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f -'! r J i k. t J. Vol XXXII IT r SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1917 .'. . 1 aYear,.J;e.aCcpy r -j in .11 -'' i " . , . Timely IP.a:"n Suggestions try TAIT BUTLEri it . PiVt f-i ' nrp." t 'third of the Cotton Belt and'his corn uc . . '- ..-i :" - . was waist-hiirh when the vMvpf hMtt Tcr . analysis bf a ration made.irp ot. 11. ..'.-But -if we use the more common H pounds of corn and 2 pounds of cot- prices of. these feeds In the South, - tonseed meal as", compared, with 15 al(ouS0 cents a bushel for oats and poundsof.oatV These amounts' of 75 tcnti a .bushel foe corn, the cost - grain rwou!4 be required for-a 1XX3- shows T-Tnuch- more to the advantd;: 2 :potmd:.hbrse doing full, "work.'; rj :;.of -..'the. corn and "cottodseed mead ta ;tion, as follows J country, men eye iuc . My '. -. . - r - -"j - should be -put jon rwar. basis as?: harmUnder others Iconditions' they . . . , I - 111 lbs. Corn "15 ' ; . ' . ' 15 lbs. Oats 1 lbs. Cottonss4 Aali .,.,.1. ..525 H)S. ,165 Prflteln -V.i... .;.. 1.860 lbs. Mil ' t Tibet' A...-,'..;..".- -2.e5bS. -x220 ' . . I.'.; ir.v.'vr. , - ,- .421 fct Nitrogen-free extract 8.940 lbs. 7.W- , -' -C .':v.-.v4i-.' I i JiS 4.S4T ttfc ?t r.v.i.;-,. 6(T,tts. ;-5 -: - '- -V: , - - . 15 Ibfc eats tt'S0c--uDael.".,;;. -'!- N 23,41 ccnlj ' 10 t eom it T5c 1. bush-l. ....... UTS - Bu cottonseed meal at $10 a ton. 4.00 ' ' - -rv '.-"''.' ; -.--.'- ,. 18.T1 cerlj ,' t 'r; -v r-.r 4.n cents Lan that we should entirely, neglect some down, for th planting is pretty ; , f... -',-' At J;. nther essential lines o business : for: thick ;,but with: the corn getting the It win be noticed that the. 15 pounds ; 1 w f obd oroductibn :or. the mak- : startrindicated and :arix maturing J ! ts contain a-lite more ash and .: PASTURE IPR03LELIS A DUcuition of tK EatanlUt Fe ; . tor ia 'Cattinf ' and Keeping Good Ptur ; . : -' - -a---- -.- . .... . xr . it . .1. 1 . ; 1 . mpa niir iacc ororpin . ann Tar ' ... a . ; - t-. on a war basis, or should be con-, 1u: i ?uat tne -v -rr . ; " V-J"" 7 V , . Alabama farmer to plant lespe ducted f or J theinextj yeap ortwdrans least, with a; yyl&Wns clover will smother; the lespedeza.mm tion the mostBrcefulefficienin MiyiH-6iiXm "v.- t warMtt wbipbJiwel arer ei-Ir ry; and;$hort and the. corn has been gaged. Unfortunately: too many have gathered, thisHrn: field with yelp not yet awakened "to the magnitude vebeans will irfake an exceUent pas-- 4 - , blGESTIBLE NTJTB1ENTS . ' J Carbohy ; Protein drates s 1.455 Ib. S551ba. lbs. 1.493 lbs T.815Tb8. 7.458 lbs. ".184 lbs 7.944 lbs, I Fats ,570 lbs, .508 lbs. theyare Irowingv-In Louisiana, some parts of it,: at least, the white clover"7" maji smother Athe i lespedeza, but rit k .'mI fcSl i Souths In fact, when .the lespedeza L;-;!v' 'M-ihr.loes :itsbest;'groiping the.whitc vclo-;.; : only when her ;Hscmfe?sAln production nd;ianutaCfure;aW5Wf f ectively mbbiliz:.a'ndfcffii erted to this one single national pur- pose. The Nation' needs the best' ser vice . of every, citizenman wopan" . and chiLd.SMenJar important parts of ' our-war . eqtiip-': -ment which will be. directed arid con trolled by gbvernmental force and authority. Food tUtiittdApi spirit of the Nation which alone'can make us invincible; must largely be left to tthe men rand; women on ; our , farms. Whens tfiey 'itfeT"t.Iy .impressed with the seriousness; of dur ;'. food shortage and : the dire Aneed of .3 the Nation for, the best -efforts bf A every individual vthey.inrTe$pondi'J but the pitytbf ittfa :,Jihsoriianyj are so . slow., to "become : aroused to r their full duty. Every effort; which: j each individual ; fails" , to - exert and every day we delay the full perform-;, ance of every; possible Aeort?iusFibf5 much longer is .the war, proloriged, -; and the misery and! lossof life -are wcreasedjjjv; The duty, of 'thoserwna;reiriain';:on theyfarm is plainly the pfbductibn of tne largest best and most now and for the future. ;0Ff ii;r '-...r-'r3..',.., s-' i 'v ; t ' -1 H - a week before school opens, getting acquainted and, getting the . :.. '"Requirtf retiring. teachers to leave a list of promotions , to aid - Iihenextlteacheir in thb' w i .iv.;. ? nave tne xeacner graae . pupu viy me re gisier , prior w opening, of the school. , 4 i Have individual desks. S. Hare strenuous play at recess in order that surplus energy r may, be worked. oaS:'mM:W lexsness. .'7. Arrange to have some written work for idle classes. :. - . t 9.' Have bunils breDare lessons at home and ive more time to i rrecitatibnsTand-bxw ' i- v ' -4 .