194 (6) -
prpvHERE b dwaysa big demand
for the best grades of Cotton.
. Get the best seed from "pure
bred" Cotton Planters since it is just
es easy and twice as profitable to
feed a "purebred" Cotton Plant as
it fa to feed a low-grade Lint Pro
ducer. Don't forget that Nitrate
doubles thejyield of Cottonseed as
well as Lint. Grow more Corn and
other crops, but select your seed
for all with the greatest care.
If you grow a longer staple you
will , get a longer price for your
v Cotton and ymr wifc have money,
and if you grow more Cereals and
Livestock you will have a better
chance to make money aU around.
Send 1o$t card for free
literature
WILLIAM S. MYERS, Director
25 Madison Avenue, New York
Better "Hf Bigger
Disking 1 Dividends
This year, .do the best disk
ing you nave ever done
it will make you money.
4
disk harrowa make it
bo easy to do good disk
ing that there is really
no excuse for doing'
any other kind and
there's a style and size
for every farmer. Ask
your dealer tonhow yon
Cutaway (Clark)
disk harrows and
plows. If he does not
sell them, write to us.
We ship direct where
we have no agent.
bend for new catalog today
THE CUTAWAY HARROW COMPANY
: Maktr of tht trigmml C&UUt mtk harrow and plov$
897 Maio, Street Higganum, Coaa
WINNER OF STATE VWW6
PRIZE SAYS:
KAnilnortrm. Oa.. R. F. D. No. 1 Ji
.A. M. A i t . V
Dear sirs : "i won urn prize i
.In tht Bora' Corn Contest
throughout the Seventh Cono
'ffressional District of Georcla by'
' ralslnir (with a Fowler Cultivator)
114 bushels on an acre, and took first
prize m tne state 01 ueorcia, also.
in mi i raisea cm ousneis 01 corn on acres
on ordinary red land. Anyone can double their I
vsrops oy using mem altogether."
yery truly yours,
(Signed) BEN LEATH.
vCrop yields can be doubled by using the
rowi.r cultivator, adovb leuer prov
thiar write lor other tesumonuus and j
l iirapsiriipa v- ,. m .um
THI HARRIMAN UFA. 00Mr W
ir .mis
Harrlman, Tne.
Mm.
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That's what it means to pomp
water with thb world's
strongest windmill the
kmg-lived4ouble geared,
powerful 1
"Let the wind pump your
. water for nothing"
STOVER riFQ. 00,
1234 tams9aAvH Freeport.111.
I Also Stover and Ideal Fendmilin
Alfalfa Contminutera and Grinders Pump jacks
Ensilage Cutters. mnd tor Ctlogu0.
I
Prize- Winnins FertUizer 2tt2
tiT attt Till? TSIITnnrFN BILLS ical plant foods or-not. And wnat is . .-ujury. - Sometimes I
CUT OUT THE NITRUuLN dILLo morcy. t-ant he Jnust learn.to use -think jts use just .a ; habit." it i
- his brahvmore, read, good progressive safe. to conclude that that man is not
Legumes' and Htimus the. Keynote, farm aperSf get a supply of bulletins, realizing. -from 4ts; use anything ukc
and to These Must Be Added Study and then get interested in them. The . what he ought. Before he can use it
and Cooperation-Fir s't Prize Letter writer cannot estimate the value these mpst , profitably . he; : must not only
rnn TTY'fertilizer-iudiciously'f or -papers and bulletins haveJeen to him,, knowthat it will pay Jn. an. average
T in bringing up a run cfown farm and year, but also know how much it pays,
. tne many crop giuwu . ,juc :?,1trimAr1 ; He needs to exnerimpnt K,,
nn must take into consideration putting u uu jrins v 1."Jr "yg
their requirements on" the soil, time' up, we nave tms: ouvmB
uicu ch , i f Aacfl r nn v. and nrincioles
of growing ana tne aispui u rrr-'' .tinr,. ditions irr the saitif Vfr '.r
uroniauic use, . mvou. vwi.M.v.v.-., - , - - j v..., ai-
Buying tertuizers . vmum aiuuuuis ,4uu mnas on thu
;pinlpc nf their same kind' of sou under4 the com.
onH thp Hinosai ot tnese 'juuitiuusiv, aim r- ------ . 4 . ..- - -xxiv. un
-vi . jji w ...j. - ( - -
crops.
If the crops are to be fed on the
farm and the manure carefully saved
and put back on the land, there will
not be need of buying much fertiliz
er; but if they are sold off, then .it
becomes necessary to buy fertilizers
tn hpln keen uo the soil's supply of
available plant food, so as to make Mr. Davis Would Have Our Schools
readinsr and experimenting.
--; : C. D. HAVERTY,
- Smithfield, Va.
