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The method of sowing the seed by hand liirincr wnu is guiug iu M iwi - uu piuwmg unaer witn a one-horse corn and has land suitable for spring turner or twister is" slow arid expeh oats cannot afford to pass lightly sive. 1 When . the ' seed , are "covered over this meamr of growingffeed to "deeply, it Stakes tHem a long time to meet his shortage; it is ..an easily comp up and the stand may be defec rnade, cheap, and reasonably sure, .tive. when they do come uo. crop. ' Oats will not make a paying crop " y Frtilizor. and Varieties if they are. planted on poor land, Ajs requirc a" good ' supply of nor do they yield well if . the spring UpIanrfood. t0 roduce a . is dry and hot. It is a crop that re- crop .Qn most upland 2Q0 pounds of quires a great deal of nitrogen and acid phosphate per acre time of moisture. , . planting will be beneficial. - When the To get cool weather, the crop - plants begin to spread, that i about should be planted as soon as the dan- the end:of March or early in April ger of winter-killing. is over. In. the a top-dressing of 75 pounds per acre southern part of the Cotton Belt they - of nitrate of sod.a will' greatly in- may be planted in early February," in" crease the yield of seed and straw and the middle part of the Belt about Feb- almost insure the oats getting tall ruary 15, and.in the upper par of the enough to be easily cut with a binder. Belt, two or three weeks later. " r . . i. t , , Oats planted on rich bottom land Suitable Land for Spring Oats will probably not be greatly benefited TO GET moisture sufficient to make r.om the -Vs of acid phosphate and a good crop, they should be planted n,trate of so on rather low land not on wet land The early varieties usually give the nor land that is liable to. overflow best yields. Among the early varie in the spring but on moist bottom -tics that are suited for spring plant land. The bottom is usually fertile ing are Burt; Fulghum and Dixie, a and cooL Planted on bottom land, variety that; closely resembles Burt, oats usually get high enough 'to cut The Red Rust-proof varieties-do not and produce a good heavy crop of usually grow as tall as those named grain and straW. If bottom land is not available for this crop, then take sorne of your best upland either sandy loam or clay soil, arid plant it. Oats can be grown on almost any kind of soil, if above, and therefore are not so well suited for spring' planting. If the planting is made early on fertile land and the season is favorable, the Red Rust-proof varieties, Appier, Culber son Bancroft, Texas Red Rust-proof, the supply of plant food and moisture nunarea-Qusnei, etc, win grow tail is ?iifflnVn't enough to harvest and yield a good , . . -' .A, . . crop of seed and straw, r If the land is covered with trash, n : t ry stalks arid other refuse or is very In case the need of feed is urgent hard, plow it before seeding to cover or the oats do not get high enough up the litter and to break the soil, to harvest with .the' binder they may In case the soil is soft or sandy and free from trash, the; plowing may be omitted without danger of loss. On unplowed land the seed may be sowed broadcast and covered with a "disk harrow, Gee Whiz,' Acme, or some shallow cultivating implement be cut with a mower, for hay when they are blooming or in the dough stage. The oat plant cut at this age and properly cured makes an excel lent :, hay that is relished by mules, horses and cattle. v Plant a few acres of spring oats, if that will not cover the seed over one tyou have no fall oats planted. Garden and Orchard Notes-rWhat boxes as outlined above, it will not " a n TL IV 1" j ij ' uo xo sow seea iixe tomatoes, egg 0 "0 Ini$ Wek and CXt . . piant and otherjender vegetables in a EVERY person who has not started cold frame earlier than late March or the garden work should get busy- carIy April, in the middle and upper at' once. Fences should be repaired, part of the South, and possibly late tools should be gone over and put in February or early March in the low good workable condition,, andrnew.- r. Part of "the South, ones supplied where they are needed. . ' , . . -Scatter manure broadcast on the , Those home gardeners who have ground, if this'; hasn't already- been not planted Irish potatoes should get done? - ; T" x ready and do this at once. February - ;.'V " "iIthe.(b'esi-inorith; for planting these For the early tomatoee, grow a tin the middle part of the South, and few in a box; v These can be started , the, upper part of the South, late in the house arid kept in a sunny win- ; Februaryand early March and on up dow during warm days. It is not one to April. In the lower part of the bit too,early to make preparation for South, even January; or, early ru tin's kind of work. Get the box, soil ' ""ary is all right. Certaihly no home and seed ready, sbw in late February garden" is complete without having a or early March, and by giving careful good supply of potatoes planted, attention to them, plants will.be ready ."'.' for setting in early April. . ' Get ready for the'-pole . beans by ' ' "- - W - supplying brush or -other material In sowing tomato or other seed in hat is used for these to run on. The ( boxes for early planting, use soil that supplying of this material is a small is full of humus. It is a good -plan matter, but it is far better to do it to make shallow trenches, sow the now and have it ready than to wait seed in them and cover by sprinkling tmtil right at the "time it -rs'needed, fine sand on top. This is better than when one will usually be busy witn packing soil on top of them. ' ' other work. t " - ''' ... A far better method of growing In the lower part of the South, and these plants, of course, is in the hot- - even in most of the "middle section bed: Where a hotbed or cold frame is :;of the South, it is iron, too early to not available, then the proper thing? take a chance on sowing a few rad-td-do is to growa few bl these "in :ishes, lettuce, "miistafd, etc. All ot
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