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THE PIXGHESSIVE FARMER: 1002' (6) - Priie-winning Letters From Progressive Farmer Readers 510 AN ACRE NET PROFIT FROM OATS Mr. Taylor Tells How He Uses Oats in . Hit Cropping System First Prize Letter Value of crop v. . T. . , . . $19.10 .Cost of. crop 8.66 . .. 1 : - ... '.. ' v UUdl IS ' Mi....t Profit per acre . .v. . . . ..... . ; . . jio.44 Humus, Legume, Right Varieties, a - wheat rper 'acre, Tsowing" the 25thUf .The" value. placed on the straw was - lc. u VJ. V- e lin .i. .7 1. 1 ei 1 thsh. determined, by the value it had in the market less one dollar a ton for haul- . SUCCESS WITH WHEAT .-. 250 pounds 16 per cent acid phosnW , , ; . per -acre and 18 quarts MarvS- vl; aucr, sowing the 25th of September,- From this field T ?f Right Time Are Essentials Second ed J40 bushels of wheat (28 bush 1 Prize Letter . ' peracre,;51 .bushels from one bushel'! ' ' ' " . A K nrtm . i ' T i. a J yw ""&, -. V., I" ' . . mg ten mues on a gooa gravel road, a buu 1 ten years ago x puruiaacu - VAnnthpr fi.w v. 1 believe thatoats should not be a farm, and when. I began raising . T oats out of the 240 bushels I made . . . . . ! found that eight to ,twe Ve r:ran:TL1I?nd1 80d to on the 70 acres ot my tarm wmcn ; - ,. . . : Whek of wheat and fifteen to twen- IIT::" 7 TVi . . e wnn 1 laid - . . i niiiiiiiii ill riii i in v iir-'iiiiiir-ii i nr ' -ww - - - wriH fur . rv mmi i . a were devoted to this crop. -1 made . . 'M " ' ,r "rk:d' ht ty bushels of corn, was, about all I -"mJu" lbr, i T"ng about th 32 bushels to the acre, which s g? Ultdo; 71, could make per acre, I .oon..aw that tl ? down the rye most exactly the average yield ot -.. . ",.fv-- " T - ... wflc . .no, nrnnnJ;t:nn nr . f"ucu to corn . . it. tt-ij . ! ; wuitii auaiia seea.aemanas is. waste- oats in the United States With this yield and under my presr ent svstem of management.' I find ful because it is not needed. was. a losing proposition for me; Xfter the again. so I went to work to buUd.up.the t. .--7.- ""j ' .P'owed ..v .65vvik uuiaiiiagv- ui nit uat oats my most profitable crop,' with crop is that it is a safe crop which f . vrntinn nf fllfalfa ' The oat can e made without inter-cultiva- . crop fits 'weli. in the rotation -I am on. Besides this,, oats keep readily -effibnTta ;r.ii. .j and thev tome off the UnA n ti'm trt 1161(1 at tne st . .cuiuvauon .01 . ine pay nig M.up.',.5KfW-. n f nrfKKr;v o ft luc 15 pounds -vvwuv , uaiug u pounds 16 clover seed and 25 to 30 r'vrjrj.' , " one and . a Quarter- bushels nf T m D.i:r. rye per .acre in. my corn wheat . . nc naf nr nVrii rtVir small 0rain in thp allow the . V W O . ..M.. i 4.U. lny' IKUU1U.U1 VUI1I !t arrpflw nnsRihle with the amount ou" 6I45,s . - , , "find the most-essential reauirement thorough preparation especially, but,; with the low yields we have 1 hnd that any crop can very easilv become unprofitable through too much work and 'the 'increased expense accom- nanvinrr' this wnrlr. j ,0 , My oats; were planted on land : which ' had " bVeri devoted : chiefly, to V KJlll. XllCJf VYC1C pidlllCU UCIWCCU ' October 10 and November iO after the .land had been plowed with two-horse plows" and harrowed. I- Some of .the - note TOr ftlofllH with o H-ll xirh.K I borrowed, and some were sowed ori . top of : the ground and disked in; oats whjph seed I had grown-myself. Thej were tieated ;forvsmut f by , jnuKiinK wiin a soiuxion oi iormai- .. dehvde 'and stirrinV after which "thev nr .. .-.- '.p . : 2 ? ' .v. lllkl V liai TtOLtU LUC IdSL - nCCL iii lSy"with';a: three-horsebinder "(7- " 7 v u was nne wheat,, but thin on tho Po?.n.ac.d .phosphate per. j haye foundDy eXperUnce tlat i nne nnrl ji nnarter tn nne and . ' Af"s mat j orvn. hp lac notna1 ,l.:iA 4.1. . il... 10 OUU nrevented mv nW; nui - acre and one and a quarter, to one and r J K u"uu,6- a half bushels of 'neas When the 1 '" "' 6 trope o; Oats protect the land during the, peas are full grown, I plow thSS -"f at the follow wmter months when .t-.s so apt to. 20wn and seedg to. wheat, first har- 'n'TS1.