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and types and for crossing. It is to
be hoped that the necessity for varie
ties of cotton that will withstand the
attacks of the boll weevil' will serve
as a whip to keep us in better agree
ment in our breeding of cottons.
In our next issue. we shall attempt
to point out those qualities which
are most essential for the cotton1
plant now demanded. We must fix
a standard towards which all shall
work, or progress must be slow.
BY THE USE OF BETTER SEEDS.
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t This Season You Should Be Selecting Seed for Next Year's
Planting Some Points to Observe in Seed Selection.
ByTait Butler. v '
HERE HAS BEEN much public type of plant in almost any variety,
discussion during the past few The most important consideration is
vpirs of the value of seed selec- generally recognized to be yield per
i oo i-o ponimon in such cases, acre, but this can not hA definitpiv
ln'v of those who advise the farm-' known at the time of field selection,
m "have somewhat over-stated the therefore, there ought to be certain
n-i, miiph cood may result characters recoentzed aa hpl rm pins'
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telligent seeu seietiuu uuuo w mo laigesi, yieiuing piants.
Our Progressive Former Boyo
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A FARMER BOY'S PROBLEMS
from mi
To a
II. How You Can Make Money With One Pig as a Start.
N THIS TALK I am going to sup- or peanuts for her to go into.
pose that you have" a pig Just Whether you have or have not, you
one pig, though I trust many of will want to be getting pasture ready
you have whole droves of pigs. I for her next winter.
ill probably deny, out wai sum certain extent tnis is so, indeed, am going. to suppose that this is a. Now a winter pasture is not al
niarvelous results as some have among well-informed , peopple there sow pig and that you are keeping her "ways an easy thing to get; but I
claimed should come from the crude is .pretty-general agreement as to the to raise other pigs from. Let us say think you can work it. You don't
sort of selection generally practic- sort of corn stalk or cotton plant that she is now about six months old, need much land for your one pig;
ed is unreasonable, and these ex- which tends to give the .largest yields, in good condition surely no Pro- the eighth of an-acre, if it is rfch
travagant claims are calculated to do but this agreement does not exist gressive Farmer boy would keep a land, sown in rape right now, will
harm rather than good to agricul- among well-informed people there pig and not . have it in good condi- be ready for her in six weeks and if
tural progress. For instance, the in- those who are selecting seed. tion and that she is a Berkshire or you-get a good stand and the weath-
.inida. fl.nd Dermanent im- For instance, all of thA Smith Pniand-r.hina nr nnrnn-.Toraov pradA. p.r doesn't 'turn -verv cold, will keen
ner going tin unristmas or later.
and permanent im
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movement wnicn can resun nuiu me jDixyeriuient .stations oy many years' inis means mat ner sire was pure
L-iunrv field selection which is gen-
erally practiced, must be small and
slow. From this we'do not mean to
pnnv'ev the idea that we dp 'not ap-
nf Rppd selection, nor qo
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we
deny that even tne uayuaawu auu
crude methods practiced fail-to yield
profitable results.
There are many factors which de
termine the excellence of a plant or
animal and its ability to reproduce
that excellence.
Look to Hie Ancestry of Your Seeds.
in the breeding of live stock we
attach much importance to heredity
or pedigree, but no breeder of In
telligence ignores individual charac
teristics or excellence. We ' know
that an animal of individual merit
may or may not prove .successful as .
a breeder, by reproducing his merit
in his offspring. If, however, an ex-'
amiuation of the pedigree of this ani
mal shows that among his ancestors
afe a large number of animals of ex
cellence both as to individual merit
and as breeders, we at once, have
much more confidence in this animal
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having the power to transmit his
good qualities to. his offspring.
Moreover, in animal breeding we
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course, you will give her what milk
you can, the slops from the kitchen
if you can get them, and two or three
ears of corn a day. You must give
her plenty to eat in any case, and
you must see that she has plenty
of pure water to drink. "Don't make
her depend on greasy .dishwater
esry time she gets thirsty, and don't
water her once ayda and think sho
has enough. She needs a drink three
times a day, at least.
While you are in the pasture buy
iness, get about half an acre of land
work it well, put all the manure you
can get on it and sow it in wheat
or oats. Put on a bushel of wheat
or two bushels of oats. If you can,
, use alsi 10 pounds of crimoon
clover seed or 20 pounds of hairy
vetclr, seed. If these cost too much,
sow winter turnips with the grain.
This pasture will be ready for the
sow to go on by the time the rape
is gone.
You will, of course, need a shel
ter for her, but that need not cost
much. Next week In our Live Stock
Department we expect to give dia
grams of some hog houses that any
boy can build, and that need call for
You
.Master Charles F. Phillips, Who Raised 134 Bushels of Corn on One Acre
and Told the North Carolina Farmers' Convention How He Didlt.
work and thousands of tests, have bred and her mother a grade or a only a few cents cash outlay.
