Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-18
F ARM INST TRUCIIONS
bUREAt OF AGRICULTURE IN
sTR0cTs FARMERS ON CROP
PREPARATION.
Burning Cotton Plants While Still
Growing and While Wesva Still
At Work Safest Plan.
Al Work Safest Plan.
THREE CHANGES IN SOuTH

The tniled States department Of
2@ric9ltHrr has bcsHn the issuing OF
bulletins ON farm subjects. These
bulletins will ecntnHe through 1905,
giving directions for the field manage
n.ent ot the staple farm crops The
first bulletin is ON the subject of Fall
preparation Of Land fer Spring
Planting and il contains the follow
inc information:
The attention of farmers should be
called to three important changes in
agricultural conditions:
1T. Marked climatic changes since
the settlement of the southern states
notably less regularity in the rainfall
and greater extremes in the temper
ature
2nd. A rapid decline in the fer
| tility of the soil.
"rd. A remarkable increase in in
sect enemies Of the farms.
This change in Agricultural cond-
ons requires a radical change in the
methods of farming, and the farmer
who does not move along progressive
lines will soon conclude that farming
docs not pay.
Preparing for Cotton.
One OF the most important lines Of
work to be done in making cotton
under boil Weevil conditions, is the
destruction ef the cotton stalks in the
! lal Whi'o they are green, follow by
Hat breaking the land little deeper
than usual.
Our cotton co operative work this
year was not commenced en- account
;of delay in appropriation till the last
We"k in January-too late TO start at
tho commencement of eur improved
methods.
If the stalks are left growing in
field, the weevils will continue to muI-
tiply until winter, and the number OF
weevils going into winter quarters,
for Information will be large. Destroy
the stalks entirely. with all trash,
brrrs and damaged bolls early in the
fall while yet green, and you will GER
tainly cutdown tho number OF wee.
wills that go into winter quarters.
Turning stock into the field in large
numbers is one method OF destruction.
and helps mainly by shortening the
food supply OF the weevils. If follow
ed up by very deep flat breaking or
the land in November or Decen bor it
lis likely that large number OF wee
i wills will be destroyed.
Burning the cotton plants while
still growing and while the weeviIs
are still at work on them. is the
safest plan and if properly done will
destroy thousands CT weevils
Just as soon as the cotton is pick
ed, run vertical cutter under the
stalks in each row. turning them out
uniformly to Gne side. and let them
lie until dry enough TO burn readily
Leave standing every fifth row, s2
that the weevils may move from. the
dead cotton en- the rows left standing.
AS soon as the turned ont stalks are
dry enough to burn pile them up
over the green rows and burn them.
If necessary use Beaumont Gil 10 in
sure complete burning II YOU have
no vertical cutter use ordinary turn
ing plow.
Another plan is, considering three
rows. turn both the outside rows to-
vard the middle one and let the turn.
Cd ont rows dry, punching the dead
stalks closely against jho live ones
of the middle row Use Beaumont cid
and burn.
A third method is to turn out the
entire crop in the ordinary way, pie