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(IS) VE FARMER HO" -TO I IDS '1 1 - XXIV Humut; How t ..Her; t.ie supply TAIT L-Tl 4 ' '"K': , ,3,. 'V - f ., As; Oh Yr. tJ the &.' 59 enh; thre wlifeoat siBtS commission, S3 cents.. irti(g pi? wkoUy l 4vc: tw yr. $1.50: threo i OUH TWO BEST SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS . ';.' "'-On ! wibwtIW aa4 , tw oufeseribor. If Mt together, can frt'Tfco Pnwrttbm Faraer m yw tar $1.58. A Iufc, t.tlires yw!y tubscrlitioav If teat tofottwr. HI tor 12. Ecc ACverilc crc Ccllability Gzdfcat ccd v 5 WB 7ILL podtirelr tnsks ctt'Wnttiilaa biay subscriber , as-a remit of frsodslent mUrepreienUtlons madeln- The ; Progressire Farmer on the part of any advertiser who proves to be a deliberate twlndler. This does not mean that we wlU try to adjust triflinf: disputes between re- IIjlMa KniliiMi hAniot ftnA thtttr PstrnaL lent dealings, we will make good to the subscriber as we fcave Jtut Indicated. , , The conditions of this guarantee are, that the claim for loss shall be reported to US within "one month after the advertisement appears in our paper and;' after the transaction, complained Cfj that our liability shall cover only the ,, purchase price of the article In question, nor aggregate over 1,000 on any one -advertiser, and that the subscriber must say when writing each; advertiser: I am -writing yon as an advertiser in The Progressive Fanner, whicht guar-, .; .intees tne reliability X all advertislnf T7AI1TED: CLOVER 'EXPERIENCE' LETTERS BELIEVING as; it does that clover, particularly crimson, bur and white Clovers, should be far more extensively planted; in the South than they- are, The.. Pro gressive Farmer will on July 28 issue a Clover Special that will deal partlcu Iaity witto 'these great crops, ;,?'.- -a.-- ,.t .k-1'- " 'f':vK' ; ; j r-jf.i v.' -As a winter covev crop toteep' the land from washing away fas a winter rraz- : lag crop for cattle, horses; -fa" gs and cnlckensvms anitrogen-gatberer-snd a. crop to 1 : piow onaer m tne spring as a iertiuzer ,ior tne corn crop, crimson clover, nas proved ? its right to be classed, among: the areata si crops ever brought to this country; As a rf winter grazing plant, bur '-clover Should hive a place On every permanent pasture In : tbre Cotton Belt. And on many . Southern soils white clover Is a splendid grazing crop. ." it is consequently these three , winter legumes-- particularly, that we wish to have our readers tell us about, that we may pass these experiences on to others of our readers. We . are off i payment at regular rates for ail others used. We would also like to have a number 4 Bemember,, we -want personal experiences, briefly and pointedly' told, and get all woi espceiauy v.gooa pictures u oi ;ciovers bibs..-v--W-vi V letters. us not later tnan juiy - ' " "" ' ' - - -.:.v. ..-.. .-.r-.-v. - -T tneres; nttie ieion-cne,iana.to re ed,': xvKile. the nitrogen they contain - w tn jgrV' -"t5V - . plenish the supplies of humus m the.; is driven . off into the ; 1 r- 5.! J r,.xf Ey T la8t the American farmer oc cupies ha rahiful place in the jeste fof - turers, merchants; banhers and city tattheirfobaf 'have overlooked the:. truing behind the'plof-ema them. Conditions today "are such thatthe producer oi foodstuflsis recognized tifl the mightiest fOT5s--not only in the.yelfeure and prosperity of tRe nations ; of the vorld but in the very eadstence of nations and their ; peoples. : . rQ;:ri' ; A: noticeable i ieaure of -the situa tion , hich has shown the Ameri- V can farmer" to be on a ;b$ moral plane as veil as holding an import ant industrial place b ihs fact thai he hasnoi taken advantage iof conditions , to exioixunreasonaoie prices, irom his fellow ..Americantf.'Heh''pEr triotically irvcreased his production - m order to prevent famine, prices " instead of keeping production down - to force rce'up.