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know 'that good care and feeding has shown that the prolific .varieties of scrub. muBl. be tue UOUbe 13 aiways
Played an important Dart in the corn, or those having a tendency to Now, if you were fattening this dry Inside, and in our climate that is
buihlinir u n of eypel 1 out breeds 7 of nroduce more" than one ear ta the - Die- for- the market, you-would want ahout all that is necessary. You
live stock that will reproduce their stalk, make the largest yields of corn her to eat just as much feed as pos- wil1 see too that the house is kept
qualities with considerable regularity per acre, and yet nine out of ten sible and to lay on flesh as. rapidly cean, that the sow has a clean place
in their offspring. Southern farmers regard a large ear as possible. In three months, at most, to eat her grain, and that she is not
Among plant breeders and those as the most important point in seed you would want her to be ready to lousy. If lice get on her, any of the
who advocate seed selection the ef- corn selection, and many of those kill. But as it is, you will expect cal tar dips or a spraying with di
rects of good care and feed In build- who select their seed corn in the her at that time to be just ready for Juted kerosene will clear them off.
i"S up breeds of plants is ignored in field have as their standard or ideal breeding. So you will try, of course, Look out for them. You can't afford
many cases, and in fact, usually posi- the largest ear, although it is a well- to keep her growing ail the time and to feed lice. "Spray or wash the in--tively
denied, as applied to the de- established fact that the largest ears to have her in good flesh no hog side of the house, too, and burn up
velopment of strains or breeds or va- grow one ear to the stalk, and hence, ever has any business being- poor, any bedding In which they are likely
rietics of plants. In other words, , by- force of the fact stated above, do but you will not try to fatten her. to hiding.
any so-called plant breeders advise not produce the largest yield per To keep her. growing as she should, If you look after the sow's welfare
gainst the zivimr nfnWa fixtra rn you must feed her all she can eat, and comfort, by the time she is nine
good care and feeding in developing
varieties of farm plants.
Have an Ideal in Seed Selection.
We believe this is a mistake and
that bv
butyou must give her feeds that will' montns om, say oy me mmaie or
Need of Better Types of Cotton. , : anA ma-,A MtvOT thQn December, she will be ready to breed.
Similar lack of uniformity of ideal fat. The feeds that do this are those and you wI11 be ready , to start on
sxfsts among those who select cotton containing a large per cent of pro- your work as a hog. raiser. About
seed. tein, "nitrogenous feeds" we call tbese things I will talk just a little
overlooking the value of en-
So long as this lack of agreement them; while those containing much
vu'onment in influencing the charac- exists as to what constitutes the ideal starch or sugar or oil are fat-pro-
or plants they are overlooking or highest type, progress m seed ducers "caroonaceous" tney are
01e of the greatest aids. if used with selection will be doubtful or at best called. Corn Is a carbonaceous feed
8od judgment, which the breeders extremely slow. so are most grasses, sweet potatoes,
oC l'lants have at their disposal for At this time there is a special rea- turnips, and so on; the clovers, cow
llle improvement of our field crops. son why progress towards the de- peas, peanuts, soy beans, rape, skim-At-
all times the man who selects velopment of a better cotton plant milk, wheat bran, middlings, tank
xoeds should havo anmn wdIi.q. la hlehlv imDortant. The Dart of the age. are nitrogenous.
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I'll 0(1 j:f'ni1n . .... 4-4- rl iTtalt-A Vitr Vi o
"""umu ur meai at wnicn ne is uunuu dch jtci. iw uo ioiicu jj
next week.
M.
The automobile has become a per
manent fixture in farm life, and the
thousands of farmers who are now
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using me moior car wouia not part
with it any. more than they would
dispose of the silo, plows, threshing
machines, mowing machines, and
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These latter feeds; then, are the oiner necessary implements wnicn go
Jln,iU?. It is equally important that'boll weevil will probably suffer most kind you will want chiefly to use in toward the making of an up-to-date
standard or ideal be a high one. severely unless better varieties of cot- feeding your pig. If you can get """-' iemee..
l not enough that he has an ideal, ton are quickly developed. For this plenty of sklm-milk, you are in luck. :
Dut that ideal should be a correct reason it Is highly important that On too many Southern farms, how- 1 am 35 years old and have been
?lu- With seed selection in its in- those who select cotton seed with a ever, milk is likely to be a scarce farming ever since I was large
1311 (.v, so far as tho farmer Is con- view to improving varieties, should article. In any event, however, you enough to plow, but I think I have
.n,fd, it is not to be wondered at have a correct standard or ideal to will want a pasture for your pig. I learned more since I have been get-
there is little agreement, among work to. trust she is no one now Bermuda Jin y0Hr PaPer than 1 lhad eyer
en those who are selecting seed, In-live stock breeding Americans or cowpeas or red clover, and that a known before. W. Hugh Paschallr
s to what constitutes the highest have a mania for multiplying breeds little later you have some soy beans Ridgeway, N. C.