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" 2 -t rt'- jir OATS, WHEAT AND RYE SPECIAL t g-: a farm and Home Weekly for The CaroHnas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C Vol. XXXIII. No. 33. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918 $1 a Year; 5c a Copy PLANT SOME EAT THIS FALL EXCEPT possibly in the extreme lower South and on the very light sandy soils of the Coastal Plain section, every farmer in the Cot ton Belt should make an effort to plant at least a small acreage Snhosphate and 100 pounds of cottonseed meal oer acre about plante time. Then in March, in case the wheat does not appear to U -..tt - ' 1 ! ' ' I.. At PI . J AV M ue uiaiung a sumcienuy vigorous growxn, i 10 iuu pounds per acre 01 p , , mmw ..m.Wl ....M,,.Wm,TO ..in.,,,,... w,,,.,,,. , t , ,, ,.. , .,,, , , ,..J.J. ,CT,.CT,y., ,l, , , -;y ,':-y: '-:'rm:m ?:- -xfi-; if,;-- f - . . ..",- ' ' - j .. -'k-WJ s .? , u lift m; .. m "! If '111 ?5 I ' -4'' 'wnu ' ' ; V. !i MS, ft JA. S FINE WHEAT ON FARM pF J. K. TURNER", CULLMAN, ALA. to wheat this fait Wheat did well in most parts of the South this year, and the crop may be made equally profitable next year if the nght methods are followed. Some of the most important of these are nn t I1 as lUUOWS 1 . Plant bn good clay or loam soil. Wheat prefers a fairly compact clay, clay loam or loam soil.ind very sandy land should be avoided. Humus is very im portant, and care should, be taken ta.see that the drainage is good. 2. Make sure of plenty of plant food. Wheat is not a poor land crop, and probably most of our failures with it are due to.planting it on soils too poor to grow it successfully. Land now covered with cowpeas or soy or velvet beans, if Her conditions are favorable, will be well suited to wheat. These summer crops should be cut to pieces with a disk yarrow and plowed under several weeks tw tlme to pIant the wheat, in order and k may have "apte 'time to decay a become incorporated in the soil. To fiance the nitrogen in the peas or beans, e would suggest using about 300 pounds 10 DON'T FAIL TO READ- pw Experiences With Small Grains . . . 5 Growing Wheat in the Southeast . . . 6 How to Succeed With Oats in the Southeast 8 Some of the Characteristics of the Different Breeds of Beef Cattle . Good Farming Impossible Without Good Fences 12 Growing Oats: Five Rules for Success . Why American Farmers Must Get More for Their Crops . . . . ... . . . . . Housekeeping and Home-making Hints . 14 Wiser Marketing of Peanuts Needed ... 17 A Lesson From Florida in Successful Cooper ative Marketing . ..... nitrate of soda should be applied broadcast. 3, Plant good seed at the right time. As with oats, it may be stated as a general proposition that seed wheat grown nearest to where it is to be planted will be the best kind to plant. Among the standard vari eties for the South are Blue Stem, Fultz, Fulcaster, Red May andCurrell's Prolific. These varieties have in a measure become acclimated and adapted to Southern con ditions, and should be used wherever practicable. Where the Hessian fly usu ally damages the wheat crop it will be well to delay seeding until after the first white frost; but where this pest is not a factor somewhat earlier seeding will probably result in increased yields. The South will be called upon to in crease its wheat crop next year, and farm ers in most sections of the South will do well to plant at least a small acreage. Put on good, strong land, wheat will usually yield well, and every bushel we make is a very direct contribution toward winning the war. 12 13 ... 18
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