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EASTERN EDITION
A Farm and Home Weekly for
The Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida.
FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C.
Vol. XXXII. No. 33.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917
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The South Should Double Its Fall Grain Acreage
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ITH a practical certainty that wheat next year
will sell for $2 a bushel or better, and with
prices of other grain crops almost certain to be cor
respondingly high, we believe the South may
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f Wheat promises to pay exceptionally
well, especially in the upper half of the
Cotton Belt. But that we may be as
sured of profitable yields, it is essen-
tial that certain precautions be taken. Jrj?&
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These are given in detail else-
where in this issue, but we will sum-
j marize them here. First, a rather
I strong clay or clay loam soil, well
j drained and well filled with humus,
.should be selected. A crop of cow-
peas or velvet beans disked to pieces
and plowed under five or six weeks before
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planting will help greatly, particularly if supple
mented with 200 to 300 pounds per acre of acid
phosphate. Then about two months before harvest
time, if the , plants do not show a healthy green
color, an application of 75 to 100 pounds
per acre of nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia should be made.
.There is even greater need for increasing
our pat acreage, because (1) prac
tically all parts of the Cotton Belt
are suited to oats; and (2) more
oats will release a larger portion
of our corn crop for human
consumption. What we
have said in regard to prep
aration and fertilization of
. wheat applies "also to the
at crop. It should be
added that to avoid win
terkilling oats should be
Planted early in Septem
ber in the upper half of the
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in the lower half.
Finally, every farmer in the South should plant
one or more acres of Abruzzi rye for fall, win-
Tterand snrinp- orny.inor. Fnr rattle Vir-ro ani
iHIh CQickeils we believe it has no equal, and
it is well suited to all parts of the South.
Planted in September, it may gener
ally be depended upon to furnish
good grazing before Christmas. If
seed seem high-priced, plant at least
an acre for a seed patch, and next
year have seed to sell instead of to
buy.
Both patriotism and self-interest
demand that the South largely in
crease its acreage of fall-sowed grain;
let us, in addition to planning for a big acreage,
also plan to make, a record crop by learning and
following the best possible methods in preparing
for, growing and harvesting the crop.
DON'T FAIL TO READ PaKe
Fertilizing Oats and Wheat ...... 3
Time for Seeding Oats and Wheat in the
Cotton Belt ........... 3
Legumes: Their Place in Land Improvement 4
Wheat and Oats : Practical Suggestions 4
How to Succeed With Wheat in the South
east . ... . . . .5
Making a Success With Oats in the
Southeast .......... 5
Come to Raleigh Week After Next . 10
Free Farmers' Bulletins
Every Farmer Should
Get .... . . .
Wheat, Oats and' Rye:
Making. Them Pay .
Ask Your County Com-
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ton Grading Service .
Find Out About Forest
Products Prices . . .
Summer Complaint in
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Odd Jobs for Local Un-
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