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A Farm and Home Weekly for '
The Carolinas. Virginia, Georgia, and Florida.
FOUNDED 18 86, AT RALEIGH, N.C
Vol XXXI. No. 35.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 26, 1916.
$1 a Year; 5c. a Copy
Good Mwm Is Im
possible :Wittooul Winter .toer . Crops
RECENTLY we' have had a good deal to say about cover crops,
clover particularly, and until the time for planting them has en
. tirely" passed, wejexjtect to continue' emphasizing the very great
importance of these crops. A truth that Southern farmers, sooner or
later, must come to realize is -that saving our soils for ourselves; arid
the corn crop to follow; (2) the seed requiredo sow an acre costs much
less than similar quantities of bur clover at; and (3) the crop is
well suited to practically all well drained sZNthe Cotton Belt.
However, if for any reason crimson clover cannoN,Aby all means
cover the cultivated fields with a crop. of rye. Abt particu-
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; r ; . . ' CLOVER CROPS LIKE THIS MEAN RICH. LANDS AND PROSPEROUS FARMERS .. ;
It You lUve Not Already Done So, We Suggest That You Get Your Clover Seed Now, Before It Is Too Late, and Put in it Least a Small Patch Thit Fall'
our children is one of the greatest of all the tasks confronting us, and
that the intelligence and energy with which we tackle the job must in
very large measure (determine bur individual success or failure, as
well as the success or failtnVof the whole agriciultural South. v
Undoubtedly the most serious drain on our stock of soil fertility has
come, not through the crops growrl, but
rather because we have allowed our plant
iooas to leach and wash away. Any good
farmer knows that level land, however over
cropped it may have been, can be put back
m good ; shape by a ; few crops of legumes
plowed under or by an application of -stable
manure; but once our rolling hill 'lands are
gullied and stripped pf . their best, soil, the
task of remaking them is a long and trying
one.- The wise farmerthen, is he who saves
his fields, and on our rolling lands the surest
and best of all ways of doing this is by
means of cover crops, kept'on the land win
ter and summer. '.. : -;
We have particularly emphasized the value
of crimson clover as a winter cover crop be
cause (1) it iga legume or nitrogen-gatherer,
maturing in. ample time to plow under for
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larly is proving, itself a remarkably fine winter grazing and cover crop,
and we would likeito seeevery farmer in the South try.at least a1 small,
area of it this fall. If neither clover "nor rye is planted, then oats put
in in September or October, even if the crop is plowed under in March
for corn or cotton, will be an excellent investment for ' saving bur
lands and furnishing winter grazing.. '
The great point is, have a cover crop,
preferably a legume, growing on every
acre every winter. Too long have we
been letting the winter rains carry away
the cream of our soils, foolishly expecting
to offset our losses with commercial fer
tilizers. Such a practice is too much like
trying to fill a barrel at the bung hole
when the head has been knocked out; it
will bankrupt us in the end. So let's prcr
pare, now, to become real farmers by
putting a carpet of green over our farms
this winter and every winter hereafter.
Doing this will save our soils, reduce our
fertilizer bills, and enable us to grow bet
ter crops than we have ever grown be
fore. - '
DON'T FAIL TO READ- pe
Get Acquainted With the Experiment Sta
tidtas and Their Work
How to Grow Lettuce and Celery
It Pars to Sow Oats in the Fall .
A Success Talk by Gifford Pinchot
Noiih Carolina Farmers' Convention Next
Week . : . . ......
A Sterilizer for the Dairy , ... .
Pick Cotton Rapidly and Sell Slowly . .
Tell Your County Commissioners to Get the
Cotton Grading Service .
Use a Drill in Planting Oats .
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