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HOr.lE CANNING NUr.lDEB and SJJP Carolina,Virginia, Tennessee, andGeorgia. jLXXV. No. IS. RALEIGH, N. C, APRIL 16, 1910. TeeUj : $1 a Tear: The Most Imp ortant Thing on the Farm Just Notf. HERE are countless details in farm work to which attention must be given if the farmer would get the greatest - returns from his labor and his investment ; but there are also a few fun- damental operations which are " absolutely necessary, to success, and the neglect pr misdoing of which means failure One of these, which isof special importance Just now, is the cultivation of the crops; and by cultivation we mean that done before as well as that done after the crops are planted.' )Last week we took occasion to give a little warning to the effect that oor work in planting the crops would ' necessarily mean dec reased yields next fall ; and we wish to repeat, and emphasize .that statement this week. It is a thing you must not forget- 1 Cultivation for ' - - - ing moisture and keeping down grass and weeds should be gin with the break ing of the landun less that has been done in the fall or winter and should continue until the crop approaches ma turity. Right here, toorit-ia worthwhile to remember that if the first object men tionedthe conserva tion of mm' a hi attained, there will ordinarily ho trouble with -. - r- w wiao Uftt fUdOi All of us who have farmed know that there are times when ltis impossible to prevent the grass from getting a start and making much hard work; but such seasons are the exception, not the rule. If a man starts in time and uses the proper implements, he can, in any ordinary season, KEEP his crops dean, so that " will not be necessary for him to PLOW OUT the grass. To do this reOtlirP.9 -fronting symJ efisvfsiwi e If H nf 4ho an 4 J nn1 n - " ww f wlfMwf UltU OfSfr . 6 wmm, win ww- c able to stir the soil frequently in our uncertain seasons means "ur me farmer, must have tools that will enable him to get over ttle land auicklsi. TTo nnrt tin hnrto. if ihe npnann ijt thnnfr). in eeP his CrOD clean if hi mn4 tin fnnrnr five iitnest in the row -f e r if" - - - --..-ww -w w IW a wnfe plow; but if he can cover six to twelve feet at a rough with a harrow before the crop is planted, take a row at 0 'me with a weeder while it is young, and with a cultivator en it gets older, he can keep his crop clean i in a wet season, ve the moisture for the use of his crops in a dry season. Improved tools cost money ; but they are far cheaper than is cultivation with the single shovel or the turning plow. This is why, in season and out of Season, we have urged the purchase of better tools and the use of m ore J horse-power as d necessity in -the production of cheaper, crops and the attainment of a larger prosperity.' '' -v-; v" 1 Two-horse cultivators are not within the reach of all our readers this year. Some of them do not cultivate enough land to Justify their purchase ; some of them work land too stumpy or rocky, or too much cut up by ditches and .banks to make their use profitable ; some of them have not two horses to pull them. -But mark this: A larger per cent, will be using them next year, and the next,. and the next; because the land is going to be put into f better shape, more work stock are going to be obtained, and a truer appreciation of their By Courteay BatemanlManuf acturing Co. value is going to make itself felt. Because a man can not have such an out fit aslthe. one here shown, however, is no reason why he should work his crops with a turning plow. The one-horse farmer re mains a .one-horse former in too many cases simply because he has the idea that he must -continue to use the same old tools and methods. He is the, very man who most needs to make' each day's work count for more, and Just so long as he continues to devote two days' time to doing one day's work he will fail to get. ahead If a man has only one horse, ' he can use a -harrow and a weeder with suceess, and he can make both of them pay for themselves the first season. Therefore, let us say it again : Right now is the time to begin the cultivation of . all your crops even of those not planted. Use modern tabor-saving tools, so you can get over a whole tot of ground in a day. See that the soil is in good condition be-' fore you plant, and when the crop is planted keep right on with the cultivation. It is not necessary to wait for the corn and the cotton and the grass and weeds to get up and get a start. Get your start first ; get the soil in good condition, and keep your cultivation a little ahead of the crop, and your work will be easy and your reward great.
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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