Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-09-21
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
ABOUT CORN AND cow PEAS.
Important subject TO the southern
FARMER Disoussed From "A PrRc-
teal Standpoint.

will Tins be broken, and if the work
be done sufficiently early, while the
grass is small, it win be destroyed II
a baking rain falls soon after plant
inp. the cultivator can be advantage
ously run across the rows, thus break |
ing the crust and enabling the plants /
to come through.
The soil should receive at least one
deep, thorough blowing after the cul-
tivator has been employed, as atore-
said. To do this, throw the dirt from
the plants with an ordinary turning
nlow then run some suitable narrow
nlow in the bottoms of the burrows,
and, if there be time, proceed thus
until the entire lniddles are plowed.
Deep culture will prepare the SOIL
for the penetration OF the roots put
should be superseded by shallow Gull
ture before the roots run out 10 any
considerable extent. Careful tests
have shown that deep plowlng, say
six inches deep, near the corn, after
the growing season has considerably
advanced, will damage the corn from
IL to 90 per cent
We take it for granted that the
.o,,, has been planted in wide drills,
not less than six and half feet apart
with a view of drilling row OF %"
Wv" ,.;,I,,.,,. ho,,yeen I have no hes
i.',, ,' =, snyiro that if equal facili-
49,. 49, a.;,o, corn and cow peas, the
climote being suitable for each, the
N'',','' WI, -, IN AVERAGE, be the more
r i',3,.,,I,,,, oro,
nn,, ora, of cow meas will easily
..,,,,on' rron, tbo air 100 pounds Of nj
4r,,,on mar mere which is worth as
fa,,tili1er about Is cents pound.
a,.nsaanontlv when the vines are
to''.,, ,,ador 4hov win carry with
tl,aa, .l,or+ St5 worth of nitrogen
y''..' .,., 90 Iva drawn on by the next
prnn From 10 TO 50 bushels of shelled
o'oi' ,a. anro oon easily be grown,
,,o,t,, cav 20 cents per bushel (they
wv wy, ''',,. ,,o,,tb 81 5ol we thus have a
.atal ~ eqo ner acre. which is much
more than the corn crop of the
,l1,.., c.o4o, win oyerapc The pea
,.;,,n, u.ill .n,nl. the much needed
,,,,,,a T., oddi+ion to this. while the
'i,'a, oro rottinn important chemical
a1,nnnns win take place. Much benefit
I'm Va derived from these two
.onroes which are now taken into ac-
a,,,n4
, >' n'a 5,iuod ,nidvov between wide
~" .'.,,'. ann he successfully grown
: D e,.;a ~ most but little detrimen
20 tbo corn. Some argue that peas, b!
s W. ,,'l mo gronnd, are an advantage
tll', ,',,'f, "
w W. ,,.,. oro ,,1,n+od MS late Al
1 !, I'M ,,,4,,ro tbav do their prin
s ,,ro,rin,, oft or the corn has gon
, ,a.o 5ao,ino Therefore. very ncarI,
+ w. s,,,, ,,a,,' ,,f ,ocb con he crown. 70
- i e;, oro,, If corn and cow peas tn
"'Y ,,,o,. ro PLANTED from June 10 t.
~, "a ,y,o pIocl, and Whippoorwil
'''' ,,..,r,,,,,.ollo fo,. 1ote miami
> r."
- a,ir,o+o whore COW meas wi
= c,..', ma,,, ~ oor, sbonld ueye
~ ,,ra,+o1 ,,f+,ont making prope
;, ,,so, l, for meas also, This proyisio
4 p'o ..,,, ,l,.i1I;na and thoronob cutliy;
4;aa 1,ho COW neo is too importar
). 9 oran 80 hroodcast and leave to TAX
V t. aha,oa with grass and weeds.
~ Ito , ,'''', ,'>.,,4l, sh6nl1 ho nrodneed /
,. , ,Si" fertirizpr containing pho
,,hario ooid and potasb in prop,
e rraati.;as
Y w. Hs.av o,,o dam ,,ovino cultiyato
4, a,f,oinolly ho o,nnIoyed for cor
VI ',''' .l,. aLa,,+ , foot hoard midw;
Is i.,..rI., a., oo,., ro,ys ;s nreferab
=" ,,la,.o1 ,lonr o,cb ti,ne nm ia fine tin
p tho noos arc r,onted 4 loose b.
as ,,.iu iLns no nrnpo,pd for the meas.
fl ,,a , ,,,ol 40 n,n,y deem even TO su
ly raa sar mans &c +bev stand droue.
tn .s,,o, l,ot4,n
b. Tnl.t,.o+io, sborld ba continued
IL ,,aaa,. tt,a mo-, vince win hermit n
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