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Vol XXXII No. 4
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1917
$1 a Year, 5c. a Copy
Timely Farm- Suggestions
By TAIT I1.UTJUER
five of coil fertility, is o jnore likely
to the . most jtfoiitaMe than U a
single money crop like cotton or
corn'J.'"jLi' :.,...r , ':
The"4ut j si tfhe "tamer is ib" take
from the sou the largest possible
Qnrr Rpont ati Excellent Cron beans in the pod may be added and if mounts of plant foods in the form of
-' ' . ' . still more.feed is needed then .add An- crops. But it is
, PASTURE PROBLEMS
A Discussioa f th Essential Fac
tors in Getting ad Keeping
Good Pastures
also his dutv to' dis
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WE TOLD a ineno iasr sprmg tnat other pound of corn. But we would pose of these crops .in, a manner AFTER estimating the acreage
he could avoid the purchase of a .not feed over 10 pounds pf hay per which will give the largest net re- t which will he required to pas
ton of cottonseed meal at what he day when the mules are working twn after replacing the plant foods ture the livestock, add 25 per cent,
thought too high a price tg feed to his hard. taken from the $oiL If he. can sell .a more land to provide for dry weather
cattle by growing two acres" of soy It is presumed that the yelve beans ton of cottonseed for $60 and replace and other unfavorable conditions.
beans, tor oo pusncis vi pwus wc . jn he pods will be .ground, and if this inc Pnospnorus ana poiassium xskcu
equal in feeding -value to a ton i of cot-Js dpne ihe cprn ; als0 be &wn& Lm &e soil in .commercial form for
moil Ho nnw rnmnlniin tnnt . .. A. . . - $7 sfl on A rka mrrnarn -an1 niimn.
-B"u r , v YT xt. ..,wAjk"jyjii rwiujcng ut 5 not Accessary ;L r "r 'f- -r"r.r
not afford to feed them, because ihey tr oxifid either mm or vw KaoW. other $2.50 he is performing the es-
are worth arpund $2 a. bushel to -sell linipCe : la Ann'hiirA sential and full duties of the farmer.
to the oil mills. " , s. , - : . v
When the ..Southern iasmer puc
wakes up ,to ,th value of spy fceans
and peanuts as .money crops when
prices are good and ias feed crops
rV.on K relative. nrir.es of 'feeds and
livestock justify their use for feeding, land:
A Miracle Wrought Crimson
Cloycr
THIS is a true story of a piece of
nitrogen and humus required and all
agree that he must do so to supply
these most economically, thin it is as
much his duty to dispose of these le
gumes the most economically or ad-
he will not lpok upon .the coming of -In the year 1910 this land produced vantageously, as it was to dispose of
the boll weevil a.iyJ fcbe forced rednct-. little less than six tons of silage the. ton ot -cottonseed to the oest aa-
f , ill- - nan I?..... ........ f.11..! iri'iUr " ' :'i-r---
We re often told that lands which
cannpt be cultivated ought to be put
into permanent pastures. That is
not sufficient. It is true, we should
put our idle lands or those which
iitimi nil vi mil uuiivs vii lire icuiuvti . , . . . t . .
t ;l-ujsa Um j cannot be cultivated into pastures,
Likewise, if he must grpw iegumes - . -. .. . . . r.
ion of his cotton acreage as" entirely
an unmixed evil.-.; : -;;; ; .
Wtin a jEmn If Ailaldy
Stocked
per acre. Every year following for vantage:.
vated, but for various reasons should
not be, should Also he put .nto pas
tures. ' There is a large amount of
rolling fcnd that washes badly, is
difficult and expensive to cultivate,
and Vi elds small crops, .which -should
go into pastures.
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five more years, or six years in all, it
,grew a crop of silage corn, it was
cultivated and ' handled in about the
same way all these six years , and
during that time, received no stable
manure or .commercial fertilizer.
Livestock are not essential to soil f" u ' 7 a Xl
K.?MJi a? extended. There is a
rt Sf ir InST fJll I" amont feed furnished by
fertility. In Other WOrdS, Jthey are tVe residue nr remain of rrnn
not an absolute necessity; but they residues or remains of crops
are an economic necessitv in our W11C'1 15 ow wasted because of lack
(rrTu,. -nn of fences and livestock, but that is
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THE South is probably increasing
1 her livestock prodi
as is sale and best.
production must go
crease m uvcsiocK. upc aiyraai unit " X " J -i-V Y , 2 rK - livestock are kent the net nrofits will
to three acres of cUivate mJJ-. ble w,out J.vestock. .: ZVtiTLw
regarded as stockine rather heavilv 9w wjts jaw wawc jwuKitt suwpi, axonoi couonseea meat is worxn , r. . , v ,7 .
zlS nt SS'vffft ' i Wdy litttestot of mitt- $32 for fertilizer, flr $32 for feeding, crops, and the wreased y.eldS to
"res a, sSnrrathei
tarm of 200 acres of cultivated land 1X rs, when the average acre pf more than $1$ for .fertilizer and alsp nP m? aenciency,, it any exists, tor
eps from -irtb W maluni s lanin.the South has not Increased m $32 for feed? or $4S in ail, which is an 7 h " Pafured Of
P. ?ii "SfuS rill Zl;:,;i,; f ertilityMuring4he last 50 years ? The increase of 50 oer cent over its value course, .a year or two of pasturing
o wen siuiiwcu, auu iiiuv-ii iuu nvaviiv ., . , , - ... . . . , , z
stocked
is in cotton
by-product
stock feed in or
come to nnt over nne-ird the riilti- this crimson clover was removed, hut allVhen fed on the farm and the ma
vated land in cotton, 'because it will ost of it was plowed uuder. nure saved.
be found difficult to build and keep It was the Aitrqgen Aaken frpm the jhe function of livestock on the
up
more
land
m m 111. JB m 1"
soil fertility economicallv with air py we crimspn uyvcr uu c. jarm is to consume a maximum oi vrpw noj w
than one.rthird the enltivated .twu-ui vuvi w iwmwu rougn py-oroaucts oroaucea in tne" wugu wuu wuitn
. .or at lea ct (tiata ittian Vtne. tliird to Jecay in the : sou, that brought farminff ooerations and a minimum cultivated for pasturage,
phprus be applied
for the other crops.
