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A Farm and Home Weekly for
The Carolinas, Virginia, Georgiarnd Florida.
FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEItl, N. C.
Vol. XXIX. No. 19
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1914
Vva Year; 5c. a Copy
DON'T FORGET THE HAY CROP
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A GOOD LOAD
Hay is One of Our Most Profitable Crops
IN THE rush of getting the corn, cotton and
way ft is important that we not forget what
first importance on all Southern farms the
hay crop. Nature has given us such a splendid
climate and such a monopoly in cotton produc
tion that' we' have signally failed to avail our
selves of our excellent opportunities along lines
other than cotton growing.
Just a few weeks ago we had an account of
what Mr. Nixon's farming showed, and it will be
remembered that of all the crops grown the hay
crop paid best. We believe that on the average
cotton or tobacco farm anywhere in the South,
similar results will be obtained.
The Progressive Farmer has consistently and
persistently held to the idea that cotton should
be made strictly a surplus cash crop a crop,
in other words, the proceeds of which will about
tobacco crops under
should be a crop of
represent the net
course, will never
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE
Absentee Landlordism the
South' Greatest Menace .
Avoiding Onion-flavored Milk .
Cultivating the Crop .
Farm Work for May . .
Fertilizers for Cotton and Corn
Household Economics ....
Insect Questions and Answers .
Making Money in Georgia . .
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cash income from the farm operations. This, of
be true so long as we use Western grain and hay
to the enormous extent that we now do.
We have every natural advantage for making
of the South a great hay and forage section.
Where the soil is suited five or six crops of
alfalfa may be harvested; crimson clover and
oats planted in the fall come off in ample time
for another crop to follow ; lespedeza sown
on oats in March makes one of the finest of hays
without any further attention; and cow peas and
soy beans after oats may be sown as late as
July and make excellent hay before frost.
It is well to make a good cotton crop; but it is
better still to keep the proceeds of it at home.
A legume hay crop, planted now or later, will
help materially in this direction, and will aid in
making rich land at the same time.