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f nitrate' of soda at the' rate of from 75 to 125 n
per acre nay-,ia such" cases be used with nrJ?.5
amply. borne out by experiment, station eviden
:'Af the Alabama-Station- Professor DuggJ
' sandy loam land," in -four, years tests with nitr
" of" soda ; at .the. rate, of 100 pounds per arr
' March'obtained an - average increase per acr i
: The Progressive Farmer Company
Oncorportted under w Uwt of North Carolina.)
11 W.IUrgett St, Raleigh, N. C .
CLARENCE POE. . . . "t President and Editor
TATT BUTLER, . . . . Vice-President and Editor
B. L. MOSS . . Manin Editor
W F MASSEY, . . . . . Contributing Edltof
JOHN & PEARSON. . , . . Secretary-Treasure
J. A. MARTIN Advertisine Manager
J. L. Megford, General Representauve
that the hardest-working man in the communi-.
ty was' the belt farmer, and 'book fanning
was ridiculed and held in contempt. ,We must
always do a Job of work in, our, minds. before,
we do it with our hands, and it is efficiently
done just in proportion a it has been efficient
ly worked out in the mind"' ,
Call-CnniA-T.flfi(1 trt Good White .Neighbors ; IS 4 bushels" or practically 50 oer cm a.
' -' . -: -: ' cents a bushel this 'increased yield amm. -'
E COMMEND to all our readers the article.. , - acre;' from an investm.m .7 t0
another page; "Sell Some' Land to Good atrat? of 5oda.; , . "ut m .
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White Neighbors." AU over tjie South. feyr precautions must be observed:
there are thousands ot men wno arc Kccyiu iuu.- .n I( Mirch-the oats phnted on rather a-
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manage, Moreover, by trying to keep to themselves f h nthe foVm 0f titrate of soda, is indict"
uicic oiv, - - - -i i. , 4.,. iu iw.nn-u vi.j yiduica on rathei
their families in virtual want holding - :
t,A ooi4rM nrrvfitahlv ' . . - . ulsum
on to more iau luau.vMvjr uvU y....-- cien(; growtn) tne neei torrmore nitron
.' 2. Applications of nitrate of soda should
made 'at least two "months before harvest time
- land enough for three or four thrifty tamilies.
or mavbe very much;:more than this these.
TiV iiicT iA miiloritv the North Carolina Senate : tnin' are deoriviner themselves and their loved ones
I laat Friday night voted again.t the propo.ed o needcd fellowship and comradeship. We mean ; f q Mareh; and for spring-sown during J
tonatitutional amendment for Land Segregation - keeping the neighborhood , A. r -- 6 luuringthc
Between the Racea. The advocatea of thia meaaur that wey .are Keeping w u . gi latter hajf . . .
have juat begim to fight and are abundantly aatU- - so sparsely settled that there cannot be the friend- .3 ; THe -god4 Should besown broadcast and
fied with the rapid progreaa already made in leai ship, fellowship, and happy social life there ought. harTOwe(j in Carebeirig exercised to make
than two year, ef Agitation. Twp yeara from now ; tQ nor can churches,' schools, libraries, clubs, appl'icatfononly when the plants are dry As 2
they will aurely compel the North Carolina Legia. . . ; ' et;c, . etc exist at anvthing more , , -i j
latur. to aubmit thia amendment to the people, and cooperative societie, etc., exist at anytnmg genefal ruIe we w nQj. the uge q
. .1 . u u than a half-dvinc rate.
even oerore xxax ume 11, 19 unciy ma Wv- - - - ., . ,1,1. j
meat will be aubmitted in dther atatea. Aa aurely Think about it and see if it wouldnt be a good
aa the aun ahinea the plan ia coming. " j(jea if half the. farmers in. your neighborhood
: would cut their farms in two, sell the extra half of
OF COURSE yout are saving last week's Refer- the acreage to thrifty white farmers, and then all
ence Special, for there will be many a day this . . t0 ethcr t0 havc the most progressive neigh
year when you will need to refer to it. bee that 1 0 " , mnat,
. yours is carefully filed away pending the time; borhood possible, Many a present landowner
; when vou will need some'information and need it would not only, get more, happiness out of life than
at once. . , , . -.
