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OUR COTTON CRISIS AND THE WAY OUT Page 13 L . r J ft u Jl u F3 J .I a J i 35 J lUTMEiaK Faklkj Gazette A Farm and Home Weekly for The Carolmas. Virginia, Georgia, and Florida FOUNDED 1886, AT JU-EIGH, N. C. Vol. XXIX. No. 39 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 7 $1 a Year; 5c. a Copy . 1 COVER CROPS OR FALL FLOWING? I! J l : : 1 . I , : ; Umc I No Lime fw No Lime - N Ume ! :.., ftash Potash 111 Potash Potash 1 rnospnaie i; Phosnhnte HU Phnsnhnte Hlwspiiuic 1 1 ' : Crimson clover V Crimson clover LJ Crimson clover NO CRIMSON CL - i r turned in. I turned in, Ovl STUBBLE turned' In VER turned In -1 i i-----. h .:. I -i - n . .... .'".'. M i ::;.,.:!,.:: 'fcii.i.i.i,.-.. i. :'. ' .... .... - - , .. ... . ( - ' - ..... . .., III II ! ' . . A STUDY IN BALANCING PLANT FOOD ELEMENTS -K.rom Alabama Exueriraent Station . . A STUDY IN BALANCING PLANT FOOD ELEMENTS Note particularly the great advantage derived from plowing in crimson clover ONE of our problems this fall will be to determine whether we shall fall break our lands or plant them in winter-growing crops; for, for several reasons, we doubt the practicability of both deep breaking and the seeding of cover crops. By far the larger part of our lands is now in cotton or corn, and to harvest these crops, pasture the fields as they should be, and then to break thoroughly and seed to clovers, rye or oats, is almost out 01 tne ques tion. So the problem at once resolves itself into doing that which will be most practicable and which will result in the greatest profit. It may well be doubted whether there has ever been sufficient merit in deep fall plowing, or even "subsoiling, to justify its general recommendation. Under certain local conditions fall plowing and leaving the land bare until planting time may be justified; but over by far the larger portion of the cotton belt, where rolling, sandy loam lands are the rule, there can be little question but that fall breaking, when not followed with a winter cover crop, is a poor practice. As we have repeatedly pointed out, soil washing is one of our biggest DON'T FAIL TO READ Page About the Farm Home . . Attend the State Fairs . . Cotton Ideas from Several Sources Demonstration Work for Women Drainage Ideas More Views on. the Cotton Crisis . . . - . Rape for Hog Pasture . . Rotations and Tobacco Wilt losses, and its prevention one of the quickest means toward rich land and bigger crops. To leave our lands bare and exposed to the rains of our open winters is almost certain to result in heavy losses from leaching and erosion. Particularly is this true where light, sandy soils predominate. The problem, then, is to avoid the heavy plowing that will take so long that the seeding of cover crops afterward will be practically impossible, and at thejsame time to get these valuable cover crops seeded on every possible acre. Fortunately cotton fields that were well prepared and well cultivated last spring and summer are usuallv in excellent condition, without expensive preparation, for seeding small grain and clover. So we believe, after a liberal acreage has been planted to oats, that there is no question as to the superiority of clover, planted in the cot ton middles, over fall breaking and leaving the land bare until spring. As such a winter cover crop crimson clover, particularly at present prices for seed, stands above all others. The farmer who is wise will see that every acre now in cotton and intended to go in corn next! spring, goes in crimson clover at once.' 9 12 12 10 8 6 14 5
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