The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-17


It Il none too soon for farmers who
intend 70 plant oats 70 Be preparing
70 do 90. II viii very soon Be time
% put them in the ground. Those
Who do not contemplate planting
cats should Be admonished to do 50
BY the short cotton crop that il
anticipated. Careful guesssFs have
estimated that the crop viii fall
short At least one million bales
Though the planting Of oats is no new
thing. Il is only Of very late years
that the crop has received anything
( like the attention from the farmers
that Il deserves. The hopeful fea-
ture Of the present situation i that
enough grain has been raised for next
year provided the farmers plant
largely II oats this fall. The advan-
tages the oat crop possesses over
any other are 50 many that it Il con
sidered the best and most profits bic
crop that can be raised By the far
mer.
In order to make the raising Of
oats profitable, il is necessary to com
ply with the rules that experienced
teaches TO be the hest. One Of these
is TO plant them at the proper time.
Il is mistake to wait until spring
to SOW oats. The time Of planting
Is Of great importance. A practical
farmer says that one part ofhis crop
was planted between the 1st and 10Th
Of October, which yielded ffty-hye
bushels TO the acre, and another
portion Of the crop planted the mid.
die Of November, which yielded
twenty bushels to the acre. One
was profitable crop; the other
barely paid expenses. Both were
planted on the same kind Of land and
treated exactly alike in all respects,
except diferentin the time Of plant
ing, to which he attributes the differ
ence in the yield Of grain.
!. Some Of the advantages Of the oat
crop are that it does not seem to be
particular upon what kind Of soil it is
planted, provided il is properly drain
ed 1t requires but little labor to
plant and harvest the crop, for when
the land is in proper condition q
great deal ofthe work can be done
with improved implements. 1t il
planted at the time Of the year wher
We always have the kind Of season
the crop requires. 1t is the best
food for work stock that eau be
grown, besides more can be produced
from an acre than from any Other
kind Of grain. And if the farmer
makes more than he requires for bis
stock he can dispose Of the surplus
to as good an advantage as any field
crop he can grow. The cropis gath
, cred at the time Of the year when h,
can put the land it occupied in a va
riety Of crops. He can sow the lane
in peas either to gather or to leav,
7 a. a manure for another crop. TIT
! land under that treatment will stead
: ily improve, as all who have expert
: enoeIwill testify. 1.-THE land is ricl
: and free from stumps, il may remail
undisturbed, and in the fall, with
mower, fine crop Of grass hay ca
be cut. Corn or cotton may b
planted after the oats, and a flu
! crop made. 1t is important that tn
J farmers should not neglect this Gro
: and we desire toremiud them that
: : is time to prepare for it. II has SAY
= cd many farmer from the embal
: rassment ofaskirg for credit, or whs
= is worse, allowing his plow stock
= 60 half starved. Let every farmC
: in all this section plant plenty
4 oats, and if the price can be reduce
to twenty-five cents per bushel
will only argue the prosperity of Il
y agricultural community. Rural r
u cord.