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N YOUR comment oa my arUcle Bertion:.:;The tUng to flo Ith; the
I published on page .of issue m sp-.:; ja to. get it on the iatid ar
ember 25, 1 am sure you f 18U' soon aa possible; Aether it ia co?er-
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Ms writing under the had of J ribwIVlH
Beld, or iour-year roiauon, ftau.i . . v .vjfl;, , :: v v.c;.':
Intended the reader to get the idea . :. ;; : ; o v . -X ' 7.r;"vV-:'.?-'
that poor land could he started .up T READ with a
cheaper in pasture JAan : any other -t the letter ot : Mr.Hlrd;In
way. - y-; : v - the issueof NoYemher""2 5,' and also y.
! Ve All know that many-fields, in the: "Editorial ommentr: &nd;
the South -have been so depleted of 1 say that I agree with MrvElro d Tath- v
vegetable matter as to render ; them -'et: than '"the Comment by pe -Editor. ;c
almost worthless, and in uch;eases",-. I have had' quite a deal pf experK ;
I H GJ WW rnVnTTHnT I !t ia t expensive to undertake to ence with ; wet; land -and also poor
If Qjlil llttUlIilUUj build them up to a state of "yielding hill; land. I have some yery wet
sort with any sort of fertilizer. In that to cultivate it cost; more, than
. . ' Ourwisest and most successful men recommend diversified farming. They are J BUCir cases the droppings of the stock,
right, but if a man thinks he can make money b simply planting a great many
crops he will be sorely disappointed. He will succeed in proportion as he becomes
expert in raising each crop he plants.
Just so, a Combination Planter is the kind to buy and the kind to use. It costs
, Jess than the separate machines, and it requues less, trouDie ana i wi$go i bulrushes." No wise farmerwill treatment asthe wet land'it imnrby-;
1 room to take care of it, but a combination planter might plant most everything j allow those things to grow in his pas-v ed also until if is now as fine land as
r.n Snwn nnA vof Af h wnfi, hfliiiino- tn vmir farm. If it is often setting ture.; I agree that such is decidedly
Oitvi a iiuiuvu uuu jv Hy to V - - ,
If it
with what vegetable matter would :
grow, would put the land in better
condition for a cultivated crop. All
this could be going on while, the low
lands furnish plenty of grass for the
stock and not- unsightly "brushes
the crop was" worth, and I turned it :
out for pasture' and never saw bettef:
pasture than It is, and it got better;
the longer it was pastured: , I 5iad
some ridge land in the same field
that seemed to be entirely exhausted
of all plant f ood; and under the same
out of fix, you will soon lose time enough to pay for first class planter,
weans uui quiuiujr jruu iuoc uivucjf.
ture.; I agree that such is decidedly there'is in this community.
poor farming." In north Alabama, I will now tell how I treated that .
there are many low places that "Will Afield.' Iwas running a dairy on a ,
forever, pay better : in pasture than "small scale and, had a few fine, Jersey
. There are none of these defects in the Cole Planter. It s simp e, strong, of . :. ; -; ; day-Oncottonseed meal and hulls and
lasts a long tune, and is easy to run. Jne U)ie plants m just tne ngnt wayjuoi-1 , Asail, j agree with the Editor, most of tho time some wheat; bran.
ton, Corn, Peas, Beans, Peanuts, Soja Beans, Velvet Beans, Sorghum, Cantaloupes that where the low place Is o suffi- When I began to pasture the land It v
and Watermelons. The Cole plants each one of these crops Just as weU as if It cient stee : to payfor the work ,f would hava token three or four acres
. , . . , r x "i. draining, it should be done. I be-;; to nave carried one eow, but after A:
had been made specially for the crop. In fact, there is a special plate for each a; ise farmer wUl make every year or two one acre, wak more than :
kind of seed, and then you can fertilize as you plant, thereby saving much lbor. jacre of his land do its part4 even insufficient for one cOw. In the spring,
The Cole has aU Ihe necessary adjustments for number o to what . summer and fall- months the cows v
, v, f.. ; . .-. . ' . r'.?- -- heiconld iiU weH said leave 'ithe re- were tuTn.ed back into the- pasture ;
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. distance.apart and the
for any farm hand.
-5 " In time they -will make trees, '
" There'area number of good plantere on
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not equal to the Cole. It, will pay you to throw any "of them , ine the manure ,, uncovered as you
Suggest, I! wish to refer you to Bul-;
letin No. 4A' '-72, issued January -H,
and the droppings -were equally dls-J
i tributed -all over the pasture and
: benceT the " reason is very plain why1
the land got better all the timel ; TheV
.hill part of the . field wap oetter in
the; early spring; butras the; weather i
grew hotter and dryerX the' wet -land
Cole. You will make money by doing it.
