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756 (8) THEJPRQCRESSIVE HOW TO GET RICH LANDS XXVCcop JUtidues Remains jtndTheir Importance ;n m jawing SdilrJFartllity - ce ln M r ByTAITJIUTUW,- ' , t covering engine for your use make them as exacting as you know how cover everything thoroughly then write .in PaJbrbanks-Morse Type It will meet your requirements and more, . Buy It from your dealer. He's our. authorized representative and will guarantee complete satis faction. More titan Rated Power aVJondcr at the Price- TAIRlSKSrtlOESE & CO Chicago, III. 4 I , W -A-M . I - ,.., n ij ii I , in iip.lH'N..,pi. f m iwwpu. uiu.n i I HIM mi II II II til I l1 When writinSTto Te?MerB 'l&iMnjkm aSjijLitXtijtabit SHrjMIMMlv W h 1 a . Lflli 1 "-.J-. 1.1.1 li - I 1 Afl .If you American Steam JEressnce anners-rflomeTra oju purchase an -"Americajr. Cannier, ypuavethe jrMlege ja't , pwpitjr vi , . w.v-. wpymg Systems tVi dues or r.emains, ,with lime, handling of . stable manure, and th phosphorus. . and sometimes use of legumes . and erreen e potassium added,, must be the .chief .crops in soilbuilding will be discuss means of maintaining soil fertility in ed in future articles. In this article a sound economic orpermanent agri- ,we. propose dealing merely with thos culture. . , ' : V crop residues left on the land after Crop . residues are . those parts' of e;conimQnropsof the South are the crops Jeft on the farm aftk he i? .so from the farm. rharke.table-;parts pr products .are '"J - f t0 iStalks' cor sold or removed from the farm. What stalks,, straw.v and stubble, sods and es .crop "remain? are I wiU depend - f' b 2 . '.largely 'on the. cropping.- system and votton stalks are usually burned or ;the -type ,of iarming followed. ,For ,P)owe4 nde Their value as a .inatancc-jf .the crop be used for graz-i source of humus and nitrogen has ing or. a pasture, the crop residue not heenappreciated or they would will , be the entire crop except those, ,nyer have been burned. Some little -parts destroyed or, retained by the efforjt,has been made to find a com animals.: But here again ,therprQPQr- meffiaI, for. 'c9tton stalks, and tion of the crops removed by the.ani-- the-boll. weevil sections they have maUUl depend on the -kind oflivje- ee occasionally use,d for livestock stock .grazed. , With .beef cattle or ' feed- A eommercial use which only ogshewilLOie .smaller .part, of - pays a small rrargin above the costof ihejct jwhw-tthe animals w wiling would be a ireoQrfimovedirQm :the latro www to Southern agriculturer han .when Mairy cattle are grazed -?ny iQr vOUr xotton stalks which.. nd-w.h0ledmk-is sold - "vs "Wl gooa price above '.wijr iPumus-maKing and plant food i. . .1 j . . . . varies ,,in aqaiuon to the cost of gathering and marketing would hp jto-the .disadvantage of the Southern Marnier; if"4t ;came: before he learned .to -appreciate more fully the neces sity pf pttUtng :back on the soil the Blanl.tofidsu.-EejKiflved and of con- i&l&ntjy supplying or ga n ic ma t ter as aow:fietQi;nitrogeri.and humus. Xarge stock :Nos,and i C4rat;siilder ?heraraj?d capsall tan4arP$5rsans) f uh oubstitutan. -jAlso :wKc-siBpyj turn utvyTawP'W for anyjityiecaariej;''! Pin Write orici tw-Catis artdtGaiinera fiP " Am 5 I "41' I J.r . . v. i v - "and my next pair of overalls will be Blue Buckle Overalls 99 . It's always the man who has experimented with all the other makes who finds greatest satisfac tion in Blue Buckle Overalls. Blue Buckle Overalls seem to fit better, wear longer and give more freedom of movement. 3LTUE m TLJCK. UNION MADE UNION MAObflfl Strong all Over" are made of the highest-quality material by Union workers whose sole.aim is to. produce garments that are worthy of the Union Label and the name Blue Buckle garments that sat aH? It l est thread is good enough to 'make the seams in Blue Buckle VA I . 'Overalls. More wefar is put into .Blue Buckles that's why you get more wear out ot them. , h Blue Buckle Overalls cost you no more than overalls of doubt ful quality And workmanship. Insist on the genuine. JOBBERS' OVERALL CO. - Lynchburg, Va, "4k CottQn -Stalks Ave Valuable dfii Jetton jstalks are burned .Mb;lwmHS.-.fotming .value and all lth4iic?iJthey -contain are lost or W'JTfl - . 4 - ,. , ..... ai jmsy-fte emmateq tnat a crop tlllftSRftunds;of lint cotton WtlVavemiiadJ .1,500 pounds of - air-dry-material in - the stalks, leaves, .-etc., hese-leaves and stalks will contain. from 25. to 35 pounds .of nitrogen. This - nitrogen is worth : fro.m.$5,to $8, andi3 entirely lost by being driven off into the air by burn ing. To this loss of nitrogen must be added the organic or humus-forming matter which is so much needed in our lands that have been cultivated ,fn cotton for long periods. Corn f is. the nejctjcrop to cotton in the acreage grown in the Cotton Belt. With an average yield of less than 20 .bushels per acre, -jthe wefgbt of stover or stalks and leaves is not much un- .der .one.ton or 2,000 pounds per acre. This corn- stover is often burned, and when this is done about 20 pounds of nitrogen is lost into the air and the humus-forming material is. destroyed. It seems incredible that su'cli a farm practice as burning cot ton and corn stalks could possibly -existibuf the fact remains that these materials and -many, others 'are burn ed every year in the South and fre quently on , lands . needing organic : a i :4.,, mrsrr than all ilia (i huu inuugcu ---- else for the production of. better yields. - : Also whcn'the'whole com plant above .ground -is .harvested either as silage or as -dr, forage the humus forming .value -of the stalks and te nitrogen they .contain, are lost to tnc land .if this .forage .is sold from the farm, but when fed on the farm about one-half of the ferti hzer ana .humusrforming -values of the sta k . and .leaves may be returned to soil if the stable manure . is handieo with reasonable care. On the corn' fields South of the considerable .quantities of other or ganic .materials inthe form of grai and weeds are also frequently and later destroyed by fire. . r It is not the purpose of this article to discuss whether the corn sta -.(Concludcd.on page 18, column i)
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