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EASTERN EDITION
A Farm and Home Weeklv fnr
The Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida
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FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C.
Vol. XXXV. NoX35.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1920
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HO W MANY ACRES TO OATS AND
RYE?
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T IS time to decide now how many acres to plani to oats and rye this fall.
It is time to select the landhand begin putting it in shape for planting. It is
time to order the seed We canrt boast of a self-sustaining system! of
cowpeas, or following peanuts. From 200 taOO pounds of acid phosphate to
the acre willincrease the yields and pay a profit. When vetch is combined
..with oats at the rate of two bushels of oats and a half bushel of .vetch they
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X X ". WILL -YOUR SPRING HARVEST BE LIKE THIS?
It can be. These are Fulghum dats grown on a Southern farm. Aren't you as good a farmer as this man?
forming as hnp..jtfMf raise 'as 'much cojn, oats or hay as it furnish winter grazing, can be cut for hay in the spring and improve the
uses and sends, Us-Snone m great land.
quantities. A goj)fyrffi$ will help cut -Rye. Rye alone or rye with crimson clover goes a long way toward miking
down purchases all iJireejf -these products. - r ' - ' M-Mr pasture. Sow early, in September if possible, to get a good growth
VAis.This crop "can bersowed from September 1 to November 15. In the
latitude of south Geprgf have given, the best yields..
Fulghum oats or Red Rutf-prl) proved
veP sMisfactoryffPlqty pulverise it
with harrow''andjf:ne7nss0 oats with formalin
t0 preven smutyahtitiaWfa acre. Plant the
seed m open furfewsMiM XX'
before cold weather. Broadcast rye or drill it in the cotton fields after the first
picking, or plant on fields prepared as for oats. From one and a half to . two
bushels per acre should be jowed when it is grown for grazing. Abruzzi has
proved one of the best varieties for this purpose. . . X
Because rye will grow on poor land, do not impose on it. It responds well
to fertilizer and the better the land the bigger the crop. ' u ; ; X 7
After fyelping feed the stock during the Syainteu rye' canbe turned under Jnf;
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''fow:.:; do well after an eariy
crop af com and the spring t feed - the soil.
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