mix mate
rials to analyses. The value
of a fertilizer lies in the m
terials used, so as not to ' '
.ofeeohe-plantabne
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time and starve at: an nth Pr
This is why Royster, brarirfi
are , f poplar. ; Eyery in-
icmcut nas its particular:
work to do. Twentyrfive
years experience in making
gooqs ior southern crops has -enabled
; to I know whatsis ' v
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