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The Greatest eneiny
bf the Southern farmfcr
';AW--ihpffie ifeatv half the cot
ton belt is the Mexican Doll Weevil,
which -is every year adding fifty miles
or more, to his conauered territory.
Hnafcmmd rfW maturity of cotton. thrOUfiK
more liberal toe of fertilizers, is the best veapon
against the pest. - It is the only plan that has had
much real success in the fight.
The Entomological Departments of the United
States, and of the various Southern States, enr
phasize especially that fertilizers be Kberally ap
plied to hurry the plant's growth, and the selec
tion of early maturing varieties of cctttbh seed.
Ilie five principal facts to be remembered in fight
ing the Boll "Weevil are :
L Liberal application of commercial fertilix
ers witn the use tf all barn yard manures
available.
2. Early planting and the, selection of iearly
maturing varieties of cotton seed.
3. Rotation of crops so that last year's cot
ton acres "will not be put in. cotton this
season.
4V Protecting wild birds a specific agency
against the Doll Weevil.
5. Cut the Cotton Stalks and plow under
. immediately after last cotton picking.
This Committee will be glad to furnish free, on
request, BULLETIN NO. 9, giving more exact
instructions for combatting the Boll Weevil.
Write also for . free copy of . Bulletin - No. 8-
FARMING WITHOUT POTASH."
SOIL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Southern Fertilizer Association '
Atlanta, Ga, U. S. A.
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LETS plow better when we ' do
plow! Isn't that a fine resolution
to iceep in mind, not o,nly at the first
of a New Year, but all the year
through? I think
so, especially in
our South coun
try, where are" so
I. irfany sorts and
conditions of sou
that are very 'de
pend ent ti p oil
godd -plowing for
thfeir maximum
; production; And
Mr. FRENCH by good plowing,
I do not mean simply deep breaking,
but careful turning of the lufrow
slices, and proper width of f uf row,
to4 enable us to' secure all the bene
fits of frosts, rains, air, etc., that ac
company good breaking of land. I
am a great believer in aerating land,
that is, getting it in shape so air can
get all abdut'among the soil particles
and: lend its vivifying effect to the
soil bacteria that are so necessary to
the best grbwth of plants.
'
This Is one of the reasons I have
insisted, and still insist, that we must
have a greater percentage bf our
acres growing sod crops, that by rea
son of the burrowing of their roots
and their decay in the soil, make for
splendid soil aeration. If we would
have bur heavy soils in splendid
mechanical condition because of be
ing well filled with organic matter
anH well tilled, the supplying of the
other conditions necessary to the
growth of good crops would be a
simple matter; for it is the everlast
ing hard, compact, run -together
condition of much of our clay soils
everywhere, that keeps down crop
yields, because soils in that condi
tion cannot receive or contain much
moisture arid are deficient vin bac
teria also, which means that they are
dead. ,
, We have 25,000,000- acres of land in
our South country that needs nothing
as much as it needs to be "busted" up
and crammed full of organic matter.
This thing alone would make fairly
productive soils; where it is not now
producing crops sufficient to pay the
cost of tending.
Some days ago I heard a man using,
heated language over the fact that
broom straw w'as about to take his.
place. I remarked to myself that if
this plant could have had charge of
the place for xthe past ten years it
would have been a far better place
than the owner had made itv Arid
could the btborn straw and lespedeza
have been grazed by gbod cattle dur
ing, the six warm month's of the year,
the farm would have, produced more
dollars than it has "produced for the
rrian who has been patching around
1 oyer it with a tittle plow.
