The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-06-12


and finally he "laid by" with third
blowing. Corn will suffer more from
lack than an excess of blowing, but
the latter is quite possible. When
the third blowing can be done at the
right time and in the right way, it
should be done, but if too long delayed
it had better be left undone.
Much better crop of grass and
weeds between the rows than go into
them with turning pillow when the
corn is tasseling and turn up clods as
big as peck measure, simply to con-
form with the three blowing system.
1t should be remembered that the
soil is full of roots and rootlets on
which the plant depends for its exist
ence. Without roots there can be no
plant, with crippled roots there must
be curtailed crop, especially at this
period of the plants growth, as there
is not time to renew roots before fruit
ing.
The maize plant has habit of send
ing out air roots two or three inches
about ground, and many farmers think
it their duty to bury these roots with
a furrow from tuning pillow. This
shows an ignorance of the habit of the
plant, for if these roots are buried in
soil, others will at once begin to grow.
They are intended for air feeding alone,
and should never be removed or cov-
cred up.
1t is always desirable to keep down
weed growth aud preserve loose,
mellow surface soil, but even that good
result may be attained at too great
cost. Only surface stirring nipple
ment should now be used in the corn
field.
EVERLASTING PEAS.
A new candidate for public favor in
the forage line comes in the Jesse
Wallace everlasting pea, sample
package of which have just received
from Jenkins & Trabaugh of Bruins
wick, Tenn. They write: "We send
you few of what we have dubbed
the Jessie Wallace everlasting pea,'
which we will introduce next year.
We have been trying for three years
to get control of these peas, but only
su ceeded about Thirty days ago.
These peas are adapted for winter
pasture for hogs as they do not rot.
Where the ground is cultivated in
corn only they will grow for years
from first seeding, bear clean up till
frost kills the vines and bearing two
to six pods to the stem. You will
notice six colors, but they are all of the
same character, stool low, short out
vines in every direction: but the
foliage is not so heavy as to break
down the corn. Jeff Welborn says a
man can't have a successful combina-
ton of anything. We have exploded
this theory. Gold dust cotton is sue
cessful. Banks mixed stock corn is
Successful, and these peas are sue
cess and all of them are a combina-
ton" If the pea will do all that is
claimed for it, it will be a valuable
acquisition. 1 have written for fuller
information as to method of planting
and harvesting other than by grazing
and will report again. believe the
firm handling this pea to be thor
oughly reliable in their statements
and dealings. They are the proprie-
tors of the celebrated gold dust cot
ton, fifty acres of which 1 planted on
April 26, and it is endorsing the charac-
ter they sent with it for earliness.
1t has made a wonderfully rapid
growth, and on the 9th of June had
two and three squares to the bush. 1t
is of course too early to pass final
judgment on it but it promises we'll.
THE ALLIANCE AN EDUCATIONAL ORGAN
IZATIoN.
The object OF the Farmers Alliance,
expressed in word, is educa ton the
word is used in its best, purest and
broadcast sense; education that will
reach from the cradle to the court
that will give us better homes, better
schools, better politics, better legisla-
ton and better administration of the
laws; education that will give us
better methods in the home, on the
farm, in the storeroom, in the mar
ket places; education that will
do away with every species OF
gambling in the products OF labor
that will give the fullest freedom Of
trade consistent with the general well
fare that will secure reasonable com
pensation for labor and fair profits on
its productions; education that will
give farmer an even chance with his
fellow citizen in every department OF
life and work that will aid him in his
farm work, in his business affairs, in
trade, in politics, in law; education,
briefly, that will build up agriculture
on a high. broad level, where farmers
shall be in all respects abreast with
the foremost men of the time.-Kan-
sas Farmer.
The teachings of the Grange, AL
lance and Wheel are opening the eyes
of the farmers in regard to the strength
and influence of organization; they
likewise realize the imperative neces
sity of unity, with the advantages
likely to accrue therefrom. 1t remains
for the enemies OF our agriculturists tc
decide Qet them be spectators, mo-
nopolists, politicians or whatsoever
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