than 100 pounds per acre, "
Some Fertilizer Facts
TTTHETHER fertilizers. shall all be applied at '
,yy planting time: or. used as a side application,
'.has been-much debated. Generally, we be
lieve experiment station evidence favors the appli--'
ever-before, but under the changed conditions cation? of phosphoric acid and potash about plant-
- ; " . would find the remaining half of his real estate -ing time, while the more quick acting nitrogenous ;
0HE Raleigh Christian Advocate is the latest re- WQrth a- m as tlie whole acreage will ever be. fertilizers give good results 'when applied around
ienfmed?c?n" ldvfef in TXXn worth a backward, sparse settled community." . the croParticulais thi, true on light, porou
Vpar frnm now a natent medicine auack's adver- -, . sous, wtiere leacningmay Dexcessive. manysioe
, j - . - x '-, .
tisement in a' religious paper will be as big a curl
; osity as a.whiskey advertisement or the advertise
: ment of a lottery. " r--
FEATURES of our issue next" week will be arti
xles on how to make good pastures, and more
letters-on saving clover seed this spring. Just now
these are or should be two mighty important sub
jects with Southern farmers, and what is said
YOU Can't Afford tO Buy Feed With Seven- applications are made too late, however, and this
JCent Cotton is -a' danger that should be guarded against.
...
FTHE increase; in acreage sown Jp oats v and . we. study the -fertilizer, problem, it be.
, I -wheat in the Cotton Belt last fall equalled comes increasingly evident that commercial fer--.
about. 10 per cent of last year's cotton acre- tilizers should ' be ; a supplement to "our soil
age .Owing to the unfavorable, conditions iov building :ef?orts, '' rather ' than- the chief depend-,
growth, last fall, the lateness of seeding and the1 -enc ere is no commercial fertilizer made that'
about them in our next issue will be well worth ..unfavorable cr severe winter weather, a consider- can tzt the place of humuW and unquestionably-
jreaaing. , , able part of ; the, oats sown were winter-killed. this js the greatest-need by far of the average
' . . ;' Some of this winterkilled oat area has been re- Southern soil. Nitrogen can .be bought and ap-
GTweKSrout 4lreddis:uSsTotono"h" ' "" & CnSid"ab lhi h W"S XP'ont; but who wiUs,,.
' pages of this issue. -Clods keep the 'seed from ' .fs m the-acreage m; oats-still exists, compared tnat buying it is a less, expensive .method than
coming upj cause weak and stunted plants; make with what would have been in oats had none using the legumes to draw on' the immense store -
dry weather a menace to be dreaded; and hinder, winter-killed: - " . that lies above eYcry 'farm? increasingly in the
- Some predict that a large part of the land sown future the SUCCCSsful farmer will be characterized
to oats last fall,' which" were winter-killed, will" be by his abundant use of clovers; peas and beans, -
N THE closing hours of Congress the Senate -r : 7 . ; MV . supplementing tnesewitn pnospnonc auu r .
passed a rural credits bill carrying $10,000,000 to wa wwauj u w c grywwg ash when necessary, K
be lent to farmers in sums ranging from $300 to of less feedstuff. m 1915 than was contemplated . . . ,
$10,000. The length of loans was fixed at ten years last fall.- ' , Wc doubt if . there be anyone subject more-
and the interest rate of-5 per. cent. House and. 'The South' cannot afford to buy a bushel of oats intensely local in' nature than, that of the use of
Senate failed to agree, however, and so the whole m - jor.nor a ton of bav;w:th thp mnn,v nUuln 'a fertilir.'. Of course an abundance of humus, the ,
rural , creaus -issue-goes-over uu-nexi-session.x . . , " v . . , . .w!tnr of
Farmers must then begin fighting the very day from the 1915-cotton cropr-This-not-onlypmeans use-of-barnyard- manures, -andt&erowiE8l
: C.nncrvp mpfc iinrt nvr:14 nn fill it oHinnrnc that tfp-: Southern ; farmer clinii1r1 rrrAw nil Via rTnvprc v hpdc v hp a tie-' anrl nther lcfiflinieS tO StOfC.