Nature generally knows what she
is about, and there is no questibn
about this being the case when she is
attempting' to' cover bare land k with a
sod, arid if we do not give her better
material to work with We should not
find fault if she makes use of the
best cover she can lay hold of. And I
never saw nature set fire to a broom
straw field, but have seen her drop the
old crop down on top of the land for
'a ; mulch and - cover, and shoot the
new plants up through this mass of
decaying organic matter, and they
seemed to like it. I judge from this
that nature's idea is to keep a mulch
on top of ' the land, whenever possi
ble. The handling of the stable andiot
'manure on the farm is a "matter: that
holds, a growing interest for-, our
.folks because the supply of this -val-
LJtt' creasing, and r, the Understanding
Tins fnonutzrvE 'farmer
among . br: pebpV of its great value
to theiand in several ways is' grow
ing -also. How Shall we; apply the
maYiure'tb the land? VVhen? and
why "are questions '.that are tomino
to.niy. xdesk witV infcreasing frct
quericy.-'I have always advocated
the'broaldcasting of 'the mariiire, and
do yet in all cases, "unless there is a
machine available for distributing ju,
the rows 'at Small Cost. It has always"
seemed to me, however, that the
chief function "of stable manure
should be the strengthening of soiU
building crops," especially the -soil-building
'adds of nearly every charac
ter. A little - stable manure applied
to : clover and grass sod for in
staticeVecause, probably, bf its in
fluence tipori the; development of bac
terial life in ;the soil, dbes wonders
f br the ' crbpiria)ices ; having come
uria'er my ; iibtiee where ;the succeed
ing crop has been doubled by the use
as 'a. tbp;dressirig in winter, of six to
seven tons of well fined manure per
a'cre. This outd ay 3 per ton for
the mariu'r of its
influence upon "succeeding crops, and
in these for fwb.;br three years would
appear 'almost 'aVtftar'ked difference.
I doubt if ;as. great benefit would
come from tlie applic'atibri bf a like
amount v6f manure to the corn . or
cotton erop ; direct, I have not had
opportunity, however, to test the
matter vith drilling the product in
the cotton rows. Theoretically,
though, the sod crop would give op
portunity for 'greater development of
bacteria; for it is pretty definitely
established, I believe, that bacterial
action is more pronounced in sods
than in bare soils.
The 'when of applying manure, if
the product be Used to strengthen
sods, is aimple, just any time when
the cro;. on the land doesn't inter
fere, when' we have the manure,
when. we have the time to do the .work,
arid ""wlicn " the land " is in condition
that it v;ill not be injured by tramp
ing, and; the sooner after the ma
nure is i;iade that it gets on the land
the better. Every load of the several
hundreds that 'are made at Sunny
Home ic spread on sotrie sort of sod
crop, v;inter grain, clover, mixed hay,
or grass, and the work is done, when
other worfc is not pushing its strong
est. 'Tis a T:rie. thing for land though,
however it ?s used. We will all agree
upon this point, at least, I am sure.
A. L. FRENCH.
A Gasoline Blow Torch to Burn Out
I AM a reader of your very valuable
paper and note that "you are al
ways anxious' to obtain original ideas
that may be helpful to the farmer.
I am a Northern: lawyer who pur
chased 'a plantation here and moved
into this country one year ago, and
am therefore riot much of a farmer.
T realized, however, the necessity of
cleaning up, as The Progressive Farm
er has repeatedly advocated, and the
place I hought, Jike hundreds of oth
ers, contains many old stumps, dead
ened trees and logs and debris. I had
one deadened portion in particular
that britairied cbripTe of hundred
old stuni'ps and sriags. '
The -problem 6f 'gating rid bf these
cbrifronted me. I found that it i
cbuld get a' good fire started in the
strimps T usually!cbuld burn them out,
but this took V great deal of time
and trouble, aridespecially on windy
daysit was diffibult to get a fire start
ed. Lthen tonceiverl the idea of get
tiriuib1ine )low torch.
x. j.. J-i ; . 1 1 'a?2L i t,' A t f1 11 e.
arid by " the use bf ;it I . found that
could set fire -to ana burn almo s t a i
of the stumps arid, sriags and set nr
to and' burn vthe. big limbs and logs.
.The torch works so successfully ioi
me in clearing up my place that l i
the idea niay, be worth something
many others. . - ',rvx
. I .4 FRANK B: PARKER
Utica,1 Miss.
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