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1103 (4) What Farmers Want to Know; Ely W. IT. MASSEY t THE. PROGRESSIVE FARMER The Combination - into the spraying machine and it is - ready to use and should be used a"t T THE.' recent celebration: of the once. -v . ' V V r- Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the 'A I: "?.' ?"?e ulJ?:&' C Com Smut aniJ Tomato Blight .' : J .....n.Asl lru-Tr nihil hoc rn - 1IICUU naUKU iu v v. w THE SOUTH FOR THE HOME SEEKER - the chief incentive to awaken the I iiAVii a garaen .that grows corn farmers to a better appreciation of V W - - all right until earing time, and then neia alter neia.or neavy corn sua imMrtn nf airrirnltnral erlnra- . evcrv shoot almost is filled with mt uiv lULSsm . c w vr. O 4 w -- n or . . . . . t . t look- . L. J " tL.t' ing at was tne seconu crop uu ui...,. . Pn Tf - harH tn'rlrnlitP rfotn prevent thiV 111 x. auu a. wv. fc w . " ------ T '! . xias it Deen tne season, or c u t ;,cto rnm , Tnm,fA :,, ? T- lion in II1C OUUlii. r iviu linn may in nw i-"" w , tutva tuw A . r i'i ,...11 ...,i!t tk... r ii. j ii. m v v m a v n a frr RnrvsT n 11 vt i - - u - i i 1 1 l i i i r v i n i i t n a said that the late corn he was look- . t ;if .vPic-fii n,la.. mat . , , , t Ti. 1 A a'.a1.;i. . iln tn nroi-onl (lii't ". " 1 ' ' '. ', ' . green what that makes the difference A Better Climate and a Longer Grow- v ing Season Make of Ours a Favored land this season, for a large and - Countrv : w . . TI7HEN I was a very young man I r Went a little time in Minnesota. Ju"c Jh " " n," Rut I ' made the heavy, late crop of corn, and tarmer; in every way. , the country very beautiful. .But l ... . . ;.. -f Tt;Txti.., t.. nrofitable- croo of ; earlv Irish oota- "1C 1U"UVC A v4w6vt.vv.w. ; -r-vb--; u.,, toes had been shipped by the middle dent-of r lhe Regressive farmer on .tnc e soil , f rem manure . .where smutty of June from those fields, and the oouru t lization of the potato crop, .lu,' .:"usv rv;: -V ' F tty " -? The ; Colleges themselves have de- through the tissues of . the corn stilk came to xne conclusion inat any one . . , j , - - f 1nnfr winf?. veloned reatlv artd the farmers' in: ana truits. in what is called srmlt, ev- who wished. to make a home. in the. 5,- - Tf thnnt.tn stittec have had a reat in 1c,W tfiaf anv nnP UOUU1C U uppuig 13. yiic-yi.'iiic 1 u' u - j u - r t,A- : vjdtc r Tt, ;-'p,n. v to make more smut iL the. corn stalks Wr V cVtti; in - a cprtinn Where.- Krowcr iiouiu ; uccu lu iui-gc "" ; vv V.l-,- .'i. a' -.1 Country and engage : in farming had s'eason of the South. If the potato; stitutes have. had a great influence, --r un. t,,,,. i,.. are. ieQ;ana tne manure retuxnea to - ao lltui y iaiiav,v. oajo iu iiiv. iuva oiuvv iiiw iiiimuvv vviuiuivu, uuiviuvj , . . . . " , ' " , . tarmers, as aitaita hay, ana grown at .ana an togetner tnere is a lorce at r1 . '' a trifle of the costr . . work in the South that is making for poutern bacteml blight, rand there Then the farmer "who is not a sreat betterment to the farmers. preventive Dut tovpiant in unin- the season of growth is spent in pro viding stock feed for the winter and then feedmg them in stalls-for more months than they pasture outsiae. . -r . .-n.. : fected soil or to breed reitanfn19te. T Wn.,1rl nrPfor tn.ornw mv corn ti ucKcr call suw nib oata in ocpicin- x mugs iuxy akjkjix. 4uhij l cbciiw, r r " V 7 . .wLre-we aVe certaFn to have it ma- b" or October, cut as heavy a crop but the South has too great a recup- ZSrtSAM die" ture completely before frost, and not as can be made n the North, and then eratiye power to stay down, and as ?enhy. where others. dle in a section wnere one nas to taKc that it will germinate in the spring. "THE EASIEST WAY TO ACCUMULATE A COM- Plowing Under Green Vegetation As. county after County'is cleared of 111717x1017 1117 xtpvt miri? vr DC ' AiritL the plowing under of ereen . . . .4.1' n.a a-1 . 1 n. n. 1 -i n . . namfn. ai . - t 1 1111 . - v . w ticks, the south snouia oecome tne , x. " " f . vegetable matter on noor sandv &xwU.i. -vvi.v.. ,v. uv . , i iiiiu prove - ueoienciai or injurious r i because of the long growing season, I VNEof the effects of the European war will be the further decimation of the I mean the natural growth of crab ana the tact that even in winter stock I V world s livestock supply. Already there is a shortage of vmeat animals in 1 grass and weeds. Some say it will kill can nna sometning outsiae. i-ejj ex- i , United States and for some months agricultural authorities have been urg- I the land, which in my Opinion is erro- pensive Darns are neeaea. (sk-va tn rMtM th- rrwWmn f livMtrtrlr. . - neous." Then tnn in the far Nnrth whpn 1 T . . . . . - . ... . - I xt- ii. mi . i m .1 : V- I , , . .r. ... ... . , tl. ... ..