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A Farm and Home Weekly for ttie Carolina, Virginia, Tehneasee
Vol. XXII. No. 6.
RALEIGH, N. C MARCH 21, 1907.
and Georgia.
Weekly: $1 a Year.
Alfalfa Get Ready Now to Have a Field Like TKis.
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gives him heavy yields securedfrom soil many Jeet belyyeached by other crops, and leaves the suracespil richer, in better tilth, and
ready to yield much more abundantly when planted to other crops. If the first attempt ails, try again, and again if necessary,
and final success will well repay for a IT'S PROFITABLE ! GET STARTED ! DO IT NOW! ! ! "
Tfit Ftc7c where ther n-r n7jpr Ann nnn acres alrp.ndv set in Alfalfa, the farmers need to prow ?nore of it. how about our farmers in the
Carolinas and Virginia? How about YOU? If you intend solving Alfalfa this spring the last touches ok the preparation oj the land
should now be added so as to give the soil time to settle bejore seeding. Do not sow it on freshly plowed land. IJ your land has not
already been broken, it is probably now too late to begin. But you can now begin getting ready to sow Alalfa next fall. Break the
land deep NO W. Manure well with, lot or stable manure, lime and sow to peas or soy beans. This is the finest preparation known for
Alfalfa. Experiment on a small scale until you succeed; then enlarge. j T. B. Parker.
THIS WEEK'S PAPER SOME RANDOM OOM-
The four features ' promised last week would
alone make this number of The Progressive Farm
er notable Mr. T. J. W. Broom's letter on how
to make cotton without hand-hoeing, "Johnnie
Southerner's" strong article on corn growing, Mr.
Gower's plan for killing wire grass, and Mr.
Lane's letter telling not only how to make more
corn per acre but how to manufacture it into
beef, butter, eggs, and poultry and so get $1 to
$1.50 a bushel for it instead of fifty cents.
Our "Cotton Special" last week has won gold
en opinions, many of our readers vowing that it
is the best number we have ever printed (by the
way, don't forget to file it away) , but there was
nothing in it better than Mr. Broom's letter this
week. He tells how he started out by making
fun of the idea of making cotton with weeders
and cultivators, instea'd of goose-neck hoes, and
showed him its mar-
velous economy and general superiority. Given
proper tools, he declares, "a boy and a mule will
destroy as much grass in a day as a dozen hoe
hands." And besides, it is to be remembered that
it is comparatively easy to get the boy and the
mule, while the task of finding a dozen hoe hands
nowadays is enough, to turn one's hair gray. Read
Mr. Broom's letter, and if you are wise enough to
profit by his example, get busy at once and order
the needed tools. - -
"We have not been breaking our land deep
enough, and we have been cultivating our crops
too' deep" this is the fundamental, bed-rock fact
that our progressive Yadkin farmer emphasizes
on page 2 -a fact so all-important that the aver
age farmer ought to say it over six times a day,
before and after; meals, with an extra dose on
getting up in the morning. But there are a great
many other facts included that would alone make
it worth while to read what Johnnie Southerner
says. For one thing, you will see from his let
ter that you can do away with hand-hoeing in the
corn-field even more easily than in the cotton
field. The time has come on farm as in factory
when hand labor must give way to the furthest
possible extent to machinery else there is no
profit.
On this page our Mr. Parker again reminds the
reader that there is work to be done now if suc
cess is to be won with alfalfa either by fall or
spring sowing, and on another page we are print
ing other suggestions on the same subject.
We are not unmindful of the fact that peanuts
are one of the important money crops in a con
siderable part of The Progressive Farmer's terri
tory, and sometime we expect to print a Peanut
Special. Meanwhile we extend a hearty invitation
to peanut growers to write, on any subject bear
ing on the cultivation or marketing of the crop;
and on page 6 we are printing a strong appeal
from Secretary Stephenson urging peanut growers
to combine and build warehouses for storing the
goobers. Read his plan. fit'.
Mr. H. M. Johnson's article, "General Plans for
a Cotton Crop," unavoidably crowded out , last
week, appears on page 13; and on page 12 your
"Uncle Jo" tells you just why Southern eggs bring
two cents less than Northern and Western Teggs,
and how you can prevent this heavy loss which
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now eats) so largely into poultry profits. While
speaking of corn, we should not overlook Mr.
Parker's j excellent suggestions about neighbor
hood or county contests with prizes for the largest
yields; nor should Mr. A. D. Reynolds's thought
ful paper on mountain grazing problems escape
attentionl And; finally, both young and old should
read on page j 17 about our delightful neighbors
who are movjingjnow- some that are moving away
and i many others that are coming to take their
places. Keedless to say, these charming neigh
bors are Jthe birds, and you will be interested in
what Mr4 Brimley says about them.
As for: next week's paper, that will be a "To
bacco Special,"! but we have more to say of it in
another column.' . . . -.
WHAT YOU : WILIj FIND IN THIS WEEK'S
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Alfalfa. Prenare for it Now. T. B. Parker. . . 1
Rirds That Are Moving Now, C. S. brimley. .
Corn, now the Small Farmer May Make Big
Yields, Johnnte Southerner.
Corn Contest Suggested, T. B. Parker ......
Corn, More Per Acre, More Profit Per Bushel,
D. Lane .
Cotton, General! Plans for, H. M. Johnson. . .
Esgs, Why Southern Sell Low, Uncle Jo
Kaffir Corn, Mix: With Your Cowpeas, A. L.
French . . ... . ... .......................
Peanut Growers Should Build Warehouses,
G. T. jStephenson . ..... ...
Rugs and! Carpets for the Farm Home, Mrs.
Walte- Grimes
Slock Farming Problems, A. D. Reynolds . . . .
"Throw Away the Shovel and the Hoe," T. J.
W. Broom .
Wire Grass, How to Kill IlvR. H. Gower . . . .
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