The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-04

After threshing the heads out, the seed
have been put through a tanning mill,
run at high speed, blowing out trash and
light, faulty seed: then they have been
put through series of suitable meshes To
reject small seed. AS an illustration of
the effective results from this method, ,
will cite the crop of So: Twsnty-eight
bushels which / thus cleaned, We're Gull
ed to eleven bushels of prime seed.
The cropof last season ts uniform IN
size and has shown no appreciable loss by
winnowing.
PLANTING AND CULTIVATION.
To Make q Seed Crop "A check of 4by
3 feet seems to be what the plant re-
quires, both for root room and to per-
feet its seed.
For Forage Cuttins-A check Of by I
.. to 3feet.
Never sow in drill. forit must be borne
in mind that this plant must have plenty /
Of root-space.
Prepare the ground in well defined
ridges. When ready to plant, open the
ridge with a bull-tonsue deep enough
to cover the seed with four inches Of
soil; and the soil must be moist. After
three days knock off three inches OF the
ridge and the seed will be found to have
terminated.
Here may indicate the probable cause
WHY so many have failed to obtain a
stand. The small seed must be envelop-
ed with moisture for not less than forty
eight hours, to ensure their termination
to avoid their rotting, which they GER
ta;nly will do il moisture and dryness
alternately and repeatedly act upon the
seed during the time stated.
la planting use twice or three times
the huber of seed that you require OF
standing plants, viz:
For a Seed Crop.-Drop six to eight
seed to hill. the hills being three feet
apart in the row. and the rows four feet
apart, making the check four by three.
Pull to stand of four plants to each hill
, never leave more.
For Forage Cutting.-Drop three to
four seed to a hill, and the hills one foot
apart in the row, the rows being two and
one-half to three feet apart. You may
leave q stand Of two. lprefer one.
The plants should he four to six inches
high when pulled TO n stand.
, 1t h necessary, when going over the
field the first time with hoe, t. becareful
l in getting out all grass and weeds. The
D plant does moi start vigorously. but after
wedding and pulling to a stand it will
Q grow of rapidly. :,
!. Plow A. you would corn. Usually
;. three plowings will suffice for the crop
}. and two for forage cutting.
!, Another advantage | may point for
:. this plant. While with corn and cottor
/. clean culture keep the soilexposed to the
Il suns heat, milo, with its dense forage
{. shades the ground. think an sxamina'
ton of this tract will give encourage
ment.
F,rtilizing. An examination of thu
If accompanying table of analyses vii
Is show that the ash OF mlo seed requires
q. less of those scarccr minerals than wheat
,r but rs its yield should be from 80 to D
T. bushels IF seed per acre, the farmer VII
" Of course Sec the necessity OF supplying
" at least the requisite amount OF phos
he phoric acid and potash, viz: O.1O pho>
re acid equals i2.lO0 pound in the ash
m one bushsl OF milo seed, and therefor
n. 81 pounds are required for 80 bushels; 4
rs 30 bounds Of phos. acid to produce
Il Weld Of 90 bushels of seed per acre )
much by way of explanation. woui,
So therefore, suggest using 300 to 800 pound
20 Of acid phosphate (of 10 per cent L a
in 100 to $50 pounds Of kainit, for see
-, crop and apply it mxcd-one-third
no the bottom Of the ridge before planting
N another third turned in at second plov
Nv ing and the last at third blowing. Thol
nv may he some reason in feeding ut perlo'
to crafty u plants notion Of diges tic
and assimilation.
For Forage CUTTING suggest II
~ pounds Of acid phosphate, rs poun'
ne ~, kainit and 100 pounds OF cotton SEE
NIX meal. one. half put in the soil before pla
e" ting aud the other half at the secoI
blowing.
leu IL possible, these top dressings shou
W. he made when the soil and atmosphe
are moist--say lust before rain.
With Reference to Fertilization.
vas other conditions being favorable to
- crop, the farmer can scarcely go astra
ed; who. knowing what the ash of his pll
cry and seed are, supplies the soil with t
be- fun amount of that article of plant fo
Of and in condition for the plants approp
alton: for, it the plants rootlets cam
III ma the IndteTluln Itlu'o'tc i'i wy
mt formance of its functions-both for
=, ! self ami its seeh--why cxpcc, it to ma
at crop;
and This is a mater about which too ma
i'tl- persist in guessing ut. If vvor Thought
seed while he who follows the rule NJ
scarcely ever fail.
Planning. II suggest at least three, I
,,,j ut eaily corn planting, aud two otht
~ each month later than the former. l
',;no plan with milo will insure green for
,,. in event Of n summer dronth. ANA Ire
,nr, vigorous stalks at about early frost
winter feed for stock.
mod FORAGE,
in When YOU plant for forage only, t
Held il, for several cuttings during seas
ened the plants will tilicr from two to t
and should he cut before iointing,
ag- three to rour feet high. Its height
uspi- depend mainly on the richness ot
tray soil. after the first cutting it will <
liked off rapidly aud tiller freely, makii
for dense forage. | would lo, 1t average
to five feet high before cutting sec
,atch time, and say six feet for third, las
OBJ but before frost. The rule, howeve
iNty to cut before iointlng, for If yon pei
IL that, and then cut, that will cease q
ere tier supply Of forage from the stal
I'd in cut. | have. however. seen insta
also where it would after such treat'
'ema shoot from the root.
cut The foregoing applies to green for