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VoL XXXI 0. 46. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1916. a.Ycar,.5c. a Copy; .. . - DS0H3 estions tween a good grade of Johnson grass and then all the cStton you can." . It and a poor grade of timothy there is - is not difficult to prove that cotton is TaJ very considerable difference. in the best xrop known to agriculture, a value, whereas there is little-- differ-;. season like this,, but cotton ' is only a ..' ,ence in grades of the same quality or good crop when the ield is sufficient ; in . the averasre of all crades. 1 The per1 acre, one year with another and t. a CCORDINGrto;thi Unitea Mates jnthe North Central states there is ; san at average prices,, to. pay a profit over. nooulation or the United states, has iarm norse ot mme. . , v. -tests ot the dmerent grass . hays . Kecentry i saw a tieia that back in Dy TAIT BUTLER r Dpnartment of ; Agriculture! the only '122 : rural population ; to each other havs : hence, the average of all nnnii1ationof-thUhitedtStates,vhasvfa . hays increased by 24,Q0000: people m the p Consequently, the; farm w shows that .there is not -much differ- .1878 . or 1879, when- the experiment' ? last 15 years, and: the. number " of beef , "tie ; South - uses :more light one-horse ence in their value: . The same is also started, produced ' over- 70 bushels ;of I animals has" decreased 6,000,000 and: and less efficient implements than the true to a considerable extent with corn per acre that is now, after grown sheep 1U,uuu,vaa;, wnue nogs, nave ip.iaim woucr ,oi..iiie - iNorui central .regara to tne average quality oi ..an- -mu every, year snrce, producing creased 11,UW,UW. 5 . V:-. v;: .. -.; states. . i ne result is that tne average . f t erent legume hays.;-. :j y-r r southern tarn worker cultivates less The National Dairy acres than his Northern competitor.. t In f act. there are in the. North Central : THOSE who joined the party made states 18.5 acres of "improved farm . up by the Southern Railroad agri- land per capita of rural : population, cultural officials and , attended the while in the South Central ; states DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS IN 7 100 POUNDS Hays iohnson grass Protein Carbohy- drates Timothy Millet (common or Hun garian Bedtop ... .j....; . . . . . . Orchard nasa ........ National Dairy Show at Springfield,' there are only 7.5. acres of ; improved j ?S fay88.!!.!! Mass., as well as -alli bthers who at-- 1 tended from the-, Soutlv must j have may also' be of interest to .note that :Aiaike dover ' WiWWW. been well pieasea witn uieir trip.. while the agricultural worker ot the - sweet ciov (White i It was the greatest.dairy show evfir- ;North uCentral-states held in this country;; Inipoint of at- - 22,5 acres of improved land per horse tendance, facilities for. housing exhib- :br mule, and the farm workerV the Lespedeza ........... . . j it.. ...i:4... .Mv.WA.n--Af rx-t-i "i-- . i Peanut vines with nuts. us aim inc; 4uaiiijf ttiiu iiuuiucia .ui y oouin ventral .states oniy nas xocuiu-; -Peanut vines without 2.9 lbs. 3.0 lbs. 5.0 lbs. ; 4.6 lbs. 4.7 lbg. 8.4 lbs. 4.5 lbs. r 2.2 lbs. 7.6 lbs. : 7.6 lbs. .0.7 Ibt 10.9 lbs. 10.6 lbs. lLT-ftB. 13.1 lbs. -8.6 lbs. 9.6 lbs. nuts 45.0 lbs. 42.8 0)8. . 46.0 lbs. 45.9 IDS. ,41.1 lbs. 99.4 IDS. 38.1 lbs. 47.8 lbs. 89.3 lbs. 36.9 lbs. 36.8 lbs. 882 lbs. 39.0 lbs. 39.2 lbs. 33.7 Iba, 41.1 lbs 39.6 lbs. From 15th Edition Henry's Feeds and Feeding, 6.6 lbs. I 37.0 lbs only 30J?ushels per acre. ; We believe that the facts as written' in the records and ; experience of the " last fifty years show plainly that the only .correct practice for : the cotton ' farmer, is to produce all thexotton he can after he has taken care "of .his soil fertility- and his needs inf ood j and fced-crppsu.;:Xi:iV 1.1 ibs. t ; , it ; we grow those crops necessary . . t , - iu cconomicauyrmaintaiii or Duua ud ' t w ' '. . . - ..... '. j U. 1UB. 0.9 lbs. 1.2 lbs. 1.0 lbs. 1.1 Ibs. 3.3 lbs. Tat " 1.0. lbs. 1.3 lbs. 1.8 lbs. . 1.2 lbs. 1.6 lbs. 1.2 lbs. ,1.7 lbs. 1.0 1M. ' 1.8 lbs. - J - i i 1! ',1 '$ 3.0 S)S.h exhibits, the show wasthe best-ever vate 16.1 acres per horse orr mule, and neia, uui iu puiui mduaKcmcin, tnat wnue tne iNortnern woricer cum- , j , j " , , . T t. transportation and in the housing of vates nearly 2.5 times as much land on, . On lands already seeded to John- , iiip mnt rfmritaWe ctafp- ie kuf- n Ann KflMofl:Son grass, which are rich and moist soil fertility, in an intelligent crop-L ping system, and produce the supplies for the farm,: which can be economi cally grown on the farm, there is no . danger of an over-production of cot- ton in the near future. But even the man who has advanced in'intelligent farm management to the point that he is convinced it is wise to produce the corn, hay and meat for the farm, ment that canbe:.made7is, :,uw " ri- nnt cticfflrtnrv fnrinafieM : A mo;far t Qnfi, Toti the plant may De maae a very pront too small a town for such a gathering : states there is used $14.26 worth of Te hay crop.