Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-03-31
How to Make Farming por

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Editor Mississippi Leader.
L promised to state in this mill,
how it was that l was enablod . ''',e
1913 per cent. more acreaga ~, "ou
least that much profit on the Lab. a.
each hand employed. In brior :, VI
mainly attributable to two plant;na vas
cotton, instead of one, the ART ~ e. y,
the first of April, the second o
month later. 1t was also attrihn,aiI.
to change of drill from wide to nsrro,,
and to the use of side harrow OWL
double shovel pillow for cultiyatina -
stead of turn pillow, cotton scranor 49,,
single shovel, etc. When the side DO.
row was first introduced into nv noinh
borhood, several farmers, includin.
myself, decided against them ana
laid them aside. We were foo Ioto :.
getting them, the grass having c"t IN IN
start, add our drill of COTTON. hoins, ti'o
wide, nothing but great deal Of b 1oo
work and turn pillow could save tbo
crop. | then thought that with r v,e
rover drill and side harrow and null
in the hands of every careful Iaboror I
could dispense with the hoe work eyrf,t
to go over once and put to stand. and bv
working to prevent tho grass from cam
ing, instead of working TO lin a
/ could cultivate larger acreage and
do 1t much better. To make the side
harrow a success in the cultivation of
corn and cotton, the land must be we'll
prepared, bedded as is usual for cotton
with water furrow between each he'd
Cotton drill opener should be Y shan.
ed, cotton seed wet and rolled and kent
in pile twenty-four hours. so that a
thin, regular, narrow drill NAV lie had
If the seed are swollen before PLANTED
the cotton will come up sooner. and #
should be narrowed once before thp
grass makes its appearance. Opening
for corn planting should be done with
moderately long bull-tongue pillow. and
both corn and cotton seed covered with
light wood or iron tooth harrow
leaving the top of the bed smooth and
free from clods and trash. so that the
side harrow may be made perfect
success in working the young plant as
soon as it is up. Much depends on the
time and the way a thing is done to
make it a success.
Preparing lands well. and planting
crop right, leaving it in good condition
for the first working is of more impor-
lance than most farmers think. All
that is necessary in the first working
of young crop is to stir the surface
thoroughly from row to row, and put
sufficient amount of fresh dirt on the
drill to prevent the grass from coming
This may be done with the side har-
row by going twice to the row, leaving
the crop in nice condition for the next
working. After the second working
with harrow or cultivator. it should be
gone over and put to stand, then the
double pillow with a narrow, bull
tongue, run tolerably deep and near the
young plant to dirt it nicely, not too
heavy, with shovel behind on same
stock. to fill bull-tongue furrow, The
next and fourth working, two shoyels,
instead of bull tongue and shovel, for
laying by crop,
Farming is like every other occupa-
ton. To make it success, a man
must take pleasure i'll it, and study it
as we'll as work. | have tried a good
many things, and would rather be
farmer than banker.
HENRY WARE,
Pass Christian, Miss.