The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-06-10

DUO1 MUNIR
FOR FARl
The Work That Should Bc|
Done During june
mr. HEsBIr1's MoHSH LErTrR
Esargia's Commissioner 'of 5ericniture
Gives Some Hats ON Harvess I'4e wheat.
Dat aud clover Crops corss Appreach-
Ing ItslaIost Critical Period Of Growth.
kpeping Down weeda and Grass
DEPARTMENToF AGRICULTURE,
ATLANTA. GA, June /, 1897.
The harvesting of the wheat, oat and
clover crops, which usually falls in this
month. together wit fAef imperative
demands of the CO. soane(
not to mention
age and othercl Is X.
Of hard work fd1 ID "a 4
Gle: With all the yarie
ing for attention, q ceft
judicious planning.is au
cessity. The work CAM t.
haphazard. The caxq
not delay preparatiol
his grain crops until =
and then put everythil
commotion and confuS20
ried and unconsidered dire.
valuable time is lost BIZ |
gage machine or to esup1{y
needed part of the one already on haul
and then when messenger is hastily
dispatched to the nearest available point
to secure what is necessary. it is found
that no machine can be hired, or that
the missing link" must be ordered and
shipped from distance. These de-.
tails, which, If attended to at the
proper time, seem insignificant and
easily adjusted. if allowed to wait FOR
attention until the last moment, are
often magnitled into mountains Of care
and worry. Another mistake often
AAuoo 10 w DeCOuuo bO uDSOTD6u AL bu0
harvest held as to allow the other crops
to suffer for attention. II necessary,
and it is possible to do SO. any needed
extra labor should be hired. even if a
little more than the usual price has to
be paid.
Work properly done in June will
bring i'll better returns than at any
other period during the year. It is
now that the corn crop is approaching
its most critical period of growth, and
it should not be- allowed to suffer for
the work, which Is so essential to its
perfect development, and which, if de-
layed beyond.the proper time, can never
afterwards perform the same important
office. Upon the promptness and char
acter of this cultivation depends the
success or failure of the crop Keep
the plows running, but set just deep
enough to stir the surface. The finely
pulverized surface soil will act as a
mulch to conserve the moisture. which
during the hot days is ascending from
lower depths and which would other
wise escape into the surrounding at.
mosphere. After the corn plants at.
tain their full growth, they will serve
30 shade the ground and themselves aid
in conserving this moisture. When
giving the last blowing see that it is as
near level as possible and sow peas
broadcast. Don't allow the
WHEAT AND DAT sTUBBLE
to grow up i'll weeds, which will mature
seeds and thus multiply the vexatiops
Of farm life. These seeds will not only
be scattered far and wide to spring up
in succeeding crops, but the plants them.
selves will take up present fertility,
which ought to be utilized In producing
some useful crop for the maintenance
Of the farm. At the south the field pea
crop fully fills this need.
Don't neglect to put out as many
SWEET POTATOES
as time and space will allow. While
potatoes do not equal corn in feeding
value weight for weight, they furnish
no mean substitute and are valuable as
giving the necessary variety TO the food
ration. Another point is thSt a good
crop of potatoes may ba grown on sandy
land which will fail to bring q paying
corn crop uDder favorable conditions
FORAGE CORN
planted all through this month will ma.
eAES buWtCtoutly W LuIHDu BOOU bLkkRP.
u Ahould be planted thick in the drill
and close in the row. but care should be
taken not to crowd it to suchR degree
as to shut out sunlight and air and thus
prevent It from forming an ear OH each
stalk. Corn. which is managed so as
10 enable 1t to mature full ear up to
the glazing stage for each stalk, is much
mage valuable for feeding than If only
nnbbins are formed and these at inter.
walls.
To maintain the
COTTON FIELDS
in, such condition as to keep down the
Seeds and grass and preserve pplver.
feed surface, to the depth of one or two
inches is the main object In cultivation
at this season. Cotton will stand a
much greater degree Of bad treatment
than corn, and under favorable condi.
tions recover from the check and go on
to moderately satisfactory maturity,
BECAUSE IL has a longer season in which
10 repair such backsets. But it is an
expensive crop at best, and when to the
usual bills for fertilizers and labor in
M hing and Gathering ia addad tho Iose