The Van Buren press., 1895-01-26
FARMER RAyDPLANTER
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nade si1auas N It's methods amt s7s
seius until abasl1rsiy forced 5.1 ID 50
by ealamit.5us snndirious arising cut 81
previous practices. RI this be sos ti1e
south NAV be- said 10 have arrtvsa 80
that period when .suditious desna1d q
shauqe 4 sl1augs 0f some kind Fha5
change maF not 5e specifically srirsd
by auysue. e sau auIy be rougt1ly de-
sssed as raiuT aub af special, extensive
cuItnrFs into Intensive diversified sill6-
ara. Eaai1 n1a must make his awu
selection aesnrdinr NJ 5iIs best
Lights ne may have and N 1
measure 1eenrding 51 his sasfs
It will not 10 f1r everyone 10 do szs;ieff-
Iy the same waFs To Innt the SHINE
crops, raise the same kind ut stock a1d
proportion si1e sans aIilxs.- There must
be more or Eass originality Displayed
by each alaz1-
Well, one af che most apprnpriifr.
things ia to CHS nidviu1sr period u
To think strongly, discuss the sItI;tfIna
with men IT aard sense and make
such 4lIaements ef the several crups as
best appear 10 &c the present sI1ua51ou
Is Is q rreas pity more grain Of sns
kind or another Was not sown m Octo-
ber A Isrrs crop Of oats next summer
would meaa a great saving IN eDra,
and f appearances ara worth any
thing, we'll preserved sDrn will eor11+
naud guod price next springs will be
well worth saving
Doubtless there Is almost as mich
clear profit m cats at thirtY-Ave esnss
busi1ei as shers is in cotton at five
cents a eounds that Is, II a man knows
how 20 raise cats and goes at IL IN a
praper way.
over large section Of the country
oats when sewn Ia December are not
subject to injury oftener than one year
In three II they are put in properly
with harrow and roller; but over the
greater portion this rule may be said TO
apply If the sowing can not be made in
October and by the 10th Of November,
It Is better TO wait until February be-
fore putting in the crop In the inter
val, an extra blowing Of the land will
tend 10 increase the yield several BUSH
els As rule our farmers bestow very
little care on the seeding of this crop.
In hundreds Of instances the seeds, a.
bushel or 80, are broadcastedr more or
less unevenIy on the unbrolsen soils
and turned nnder with plow, the soil
being Ieft in as rough state as that
kind of an implement can leave It.
Not much Of a crop should be expected
from this manner Of treatment RI
the land should happen to be good. a
yield Of eighteen or twenty bushels
may be secured, but where, IL more
care had been bestowed in the seeding,
the yield could easily have been
doubled We think there is no exag-
4erasion "a the statement that Land
that yields three hundred pounds Of
Lint cotton can be made to produce
forty bushels at oats, this yield t-nm d
sowing made early in February N
middle GearVla, a few bushels more. e
the sowing Ii made IN October dr ssp-
beulller
lb MY De tint many will yet decide
"a venture 4 Ear1er sowing Of spring
1afs 5i1au tileY Iad originally Intended.
audi We liavs no ioul1t il will he
wise snueti1siau. &c snwu property N
BsilrTIaa.Ts II ..;iuuIi-y M more santi1-
ss..y sesssoH-, fud using IN aer.iinafsd
va'resar--SfartT Tlsf-proaf-anY7vier
/ Aum u, al 30 insileis may ae g.iGilea.ad
next Jsrne- ESis unite altsaY the grain
Will camInasat Il price Elas viii ulaIsa.
tsie RESULT thirty remiiuer11iv. s.a siiss
9.,awcr-- e r8sd I.EIId IN Isesf slr this
Jnr1ass-- fsrt e siinuI.t fppear Long
fil1ur -,nIe that there IN 4 rrsad 5ras-
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.'lts.au WITH + very 9iir cslsaars sf max
sir xFlad szssp II If 6 wsre pl.zass.ss "a
Z Nsay 81 earlier Farmers vino have
assd much sss5eris4res IN planting the
sGapiss ID A5riB aad gaae are sure that
gaere IL rs1rY little difference IN the ap-
oessr7ucss af THE stalk IN September Of
sw0 1laa5lnG-s made eight or nine
psesxs apart shat is planting made
April IS and another June IL o.
eourse We would nos advocate Large
planting d enSton next year STILL az
we said Il the SIGNS WE'RE good IN June
Tor cotton Advancing a cent or two, a
crop Of oats could he followed By one
Of cotton il a farmer so desired
As a rule peas should follow grain +.
IL ia deemed advisable to turn the land
afresa In midsummer. When the prae-
tiee Of sowing clover with sprfnZ grain
Of any kind has become more general
in the south, there will be very little
grain ssubble ploved in June, a. the
clover will come on and take possession
Of the land without any blowing We
would ike TO see the day when such a
practice was a common one in our
/ country
The only rational and truly econorn-
ieal way Of restoringsthe lost fertility
Of our long cultivated soils L
through the medium Of Ieguminious
crops grown specially for manurial
/ purposes
There are several clovers that our
southern farmers can use for restoring
| the humus that has been almost on
tirely burnt out in the past twenty-fi five
years.
We wish that we could persuade a
| few thousand farmers who read tbs
| Southern Farm to make fair test ot
sowing clover with their grain. II
they could be persuaded to try it once
and make success of it we would
soon see perfect tidal wave of soil
| Improvement.
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