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urda,Hay29,1915. Sat (IS) 515 rprrp 7 X1 KJIl V 'CMS- The hew bunch variety called Groit shown by the following fibres, is meeting with much favor. It is a taincd with plants set in April, wuas uciwrn tne. iew lira and Whippoorwill, and its 'seeds show the ob- 'J' ' .'"Sept 11 Nov it Golden Beauty bushels per acre .,848 -Enormous, bushel per acre.;.. 177; 856 . Yet if the latter variety could have .been sold in September; at $125 peri ousaet ana in ANOvemDer at S cents, TES FR0MSUNNYII0I3 FAK1? -- ttat'fV:aa' N0TE!)tKW ' of hiy of.'.and wore, prolific ?ha the New IS p. to Pl Ahe-uairvcjua juuuum wiu i oe aavisaDie. and also well Adapted to torage pur- .t Croi-Inl fcrS ; - X . " poses, t -SHtlrr.yC--: V;: ;"-3- "effort 'For both Tm. aSd lied tion' '"L "!r.? c""r: WiTH W -t entire 0a7p.a, Good ffitt WhippS . " kf?e S?rfMWtJSmr;ir,,Ti 18 3 feed i0I ta"le Lthat is not is crown more teniW than any . yStest bf W vir;slie,' Trinmi, to make sojne torV ft wjpa a t d ian h to, the other variety. " lu seed, are distin- S5&tJlS3 that parwu -. united States. An abundance of oA ui.UJ t.,, j v..' - !" '"-"""'s j uvmicn iw rrflpraiiir tne . ' - a w Mui suaye iuu uiuwu- nan.... T.kh.':'' ofl cottonseed meal- ripe pods are picked, a second crop SSlJ5 : ask Is" indicative .'.D" ary cows turougn the win-will form whefi the" vines are healthy; -and Providence thought. that we'bring .ta : wwrin 1911 - ; S ,C a.nd.."ed a he iied with excessive amonnts oj a sin-.- bear -upon, the rgn, during 1915. Sonthern experiment s ations. . ; ; gie fertilizer, for example, 1,500 " nrcnaration ' ! ''-Vi '"" ;', V. . - V-'"! The Iron variety is comparatively - noniids nitrate 'of iods'urutr w preparanon . v -. k . .. . t,4 kA i. u.u. ir. i t j .poonas miraie 01 soaa per acre, or the - work.-. Some, v -t- r; r-r rrr C " t.rS 2 ol le manure, the weights ,Sorts;ofrfflvorK. f C0Wpeas and soy beansltrv inocti- milar and bnff if. mlhr ,1te . ot fresh pities produced id was about IIR. FRENCH are with iaccompanied, w''r"";' ';m! -S .T-JSf .. . poa! , twice the weight of the potato,, when ,j.Af., o r . . w jr vvjr, xvu vmustauu uau wcaiucr ana uisease potash was used. Stable manure and v , fllf Vo A Vkf Art4 4 1 m4it M a itftasf ', aim pprmir aciayea narvesi. ll ranKS Sn r.AnrraRr with, nrtlr1fv n,,4l men .witn greawi may lave" a surprise awaiting you. I UiX rri7S; Lnd JStalW -the Paction, but not. in o" oXXi' .work De aonc i aw""r land or seed tor sov beans rn itirra! sferfJ Thr Trnn v9ritwi vT?i1rinmn . ... .... ihe cost may be greater lot the growth bf the plants 25 perW. account of i 'immunity' ti T nern r3 Va Ca work, ana, 100, tu - ,If you tannot do better getiW pounds tode injury , and pea wilt, may make one s carelessness very x-. of tlie top Soii fronJL a fieW where the The Brabham variety is a The worK m ui Tw6. . t",: 1914 had their roots well covered with Its seeds resemble the Whippoorwill other fertiliM opinion-aiter "ii:;"!?-.' r -nodulei; spread this on one acre of and its.yines, the Iron.; It too like This bulletin' ..rtifitf such work presents , tne ;ua a;-: i... ...-4u a j ,..-! . Duucnn ; nifTflt rf jjaJi ark t alnni hrW CrOSS Oe- 'rinrrl rtrttflf rti it a Hryfif A -trtf n,f. ppoorwill. flegt, and nborer flavor than did the' . ..- v vivuut vv VUbUVJ. . VJIJ. i '. J UO b ! wv. null UVOJkJDkv) UU1UU1I11 r LU tUUl" greatest hazard ot any oi our:ora beore.nighUfld disk itittatonce and. kliot and.wllt arid produces well on nary farm crops. plaht the. seeds. In case your state land infected with these diseases. I have known men who wouict iiar-, epaftment of agriculture is sending. ? For hay: and soil improvement the vest hay at a cost ot around i per out the cuitures a 5 ctm pef acrtjf- Red Hipper stands among the best ton and save every particle ot a large, as our North Carolina Department is in tests at many experiment stations, crop in splendid condition, while the .'doinff; it will of course, be less .exoenw-It is difficult to harvest for hav be- same work would cost a neighbor sjve t0 orderthe materiat and prob- cause Jts Jong vines lie close to the T22SS JSSSHJ JKiTSSJSt trtSS ner ton. and the helds when tner- , contains a plan and . w4 wa umvvmM wi a wa HU0S tor sweet potatoes, . . T. R DUGGAEL THE COTTOII MARKET SlTli- work was finished, show tons of hay-, rection& Mouldy- ol course,-be care damaged so as to be of PctKaUy.no- jy g .... , ;,. nht. , V- p S?: J: : 'V -A, L. FRENCH. Of course the judgment of-the .two- , r - 4- -v men was what caused the- difference .Lli . . -n and the judgment of, the lucky VARIETIES OF COWPEAS ; FOR (?) one was displayed, long before HAY AND FOR SEED v Surface and mterlap With each Other, tmcettaltitleg have Mt)t tleared tip, and the. Its seeds- are maroon in Jarger than fiiny of the above- named varieties. , ' - '"The Clay, variety -,is well khown. It . has long vines and buff colored seeds. ' It requires about three months to ma ture, its pods"..:. There ;are some other strains : of . it : that require 1 a longer n1nr A ' world war Is only Increasing m ektent and- vannah quotations, . but not much business ha been done at the lower basU. No weak eniTiff has been noted on the part of. those who have held their trottori through the Sea son; ucu uuie & comes out appearing, be lots tn isecond hands, carried mors, or leak on speculatloiu' Despite the adverse 4nfl t ences, exports nave Kept up xairiy- wen,, and are now around T.frOO.'OOO bales for the season aa far. , . ; r, , wagon or machine that -was to come-" 'V'--iI'V : - V:- time for maturitv,' ' "A 'avomme " change m weather condtUons 'J, n Ar h .oVU.r in fir.f Vane W Are ; Oenef ally the MStA,?. . . . , ted.ift improved , crop aecoutita,an4 ,,iw iv uu"u6 ;.6 1- u...i-. c vi-u.. wu . -Jie amornia oiacKevc maKes , piantmr operations nav peen rapwiv: push- ea iorwara. At tne present - moment, now- nfnhtwAf -t, ,ac aai A ja j , m? Yarieuei re Awesc ior ou tra-f - -.. --y - . ever, a retnrn or voider ana tinseuiea conm plenty of the most commonly needed t.i ; - vorolific. anlvorobabv s. the best, tions.. threaten th western ection of th belt, But a relatively late start doe. net ' necessarily mean . et small yield. On - the whole, the start this year promises to fee earner ana more promising- tnan last year Was, so that farmers must not be misled Into putting la a little extra land on that account. - The outlook for prices next fall is extremely uncertain at best, and If even a moderate production Is added to the ever plus from the old crop, the uncertainty will tend to change to discouragement. If we can hold . the , next crop down to not bver 1 12.000.00t) bales, the country will probably be safe, Whatever happens. 'Even such a production would still no doubt leave-quite a respectable surplus above the year' re qmremeniB, us yresuJutLvijr we wotus reasonable price basis' To do this, the crep r last year. . T.. WILLIAMS. " . Savannah, Ga, , of the blackeyed variety for general farm purposes.-. It is riot desirable for hay, but it' is grown extensively for human use, ' . : - K F. CAtJTHEN , Auburn; Ala. ; . , EXPEREIENTS WITH 'SWEET . potatoes: 7HC ,u" 1115 luJ i1"1 5 U1 J," ol; Heaviest Seed Yielderw, Vtule Ran-- - Alie .wiitornia : tuaCkeye makes chss condition, and having on hand l0?s J tL mu - ;afld : h "arir. and penty of the mosfcommonly needed . Vanetie. Are liest for sou is, h . nmk.M'- ;s tr1 w icpairs, to insure . Keeping tne. ma--; v , - - v ,v; , ,; -chine in the best working order;- ' -r AFTEN ,the - question arises as to No general on the field of. battle ,M-.what-kind or varietyof cowpeas ever had a more trying task than has r is "best for: hay ahd-lor. seed. The' the boss on a farm when a large. crop description given here may help'some of hay is being harvested economical-: farmer to settle this (question; How-: ly during "catchy" weather. ; Execu- - ever," the farmer often settles it by tive ability of the highest order-isC planting whatever : variety he has on -needed, and this must be, backed ;by hand or; whatever kind he can buy 1V good previous preparation. t- . the market. '- , ' ' . ?, . '1 Some varieties are decidedly better n tfe c piarl;iAlr--Vms Versus Sliot j oaauig wuciuci -? mcy ruau vers, me Duncnanu semi-ouncn va Jest utilize the oats crop as hay or Heties usually yield more seed, than harvest for the grain and straw '-In; the trailing kinds and-'from . these.. Jy opinion the answer:. to this ques- , kinds; the seed are. more' easily har-j! tioti depends verv much un'rm r.oriilU iA Tf "Kiinri vanVtip lilrp, tions. When the season is such that -New Era or Groit are planted in drill- Stuckey, pubUshed by the Georgia Ik anu mere is a rarge , and -cultivatetl levels the harvesting pciuusui-wwuvu lapt ""6 amount of grain in nronorfidn tn fhc A JrK a cpif-raWe reaner . be of general interest. , "raw, it