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PLAN NOW FOR FUTURE PASTURES.
rttocnkssiVE pailmeh axd gaze
not, the use of a rotary hand plant-1
Sow the Terraces With Bur. Clover or Hairy Vetch Let the
'Seed Scatter and Re-Sow the Land.
By Prof. J. F. Dctfar.
k ROB ABLY NOT until the boll soon as the land is thrown out of
t. - j i i in .vA
er, COSling aDOUl a uuiiar, nui uo
practicable with vetch seed, the seed
being dropped into holes made by
the planter at the. distance desired
by the party doing the work. It
will even pay to plant these two kinds
of seed in hills along terrace banks
by the use of a hoe, as in replanting
corn. r ,
The planting of . terraces ' in bur
r weevil arrives will some farm- cultivation,
ers be impressed with the folly Hairy vetch even more quickly
of .devoting the most run-down parts -spreads' over the land from the ter- ci0ver or vetch not only serves grad-
of the farm to cotton. When they races. This isbecause as soon as uany to seed the land to these val
do so awake, a use must be found soon as the pods ripen they burst uable forage and soil-improving
for these poorer lands. .Most of them forcibly, throwing the seds as far as piants, but also to protect the ter-
should be utilized for pasturage. several yards. vetcn requires inocu- races against breaking in winter.
In anticipation of this use, it is lation with soil from another patch Live roots are great 'soil-binders,, and
none too early now to prepare them of any kind of vetch, or with soil every green growth in winter
,for furnishing an increased amount from a part of the garden where strengthens the terrace line. More
of pasturage . ' English peas have grown within the overt fields where the terraces are oc-
The most inexpensive present step preceding year or two. . f - . cupied for several years' by these
that can be taken in this direction, in sowing either bur clover or plants will usuallybe thoroughly in
if it be thought best to continue the vetch on a terrace it is usually prac- oculated throughout" their entire ex
cultivation of the land for a few more ticable to open a furrow with, a-scoot- tent by the time that it is desirable
years, is to sow on the terraces some er in the midst of the wild vegetation to have either of ' these pasture
pasture plants which in time will usually found on the terrace. If Dlants occudv tha entire surface;
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.A John Deere
fosook-
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spread over the entire field. ; ;
Among the clovers and grasses
most" suitable for sowing oh' the ter
races are bur clover, hairy vetch, and
Bermuda grass. There is no haste
about putting out-the latter, .the
roots of which are better, planted in
the spring or early summer., On the
other hand the season forsowing bur
clover will soon be past and only a
few months remain in which vetch
can be advantageously sown.
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GOOD FARMERS.
Mr. W. S.,' Cobb, of Robeson County, N. C.
; .- . By Clarence Poe.
iU.'lUUK MH to bis house in an a coDDer rent, and Cobb decided that
automobile; we got out and stumps had to go. Healso began
went into a house lighted by. to ship truck crops to Northern mar-
The Southern variety of bur clover electricity; when I went to my room kets. Deeper plowing, cowpeas,: two
should be sown in 'August, or not 1 Iouna ine nouse nttea witn an up- crops a yearall sorts of progress-
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later than the middle of September.
It requires earlier sowing than any
of the other winter-growing forage
plants. This is because the seeds are
Inclosed in a bur, or twisted pod,
which at first holds the particles of
soil away from the seed and. thus pre
vents the continuous moistening of
the seed by the damp soil particles,
which dampness is necessary before
germination - can occur Therefore
time must be given for the pod to
soften , ,and partially decay and for
MR. W. S. COBB.
to-aate system of ive ideas found favor with. him. He
water-works ; there began to make money, and after ten
was a typewriter or twelve years he felt able to put
on the desk and a up a beautiful $10,000 residence-T-telephone
along- -having, of course married in the
side it. v : meantime a true helpmeet. And now,
And this t man with his land cleared of stumps and
was a farmer and put In the best of condition, which
was hls'flrst great expense, his house
built and another tract of land pur-
(Continued on page 700.)
had jm a d e .his
money, farming!
More than this,
young man, if you
are ambitious for a nice home with
the soil to be packed by the force of telephones, water-works, and other
the raindrops and by other agencies modern improvements, and ultimate
close up against' the seed. ly the automobile, I believe the same
If the germination of the seed of energy wilFearn them for you quick
bur clover is delayed until the late er on the farm than, in town. I do
fall, quite a number of the. young, not mean say you wiil be sure to get
plants,fentering the winter without a all these by farming, but I do mean
strong root system, will be lifted out that if you have the ability to get
of thejground by alternate freezes them at all as you should then
and thaws, or be greatly delayed or the same enterprise and Jndustry ap
dwarfed in growth. ; -. plied to farm work, will get these
Southern bur clover has been things for you more quickly than the
found hardier towards cold and more same effort put into town work.
productive than the .California va
riety. Yet: the latter makes , a fair
substitute except in severe 1 winters.
Moreover, the Southern kind does
not .require intentional inoculation,
The man I have set out to write up
is Mr. , W. S. Cobb, a 35-year-old
farmer in Robeson County, N. C, and
whn th nufnrW o ehmiiA h he started out farming 17 years ago
witn a pooriarm, poor xoois, ana
with no better conditions than the
inoculated with soil from a field of
hur clover or of : alfalfa
t,t. oin. a frQw onA '.'. ii average 18-year-old farm, boy who
gradually spread from the terraces as
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because he wanted deeper breaking
he came to that .later. What he
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hard, unmanageable soil. "My neigh
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land," Mr. Cobb told me the other
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only his "ways" were ways of prog
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who are ."set." He bought his two-
i horse plow and the local merchant
who ' ordered the first one for him
17 years ago now sells $900 worth a
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