- ;Two and sometimes is nkely to forget the. matter -of soil and such a show.; Hotels accomoda- farm implements per capita df.rurai T t:y;:,yuH fertility in years such as this. . . tions are entirely; inadequate and the population, while in the North Central of fall-sowed.oats may be grown and But;Jti is just because of this ,factf atrmnr tn liniis Vi visitors Jnnf 1- J ct 4: W7 w:nf i,rtn- One to two CUttingS Ot Johnson grass that we have iomnrerl snil ferH'Ufv vate houses could not have been hah-' implements and machinery per capita v;nay;ODtaineaattcr, tne oat -crop, is . that some men are able to figure out 11. j 1. ".. i iiH j ! i. .. . - : . harvested. Tohnson i?rass also prows 1.1...:; -1. x oiea mucn worse, notwunstanuing 01 rural pouiation. .cut, n, we state J .7, " ;7t " I " the boasted efficiency vofthe 'wise the investment in implmehts in terms men of the East." , : ' . 0f 'value peracre, the difference -is "Wing the growth of the alfalfa. The transportation to and from the flight, because of the small number of, V16 tonnage is uicreasea, aitnougn air Grounds was entirely inadequate . acres cultivated : per worker ..in the fcLgrade ?.fx aHalfa hay is. lowered 1 ft Fa The ; .quality" of the hayj when the on paper that it does not pay to grow ; soils show this reduction more in the - , v corn, than in the cotton yields, hence . the farther we go in our neglect of sou fertility the more excuse we find atirl wnf n1lv ctSw ' Anil - Vaf tV.A Qniif U V . TJiA vqIha r( Ka itnnl AtYiAnf c grounds,, although thg buildings were and machinery per. acre of improved Plants. are cut Deiore iney.oecome for planting less corn and more cot larce and Solendidly arrdrieed. the farm lands in the South Central states 100 rge ana coar5cri5 goou m i ton, because cotton is a betf management of v the crowds .was so" i $1.90, while in: the North Central ?"Pcrior . vl,uc auu inpffinVnr anrl rrmle ' tin Anlv- efofc it ? 9(r . Dlllty tO timothy. - was it imnnssihle fnr those seated in - Rut the value n'f the nrorlnrts from - But we cannot advise any man to -the coliseum to see the. cattle in the an acre in the South.Central states is rings, but the judge was unable to get greater than the value of the products room from the crowds that closed in : from i an acre in the North" Central on him, to properly, sift" and line up .states, and hence our returns per acre sow Johnson grass oh a farm where it is desired to continue the cultiva tion of- corn, cotton or. other row a Detter poor land crop than corn. Any man who is now growing a given number - of bales of cotton can in five years ' be growing the same number of bales on two-thirds the number of acres now used to produce that numbef of bales. crops. Good crops of corn and cot- He can do so without the loss of a " the winners for careful inspection.?'": cultivated are-high; but there are not -ton. can De maae on jonnson ; grass single bale, of cotton during the five . It is a pity; that. such a' splendid .enough acres cultivated per capita of lan?? but Jt costs too much for culti- years and the increased fertility will institution as the 'National Dairy rural population4-more farm power- vation to keep, the Johnson grassin m0re than : pay Jts cost in the other Show cannot obtain adequate perma-" horses, mules and tractors-and more subjection. U mowed and grazed for crops which may .be 'grown on the a few years and none of the plants allowed to make and scatter seed, the land may then be cultivated iri corn or cotton-for one year at little extra cost, but the next year cultivation acreage released from cotton. If therefore, a man concludes,: for instance, that he must have 40 bales' of cotton each year for the next five' " ' ' ' a- ' m m - . v. years, it he will give- intelligent nent1 quarters in some central city and larger implements are essential to which can furnish accommodations i the solution of farm economic prob commensurate with . its magnitude lems in the South;." v ' a"d importance. No' progressive dai- . - - - ; - "C . ryman interested in learning moref JOHNSON GRASS FOR HAY dairy cattle and dairy equipment and v - - - methods can afford to miss this great Tte piant l. n Excellent Hay Crop, annual dairv shnw : 1 , - r . . . r . n . . . . .. The South has given an Invitation . ia' tW or three years. , , f' u '' re,fas ' to the managers of the dairy show to rrn "w Jphnson grass is an excellent hay We have always