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Saturday, Augut 17, 1912. ground, limestone, . or lime in one of its. "several forms. One 'hundred pounds of ground limestone is equal to 56 pounds of stone lime. He said the limestone should be ground fine enough that all of it will pass through a 40-mcch seive.' When the limestone is thus ground, it is as readily available and as effective as burnt lime. Indeed, he says he pre fers 100 pounds of finely "ground limestone to 56 pounds of lime. Several excellent addresses were given on alfalfa. Mr. Jos. E. Wing urged the farmers to sow alfalfa, for it would take the place of much of the bran and protein feeds that the Virginia farmers buy. He outlined the course he pursues in his alfalfa growing where ho cuts five tons of hay per acre per annum. If your land is too poor to grow alfalfa, grow a crop of melilotus and plow that under the second year, and then sow alfalfa. He says it is impossible to get alfalfa to hold on an acid soil, and, therefore, it is generally advis able to make heavy applications of lime before seeding to alfalfa. If the soil does not bubble when muri atic acid is poured on it, there is no lime in it, and, therefore, we assume that ft is acid and needs lime. Lectures by Miss Agnew, Mrs. Dillon, Dr. S. W. Fletcher and Mr. T. O. Sandy on improving rural life formed a very unique and interest ing feature of the meeting. These lectures emphasized the need of making the home life on the farm more attractive and pleasant. Dr. Fletcher gave a very interest ing illustrated lecture, showing the common mistakes in rural buildings and landscape gardening, and how to avoid these mistakes, and how to beautify the rural home. Miss Agnew and Mrs. Dillon told what the Girls' Canning Club is do ing for the country girl. They are endeavoring to stimulate an interest in the country by teaching the coun try girl how to do things and why she does those things. Mr. T! 0. Sandy told what the Boys' Corn Club is doing for the farmer boys by stimulating their interest in the farm and in rural life. Mr. Handy says he now has 2,500 boys in the Boys' Corn Club who are now working an acre of corn each. It is difficult to predict the far reaching results that will accrue from the Girls' Canning Club and the Boys' Corn Club. J. S. COOLEY. (19) 885 The I H C pall power press has a greater capacity than any other horse press of its size. It is also easier . -r"m a Alt . a J . A. . -jrx. sot on tne norses. a ne siepover is me lowesi ana narrows rtt-v' made and the horses are pulling no load when they cross ;'v$it. m The I H C hay press has an adjustable bale tension V "fs J3ivhiti ineiirtwi pnmmrt Krlfs If i' fittprl with n ml 1m is in all straggling ends, so that the bale is 'ineat and smooth in appearance. The bale chamber is enable the attendant to tie the bale with- round the machine. i i r i i -i i i" motor press consists ui a uaie cnamoer anu an 1 H C engine, mounted together on substantial trucks. It is easily moved from' place to place, can be backed to the stack or barn and is always ready for work. The engine does not need a man to watch it. Give it an ample supply of fuel and water, see that it has plenty of oil and it needs no other attention. There is no" danger of fire because there are no flying sparks, nor is there any smoke or soot to interfere with the comfort or efficiency of the the sDace of loose hav. It can be handled ,-easil v. workers. The engine is detachable. Two extra wheels. It prevents waste and it retains its full food value. Many an axle, and a belt pulley are f urnished, so that when not Danng nay you nave a regular porta Die l w u engine, which can be used the year around to run a small thresher or shredder, saw wood, pump water, generate electric light, shell corn, grind feed, or separate cream, or to run any other farm machine for which its power make3 it suitable. . Two perfect machines in one. Now is the time to get ready for your haying. Make it a big money crop. Call on the I H C local dealer in your town or write for an I H C hay press catalogue. AWAY j? -VA . rr.' rVVf VWCW.F Lt-ry c3A 3 Bale Your Hay and Sell It ip 'J I HERE is always a ready market at a good price W I for baled hay. It occupies only about one-fifth farmers are making hay the big cash crop of their farms, not only because of the high profits it brings at the present market value, but because as a rotation crop it renews the richness of the soil. These farmers make all the profit themselves. They feed their own stock silage and shredde4 corn stover which are just as good as hay, and they sell their high-priced hay. A big majority of these farmers Use 1 H C Hay Presses the only presses on the market today which fill the need of the individual farmer. Like all other I H C machine lines, our hay press line is complete. You can get I H C pull power presses requiring either one or two horses; I H C motor presses using 3, 4, or 6-horse I H C engine. Both styles haue three separate bale chamber sizes, 14 x 18 inches, 16 x 18 inches, 17 x 22 inches. International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated) Chicago USA I H C Service Bureau The purpose of this Bureau Is to furnish, free of charge to all, the best information obtainable on better farming:. If you have any worthy questions concerning soils, crops, land drainage, irrigation, fertilizers, etc.. make your inquiries specific and send them to I HC Service Bureau, Harvester Build ing, Chicago. U b A mm fa m iiiiin uiii0iii 8 VTV t3. handle 1,000 car-loads of baled hay annually grown outside the State. Hundreds are growing alfalfa in a small way. After the soil becomes inoculated, the work is easy enough; and success is easy to attain. Our people have learned the secret of suc cess in raising alfalfa; and from now on it is going to increase in acreage and tonnage wonderfully. A. JEFFERS. I Alfalfa in Virginia. OUR horses and mules are now eating Virginia forage. A Nor folk firm has recently received 3,000 tons of Virginia-grown alfalfa; sweet, clean, green and attractive to look at. Cured without bleaching or browning; a good thing to look at, a better thing to have or to raise. The farm on which this particular lot of alfalfa was grown is probably the largest alfalfa farm in the South 400 acres or more of solid alfalfa, cut three times already; and good for two more cuttings, five tons or more to the acre. The alfalfa is retailing now at $22.50; quite a come-down from the price prevailing just a few weeks ago, viz $35 per ton for timo thy