-',; ,' -.' J. .: ;-'. - He has shamed the food cpeculalor v thouch unfortunately his eacnmnle yi has not been followed by all manu- fccturewrxirticularlY makers of so-called luxuries; though When Writinr td advertisers sav "1 r-i ii;Wrty 4fi A. ft uu:tj,. Jm-;rr.: " xzAixicn. n. c. . . " dall.3tixas. , :- New York Office; 32 f Founb Avenue? ";. " Chicago Office, 1311 Coowty Bonding. ' ." V, SUBSCIUPTIOtJ RATES : y ?.;:;yp;.f Months. 2S cuts. L-ter tubterl itUa. If .r,y yt, 2; tw yovs. IA. Clubt ! fiO r ri uatcripuoai, z yaw; v, i.v. - -l- hnt tit lm' Mtna nf ACtll&llV fraUdtl-. 1 1 it carries." . - ,v.fi? v r!i!- i'XM-'it-i-1-$?&w-'UX:&!?. rr " r -t-J - "V "Tv" r';.? v - r.'T -v-iviF-.iiuiims-iorining-vaiues aestroy- omoei r at mers many big : manufacturerd 1 in tlua Country have ifonoVred the fcrmer's 7 4 t 1 W)-ir'i;:r ead. In i Epite iof .th lenormous pnee of cane eucuheprindpdinr gredientotCocaIa-din spite--1 rii:?trii.wr 4'; rv-rw xuk greoKt3the.- - w . 5 . l . ".-T ,r- : j have Jnot raised1; price toiponr eumers nor lowered the quality of mat oeiicioua ana rerresninK. oever age' otie iotaly-like. the farmers they have Kept faim with; the people to theb;owh:cc;ir;:4 Perhaps the lessons of mirealmg and helpfulness, that the heads, of that institution learned as boys on the farm (for they are products , of the coil) have strengthened : them to stand firm in this crisis,-; So let: us remember that the ; beverage . Coca-Cola, fenown as the National : Beverage because of its great popu larity has proved itself indeed na tiorial by doing its bitr to keep down the cost of .Kyiiig;,'? 'fe S-"'. if;, - rzr, h iiuwunti-cj --:ri- v -vf1 ;-V;: ' careful managemehf two crops a year - soiL We have grown our clean cul- One of the mbstnbticeable cases betrown onaarge proportion tured, row crops yearafter year, be- . amoncUose who have keot fcith is' p our, lands, possibly we; could con-;. caiiV they better suited our pressing . . itM Pr immediate. needs tor extracting a V? tHat Ot the mfeerS Ot COCa-LoIa. tured CrOOS if weXeVer r heram Vri rl. .UU earA I ITT IS not 7 sufficient to merely main tain -the. present supply of humus - i juuuniH 9wj; - ception ot,, small- ana lnsisru.ncant.- areas . ana , occasionally piece; ui new-ground, which has received the wash from, higher land, our soils are, - practically -all deficient in. orsanic- into pastures ior one br two years "' matter., This conditionV is liely; torout.cf four tosix occupied by a rota-H. occur on all; .uplands; where - the - tion.: Eut t!:c experience of the last :weatheV'-is warm and the rainfall 50 years : ho ws plainly that heavy iintj on arid lands whredittleie c be adopted vegetation. grows;j.vJ. J' ttf'eyenVmaintain soiKiertility mtirli 1 ad?humus?malcingmaterlals sbilsl B WeustmakeVspe plowing under: the residues of crops to overcome thelclimatic;brnaturai tendencies of organicmatter: toiapid usj these, are Cotton; stubbles -: decay and the produtts froro this de cay to be washed and: leached awayrMegumes harvested '-'W Dr hay t onsiderably.more effort mustb often plow' made to conserve pur supptf " under but should generally be ganicniaUerCforbilJbuildm well fctQladdef uppjjlf root K C '4 k :(--fZZ- '? :iT :j--:r -- iTrry'r-- rrons?.' the roots sfV 1 in ; td. 1 by cultivation,"- wbjch,, amintothe:sqitana;by-our,war moist climate..; - That sf these cpndi tions favor the rotting of all organic;; attei;trbpii gllage, row, or clean cultured, crops. viwuii . uu t tivu iuv v . j . Ainu t vdiyu : there. '"' " - r;e,- ant or economical method of increas-.. .