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"SSSI SIMM II M M j w i immrjr v irw . aiw. r i ft ; mmm a .r mm m it mrm v a. If C Pat 0icc A Farm and Home Weekly for The Carolinas, Virginia," Georgia, and Florida. FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C. Vol XXXII. No. 18. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917 $1 a Year; 5c. a Copy Push the Crops by Thorough, Rapid Cultivation OVER most of the South, planting is now well advanced, nearly fin ished, in fact, in many sections. The big job just ahead now is to do everything in our power to insure max imum harvests next fall. In doing this, in insuring in so far as is possible the biggest possible yields on the acreage planted, thorough, frequent cultivation is one of the first essentials. This cultivation should begin early actually before the little plants have come through the ground, and continue er rewards were offered the farmer for diligent effort. The second great essential in cultiva tion is the conservation of moisture. Water in the soil is a solvent for the plant foods used, and without it, how ever plentiful the plant foods may be, crops must fail. Hence anything we can do to conserve the moisture supply during the growing period has a very direct value in increasing yields and profits. Here, too, methods and prac tices must in a very considerable meas- pM&fl I i iwni mhS2 ' i H6pl kilil if u it i I ill fas m Ffl . -AMM.-.itfHWrM:AX w.v.,i(aWWA....ivAf.--- J m, ' Hp . .fit-- td a A ROW AT A TIME Labor-saving Machinery Will Prove a Mighty Help In Increasing Our Output of Food and Feed Crops so long as there is any possibility that increased yields will result. Probably the first object of cultivation should be to keep down grass and weeds those robbers of the plant world that take plant food, water, sunlight and air from our cultivated crops. The methods and im plements that best hold these pests in subjugation are of course the ones that should be used. Different - weeds and grasses must be fought by different meth ods. Varying soil conditions will neces sitate variations in farm practice; and even seasonal variations wet weather and drouth will make it necessary that we adapt our plans and procedure to meet them. The essential point is to keep the crop clean and growing, never letting the grass get a start. This calls for rapid, continuous work, but there has seldom been a time when farm products were , . , , ' - - f "igner-pnced, seldom a time when great- page 6 " 7 DON'T FAIL TO READ- Farm Work for May . . Southern Little Gardens in May Growing Cotton Under Boll Weevil Condi tions 8 Lest We Forget Livestock Suggestions' for May Fighting Insect Pests in May Labor-saving Machinery Will Increase Pro duction Save the Clover Seed ; Seven Things to Do This Week and Next Two Ways to Waste . A Success Talk for the Farm Boy . . . Poultry Suggestions for May . . . . . ure be determined by the varying factors of soil and season, the essential thing being to make a dust blanket or mulch of the top two or three inches of soil and maintain this to save the life giving moist ure below. A precaution that every wise farmer will take in killing the weeds and making the dust mulch will be to see to it that as few plant roots as possible are broken. On an average, cultivating around two inches deep should be about right. Any thing much deeper will be too severe on the roots, while anything much shallower will fail to make a mulch that will save the moisture. Intensive effort on the most extensive scale possible should this year be the watchword on every Southern farm. This calls for pushing every crop to the utmost for the very best tillage we can pos sibly give. Let every man do hi3 part. 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 19 i ' !! Si
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