The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-08-23

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superior advantages, and careful COM
parison of results shows the more GER
tain profits are to be gained by the latter
plan.
In another part of the state have re-
Gently seen this same principle illustrat-
ed. The land on which this corn is
planted is sandy, with yellow clay sub
soil not very far below the surface. The
owner told me that he excited the COM
mlseration OF his neighbors when he, in
preparing, put his plow deep into the
SOIL, bringing up an occasional
modlcum OF the clay. He broad
cast peas (of course with manure),
following this crop with corn,
which was highly MANFRED in the drill,
and when saw this crop in the middle
OF July the rows stood four feet apart,
the plants three feet in the drill, and a
more beautiful prospect I never wit
messed. By this plan the yield has here
tofore been from 80 to 40 bushels to the
acre. The two points to be emphasized
are, the gain in the narrow rows, which
saves both time and labor, and the fact
that this plan can only be ventured on
when the preparation and manuring are
very thoroughly and carefully executed.
AS TO how late corn should be cultured,
the season itself must determine. During
drouth the roots run deep in search of
moisture. During a wet season the
feeding roots literally fill the space be-
tween the rows and are spread out very
near the surface. The observant man
Will note these facts and guide the cult
walton accordingly.
THE FALL, CROP OF IRISH POTATOES.
now attracting so much attention, not
only Tor home consumption, but as fur
nlshlng a superior article for commerce,
should be planted at once, if not already
put IN the ground. In previous reports
full directions for obtaining a stand, for
CULTIVATION, etc, were given. At this
writing our potatoes in the "sprouting
bed' are ready for planting, and as only
those, which show the tiny sprout, are
used, we have no apprehension as to Sc
curing perfect stand.
WHEAT.
In a recent conversation with an ex-
tenslve wheat grower, l was shown that
the earlier the land is turned the finer
the crop. Even i'll July it is not too
early to begin. A long experience has
proved that land turned in that month
makes better wheat than that turned in
August, which again yields more abund-
antly than that turned in September
and so on.
a. REPAIRG.
While much of this month, and right
ly SO, is given up to social gatherings
and to the interchange of thought and
plans so important, perhaps more i'm
portant to our calling than to any other,
there are many necessary repairs which
should not be neglected. This is the
month to cut down the heavy growth of
weeds on terraces and bitches, and in
fence corners, that the maturing seed
may not attain the power to add yet
more to the heavy labors Of the coming
year.
Cotton picking will not, throughout
the state, begin in earnest until next
month, and there are many odd Jobs in
the way of repairs which have been
awaiting this slack season. Let us see
to it that they are now attended to with
promptness and dispatch.
FODDER PULLING.
Until we settle on some forage substi-
tute, the laborious and expensive "fod-
der pulling" must continue to take its
usual place in the operations of the farm
during the coming month. So far, there
is nothing which has superseded the
bright, clean, home cured blade, as
''roughage" for our farm animals: but
we pay a high price for every pound
and the question for some cheaper, yet
equally nutritious, substitute should en-
gage our careful stHdy. In doing this
xI-i11 licoor-o,. l,ok - II 7 e
Their advanced agricultural communities
such an article as our Georgia raised
fodder is entirely unknown, and yet the
supply of forage is ample, and along
with other crops furnish ample home
supplies.
THE RECENT LABOR TROUBLES,
should cause us more than ever to study
this question of home supplies. Had
the strike been greatly prolonged it is
appalling to think of the almost univer-
sal suffering which would have resulted,
not only in the cities but in the farms.
and this in God favored country,
where every variety of food for man and
beast can be produced at moderate
cost. 1t is true that for the past few
years more time and thought have been
given to producing at home the supplies
needed by our own people, and as rule,
the farmers are i'll better condition in
this respect than since the war, but we
should not stop short of complete indie
pendence of all outside markets. There
are two
LESSONS FROM THE STRIKE
which we, as farmers, can take to heart,
and which, if needed, will prove both
salutary and profitable. One is the i'm.
perative necessity of absolutely aban-
doning the one crop system of raising
within our borders all the supplies need.
ed, not only on our farms, but by our
entire home population. We have had
a sharp experience, and when with
bated breath we waited for tidings from
the storm center, when in some of our
larger cities scarcely a pound of bacon
or bushel of meal could be purchased
we realized in its full force the danger
of our past policy.
The second lesson lies in the fact that
while the congested cities were suffering
from the frantic struggles of their un.
employed and unfed masses, in the
country there was comparative immu-
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