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, - - ' . jx-JT i'tJ , K Vol XXX No. 18. : SATURDAY, MAY. 1,. 1915. 01 a Year, 5c. aCop7 Cy TAIT DtiTLCR gathers ; large : quantities of plant 1 COTTON PIUC1ZS ANI ACREAGE - foods-from the soil and. these -are : nrrnTTPTfTJ" s . stored up in. the plants. When these ULUUUUUil ; , nlantc nr rwrto r( n1nnr. Ala. -'.. I' . ' . ' riV.V:,."1!,""," Yhatwr the Price, the Farmer I quickly, decay and set free plant foods ' ,,they. contain to feed other plants. In this way by storing up humus, in the Foolish .Who Raises Cotton to Day Dollar Corn Tho I Friend Is Right-r" N6 TicksjKoV11 Se better returns than 'one, foil and in rendering plant foods morbr A QUESTION that , ii often asked Tick Fever A pfehtedrlO days earlier than the "best available :tnne" oninodrhr rireoafed soil: : grass improves landbut it does not- in the price of cotton result in much N Alabama reader -writes as fol-' ; Granting" all" the advantages that , improve the soil as legumes (clovers, ; less reduction of -..acreage? Many lows: JViy. incwu , oAjro vw vv..may ;jjc .5nown . iQ. resuu irom early j":8) "cans, etc.; ao oy garnering ni- iuucr ciuauy ucucve inai inis aa- cow that has trek, tever. mustier w?-. planting, .it 5till remains a fact, that- trogen tor their use from the,air, ... vance m price is , the directresult, of . fever from the, bite of the "tick. !ll with "otrr long growing reasons good" We would not. sow. Johnson grass- an effort on the part of speculators contend that a cow turned into a pas- preparati6n f the soil, is of more im- on a farm where we expected to ever 4 anil spinners to induce the farmers to lire where cows are jdying from tick "portance -than early planting.- "want to cultivate such row crops as plant more cottonr There is probably fever is likely to eaten me-lever irum corn ana cotton. : as a hay grass, intie rounaation tor tnat Deiiet. the infected cows, without being bit- ; finn1Jv'ftf iiH Wh Kni !n- " -however," "we know of no equal to The fact is there . never was any, ten by ticks." ; r " : I - Johnson grass. Its yields are large good reason for cotton selling for There is abundant 'evidence o- Y --JUTIOlIS Wnen urazed . . and the quality of the, hay is in every-less than nine to ten- cents . a , prove that the friend is right: Under . A LTHOUGH we have "advised the' respect -the equal of .timothy. -As a pound. There never was any" reason ; natural conditions, the ticksj, niust gt A "use of green rye? oats, wheat and Pasure grass it is .also of value, but t6suppose that the -foreign demand on an animal and introduce the -drs-f . barley for , grazing' probably hun- when pastured closely or cut for hay - wotild be Jess .than in years when ease-producing organisms, by , biting dre(js 0f times during' the last few for a few-years the growth becomes there was no war,' Only about 16 per. or fastening themselves to that ant-' years, oar readers frequently ask -es3 vigorous and it should be plowed . cent of the spindles of the world are t , mat Of course, the disease can 'be s;tif 1 grazing these crops will hf- UP or possibly cultivated for one in Germany, Austria, Belgium and . produced in a susceptible-auimal by jure pigs, mares, and other livestock. v,ear' At least, if it is desired . to cul- France, .and over 60 per cent of the-. artificially inoculating such an' ar.i-: Qne mail brings us the following tfvate. the land it wilkbe found that spindles of the world are in England! mal with the biooa or , an miectea inquiries r'lbave a younsmare due .' mejonnson grass win give mucn less , anu , me unnea oiaies. ivioreover, rnw! hut thlS QOeS not OCCUr natUX- n fna1 in 1 airw wtTt ott- rropn ally and, therefore, in'practice,.;'the rye injure her or her colt?" "I haye Pastured closely for" several years.. r history of tr. statement, "no ticks tio tick feyer'VnmA whnf riU if Ut " --X -cotton good a :ut--.- i , j-i . n. - ' . tuiy aa a nice iuc ucuuiuiiik ui iuo trouble after it has, been mowed or history of theworld when cotton and s'were destroyed as rap-- holds absolutely true. No -matter how t while'it is.ffrWn?", fA nelcrhbftr . v:Ji uriL , c:u ldly as sin long or closely a susceptible cowmay. says it wiU km 't associate with a diseased one, run-, bats what do you think about it?""