hay. This year marks an era in Vir ginia. On the farm referred to, more than 20,000 tons of alfalfa will be cut, baled and sold. On hundreds of other farms smaller amounts will be cut and cured for home consump tion; and other hundreds of fields will be set to alfalfa. It has come to stay. This one farm will keep fully $300,000 of good money within the borders of the State; and when 100, 000 farmers in Virginia grow annual ly an average of ten tons of alfalfa each, one can see how much money will be kept at home instead of be ing sent out of the State for one farm Red Glover in South Carolina. HAVE been for a number of years setting the pace for my neigh borhood by co-operating with the Bureau of Plant Industry of Wash ington, D. C, and having them fur nish free the seed of new and untried crops. In addition to being highly instructive and exceedingly interest ing, this special line of field prac tice does not interfere, with my gen eral farming and it "kinder, breaks the ice" and many of my neighbors have a chance to see these crops many of them valuable for the South, in actual growth and demonstration before their eyes as they ride through my farm. In September, 1911, the Depart ment of Agriculture selected five farms from 20 up-country counties of South Carolina to show in actual plowing and Harrowing in One Op ucmuusuauuua ui ueia practice uiai ture, finer feed than Illinois ever let South Carolina see as they keep that kind in tin North and West. They sell us nothing but the baled "culls" in hay. This is a practical demonstration also of the good one gets by attend ing his State Farmer.' Institute. I always attend at Clemson College, every August for four full days this gathering of .farmers and agricultu ral and horticultural workers. This clover proposition was pre sented at the Institute (and was part of program) by an agent sent from Washington, D. C. and all county Demonstration Agents asked to sug gest farmers for the work. My clover slightly winter-killed and many of the "boys" had much heavier cuttings than mine. We used on these acres from four to seven two-horse loads of stable manure, a ton of ordinary 3laked lime and 600 pounds acid phosphate 16 per cent, and top-dressed during the win ter with stable manure. The moun taineers 40 miles north of us in Blue Ridge Mountains have always raised clover but a few failures among a few of us had about scared us all out on clover. H. EUGENE FANT. width it varies from about 18 inches for a single plow to three feet for a gang plow. It should have a lever ad justment so that it can be forced into the ground as deeply as desired. We have every reason to believe that this attachment will be much more gen erally used in the near future. It is certainly a tool worth recommend ing. Its cost is within the reach of all.: H. M. Bainer, Colorado Agri cultural College. A Yankee Farmer Who Has Made Good. red clover the clover we mean when we just say "clover" without stating the variety combined with Italian rye grass, tall meadow oat grass and orchard grass would thrive when seeded and properly "tried out" with good seasons in South Car olina as it does in Virginia, Tennes see or Illinois. This these 100 farm ers have succeeded so well in, that the Government Un September, 1912 will furnish us "100 farmers with seed for an additional acre of clover and grasses if we will "on our own hook" furnish seed for another ad ditional acre. We all of course, as we now "know clover" have jumped at the offer and some of us are prepar-' ing seed-beds now that they may set tle for September seeding. I always select land, for experimental crops full of humus or as much like "new ground" as possible and always use stable manure. To Inoculate leg umes, use the artificial culture and earth from old plots of the same seeding. I mowed on July 22, which was my third cutting 4600 pounds eration. SEVERAL companies are now man ufacturing what is know as a "harrow attachment" for plows. This attachment is made to be used in connection with the plow, usually of the sulky or gang type. By its use the ground is harrowed or pulverized as fast as it is plowed. Every farmer knows that .there is no -time when plowed ground will pulverize better than immediately af ter it has been turned. At this time there has been no chance for mois ture to escape, and by harrowing at once, the ground is not only pul verized, but is placed in a condition' to conserve the moisture better. By using this harrow attachment in connection with the plow, there is no need of going over the field again to put the ground in condition for the crop. The field Is harrowed as far as plowed at all times. Ordinarily less than one-half of the energy ex erted by one horse is required to pull it. This type of harrow is made in (Continued from page 17.) why the articles are of the highest character. The manure from the stables at Valhalla farm goes out to the corn and cotton fields, and is building up a soil fertility that will strengthen the productive power of the land, and in a reasonable time increase the capacity of the plantation even though no larger acreage should be tilled. At present about 250 acres is enclosed by fence, the larger por tion for grazing, while an equal amount of land is held in a wild con dition close by. The intention is to get as much good grass pasture as possible, and then till just such land as is needed to make the feed re quired. "Make good stuff, and advertise it properly," says the Valhalla far mer, "and it will make its own mar ket. I believe just as much in intel ligent advertising for the farmer as for the department store. I would not try to farm without letting the people know what I have, and vhv they should buy it." When The Progressive Farmer representative asked Mr. Butler for hit photograph to go along with his article he ransacked his house with out finding anything except the pic ture reproduced herewith, which was taken several years ago as he ap peared, with all his baggage ready, for a trip of over 14,000 miles through Russia and Turkey as the representative of the Pittsburg Times. As he gave us the picture he remarked: "You will notice that there is quite a bit of landscape gar den on my face. You see I have had it mowed several times since then, but my tendency is to more or less product. The Norfolk dealers alone of fine bright clover and grass mix- several different styles and widths. In broomsedge most of the time."
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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