allowed prices like bring it South. The show' is getting ' " . ' - : ' plant, and where, it now exists it the present to cause us to lose all larger and better every year and be- A: READER wishes us to say some- should be fully utilized for hay and thought of soil fertility, and conse-" fore it is brought South we should be thing in defense of Johnson grass pasture. It is probably very much quently our yields are so small that' certain that Properly handling will cost; more, and after the second- thought to soil fertility he, can rpro- -' 'It' year the land should be mowed and duce those40 bales 'on less acres than ";. : , pastured again for another period of at present and produce his feeds on ' ii ! we have facilities for a a nay Pant, and give the digestible more profitable to use Johnson grass .in bad seasons .we are so poor that ling it.' Atfanta is prob- nutrients in the different kinds of lands, that are rich and moist enough we cannot afford even the seeds re- to produce a fair crop, for hay-mak ing rather than to try to cultivate them in corn and cotton. ' ably best eauinned of. anv of otir'hays. Southern .cities, for handling-this '""--In the issueof The Progressive show, but it w!ll Ka wti tkr w' Farmer for November 20, 1915, we interested tcv consider carefully, if i reported the results of an experi- ; : there is any place in the South better ment made by Director Lloyd at the RICH LAND, FOOD AND FEED Huippea than was Springfield. Unless Mississippi experiment otanon, com Je can house and" handle the crowds paring he feeding values of Johnson better than did Win bGa uee . crass, timothy, lesoedeza, alfalfa and nad better not try to brine the show' Bermuda -.grass hays .for feeding SHOULD BE FIRST South. Farm Conditions Affecting the Use of Agricultural Implements QNE obstacle to the use of more,, r 'arger and better fa j" 'the South has been the lackof mules. In this test they ranked as follows: . - -." " -1., Alfalfa, ; After We Have Looked to These E. sentUU, We Are Safe in Growing All the Cotton We Can JO DOyBT many farmers who were advised to reduce- their cotton 2. Lespedeza, 3. : Johnson grass, acreage last spring feel that the ad- 4. Timothy, . - vice was not good. .With cotton sell- K Rrrrmda. ' ntr at f rnm 18 to 20 cent a nound anrl The digestible nutrients in a given seed at from $50 to $60 per ton, it is in the end find himself poor and with quired to sow legume or soil improve- - ment crops. It is simply another case '' of there being no need to patch the ? roof in fair weather and its being too ' disagreeable to do it when it is. rain ingA - . ' .. - ; ' - The wise farmer will, next season, r. as in all others, first provide for tak- ing care of his soil fertility' and his. , needs .for. feed and foodstuffs, and then grow-all the cotton he can. If he reverses the order and grows all : the cotton he can and lets the other fellow grow his feed crops,"and for gets that his soil fertility is his stock in trade and his future safety, he will '. orsc power on the farms not only is amount or weight of hay is not an not difficult , for any man to convince a poor soil. A poor manwith a rich le number on farm. -,,11 : .n;r1v tmiratu inder of it feedinc hime1f that he rannnt irrnw ton tnnrh SOU . may - himself get riches, but a Portion to rural population, but the value, although a pretty good indica- cotton; The writer'has never been Poor man with a poor soil, never.' V"lr power per animal is also de- tion. The quality of the hay, and able to find, in his observation of ac- , c,cnt. In the nth Cmntrni Uret th nalatahllltv. and the waste tual nrartice. that it I a'cood nlan to Th t'lCre i nn1 At. I t . . e i? ..it.- . n u . .. I-- rl arm$ per Canita nf ntml irAr.nv.r in rrivtnrr th Irrettlhllitv jsnA tYn!e trt malfip rnttnnr hut in "himself lie&ry adverttner of a certala town en- the editorial offlcei olkth dally-paper. angry and dlnruated tonea dellTered aa followi : "What'a tha matttf with ahfet, , anyway? That waa a fln tnena ,i " , "c,ortn Lcntral states ot nays we musr, or course, give mc incory ii is. noi aimcuu ia prove on yoa people made of my ad. -yeaterday." i liS0?J ? 1 ho,r'S P"P- ,of test, andMhehrger per that it .is. economy to do so in srtitS .V.SJ , . 10 other words, in the South Cen- the number of these tests the more years like this. . On the other hand, ib adrrtiaer, and h thru.t a copy or in tiont flhcrc arc 2,17 turaI Prula- the differences between the different 1 have never, been abtr.to agree with Tf S?RS n to ajarm ht)rse cr-mulc.i while grades or quality arc lessened. Be- those who say: .'Grow; your supplies jinka'a ahoa.H . 7 - , 1 1 LI ' 1 V r r 1 p. i a r is. if 1 1 1 !l 1' llfc
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