- l. iL. l.... u... ... j a. 1 ie win nor. Kin , tne tann ar an. by their one-crop system of growing spring wheat, with the risk of getting it frosted before harvest, the land gets run down, it is far harder to build it up than in the bouth, because we can grow rapidly the various more, tender legumes, peas and soy beans in summer and crimson clover in winter - The building up of run down land in the South is far more economically" and quickly accomplish ed than in the North. . .. . . ;Theh the feeding value of the hay making crops in the . South is fat greater than the feeding value of the timothy-hay of the North.- The hay made from cowpeas, soy-beans, velvet beans, etC4 has : a far higher feeding value )than: ;timothy : . hay. -'As' Mr, Henry) Wallace told the Iowa farm ers, if timothy hay is worth $13 a ton, eowpea hay is ' worth $19 ; or .more. The dairyman in any section knows well the, greater value of, the legume hay' for : dairy - cattle, and : the ; ease ONE of the effects of the European war will be the further decimation of the world's livestock supply.' Already there is a shortage of vmeat animals in the United States and for some months agricultural authorities have been urg ing farmers to greater efforts in the production of livestock. ;r The arguments that have been advanced are given tenfold strength by the remarkable conditions that have arisen in Europe. The New York Commercial, in discussing the war situation, expresses the belief that Europe will have ex hausted its horses and meat animals before the fighting ceases, and that "dearth . of supplies of food will probably have as much to do with the makinjg of peace -as the loss of battles on land and sea." The Commercial continues: ' , "The waste of this war must be repaired after it is over and it will be in this work that neutral countries will make their greatest profit. Farmers must prepare to take advantage of the opportunity that is sure to come. The easiest way to accumulate a competence in the next five years lies in the increase of the hejpds. The golden days of the cattle boom in the West will be as nothing when compared with the profit of restocking the desolated farms of Europe. -The many always, wonder how the few get rich : Every intelligent farmer should be in comfortable circumstances within five years, if he will build for a future that is not far distant. Raising livestock cannot be over-done within that space ' of time, and it goes well with other agricultural pursuits.' : . ; There is an opportunity here for the farmers of Kentucky and the South in general. ' The South should become the great cattle-raising section of the United States. Every section of the country should profit by the expansion of the ' livestock industry feut the South should profit most of all. . ' . ' -Louisville Courier-Journal. Plowing under a heavy mass of green stuff in hot weather and especially on sandy land may cause an increase r in acidity in the soil that may, be injur ious to some crops till the soil has been restored to sweetness by the ap plication of lime. The final result of turning under vegetable ; growth is certainly beneficial to the soil in in creasing the r humus-makirig material so badly needed in all of our old soils: Organic matter, and lime are impor tant in the improvement of worn soils. . - "' How to Avoid HessiairFlies on Wheat T AM preparing to sow wheat before -A the middle ot October and some ; ; say.that.it is too soon, as the Hessian Fly, will attack it. What is the He's- ' sian fly, and what does it do?" . It is always best to wait" till there has been a white frost before sowing , wheat.v 4s the frost cherlfs -the flv wun wnicn great crops, 01, legume break -the stubble and: spw eowpeas the methods of better farming spread Hessian fly is an insect that lays nay can be made in the South .would and make a heavy crop .of- hay. and she will grow in commercial power eggs in the base of the wheat and the . 