-.Ii-J.,:if'l'i.! Ii..l-nlJ.iI 1 uiucss wc very ercaiiv in- creasefthesupplies material toeddedUo thelsai wtS : 'f-that;addeIniax ir .we can, maintain our present pro- : GENERALLY speaking, the agricul- portion of clean .cultured cropsXlike'lU tufe of the South has almost com; v f?";c?rntoD and build, up the humus supplies nec - .eMarj?f6rrhe!mos vc uii ywing to.tne.iact; tnat possible, under a well olan- 1 ca cropping-system. - " :- : r'" vv" t;.'' l the intelligent -effort which Wouid be necessary to.'grow sufficient vCOver ."r".,,1".wf"K -yvi vys y m ,up.!f solongMas we; continue ou..?large v proportion of cbrnVwandVcotton We .must therefore aim to grow ourV wu"Mus i wu not oc - maae vyru auu - coiion on less acreage, by increasing; the yields, in-order - that other; crops' less destructive to humus"; . . 1 .J, - - w w 'I.1!1U . irilTfia 1 I r Villi. - VW llllUUL 1 Vfk uuwuwy, uc grown. Ufa longer, livestock the- part consumea rotation, or by a reater use of cover i about two-thirds 'of 1 its , humus-form-; and - humus-making crops,! we Wsting properties lestroyed This' does manage -to" ha v a etiKM . . - n : - xi:s-j f it fer- humusrsnpplying cropfor each' clean'tilizer or plant food value is dest cultured or row; crop 'grown.:.1 With -fa- nr afnea'ih'-iWbbdies.:of .twr our..warm:and moistclimate we can not hope to -supply our. lands with the fertilizer value is.retained by tne sufficient humus-forming material uri- animals: but the organic matter or less .we adopt some such System and:, the humus:f6rming material is de maintain sufficient livestock; to eat Proved to the extent stated; that is, ; tner legume ,and other forage crops produced, and .return the stable ma nurc to the land. - .-- :, :::: ; We Jiave regarded our-best culti - : vated lands as. too valuable for pas-1 turing. tThis is onlv true when nr P."10 s inferior; we make inef: nastures. nr our lrtrla -recire r :c .. Lc Civcn this method of .inainta...::-.j rcl fertility. ;in oth -wcrJs; u c;tf-;, could be trrown v " ii v a tuma .ue grown ve alter r r, m,!: finitely, -and t,: - yieias ccc-omcally maintained then ' possibly these lands would be to - aluabl b'vviiig io De out im-v; p0rtance in maintaihing the humus ' siinolvVarid should WIvp mnr r,r-P Too - frequently traws, ")rn and -cotton stalks.1 and ingtheliumus supplies in the soil. ;Crop notations Help Cons erre ;;f ; rota- ,tionloi crops -and the careful saving majn- in the 01 T tr, -mi. ;n K nii has been m --Mne,. wrm.: or--an,' occasional viwk- v velvet r - ' beans. to be turned under!; More frc- c quentiy Tthe cowpeas have been bar . ; cncu luiiuy iu -r , . grazea. it is more prontauic w thV-telvet'-beahs and-it may be more; pea'sTurit greatly teduces the value - ot eitner . crop ior supplying "rnakinff; material' : . '- . ; ' ' f When a crop is crated or eaten by;? anim'ah; for onlvMO to IS per cent ot about two-thirds. r 1 , Beyond doubt; the -quickest method p,ying humus to the soil s t? - grow crops and turn them unae . For ahis .purpose there is ,not"" 'hffPr th.in velvet "leans with so ghum in rows to hold up the be j if r -re crown v- 'v Liiiiiii iii it nr i rni jrm i r 'i . v i r - v..iu iv iilu ahu a u 11 i . v. , i . v ' - - , ' m w m m w bask i j i m t m i 7 r - w r w - r t- m j m . . - ;;M 0Ur.syste'm' 'farming such that-no two i r.:id carc.taken:to 1 hr t!. .'A.
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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