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- ' - ' I,- . Saturday, Joly ? ', FARM FOR JULY : Acgtist !,:and as a rale we : would planted in March :and reaching its , "hardly, recominend cultivating Jafter critical-stage in June -is: ii'6't.so safe this date. Of course there may be ex- as the' lay-planted ncorn that will ceptions.'but 4he ;jule will generally begin to make eaTs during the -wetter .- ' '':-'::C'; ; - months of July .-and , Augusts This - J ? ; - season thousands of . acres' "of very, stubble 4and :.to- .second :crop, .. fore the boll weevil jeame cotton kent from aCf tc ai-fe-, ni ". i,.- i ' .l. vum' in case lf ami Florida, in a later plantings may Slni. yield well, been done. ..In lower Aalf; ot-the,noistnre jsnpply vas::aoquate:lltxtenlingsome ISO raUerinland';: ' - V .--S r . By.B. L. MOSS ' T HEREafitUJ time -to plant .the" different from that witfi corn Be Cotton Bat, Jxican j ItV bing o .Wlawi'io make the be planted p'ato theififteenthof July . territory still irCe:ofheevil.-ThiVihat on air average "March-planted sweet -potato" acreage too Jarge this wh " V-t - i; kt a-- - ; wiiuc'iuui is icss saic .irora -arouui-injnry season, .ine crop is -one of the best ; ..v With corn at5two.o2i?;arcfre no weevils -cultivation; wiir than corn - planted, in May. -In the for food that 3ve--have.- and it "is ta r - 1 likely to remain Aigh, a wldt;.(3iv mentioned; ;;the average June good hog feed as well. Besides oVer ; , - -.w - - -v - w . w . . . au u ii - a,3 uv.uiviv.ui v j iiiii - 1 1 ik iiiiii.it ui i i r ' iiiiiiii ni iinntjc m n no . . - prove quue v" rwariy m ine, lower ;naitlxt the either-' July w :f August. :This being; July and even up- to early August optr he Counted; unon to. -vield WtlL rfp apt some or feed growing ?thbnt vQhc rTpt nntatoes. Pvr.use f or'ihleiatubble land growing weeds instead -of if oc -ajid feed, we havetfoundt, 'f& to the cdttoaiiT?? go lower, but: we ;;exp,ect the pfesent crop to sell Hot .vprkes -averaging above anything'seeiithy ?th'n farmer for -fiTyearsS'fewtDf this situation.it isrringore-than sound s ense'-to ;"makeeTycr3in cotton do -its utmost. ;Th'is. mearrs right now thaVantetmvlciirtivatb should be given;to destroy s grass ana weeds and save -the-mdisture, f or the growing crop. "'Shallow- cultivation, too, should "be the ruleT-abput two inches in the humid sections of the South and about fhr.ee 'inches, in ' the drier sections , of : -Texas afld'; Okla homa. . - . . " " T ' Over most of the 3outh; the boll weevil is now a factor to be consid-. ,.ered in cottotr-raising. In" fighting this enemy, we : would atthislseason place rapid, .efficieiit cailtivation- first: as a control measure. For some rea son the weevil;-though; anative-of Mexico, has never -been , able to thrive in blazing.hotdtifijbr.tton'.fieldBjy keeping the ;Soil istirjredwecreate conditions tthat tepp&tfyjfotst. -ihe weevil to seek ;fields jwier heculti- vation is less efficient, tariyrate, we know that . the - clean, 'well cnlt vated field.as'a;nde'is.ier''iiaucjiiles' weevil damage ithan ;the one rwhere cultivation lis indifferent':''H' Much may valso be alone t to hold: the weevil in check, by j)icking ;ahd de stroying infested squares. This, 'how ever, is a control measurethat ;must be used judiciously) 'inwheiijcpbsr. sible unemployed -children, 'rather than regular hands, to 'plclc," the squares. Certainly we would never recommend square picking at thcexr' pense of cultivation,""rafher preler ring to cultivate thoroughly ;and ifhen pick and destroy all - the - punctured squares that our :labor ' supply . will permit. ; ' , r: . Just how late to ieultivate is aques tion with many iarmersat this ea son. To answer jl .intelligently, ;-it is necessary to consider, ihe -ends sought in cultivating a crop., ' Admit- teuiy the two nrost important, -of these are weed and grass. destruction and saving moisture. -Now ? since; growing crop's require moisture and are harmed by vweeds,, it is -evident that cultivation should be "Jcept ' up during the Kfe . of the -growing- crop so long as .we conserve 2he one and destroy the other. - Where J corn ; is clean and well worked .when it begins to tassel, .we doubt nf anudi-is tofbe gained by continuing, .cultivation, since any tcuitivation, to rbe effective, must inevitably break . some of -the corn roots. A.oosiihli 'e found -where '-pea or :beans, are " .a between Ithe or: owsr-3n hich case alight cultivation trav be " !! -4feat benfit to the peas at "beans' - -wiout seriously damaging -the corn roots. -. i - With cotton, '-the case h Somewhat I - Don't try to beat a fellow at his own game. Tobacco eurin' is. Nature's games an Nature made all the Hies. T Real Mellowness in Tobacco Must Be Work of Time and Nature eplital process may low or even Cowpeas re oceii , - , iV beast and the :lan&Soy: J r -T" 1 r: , good, and so?are sorghinrmilletfand ..v..v 05- - - - - "T5 I ''Vv? v -tnere svany reauy u f . MzSr-- - ojs I and it takes time. No get- tins: around that VELVET is cured in Nature's vay. VE ask you to make the compari- 1 VV son yourself. Because Velvet i iiiild taste your pipe is the strong est :arerumeht we rcan make in favoi of the Velvet way T. of curing tobacco two years natural ageing, n original wooden ! hogshead. - - -i il r.i... u... 7, S7 mellow. I jilM' piles to tasting lfp t the r ,tssp5 ' ft ! ii 1 1 ft i ... ,
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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