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. . - "T 1 1 NEW IDEALS FOR YOUR COUNTRY SCBOOi-Posc i5 7IU0 5 lJ J n fr1 J CflN V 7 U , Jl J l J NJ J '"I Jp- :,;Bm - -JSP .jar; I . kZ-X-l-LM: 'mmED 1886 FA1H; SiSSTin! A Farm 'and Home Weeklv for The larplinas, Virginia. Georgia, and Florida. AT RALEIGH N C. Vol. XXXI. No. 23 SATURDAY, JUNE 3 1916. 01 a Year; 5c. a Copy iSAVE THE MOISTURE AND KILL THE WEEDS I AS THIS reaches bur readers, there may or may not be in the soil plenty of water for the needs, of the crops; but; regardless, of the !i present supply, it is, safe to say that between now and their , maturity there will come: a time when our crops will suffer from a moisture at the right time large yields are not possible. Conse quently the maintenance of a dust mulch or dust blanket one and one half to two and one-half inches thick is at this season one of our most important jobs. Break and thoroughly pulverize the crusts as soon BPraW.W!IMWW,)9! IVCfc ,'Ht H M W IP"Jii HI HJMHli A Tv A V-TO v T- j . it y ! I.W.'.W,,I1J.WPWJ.. " ""'1 WW 4 & 1t v. , 1 l5 "JfJ n1 ,17 I ft 5 i Mr DOWN WHERE THE CLOVER GROWS DEEP shortage of moisture. In most of our territory the annual rainfall is between forty and fifty inches, an amount, were it all saved for the growing crops, considerably in excess of what is normally needed. The trouble is that we let a large part of this moisture go to waste, ana tnen in times of dry weather our crops suner. Those who have been following our series of articles on "Farm Facts Every Boy Should Know' will ' recall the illus tration showing how moisture will rapid y rise through a lump of sufifar, but that its upward movement is greatly checked as soon as it reaches the powdered teugar on top of the lump. Exactly the same jhing oc-. curs in our fields. The soil, when left hard and unbroken like the lump of sugar, rap dly lpses its moisture; but when the surface ' kept finely pulverized by frequent culti vation, this upward capillary movement w largely stopped and the water is held for the use of the growing plants. . The moisture supply is a controlling fac tor in crop production. Without plenty of Page DON'T FAIL TO READ- Livestock Suggestions for June . . . . 3 We Must Have AU-the-year Gardens . . 4 Cotton: Useful Faqtt about Varieties, Cul- hire, etc . . . . . . . 6 Farm Work for June ........ 8 Extracted Honev A Success Talk by Pres. J. D. Eggleston . Unless You Pull Fodder for the Fun of It, Here's a Better Plan ....... . Preparing Land Where Cover Crops Are . Go to Your Primary, Saturday, June 3 . June Suggestions for the Housewife Poultry, Suggestions for June . . . Where Bickett and Daughtridge Stand . . Replies of Candidates for Commissioner of Agriculture . . ,. . . . after each rain as the soil is dry enough is a fine" rule to follow, and if it is carefully followed ordinary drouths need cause little worry. The second great object of cultivation is to destroy grass and weeds. These foreign growths in our fields are harmful in at least three ways: They rob our crops of water, they steal plant food,and they ap propiate to themselves the sunlight and air that our plants need. A good-sized weed or bunch of grass will steal as much water and plant food as is needed by a stalk of corn or cotton, and all it gives us in return is a heavy crop of its seed. to re-infest-the land another year. The only' safe plan and the only sure way to make certain that weeds are not robbing us is never to let them get a start; but if they do become threatening, clean them out as quickly as possible and by any effective means, that will do least injury to the growing crop. Save the moisture and kill the weeds should be the watchword from now until August. 9 11 11 14 14 17 19 20 22 il i'l - - 1 - ' - . It WW? --v. ' AM i.
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