- A READER says he has bought "a Those who sold cotton for less than ;, less ticks get on the susceptible cow , Green -rye. oats, wheat or' barley siIo 14 fe n diameter and 30 present prices may -justly attribute ; and bite her there will -be no traits- "will not injure ny animal that grazes "fect which the seller guaranteed . their ioss to the cotton spinners of mission of the disease. - The germr in ft "when green any more than-will t0 h'W'100 tonS of silage.' . ,;. America-npt those abroad-vho nat- nature, is only introduced -into' the- any bther reen forage plant; r Host ThU Teade has also seen our est!-; urally and, as business 1$ generally, system of the , susceptible ;," -cow i 0f our livestock is "hurt'' by -not "hav- iates of the -capacity of silos of dif- conducted, rightfully sought to, buy through the bite of one kmd of ticks.- ine 'these 'croos to craze gather than ferent ' sizS (Reference ' Special; Ipetr raw material as cheaply as pos- Thh4s so wetfTeTtabfished'' a1SdoTb?gfaz! 671915 rto-the-inexcusable : hammer- ; generally known, that .it is no longer ir customed to green'feed might injure of the, capacty of-jmch a silo is 73 ing practiced almost universally by . necessary to cite Jhe -abundance Of .itsdf if turced on a luxuriant growth : ?ltr th? Si1? " proof available. V .yrr;r 0f these crops when hungfy,iust as it ?tVsllae ; 'mighr-be if turned. on any luxuriant f0 ho1 other things, the yt ;mi' CanA pfflnn!n in r m-vif w o.,, -rrrorrr rfntc tif depend on the condition of the corn, and business men of America become , Good Preparation More Impotent growth of green, grazing plants.. But . f corh is ' green and contains panic-stricken W the approach'-o Than EariY Pl-.tin- i o thlS' iS e anf.,s Prob changed business conditions. . V , T w cause or me cxisrence or te popular -f , . . " , T, ,.w . i- Aft- 1,- f f, HE best time to plant spring cropst error -thtf green ryeoats" 'ni hvheat., hlt ta":: H tt' T- 11' fw f Ate is a difficult problem.of iiuch wUl injure livestock -grazfaig them. .,J-te V Lm;-SS "'r?"" portance, difference season a ' knmxr i. 'I. Art . ' - . i "tlt , 4 : SlOWlV- ..vl, iUOL iirn i in ii i vt-., tinre nra rfro7Pn -,.1 iv rr , irn nmn cr 1 .;......'. ...v.. . . , r . son is well advanced ;cr3U7i,r sflo wilrhold a larger tonnage. If .exported, because, more cotton ana . wcu aavancea.s. - - - - the cause-of the trouble,-they iollow f - i..... . j . v,a rf,, . I V" then refilled oncejor twice," there will" This 4s not an after-thought, but has iV :1be less, space left unfilled at the, top heert my position, repeatedly express . .narmiesior : f gcttH nd more 8iiage wni be ed, from the outbreak of the war. ; - ' as the ground can be made ready aiid v grazing i'$ any other.grazing plants: , tcT settlV there is no longer great danger of in--.y-: - - , The late increase " in prices :;may jury from fmsf rVT.-,- ' - ' ... - - ' Whe there is no hVf ,rfS'.i,i Jchr.SCH GrcS3 a Goad llay nnt.Uut lured corn, such' aHsilo'will probably me grouna unt tions are favorabl When -well filled, with -properly ma- cause morecotton to.be planted thar iTpd mm xnrh '4itn'will Srnhahlv would have been if prices haa re ' spent on cnltit-ini A.vii i.f.;.''l "uu.ul iuspvto snuw ,uuiuius , usually remain at lea the cVoUAkVV-." Johnson.grissr -Of itsjeed- nnfilkd at the.top.- 1 .. less cXttl - efh t ', The following is onrm With two-row nlantfrs: or even with one-row planters; it isra rapid process and ""tKetSa -little orcein the argument that planting must begin far .in advance of the best e m order to permit ol the. work .wing completed before , too : late: f 1 6 " . usually little difference' be-:. of feed and food supplies is of much method of es-10 importance than, the reduction; killed, out when one wants to farm tirhatrng. the capacity of a:silo? I ; of the cotton acreage, because -these supplies can pe grown wwnaui maie rially decreasing the production :o .. VVhpri in: . , : Kiuea our wnen one is do X"' the. land; does it build up land 5 would jroii advise sowing it?". . : :The ?; digestible nutrients . in 100 pounds of -Johnson grass and timothy hay, are" given for. comparison: - Ma V , r - ... . , - John-1 Time. - " ' - .. kr"" Xbs. ' , Lbs. Itiffe5tiMe Protein..'