The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-08-15

Monthly Resume of the Work That Has
Gone on In the state and the Results OF
Labor as Reported to Him by His Corps
| Georgia.
! COTTON.
Cotton being somewhat backward.
blowing may perhaps be continued
longer than usual this year. but even
allowing for that, the first weeks Of
August will find the farmer more at
leisure than for six months past. Suoh
cultivation as the cotton may require
can be accomplished by one wide fur
row to each middle, adjusting the plow
so that it will not cut deeper than l
inch. On examination we will discover
that the bed, more or less elevated as
our cultivation has been shallow or
deep, is filled with countless little
flbrous roots. each one performing its
appointed Office in sustaining the rap
idly maturing plants. If the crop is in
a proper state OF development it should
be taking on fruit without interruption,
and if the plow is plunged Into the deli
cate network of roots below the ground
the consequent tearing and mutilation
there is followed by corresponding in
jury to the young squares and bolls
above. At this critical period of bloom
ing and fruiting we must exercise the
utmost care. All things considered, it
is better not to plow the cotton again.
even if it needs it, than to run the risk
of losing most of the young fruit and
squares already formed, which is the
inevitable consequence of one deep
blowing now. A very shallow furrow
in the middle is what is needed and if
this is impracticable let the cotton take
the chances with what fruit is already
developed, rather than trust to its form.
ing later crop after this drops off. AS
rule most Of the squares which are
formed after the last of August do not
mature into perfecs bolls before kill
ing frost. Realizing this fact, we see
how important it is to avoid any dis
turbance which would tend to injure
the fruit already formed and forming.
CORN
The question of fodder pulling still
confronts US as an unsolved problem.
Many experiments have been made and
the results are still conflicting. The
present conclusion of the matter seems
to be that each farmer must use his
own Judgment. If he has made ample
provision for forage from other sources
he can afford to weigh the advantage:
q and disadvantages of fodder pulling
calmly and coolly, and decide whether
;. it is best to go into the laborious bust
ness Of stripping the blades from th'
! stalks. If he has not made such pro
3 vision. and has to rely on this fodder t.
d fill out his supply, his decision cal
b scarcely be considered an unbiased one
I as he has no alternative but to stril
: off the fodder even at the risk of injur'
8 to the grain. Considered from an eco
nomical standpoint there is scarcely
more expensive operation on the farm
than this fodder pulling. While 10
i ''roughness," bright wei, cured fodde
= cannot be excelled, it comes very higl
e when we consider the cost of pullin
r and curing each separate blade, an
IS the probable injury to the corn ears
|
h the fodder is taken off.
To those farmers who have tried il
). the plan o. saving sufficiency of ha
' from other sources. even using the III
II cultivated grasses for this purpose i
It far more remunerative, as well as sati:
d factory, and with the increased and in
e creasing care which is being given t
saving
ENSILAGE,
IL we need have little trouble in securin
" an abundant supply of the best winte
foods. This process of canning tn
. green SUITS, so to speak, instead of dry
{ ing them, is, with careful attention {
!, n one or two details, practically certain
4 1t is also simple, and commends itsel
from the fact that so many crops diff
cult OF management when dry hay
y the object, are peculiarly suited to thi
d process OF green curing-corn, sorghum
= pea vines, potato vines, all 80 easy O
production-give US an almost unlimit
ed supply for the silo; and if the pre-
cautions OF putting in not too larg
o quantities at a time, thoroughly pack
c ing, and allowing this to stand befor
/, more is put in. then topping and weight
. ing the whole mass down, are CAREFUL,
attended to, there are few farmers tina
will not appreciate the value of tn
! process.
In another column this whole cues
q ton is covered in an answer to an in
quiry as to crops for the silo, method
J, of gathering, curing, etc. Now is tn
o time to look forward to the comin
year, and make such arrangements a
= are practicable for pasture and also TO
G forage.
GRASS SEEDS
of most varieties should be sown mex
: month. In the outset we must under
. stand that we cannot make either gras
or clover on poor land. OF the cloyers
:. red is best suited to red stiff lands
4 which should be either naturally rio
or made so artifcially. The crimso
q and burr clovers are suited to sand
n lands, and if carefully prepared for an
/ fully MANFRED, furnish green winte
J. food during the entire season and if tn
n cutting or grazing is stopped in May
= sufficient seed will mature for anothe
!. crop. When these fall the land can b
s planted in late corn or peas and whel
hot 10 kol oR T. Al