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'in j i r;;;ii:3-TI!S WORK OF" THE LEGISLATURESPage 13 i -u A .VJ Ur IT , - . , ' IS I J ,.CM A Farm and Home Wfeeklyjfqr ' , mist, jbeprgia. and rlorido. RALEIGH, YoLXXX. No U SATURDAY, MAftCH 20, 1915. -Co Plant giinte Crops on Mery Possi Acre Uliii .1' "I s V f I ;W ,IM,. - - - J I .mmmam.r-.,M , ,,,, ii inmi i.iii r-in mi......... inn- , inn iiin I i n )J - ' I ' V ; ' A BUMPER CROP, OF COWPEAS IN BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA - ; ; , , ifpHIS is a year when every, acre possible should be planted to a soil-: i building crop of some. kind. Feeds are high-priced and so are fertilizers and th iVian Whrk rrnws these instead of buying: them i oe laying the firmest kind of f ounda- tion for a future prosperity;' ; . V, : ' One of the - marks of the successful jfarmer is the ability to produce to : the maximum possible .extent the.crops that. .ed the land, the family and the Uve- : stock; on the" other hand, the mark jof je mortgage-covered, farm, is generally; ,a ruinous adherence "to a one-crop sys-' ;fem that forgets that fat soils, fat stock m an ample living for the family should i the Primary considerations:' . ' i . Let's see where 'we ;cari use- the soil ; uiiamg crops to advantage: -First, there" ; me the . oat and - wheat Jields, where Jun rT WiU be tested iri May and Of n mn Wh fails to have acr6P . Rea beans or. clover 'after his crops 'bif grab is simPly Meeting :the !andVS,Ur6e of Profit,; for"; the feed 11 that;come;from;such DON'T FAIL TO REAL Fe A Clover Seed Stripper That Is Cheap and vCier! not a-"sinffle acre of corn should be laid by without hav ing peas sown in the middles, or in the southern part of the' cotton belt velvet beans maybe planted., about the . time the corn is planted, 7. ,L "' or iust after. A corn field' without peas. Deans or peanuts ior sou-uuiium uuu fall; and winter feed is seldom returning 'more; -than one-haft the net profit .that it should. r, . ; . , . Then this fall, from seed saved during the nexttwamonths, every cotton middle should be . seeded to clover ;or . vetcn. Read our articles in this issue and last week's on saving' clover seed, and pre pare now to make, soil-building one of your most important jobs, ; t. . : Plant -the legumes everywhere thi year. If -you have tne seea, so mucn the better; 'but if necessary; buy themr w vnn - will find few investments ciations Now . t. . ; vr." .fli5'. 0 more profitable.--Then next fair, whether. rreventinT' Losses in oat Hr in"" c tyni.vi ui6u j.. -t. Rape Pasture for, Hogs . . ; : 1 Y Save the Clover Seed This; Spring T . . The Foot-and-Mouth "Cto Stotion... Jl Pnf Growers -, : : Q Get Ready arid Have a County Commence- Good Pastures on Every Farm . . . . . 5 How l Made My Prize Corn Crop Last Year 7 , How North Carolina Fanning Goes Forward 8 Local Fairs Mean Better Livestock . . ,10 More About the North Carolina Legislature 12 Once Again, live at Home and Board at : - Hift Same Place ; . Organize Neighborhood Marketing Asso- w4li be " largely independent," -because " vou" will nave plenty of food .and feed IcropV. and. ;3vill .;haye materially . .' ?i iM' t.!1l iliA VIITIrt W cut r your ierimzer uiu iui jww X . t j, I1 i 4t 4-- t J 'I ': i hi -f I , i' I ' V A :! t ' hi ':-:rsfi- J .U7 J- - ! v,:. !; viLV! 1 v, r f 'i:-J.: . ; . ; u ..... -
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 20, 1915, edition 1
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