..:.....U-. 2.9 2.8 . 4t Carbobydrates 44.4 - M -Jat M " -U X 'i. i ' ..... " 'I ' il n f , i.i , The radius Is one-half the diameter -:of 14 feety, or 7 feet. Square tfce. radius : 7 X 1 4 9. . 49 X 3.1416 The circumference fs 3.1410 " times the diameter) 153.9384 square. ' feet-surface. - 153.9384X30 (height) 4,618.152 cu. feet.' ,618.152X35 (weight of a cubic foot of ; , silage) 161,636.32, pounds silage.' 16l,635.3divided -by 2,000 (pounds la a ton) 30.818 tons. f cotton planted Aorfl'20 and An;i r ; uvlvvu), corn . pianiea AP land April 10,: . vvmie the crop put in' the ".ground "sible to eradicate Johnson grass from i!,1: as soon as con ;We regard -it, as practically . impos ible to -eradicate Johnson grass from a farm, when once "well scattered over it:;.Of course, it can, with mucl sistenCwork, be' killed in. an cotton. ... I am frequently asked, to ( give an .opinion on the reduction of the cqt " ton acreage, this yeari'This is-deaU . mg m 'futures to .-an eactent ' which may at lea&t be regarded as "unsafe" J but I may state that in' 184-we in ' ."i iL.' . -1- . 'i. If l. ' 80.818 tons, less 10 per cent or one-tenth, creaseu me aticagcuum per tcui. -U feet.unnyed at. top) -72.736 tons of att(i on December 1 cotton was worth . silage as the estimated capacity of this A 6 Mut m ,arge fc ' "- ' 1-j -re .:t:r acreage and. after.selling cotton, for I ti Vi T T 4t rC.it rC.n cents, ,we reduced the acreage in m his 14x30 silo he will do well. Even 'QCiC Q ' . . Jo ' - .. . . -4 t.Utk a:u ;:..Mi o95 14Js per cent, f his is the largest if we estimated that the silage in such j--?.- .i - Wn, . ditions too earlv fnr-tb b.cf anlfc m - fpnc corners and ; other will not ao, xnen un iw.wuuiuwiV uA Mxf; i ttsua v r?raDle for rowt wHl it;;.Of course, it can, mtn- muenper- nwucu v,3 . ; decrease, in acreage that,, has been s meLy'ld best; much,orn, and rsistent: work, be -killed, in -an open a silo would weig h 40 potm the d in 25 years We prefer to-let me cot on are planted too earlv in field: but it seeds freely and on ditch -cubic foot, which it almost certain y, rMlW, raw ih.:r wn 'Cftncu- for the inn .j . lus and Pt:.. xi-l.j . - .- - - . . -...t i-n-nW- settles three feet the silo -will only Gate will i --';Vv,wan.?Ur --.iivuvaw,- ptavvo r -. r 4 . . ft . . . ; " 'IltCllOIl is mat ouuiu land ' pianted on.we prepared probability of spreading an over the noia . aooux. w stc thcir food and feed supplies, for ' huvv in r a ...Tit . . . . . .. .. r . . - ' v certain to", hold 92J6 tons ,if completely filled ":":" Planti in ? cuclv,e work, A crop ".make; feed, and continueto exisi m. l?r-ISi tmost.i date will 1 "T auer the usual early those, places, -with nhe year; but we repeat tnat tne important -matter in this con ern farmers pro? enough and sufficiently well packed to about n apiuiy, ,iiui,urc. id"". - :. ... - : s . . . A cuitL" ?1 better and be . Johnson grass adds no plant foods - weigh 40 pounds, to the average little if , lcss expense.- There is to the soil. That is, aTl the nitrogen,- jour, -t , - y . . in the L yam fom Putting; seed, phosphorus and potassium it uses in As a general rule it will be found -ine ground t:i -:t & f. .. . t . xu. nvi!ifiT tn deduct from 20 to 25 oer conditinno - u ana weatner iQitions are. favorahV.fnr c, th. auCrop Planted 10 -davn laV'r fb , me on well prepared soil . ylgorous , growth, above ground, it. desired. K- it- is not profitable to grow 10-cent CUPJC .... ' , i J.H- .-.w. ;t m.w'a.ffw.atiniasi of -un- ; cent from the estimated capacrty.of 3. can get Urrnr rooUtoclcs and a .ito, if the actual weight of .flan "..October, A reader wants to know where Tie some of the old, red-eyed, cornfield beans to plant this sprmg. -Who can ten usr , -;
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