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- , - '. . - - JJJjL5 1 I J R fw J LiLEty v cy. A Firm MnA Ham WeftklvSi-'Y Carol in as. Virginia. Georgfand Florida. fOUNDED 1886. AT RALEIGH, N, C. VoL XXXL No. 44. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1916 SI a Year ; 5c a Copy Every km M Bare His Winter W! Be Poorer M Spring SOUTH of a line drawn east and west through Savan nah and Macon, Ga.; Montgomery, Ala!; Jackson, Miss. ; Shreveport, La.; and Dallas, Texas, crimson clover planted before November 15 will very likely succeed and should be put in wherever possible; Gen erally north of this line it is too late to sow clover, and any cover crops put in at this late date must be rye, oats, wheat or vetch. v Vetch, because of the very high price of seed, we can hardly recommend; so we must choose rye, oats or wheat. Of all the non-legume winter cover and graz ing crops, Abruzzi rye is far superior to anything we have ever seen. By mid-winter we believe itVill make easily double the growth of any other crop.we can use, and by March it has usually made a heavy growth for either grazing or plowing under. If the seed were cheaper, we should urge that Abruzzi rye be planted on every acre that has not already been planted to some cover crop; and even at present prices for seed, we be lieve every farmer should order at least a bushel for planting an acre seed patch. In the absence of Abruzzi rye, ordinary rye, wheat and oats should be used. Any of these, put in as quick ly as possible, will undoubtedly pay as a cover and protection for our soils during the winter months. Rye and wheat may be safely sowed nearly anywhere in the Cotton Belt during the first half of November, though oats will be safe only in the lower South. The point we are emphasizing is that every acre left bare this winter will be poorer next spring, and poorer acres inevitably mean poorer crops and poor farmers. The idle acre is the wasting acre; let's cover it's naked ness and save its plant food for next year's crops. 3 4 5 5 6 7 DONT FAIL TO READ- pm Best Time to Plow Under Green Manure Crops . . " . . . . . . Farmers Should Read More Books A Success Talk by Dr. Chas. W. Dabney . Harvesting and Storing Sweet Potatoes . Livestock Exposition at Orangeburg, S.C. How to Fight the Boll Weevil ' . . . . How tli nuf r...i rii;i low Will Help the Tenant 8 How to Save Money and Regrets 12 save nenty of Pea and Bean Seed k . . . England's Leader in Her Warfare Against Poverty . . V . . . . Developing Nimble Fingers and Strong ATT Livestock at Virginia State Fair . . . . 16 North Carolina Livestock Exhibits at State Fair . . . ... . . . . ... . Don't Sell Your Cotton Before You Know the Grade 12 13 14 16 17 19 vii auc . . . . . .. . South Carolina Farmer. Get Ready ... 21 ' i ' J IN w If. 'Ha J SOME GOOD H0LSTE1NS
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