feeds needed for his own use, but that he should nitrogen ' in the soil are practices that are
cultivation sometimes all the season' Give your
crops a square aeai ny starting inem on rigni.
r
, 'pHE last three years have seen an immense - also grow enough oats corn and hay to supply almost everywhere-and under nearly all con h
J. increase in- the, crimson - clover' ' acreage ,the towns and cities cjt the South. Every dollar sent tionsjbut whether a particular crop or a parties
55ihl5?.uft 'nA? 7!?Llri! wt of the South next fall and winter for food and Ur soil wilfpay foran' application of commtrcd
fporictnfFe' that miViif how Kaa - n;trnmfl wA;i.:." rntncVi is an entire'
4.. ,.4. aJ -.1- Tt'i-..ll. . 1.1.-1.
dont have to go to Europe for seed, but can grow , duced on' Southern farms will make the South just different problem, ;To be:able .to bring Inteiug
our own right at home. These can be harvested;.- that much poorer and reduce by just that much the information1 to 'bear upon this' problem differen
' ready cash available for business and operating tiates in very large measure the:good farmer fro
dlilUlV U1UVCU LIltlL L11C U11L111 CS1IC11 rffl arP a v - - . , . . M ,irnil
amply proved that the. unthreshed seed are just as
good for planting as the , clean seed, and there is
no excuse -for not saving an ample supply this'
spring. Study the drawing on our front page this'
week and begin .work now on your clover seed
stripper. v - - - - - -y -. - -u- -i
expenses.
Shalt We Use Nitrate of Soda on the Oat
Crop?
the poor'i the. successful man "from the man
loses money in his farm operations.
A Thought for the Week
IT'S a good point Mr; J.' Z, Green makes when he
says .that if muscle and physical effort alone
were the test, mules - would make better farmers
I
N ACTUAL' farm practice no good farmer should
have to buy nitrogen, and the fact that a farmer
TT IS strange" how littleVin 'general pePIeAn ifl
about- the. sky;." It .is the part of feaUofl
does buy it is evidence that in the past he has " IT. r TtT M.Vnd evident Puf
------ Pleasing man, more or tne joic iuu w . ifl
than men.' His whole pertinent paragraph on this not &rown.clovers Peas and beans as he should pose of talking to him ano teaching him, than
K subject is worth reprinting; - Y have. .In' such 'cases, however, the damage has any. other ot her- works, and it just the par
-"Hard work in the fields alone has never
made a successfuUfarmer, If is ..only well
directed energy that produces, best results. If
.the exertion of .physical power alone were all
that is required to make a good farmer the
mute .would "be a better farmer than the man,
for he is stronger and can do more work than
the' man.And yet we are not far removed
Urom'the time when the common idea prevailed
already been done, and there may exist now a which we least attend to her. , There is noiot
pressing riecessiiy for nitrogen, with no immediate ' mn .f any dav our lives when Nam
means of seciirinfr it nth u u - producing scene, after scene,, picture aICCI ex-
An m . ? f y Uymg ; " Slorv' after ii7 and'. working still upon such
An illustration of this may be found right now quisite and constant principles 'of the most pen
in many oat fields in the South, where the oats beauty, that it is quite certain It is all doneA' dev'
were planted on land impoverished by years of" and tended" for our erpetuar'pleasure. qW
all-cotton cultureand now promise, unless given Cfy man crever P,ad lVX. thMone?
som hin r . " g sources,of interest Or of beauty, has this uj
some help, to fail to make even a fair crop. That . him constantly;; The. sky is for all.-John