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; will diversify and raise all the food used on our farms, cotton Will certainly bring culture, Washington, D. C.; by Br. S. held the moisture longer and in. the -
iiiuuci yuuaucMiou. jdui wiicmcr vmwu ia uigu w..iuw urcn: wui ue mure 4 oimi iou uro. ncvwiu tuum woxvuw ua,
Cole Planters sold next spring than ever before. - Tlie Colfc is a
money maker for the farmer. When prices are lb wjyou'neethaikindp
worse than any other time.
Place your order early. We are making more planters this season than ever 1
before, but there will not be half enough to supply the wide awake farmers who
are going to want Cole Planters this spring.
Write for free catalogue and name of merchant who will guarantee Cole
Planters. . ' - .
The Cole M!lwH
Box300.
Charlotte, N, C
I" uJm AfitoL Cotton 8ed
per mere, cotct erery loot ol ground eTenly,tiaicily &ndeco :
Baethodis by aiins the .
. . ConUnnoui cluUn feed regulated by one lever.
AltUUl I71Rtfl.nl 1 T. ntanhnrcra an lnw dnnrn tha
a ftnd contracted thronout. Your alzee. Price low. , Write before bmlutt aodte.
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'It the manure; is left exposed'
to the -elements, .the ,water from ' 5
rains jeasiiy and rapidly? leaches
but the soluble plant food. On
the other hand if the manure is
allowed to heatj a large amount ;
of nitrogen is. driven off into the
atmosphere; so in order to get
.the most valuable manure', both
of these sources of loss must be
avoided. There are several ways
of accomplishing this. Proba- 1
v bly the best plan where it is V
practicable is to haul the ma
nure . direct upon the land and
plow it in, shallow on clay soils, v
deeper on sandy lands."
I'his covers the two points that I
suggest: (1) do not let it accumulate
in bulk or heat", (2) ,do not leave it
exposed to leach out. .
: W. H. ELROD.
Porterville, Ala.
TOE SP ANGLER MFG. CO, 90S Queen Street. York, Pm.
MTesunej.
hay after pasturing ail summer. .. " v
,It is. a well known fact among all
students of farm economy that: dalr
ing. will resuscitate land faster than; .
any other known method, and in all .
dairying districts the;farmera,'asjai:
rule are not only the most thrifty
but their farms are permanently im-
proved. - : ; J ; '
-;There is no such thing as -getting
something for nothing, and if cattle j;;
or any other livestock, are . put on a
poor pasture and not" fed the stock;
will not only ".fall to thrive but the'
pasture will get 'poorer rather than
better,, but on the other hand,' as)
above" stated, If the dairy cows are V
, welrfed 4;he year round the land will '
get better all along. 1 " ' y,ir;
Just as Mr. Elrod says,' there are -thousands
of acres of old tough bot
tom land that will not make enough ,
" to pay for cultivation, that If turned
out, and pastured by dairy cattle
would yield a good revenue for own- .
rs, and the milk and! butter , would";
bring in money the year round when ,
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The "Barnyard" Manure Distributor
SAKSERS UFG. CO DepU24,
Drills rough stable ma
nure riirht in the furrow,
puts it out evenly and
well pulverized. One
horse draws it. Get our
best cash prices. You
can't afford to be with
out it
tone, Ga.
II , Is i r PEERIESS-Don't ForgeJ IT.
run It ladegtmcttbhi teeth. Writ tor booklet
Editorial Comment; "We do not
thlnk there Is much disagreement jbe-
therst point. Mr. Elrod-was using f,nf C -iw ifnt--'
Ms cattle, feeding them liberally
meanwhile, to build ud his noor land.
that could be raised on' the sour milk.
This v kind of management on ' our;t,
Southern farms ' is. xeally the solu-v .j
tion of the boll Vweevll plague.-' 1';' :
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J. Florence, Mlssr ; -; ' " V."''V4V. ''';? v .V?:
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a practicKThe Progressive vFarmer
nas alwaysNadvocated. The writer .
wks p?otestingxagainst the too com
mon Idea that land fit for nothing
else would do f oV nasture thaf W '
could be expected tfurnlsh. a living- BELIEVER .DST BED CLOVElCrr:.;::;;';:
lor livestock It was merely a mat- ' .j:AM A Strict adherent to the c&yera'1. 'WP'iMt
ter of., a little misapprehension on;; 1 --common red and mammoth. : Vr " "
both .sides.;, , ; . . A;, r . While I am aware of the great valuo ;:"-o:'
,; As to the .second . point. 'it .may be : ot peas, bov "beans, etc 1 hAiiftv ; VVfc-
t lT , mentedDr. Knapp,-that his fear that-; thmost economical way of improve
lorrnuU 1 syoVrS "SSTE I - e ier"u?m5 l;.the nure 1: ing the Boll. - Cloter. adapts itself to
caM tor catalorne.
"Would..be lost When theanure.was most ttny kind vt soil where there la
spread on tne land and iert uncovered