WE ARE LACKING IN KNOW
LEDGE ABOUT FERTILIZERS
profitable crops.
Some crops draw heavily on soil ni
trogen; others, the legumes, seem to
do as well without it, if they have the
bacteria-in the soil which enables
them to draw on the nitrogen of the
air. Since we know . these things
brought toit would seem foolish to.
use the same grade fertilizer for all
crops, legumes v and , non-legumes
alike, yet I know of farmers who are
doing that very; thing. They buy
20-cent nitrogen, when there are
millions of pounds in the air to draw
on if they only, would read and apply
the teachings of our up-to-date farm
papers and bulletins, '.. x;
Teach How to Mix Fertilizers in
ter year,;and then" compare yields
for tnejast two years, 1 carried out
some experiments with fertilizers un
der corn, : cotton; and - Irish potatoes.
Both seasons were extremely dry. Ac
cording to my calculations and under
.my conditions";!. figured that it was
very doubtful as 'to whether the fer
tilizer; increased, the' yield enoucrli t
m rem... . f jitr h f annlirntin Ti, "
Place of How to Mix Wines-Prize "7-, ;:
. Letter
THERE is no doubt that millions of
Ut With
the potatoes, there' was no doubt.
In 1913 1 planted one-fourth acre
A dollars are lost every year of Irish potatoes, in July in black
through the injudicious use-of fertil- waxy loam with.clay subsoil. On the
izers. The reason is found in the lack onerfourth; acre I put two tons of
of knowledge and experience of the . stable manure and 100 pounds of 2-8-2
average farmer. - fertilizer leaving "two ; rows without
And back of this, "in a large degree, either manure or fertilizers, putting
lies our faulty school system a sys- manure only under two and fertilizer
tern that teaches pupils how -to mix' only under. two. When I harvested, I
wines of different strengths and prices measured the yields and compared
with water so as to make wine of a thcnvThe two tons of manure alone
given strength, and ascertain the increased : the ".yield 17- bushels; the
price, yet'says nothing about how to 100 pounds of fertilizers alone in-
make a comnlete fertilizer, havinar a creased it 10 bushels. I sold the oo-
; It has;been the writer's practice to certain analysis, bv mixing substances tatoes. for $1.50 "oer bushel, so I con-
use as many legume crops as possi
ble, in his rotations, and by so doing,
he has not purchased a pound of
commercial nitrogen for the general
field crops, such as' corn, oats,- soy
nitrogen to his soil, increased
the yield of these crops, and has got
what is most .needed .in.: our Southern
soils humus. . To get-humus into the
jsoilv is the,- keynote id economical
buying'of . fertilizers.' -With plenty of .
humus and; liberal; applications - of
make your statements too simple.
There are a few facts with which
the farmer must be more or less fa
miliar, the more the better, if he
would get the most profit out of fer-
acid, phosphate and potash; our
Southern farmers could cut their fer
tilizer bills one-half; for it is the ni
trogen in a fertilizer that makes it
cost.
containing stated amounts or nitro- sidered that one , ton ot manure
gen, phosphoric acid, and potassium; . brought me not. less than $10, and 100
schools that ask, which is more -profit-- pounds of fertilizer" not less than $12.
able, United Statesr 4's at 120 or Unit-' lwas- not sure but that the crop
ed States 3's at 92?" yet never ask nor would need some potash, and I amnot
Telllhe pWU1iowno;figuTC-out--bal--SureTyetrLi-tfainkr3hall use-somefot-anced
ration for a milk cow.. ash this season. But seeing that I could
I am glad to see that the best. farm 1 make a large crop; in a dry season
paper in the South or anywhere else,' barnyard mahurei in 1914 I used
for that- matterproposes ,ito . devote about four tons of -manure and five
time; sp4ce .and attention to educat- sacs (100 pounds '! to sack) of acid
ing:farmejs in the proper use of fer- nhosnhateon one-half acre of the
tilfzers. Don't be afraid, that you will same ind' cf soil but the soil
was
In planning for ay crops during tiu?ers
rather' thin. " I' was well pleased with
the 'result. -Where the crop was best
I made at the rate of 270 bushels to
the acre. . . --JOHN ,H. DAVIS,
Ripley, Miss. . .
the summer, I always have corn to
follow crimson clover sod, or soy
beans hogged down the fall before.
By using high-grade materials16
per cent acid phosphate, 50 per cent
muriate of potash, -bought through
He should know that each of the
valuable s elements in a fertilizer
serves -a different purpose and what
those purposes are.
He should know the needs" of his
COOPERATIVE BUYING SAVES
MONEY
C-J1 T.icf linril tU n n r
our Farmers Cooperative Union-and probabl stlffers th j
it may be that his soil already has a
(Prize tetter)
mixing my own filler-free fertilizers,
I get my money's worth every time.
