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V -. i j. IY WE PLOW . D5BP AND. Wlrnr -T -- p,, V: . 1 Wm& Caroling I'vl md easo Vm and Home. Weekly for F0UNDE w- ?36; AT RALEIGH. N. C. SATURDAY, APRIL J2, ink X .. S,avM,. W, :E want; tp Unocul& e cbver fever, "want ev&y one of them ta have a severe and orotracted case nf . it ; T!ia (Tori nr ol ' . 7- -v ? "w bvw pvytticucc ui, uus uisease tt y lu.ouuiu iviii, we peiieye, mean more than any 4 ; , v v. , - our yields, adding to our liv- stock and bettering; bur agri- cuuurai conaitions generally, r However, in order to ; grpw clover, clover seed are neces: sary. Seed of crimson clover! and this, we believe, is the premier clover for- the South, '. are usually scarce and J high priced, and in the past this Scar city has kept many a farmer from trying the crop; As long as the European war. continues seed are likelyjq continue high In price and hardlb "getand the only .way - to remedy , the shortage is for us to save bur own seed. V;" '"' s;lv It used to be said, on account of our wet springs, that it is difficult to save sound crimson' clover seed in the South. " Our observation for, the past two years leads us to believe there is very little basis, in fact, for such statements. Ve have seen Southern-grown seed, both hulled and unhulled, used, and the results have'gener erally, been rrnnA nf r n the seed are allowed to get ei ana are stored wpt. m. ting is bound to occur; but this is a result that mav .h- at. pected with seed-corn, oats, or seed of any other, crop. The truth - f . " "umc-Bro,wn ciover - seed, . wnere. reasonable precautions are taken, are just as' good and' dependable . ts; the high-priced foreign- Frown coo1 j i ' - k . . . . 5 . . " wc uuve eacn year oeen paying several million dollars for. .:. : .' : 1 . '. Not only should eaci J farmer: who has, clover growing how save enough "seed -for ,s ow? me n?xt fall; but all he has in excess ' 01 hls. dividual needs -should: be carefuliy. wycd and marketed. : In all probability seed" be high again next fall; and any surplus be disposed of at a good profit. .On an oilier page we are reprodudngf with descrip-. " matter, a drawinff.br the clover seed , wnppcr designed by the United States De-. Pertinent of Agriculture, A number of : buf readers made andVuscd this stripper 'last LW v they are enthusiastic about it vt ? ff ?n thc quanti of sccd i0 han 1 ! ? madc in anX si. from a small ana ; stripper twelve inches wide toone-four VUC fcct rtte drawn by. two hohcsl a case a strippcrsuch as is shown cannot. be made, the seed may, be harvested by waiting until they are mature and then cutting with a mower and; raking : When handed in-ihis way, the clover should be cut when th ninntc .order to prevent shattering, arid the straw scattered on a tight barn Vt a ? ' it DON'T FAIL TO READ re ...... . . , s , Advertise The Things in Your Local , raper A Clover Seed Shipper That h Cheap and . UKVUfC i More -Horse-power and Machinery, on Our ; farms , 1 Farmer Must Be a Broad Man Improving-Town Markets Summer Spraying for Stone Fruits ; . How We Can Have Better Livestock Cooperation the Only Way Out . Preventing Waste of Road Money . ,Send for the Agricultural Tearbpok . Incubator .Directions . Thoughts for Campaign Year' . . , Shipping Livestock Cooperatively floor, to avoid anv danirer of hpnfinir oh ' uiJ A' . dry, the seed mav be threshed nut wtfh-fi;i. sometimes beaten but. r '. . : ; ; - . . Upon- those' of bur readers who have! tried this "great crop, we would urge that every seed possible be saved forven!arg irig the acreage next fail and for supplying the neighbors; and upon those who haven't yet tried crim$o.n doveiv we would urge .that. arrangements' .be made 'riow.for seed .enbuigjh tb start, next fail. ;.The'; crop is simply too fine a one to be without. Any. r . 6" iuc niuicr uuu early spring and be out of the way in time for cotton and corn; that is suited to nearly every well drained soil type in the South; that will give valuable grazing during the winter; and that, when plowed under, will be equal to several tons of stable manure Or a thmisnnrl nritru!o i fvuuu WllUUOWCU U1CUI per acre, such a crop as this indeed should have a rilacc on every farm in thc South. lki s uo our part by saving every seed possible I II
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