is generallyadvisa!ie toJcut-0r mower with, a bunching attach- Ih experiments continued through nf crop and . thresh; Especially is ; ment, and -thereby avoid the expen-. three -years to determine the best ww true if thecropis .tobemjrrket sive method of harvesting by hand- date for putting but 5 slips,-it was CQ tor the oram wilt rtM i - faunA thaf ftn the averaffe the' latter u "wmwiui. "& . PlCKinK" v VlUw VdUCWta.'Vttluiui " r resulted in the largest yield -of Variety Teitt AT THIS season when the sweet 1. potato patch demands attention, the results of. experiments by H. f. gia Ex-should jOre than would the-e'ntu-e plant if i be harvested with machinery cconom-. half narvested sooner and Wrtt ttitri'Tiav. if,. '..; v 1 .. , . " that d, top, under ordinary conditions For hay production 'the : vine or potatoes of -the Pumpkin Yam variety. J would prefer to" sell, grain father : semifine varieties Yield the-fargest It should be noted .that these tests tonn iy; as in that 'case alarger,Vtonnage per acre. But where-there were made at a point almost halt way portion of the organic matter; the h much vine entanglement, the diffi? between the extreme- northern -and farm 0ntains wouId be'.' left, cm the : culty of handlingthe mower and in southern parts of the state. In one matt r S T of te question the Mncreasesahe expense its produc- planting as M?yJ6, and in time m' eftlr therr;are, many rtion. Semi-vine varieties, like Iron anothe year irom setting madi as fa harvested as hay will bring quite the tonnage of the full vine va- July 1 horded light yields. hZ; f the market thah would :S are more easily mowed and The crop was ; much 1 larger -from deduSSi the same opr after - cured ahd housed. - - . -' l tha from si ips when both were And m 1 lst i Ashing. : . , . ' The New Era variety,as reported by set.as lates July 2& However, the farm ll ?P to beJcd on Several Southern expeimenhtations, the plants fJ?'S Plants nlr i1, thick SWof oat has: led in seed production, yielding made a much smaHer yield than those S ar, an4weU cor when the rom 12 to 40 bushels per. acre." It is whkh had never been pruned UBSi'fftheimTltate in habit, . small and .prolific: V The reduction infield by: digging feed unl furnish -mor digestible ' Among the common varieties it is the -.before the crop is nearly mature -is Srain and ,IrT oU1? ttlL harvested earliest, ripening in about w aays general orr nIv A w6ll1(l a$ a ..from time of planting. . At the Ala heai low and i ?' hat' lf the oats bama Experiment Station, seed of the Vestthecron " m shape to bar-- New Era .variety was gathered from 0r there hi machinery -ah early planting and planted as a other classei Af?e an abundance" of second crop, which fully matured its ter cut ..ny on the farm: h?U rrA hfre frost. The seeds are small U th cron 1, ?'.5 and thresh Cut' and thickly sprinkled with tiny blue Biittiii ,11 hi rai iiiiiht f! 1 Jli ' 1 ,Hiffimrr'tiniiiiu IlllINfjailllltMli l ''liiiili1 ISP 1 1 sv. - "iw:--- . . Here's a chance to put dp that silo you've been tblaklny aeo-t tad nc se ior yw ews w or-tm deinT ltmcer. It. the B1GGE8X 4 -et I Thli $l23 Tenneiiee.sllo fonly SOS Batik Jane 15th. sis as r zo, tapfteitr toai,fe.tl0cftttl lm, md of lwiiff-ll rllw pine, gnarantd 75 per erat er (ratter heart tarn it tight -eof, lBS0lAte4 -i lik refrleerator. thor- Tt-irrt ,M.fM aM1liraiiKakant.l&l. IraAAM aMau'-.v- ' w w-iwi-p w-r- Sllge pertectiyj low ireigns rate. - v Berets oar pveposlthm. IV worth money to as to know how manv want silos e-a4 to fcolld them before tkeraili eeaSoo, whlca orer-Urei ear I factory cap-city" Be if yoe gel yor order la hJ lore Juno Vila, wa win save yon jv vt'so alio, Baaklns It $8 i. , e, KSBXTlIlet ftlm a like savlas an larger alee. Tellrery and ayntant aa b mad later. All wa want la the order in early. The fiMt thing U to fet ovrratalogof alio. It'i fall of (rewdaonndaeae Showa you how to Bare ' from 30 to 150 by ordering early. Send lor It to. day. A postal will do. KEOSVIUE LUUCEn fi UftLCO. ' III C-n-:!i tit testCls. Itzx Sudan will make a profitable hay crop planted as late as July, 15 lbs. to the afcroadcaxt, ; Quicker, cheaper, better than millet Ask for our Bulletin, "The Truth About Sudan Grass." The TeT-tao rOeedL-; Bw?edlEio Wdrma; Cron rrrw, -7 "-C5U.- JLiU and tm op grows Very . tan.and.thU:; .specks,
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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