-,. A. .... . . turning under crops or using manure. . (2) ; Nitrogen supply kept up by sowing legumes. (3) Sow as early as possible after the first whitejrbst. -. (4) "Prepare land so as to have a vfine seed bed; without this. you will ian no matter how good your land is. (5) Sow only nhe best ' varieties. The best beardless . variety I have ever tried is ;Leap's Prolific ; the. best bearded, variety, -Marvelous.; v ' ::'',;;c; h. Marshall. Sylvatu3, Va. , ; , WHAT SAVED BILL JONES I MET Tom Brown the other dajr our Tom who used to be so gay and as . we talked of farmin' lif e, of crops and markets, toil and strife, I noticed Tom ieemed kind o sad as if xe might be feelin bad. And so I says to him, "My l hoy, you seem to lack your old-time joyj what sort V trouble's worryin you .What is it makes you kinder blue v ' . An then our Tom he scratched his head, and said hia cotton crop was' had; that vn he d hwye frienda had lent, het wouldn t have enough to buy the makin s of a good peach pie. An theaj wTVfnendTom.youfew llia sigh on sigh, you ought to jest diversify. I used to plant a single crop, buV lound that iat just had to stop. Fust thing 1 plant Vhat I can eat, enough -"of coWof cWin'd Ul soil, by guml- ,Nuff home-raised batata feed your hossesj and wheat for hrd will ease yout crossesT Ans T 'theS aftef thmkin t over, has vowbV he'll grow. Wheat, oats jmd elbverl H. ...ft .-v..1 " Ninety Bushels of Wheat on Two it iniOneialfAcres 2.: Ii SELEQIEn. a , piece of land which had . been J farmed or '.'butchered,' "50 years. ,1 determined 'to make this v lanel$1apro1ate:JWHeai crop. I 1 'l ? '1 1 ":rj: 1 '. .'"j -1..' ' ' -ft J. iook, me. vSipnes' anQi slumps on anu broke -the land with a . two-horse seed bed; .Then sowed three 15' tons' stable I'.yf V-V5 ''T.' r"' ;'; ,-: . w;.'-.,. i. , . . iuoi cuii ana were leit in tne neia 10 :v noir" s a icv. uk i u yv uik, mc laua until 1 nave anertect . diow. maKinira-irooa' K days. "Hauled : ua Jand shocked and n?.ihey -bring in. oney. when Jtisseed-bed." ' : ; , ; . ; ' . : ? about' the 20th of 'June I threshed five" clays later. They were - ?ost" ;n9.ed- : l: am uSing -;thempney; bn five acres nf UWA riA:'J bushels cowpeas using i. 6oiu inrcc wceKs aiicr inresnmg ai a r " ,y v u mucm. above 1 harvested 145 bushels' of "manure, ana uisKing. in. .price ot cents per. Dushel delivered t!i0tair.r kU UU 5lwcls noK5 ana wheat. . This n ere nf lanrf- Q rin - ta fhe-;; mills' inr Montgbmerv in bulk.1 ' ; steers, which I will be able.to handle" manv-nlaces-cnti f .til M r,,n off ' flelow'is a". summary, "showing : the - Profitably. -The money in . this ,way, the -previous corn crop did not kver , cpst oi maKing me oats ana tne pronto iwiw uuuic icm- aee over 15 bushels ner nrre Thi witn Per acre made: :The fierures . are on. 1S due November: 1, instead of just anne -nierp-nf firm October I cut the cowpea vines to make? hav. - -Then I disked the j stubble down, ; dragged the larid well . ' ."'. ' .' ' . 1 A . . 1.!. U A ' a spiKe-tootn narrow maKius seed-bed. On -November 1 I - ft . , - rwmm h A A U A A 11 llll WW 111 II J W I the basis of bne acre:" . once as in the case of corn or cotton. and timothy that I sowed followinc drilled in thrce bushels of bearded . Expen, . Then too the use of hogs and. steers vthe wheat -crop, which is waist highl wheat, using 200 pounds of 16 per cent Plowing juo W1 enable. me to use my corn, al- n factf much o it win come j acid phosphate per, acre, -there being HnS7fii;it,;V 5J falfa, straw, and velvet beans to bet- urider a man's arms. two and one-half acres bf hnd in this flTTl-;--, ;?J.ter advantage than I otherwise could, i have just threshed this year's P"- ' ':? " u. snkS?!. '..'.'.;'.'. !'.'." 1? By using a number of comparative- crop, and will give results : One field I made 90 bushels of .wheat on this Hauling .!!!!!!'.! !'!!!! '.'.'.','.7. jo ly safe crops a farmer can safeguard of five acres that I had in corn in-1914. two and one-half acres of ground. Ka( lM hi.m"lf ainst losses due to rains, I sowed to crimson clover and rye as .' V T Q L nauiing oats to market 40 winds, drouths, floods, and insect and above stated, and as the spring of Rentomand ...;.jkM other pests. For this I use alfalfa, 1915 was rather dry, I did riot plbw ' NOT IN THE WAY Total co,t ; 8-. corn, velvet beans, cotton, and oats, this as usual, but grazed hogs on' it . om. an ro' and be baptiiedr the coi- Returns The rotation system of my farm; until some time in August, when I ored evanfeiiat waa pleading to his congre- ,Hi.v-wr tXylor. Sagged n u,u rhV.To" uiSSMZ v....fcrop ........................ . Snowdoun, Ala. , , ' ; bed. 'I. then drilled to wheat, using .i&'SM.I2,
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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