I know. what I am using when I get
the materials and compound them
myself, and save the extra expense for
bags, freight, hauling and handling
of a lot of worthless filler. The man
ufacturers are not so much to blame
TN BUYING fertilizers (or anything
1
eise) if possible, buy of or through
sufficient or even an abundant supply the representatives of 'your Farmers
of some one or more of the three im- Club or Farmers' Cooperative and Ed
portant plant foods. If so, then, when ucaiional Union, lor. only py coopera
he buys a complete fertilizer, he loses tion and buying in' car lots or larger
the cost of the part, or parts not quantities can we .hope to buy judi-.
needed. It has been demonstrated ciouslv. The-representative of your
for this as the farmers; if the farmer i;::. u 'Tr ifwaca in m.St , 1 oraer or fner lT iA u
would demand the filler-free , goods, "iw. fV Alabama, yet nearly whatever. name, is, or should b
the manufacturers would be glad to f e"rs purchased contain pot- ed on the different sources of suppy.
cut fillers out fsh. The cost of the potash is a clear and values, and. can. generally save
T r;iV' r- Orfot. 1?ss Tt is gratifying to notice that from 10 to 20 per cent on. ordinary, re-
riSL ltoi the PraCtice 0f using a fertilizer wth- taiI Prices taking car load lots and
crimson clover or some other legume out potash is coming into favor W. never Wini re, dv mixed goods. :
rMP' r8 ; Tm i0 P7 ent .Should also know the require- The elements generally deficient in
acid phosphate and 200 pounds mur- ments of differs Mm!. ? i.!" "t,JI5. .s ammonia or
Pull out Rtnmna
and get all the virgin land at work
making money for you. It a the
best land you have. Work can
be done in Winter and early
Boring. Stumns nulled at 8c to
oceach. An acre or more a day.
Hercules
Triple Power .
Sturao Puller
Find out all abont it bv
sending for the big book
at once. See the proofa
we offer Get the ene
cial low nrice oronosition
we are making. Address
..Hercules Mfg. Co.
980 tii 51., CintenHle, to.
late ot potash, making iuu. pounds, should knnw ih t.w l.ZZZ -u- I '-i. wimf. Practi-
n 4rtn ?nd ?ertain frHits need relatively, cally all soils of east Tennessee .neeo.
nminrU ner nrre nnrl Hrainrpfl in wlipn r ?V yvwu , mai corn pnospnate lor, ,any viup, .
S- Cln p?)fit.ab,x.use much nItro'gen and creases the. fruit or grain. Potash
preparing tne seea .Dea.- ohosnhor r ar H- -.t, t,i... i:...-- 1 tn.,nA nmost
11 mai. iiic icgunies ju5i as lmyuriaiii, uui w - .
This is sown broadcast with an en
gate seeder, at the"rate of 300 to 400
"" r. -r' fcllcrdUV neeQ very little nitrogen, soils (except low black land;, dui--garden
peas and beans L drill m the. by reason of the fact that they are "always in available condition, and
row, as I find it gives larger returns, able to get their own nirr , haJta it-, iiVaHons are
since these crops are grown in a the air. some times flrofiteble ' Ammonia or
short time. I have tried four differ- Some of these thine ti. i ' s?times PJoftteDie. a 1 , d on
f vinAe f f04-;iU0 4 t- oumc1"1 inese tnings he can learn nitrogen ur some fornT,is,neeucu
ent kinds of fertilizers for potatoes, by reading government bulletins and all croos exceDt peas; beans and oth-
and have found one running high n farm pacers and that i crops except peas, u q
nntf.-rivp w r,iU Th. CinA t T..f ?1 y' that is a cheap way. er leguminous crops like the wo .
have found most suited for potatoes
is one analyzing 5 per cent ammonia.
7 per cent phosphoric acid and 8 per
cent potash. As 1 get more
in my potato .fertilizer. in-their use
Every farmer ought to do som- ex- I asked one recently "does m,
penmentrng each year to determine fertilizer pay you?" HeTeolied SoZ:
whether he is usmg the most econom- years, I know if does; 'SES iTe
Ut in anantmo- tlio tr,ai,j-. ...i ii. ': --e omring tn
practices of others to his own condi-- elementWnitrogenX from the air,"
tions, he needs to back uo his nn f,fn.rt51c .T hVf found it prhta
ind 8 per tice with experience as much nnc. hU trt c,. nitrogen on every-
nitrogen sible. I have talked with farm Lu i -fnrm of barn-
Qinor f Arf t.'A.. r i . -- t i omtnOU
ia as well as. some' potash and p
-i j t,.miik whicn 13
so badly -needed on such soils.
- , - H. I REYNOLDS,
Dayton,. Tenn.
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