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Vol X3KVI.' No. 40
Carolinas -Virginia Edition
A Farm and Home Wxkfy for
Ntnrra Carolina South Carolina & Virginia
youndeJ 1886 t Tlaleigh NC
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1921
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PREPARING LAND FOR THE FALL GRAIN CROP
Muck of the success of the crop depends on the condition ofthe seed bed and on the fall growth, A seed bed should be prepared witlr about three inches of loose niello
' . surface soil and" a firm subsoil.
MAKE FALL-SOWED OATS A SAFE CROP
SIN,CJE -fall-sowed oats make so much better yields throughout
the South than do spring-sowed oats, and oat production is of
suqh importance to the South, no effort should be spared to
nxafce fall oats a safe crop in practically every section of the South.
But certain requirements as to choice of variety, time of seed
ingr, rate of seedirig, and method ofseeding must be met. Failure
to meet one or more of these requirements has been responsible
for untold failures in fall-oat growing. Protection from winter
tiUing q&nnot be assured unless all these requirements are met.
Stricft observance of the following points willpractically assure
successful crop'of fall oitsir-
(1) Provide a loose, mellow seed bed about three inches jieep,
and with a nrnvsubsoiL
Turf pats. Farther south sow Fulghum or one of the Red Rust
proof" varieties. '
(3) Along the northern border of the Cotton Belt finish sowing
by October 15 or 20. Farther-south finish before October 31.
(4) -Clean the seed well, and sow at the rate of two anJ one
half bushels per acre.
-Sow with fhe grain drill. Sow about two and one-half or
three inches deep, and leave the furrows open. Do not use drag-!
chains. If a grain drill is not available sow m open furrows, do
not' broadcast.
9 (6) Fertilize according to theneeds- of the soil The phos
phorus fertilizer should be applied at time of seeding. The nitro
gen fertilizer, nitrate; of -soda, or. sulphate of ammonia, should
(2) longjthernorthern border of the Cotton Belt sow 'Winter -be
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