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tcouriife the use
cannot be
but we would
the improved land, in .cotton. about this raarvelous transtormapon pf jhe hish-priced grains or concen- pave every man base his expectations
When we gradually grow into this i an giuipary v wiy mv vi. jrates. Livestock aaa notning to tne resuus n me xacw as i;ney exisr,
improved cropping system, then' a This could only Pccur in a soil al" soil, but serve as the best means of and it is positively not possible to get
farm of 200 acres fa cultivation rdy well supplied with phosphorus disposing of certain products, so as to much grazing from rough, poor land
should ' a wrdi-'W''''efuleJceep -a-nd lime..-This soil had these. aatur- obtain the largest net. returns after on which trees, bushes and weeds
something like the .following animals -My abundance. Where these do returning to the land the plant foods have already established themselves,
or their equivalents ' not -exist in the soil they must he removed in growing these products, unless we remove these non-pasture
8 horMa ' ; supplied, arid then, the wonder work- jhe wailing of the chemists over, the pknjs which interfere with or pre-
H cattle . h . ,-irunits ver, crimson clover, mu ao tor otner fact that animals destroy from 0 to yellt the growth ot grasses ana other
suns wiiat ii uiu iyi me w" v. wj oer cent oi tne numus-iormini? v-h vit..
young cattle. ....... . :. ...,s ;'. units
. noga 1 unit
80 pigs ...................... S unite
35 sheep . . . ... ,; , t . . . B units
28 lambs ;.,....:....,. 2 units
100 hens i unit
story.
Total
................. . AO units
THE TRUE FUNCTION DF UVE
r STOCK
Feeding Hard-working Mules
A READER has a lot of hard-work-ing
mules weighing about 850
pounds each and wishes to know
what proportions or amounts of corn,
velvet beans in the pods and native
hay should be fed daily to these
mules. - '.
Ihr ter"m "nativeM hay is "rather an
indefinite one, but assuming that it is
portion of feeds is not to he ake.n too W 9 rear pastures that the South
seriously. One erop of sorghum plow,- oceds Many of the fields now ki cl-
ed under would probably furnish as tivation could be profitably built up
much humus-forming matter as two Into pastures. But they will require
ordinary legume croos. Or if bed- the same attention and assistance to
wuU N "XWute Neeeuitv ding is supplied the steers while eat- grow pasture plants as they now re-
- v W . matter returned as if the cottonseed plenty soon enough to think about or
PERHAPS- the greatest obstacle to meal and Jegumes had been plowed discuss fencing, drainage, seeding and
the development of the livestock under. xultivating the pasture. One acre of
industry in the South is" the mistaken The aim of the farmer should be tood Pasture will furnish more feed
4dea of the true function of livestock iu ,,?toi h t,Hm,f ad lot fnd than five acres of the average South-
on the farm and their relation to the supplies in jiis soil, or to increase
maintenance oi. son ierum. them; but it is as much his duty to do
grass hay; then orobablv about the livestock advocates are themselves these things most economically as it
toilowing will fee required to furnish ; rgely oblame tor th
ern pasture..
. Let us set out right now to make
a real pasture. If we cannot make a
large one or jf our needs are not
large we can make a small pasture,
and every farm has need for such. No
le erroneous i . to sell his oroducts at the hhrhest
these 850-pound mules what they re- ldeas whlc exist as to the true rda- price.
We when doing hard work. ys t 0:5?01Jom,cai Any farm -product which is suitable t:; fc olhe oasTurs
Sha' --: - . niaimenancc oi sou icruuxy. for feeding livestock should not gen- be w how much we nedect
! un28 corn. , . . - It cannot he too often stated or too 0iL i.-irtW ,indr or direct . ' oe pr -"rr T . '
e pound, velvet s, in the : them; no matter how much brush
-This may he divided intp two pr nothing in plant foods to the soil. jJSnS value is i&for nd brierf a4ftrcs cre may fbein
ree feeds as may be thought best, th Pa8turtc; to prevent the
but probably best Vesults will.be ob- when, sold, smaU quantities of planf fnfA? value growth of pais, let us have pae pas-
ly -fcodsf e.minf af matt euff ."realSre "
into 5 2;,!S iJS!fe!K fertiliser value . and consequently 8 Lrtat thin, rfefct ow
cu parts ana giving one wyjus ;ituiu Fiiuxivnc n t tttAstuQ u uscd direct as a . " " , 7 " i
and then to take the fir? step to get
t, clear away aU obatrr : don3 Jto the
growth of pasture pli and to the
Part morning .noon and night. Or, if And law.- The kan meat and all oth- fertilizr rom one-third to one-half
grain js only ied twice a day, Jhen di- er tissues also contain rutrogen and. f itf yaluejs jogt
yide intp two equal parts and feed at other plant foods, . , , ' mmm- ' .
lw leeas when most convenient. It should also be remembered that
J thi.8 8 not; sufficient, to. keep ujp single money or sales crop consist
tlJe animals, one pound "of velvet ing of livestoqk, while less destruc
)tt eBW i tb propr jrrWPf tailtivation of the pasture v:th the
of your neighborhood or ro you Jut an or- , r ,
namentr . mower.