-r':, - v -'- 4 IV. v iveiieve ine xeacner or me neceuy 01 waw;0ut;iui.vui; y ' m program by having your county superintendent prepare one Suitable foy thV whole; county -'; - v- At--;:' glands in tht South,db well together '(0 When the lespedeza does its best it :: may, smother ' the whitectoyer while ; on the lime soils where' white clover V t does itsibest it mayirunfout or wbwdg C out, rather i than4 mbther ; the - lespe- f ?dcza. & Where either does, so rwell as l: tb smother the other, the other inay Vrnot-beJseri 'it t: - 1 Two . readers vhave expressed f the . opinion that pasturing a -lespedeza ;: meadow during the early part of the ,; summer will ; keep down the ..weeds : and do away . with the necessity of t mowing: in order to secure a': good ? quality of :; lespedeza hay free f rom weeds and pother plants. , . ' - v ; ;. Since weeds grow ' abundantly . in Southern pastures, we cannot help t. doubting the value of grazing 4as a Ameans; of Suppressing weedsA There; 0 is: so little grass or other (pasturage . in many . Southern : pastures that one' ' .." w, r.. weeds if. they could by any means be .,.v;.'. .. ... ; ,j. i 'j..; - Jt...,''.. Cora end Velvet B A READER asfiv'el:acres Planted unhree rows and-three 'ieetapartjin-the fejSe;hn ftlrS, - fa digestible carbohydrates? keeping down the : weeds and otherX !Sv U ?t5 ,h95'I??'-.be? ndi" S0'- -5auV..-mainin arc- wiir--the uimalsV'do' as V meadow; rhich' JVcffect'i .and r pracX WI rUHl thfc corn ai if ill rnwt ae in' flip 1iW5tihl( niitriptits nro- .. ' . . ... -xi Ul- I- : x.;- 1 IV phrn'nnd 2 oounrls of cottonseed tn'ealV i more. of all the digestible nu-r even sneep mignt prove vaiuaDie' m v-4 Aeration madrbri ur ine season, oetore tne lespedeza . - don't believe ' ;-;r ' any of , the beans::early in the tem, carbohydrates and t fat.-It will-as i)n the oats; and the cost? to the ground before the! lepedeza " nwrning m.e1 fall they will .kiU the Snot contain:M merJiV " prejudice of man, or ;mower high enough tv cut: little, pf as an example of rthe sort of horse ;ration,at will be to feeder, is still against the feeding the lespedeza. . ; - ''Jl0: nonsense .wbch torn and the cbttonseed meal, : It h a .fact, however,, that consid- . i r 0m.c .?f. those who give -agricul-Vmeat Moreover the bay will supply ; b. thef. hor$es and ;mnie4 have wid arable "grazing can be obtained on the 2 v 1! is Plar these days V all - the ..fiber ; neededr The. corn and -repeatedly ,that -they can do. fully is t lespedeza meadows: early in the sear . 10 give out infnrtnofift rnttonseed meal ration-will also lack' -Z ' ir ' . :r -i---:r - . and if the stock is taken-off by or even later, a gopd crop of lespedeza may .still berobtained. Or " that f u b ai11! - " in oats tnat gives tne norse more consiucrauie iau grazing may oe cu- 1' !; 0vrs"'an 'creasingjin'terest ;.an be ione .admirably vby-the; use. of.. ,Hfe -or $pirt There is .nothing in v tained after cutting the; ray a little i -in matters agricultural, but some" of r a very small amount-of calcium phos-' tMi jj.- ? - - --v-.earlv. i; r -i T , :m ' .; .. ;. ..41 .. . 7;:- ;.. 'The, best "grazing plant for ;the 1 South. for Marchi April and May of - r which , we have any knowledge : is ., 19.84 oeaui ' crimson clover. 'Last year's winter-; .killing and the. high price of seed -will reduce . the acreage - this fall, but it . . should not y : T , . - -o.vuivmoiuui' SU1UC Ul ' '"J - t - fhia wohdf ft glV?n ou,t .is fearfully and' pnaw tgrouna pnospnaie rocK or acia As t0 cost ,et U5 as5umc a priCe of 8honi?Sl y onceived,-Everybody phosphate), for experiments at the $I7S a hj$ul for corn and 35 cenU a ' uS, W;6?meth5ng about igri-; Wisconsin, Expenmcnt Station show bushel for oats, with cottonseed meal j-miure, for everybbdy is interested;' that animals ;can obtain their phos- 40 a. tbn; -n,;v ' - ' "X ' fortunate that so many are willinir these. mineral substances as from the'-. a 1 '... A V ch " not reliable.- asn oi.ieeamg siuiis. ( . , I "?St1! Te!dc ;is u; the northern ; it '.will : be;, lint cresting to show ;the.; ;.: oat at 85 a bushel.. ... corn at 11.73 a bimhcl... I4.S8 cottDMa local at 40 too 4.04 28.34 cents ' . 1.48 Cents i V. - I
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