Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-09-18
1R. STEVENS
CROP TALK
Some Valuable Suggestions For
Georgia Farmers.
CUT ALL GRASSES FOR HAY
Importance of Rice CuIture-Its Con.
sumption In the United States
Largely on the Increase.
Other Products.
CUT ALL GRASSES FOR HAY
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT,

ATLANTA, Sept. 10, 1901.
In view of the crop condition of the
west and the northwest it behooves the
farmers of Georgia and the south gen.
orally to allow no waste upon the farm.
Many of our people depend in great
measure upon western hay: But SO un.
favorable has been the condition in the
west throughout the entire season OF
1901 that their dependence will prove 6
broken reed. In other seasons hay which
cost So or $6 dollars ton in the wesr,
ern market, sold in Georgia, by reason
of transportation, at from $500 tG
$500 ton. The present seascn ha!
been so unfavorable, that western hay
brings on the farm where it is grown
and moved $1,000 a ton. Now the
farmer, judging by the past, can make
his own calculation as to what western
hay will cost him by the time it reaches
the Georgia market, In view of this he
must see the necessity of supplying the
needs of his stock from his>own farm
Every mower should be put to work al
once, or, if the farm is not equipped
with such an implement, bring the hand
scythe into active play. Every available
blade of grass should be cut. Gather
in the crab grass, crow-foot and wire
grass. Cut all the Bermuda OH your
place, and fail not in utilizing all your
pea vines. Now also the swamp grasses
and all the broom sedge, that is not toe
far matured to be used for hay. Though
the two last named do not make the best
hay, they are better than no hay, OF
than paying excessive rates for the
western article. If a shredder is to be
had, have your cornstalks shredded and
stored away. Make good use of your
cane. Let nothing escape your notice
that can be used for food for your stock.
This is time which puts to the Sc.
verest test farmers scientific knowl'
edge and ability to make his farm 8
success.
This is no time for a man because OF
the difficulties that beset him to fold
his hands and, saying, ''all is lostE'
give up the fight. Though in many
sections cotton has been seriously dam.
aged and the corn crop is below the
average, minor crops, such as peas and
potatoes, are doing well.
GOv11o rapOyk koo
grass. Cut all that grass and turn il
into hay. Use all means to avoid the
loss of any part of any product that can
be stored away for the use of man OF
beast.
The cry of disastrous drouth over a
large section of the Union is, alasl too
true. A short grain and grass crop in
the west means high grain and meat to
the southern farmer who does not raise
his own supplies. Will Georgia farm.
ers, under these conditions, allow their
barns to remain empty, while the fields
are covered with valuable native grasses
which can now be saved and housed at
a nominal costP Or viii they wait un.
til next spring and pay twenty to TWEEN.
ty.f1ve dollars per ton for western hay ?
GET READY FOR YOUR WINTER CROPS.
AS soon as the grasses and peavines
have been cut and stored away for hay
begin to get your fields ready for oats,
barley, rye, wheat, clover and the pc.
rennial grasses.
In the upper half of the cotton belt
September is the proper month for seed.
ing all these except wheat, the sowing
of which can be deferred until after the
first frost. EARLY seeding guards against
the greatest dangers to these crops, viz:
winter killing and spring drouths. The
former of these perils is avoided by SOW.
ing in time for the plants to become
deep-rooted and strong before the win.
ter freezing. The spring drouths do not
prove disastrous to early seeded crops,
since they have time to mature and are
ready for the harvest before the drouth
sets in and before the moisture, that
had accumulated during the winter. has
been exhausted.
An early oat- orop rarely. fails Axnant