5w thenget the lana in s crimson clover ana prosperity. . ; worm-iiKe larvae eat tne wheat stalks of the South for dairy purposes. Some w w;Pr ,ftvpr rrnn to turn nnHer years ago a dairyman from .Vermont in spring for corn or -cotton, and in . settled.in Georgia near Atlanta. - He this way improve the land while mak- wrote me that he found that he could jng paying crops faster-than is pbssi- make just as good butter, there as in ble in the shorter seasons of . the - y cruioiit, ana couiu maKe it at less North, 1 TV - : . expense ana get a Detter price .. ior-.it, New England and New York State and finally; go into the pupa or dor mant state in thebase of the plants and come out perfect flies; in th . ; 1 - should I start spraying?" The statistics of the Department of. Start this fall spraying with the lime- Jiave Inner thnnrht rtat u'Mn Agriculture show that while Iowa sulphur wash and repeat it in the 'the country in growing apples, but as makes immensely more hay as a total spring before growth starts. This to experimental work' has . oroeressed in than North vCarolina, North Carolina ward off the San Jose scale. When the WHen to Spray I HAVE an orchard of apples and spnng and lay. more eggs and hatch peaches planted a year ago.' When more la,rvae to eat the wheat. Wheat sown after a frost is seldom attacked. When to Dig Late Potatoes I HAVE two and a half acres of late , ihi South It has been:und that the makes more hay, per acre than Iowa; app whole AbDilachian region f mm Mrv. lhs not because oi better sou, but to spray with Bordeaux mixture in j :t.r":i' -T"v". - land to Alaba now ,u ep xnrougn tne win-. growing section in this country. Out 1" c- Vf 1". "ll" prUUU: 4VU- ? .nat' ' 01 ; eaQ Dig the potatoes as soon a. . r-b f o rma rra 4 HA e All 0 Vl rfk . nrfiAfllf A his haaM A A. lA 11-. nil ir e rannr -rnasr tppv ornw npn o " ... . T . AaA4vvs .v v kouuuo im. il. a. . tr . tifut aroles and back them'i a vv money per ton than the Iowa farmen :of the Bordeaux, using: this just . .A . . -4 r"'.;.. t'l '-!. - Ti -Klncetrie. -11 -A i-A.; J " uain. wcutr, anu in Want OI . BiiuuiYC way, out wncn one com- mcoucrMuuussuu 'lv. . .Vr-Tr -r;" - V. ."'V .. that OUt 'them in heans miMnnra onrl cover with pine straw and earth." To oares these with the . anntes of the cheaper in the South than in the ling moth that lays eggs in the bios Virginia and North Carolina moun- North because of the great variety of som end and causes wormy fruit. You tal darkness and a temnerarnrp W a-! i j. xl. .i.. ...i r.ii, t..- can tret the 1im-iilnhnr ii u"c5s dnu a temperature DUt i a in s iic soou iuius ina wic pretty ap- viups wc uu kiukv ioi mc uugs iu - " 4 v""vvl f-little -'above the freerlno- nnint or pies of the Pacific are not good to eat gather all through the-season, even in trated form from any Of the seedsmen best for Irish potatoeY - ' when compared with ours. . winter, and thus make pork cheaper u an anute tt ior use. xou can -. - - - - . especially, the market gardener will make it. And today, as heretofore," Powder;or paste and either. with dir- Uny Inumpn bweet Potatoes . find climatic conditions that will en- the hams cured in the South bring a ".cctions for diluting. ' : : , ., : . T PLANTED ' the Earlv Trhimnh . auic iwm.iiui unijf 10 prouuee cany umu iuui,c,iii mc ikujuiciu giuwcucs au iiiukc inc ume-suipnur you will - sweet potatoes ana hnd that thev , Crops for the Northern marketsbut than the paqkersv hams from .the have to be .prepared; for boiling the have made very larg'e potatoes. 'What be can follow them up on the same West. Go into any fancy grocery in materials on a large scale; Bordeaux "do you think of thSm?" " land with great forage crops or late Philadelphia or New York and ask mixture you can make by slaking 5 . T have never grownJ the Early Tri- . vegetables or corn.. Riding last week for the Smithfield hams of Virginia, pounds' of lime' and then ' adding umph', but it is said to be the same as through a great truck section on the and you will find them asking today water enough to make 25 gallons. In -Nancy Hall, with which I am familiar eastern coast- in company, with a 4 cents a pound for them. And the another cask dissolve 5 pounds of and which I consider one of .the best , farmer from the North, he said to Sbuthern farmer can .produce the bluestone or copper- sulphate in hot sweet potatoes. Any sweet potato - me: I notice that the early corn hdes.that make these hams for less water anri maU rkU n. - d... mtJH ,a r-..' ci. . , , , . . , , , - -, -7" gaiiuuji i uui , uuuii vciv laVtMitUlC conaitiOns that lias had the fodder stnppeddoes mdney than the. Western farmers can the two together slowly into-a third grow too laree.and triU Is nnt JIiS cask, stirring all the ;while. Strain cd to any, variety.. J::.- ,
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