The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-26
Hf NEN[Jaann1aV VIEWS W)feEFARhERJ


 fly small area of bermuda grass in the pastures It merits a larger acreage, and will come to it's own as soon as make 1t obviously profitable for pas lures to be subjects for other improVe
 ments besides three strands or paLu ,' wire. Progress Is belng made ID thIs direction and is probable that no o'n"f county has a larger proportion Q. grade and thoroughbred cattie .naI nf Sumter However the number oI grades Is insufficient for the pasturase bulk of the grazing stock and natur. ally the maternal foundation for most large breeding herds.
 One of the pioneers or the cASSto G
 dustry in this community IS VT. Little, who has not only passed iI~i s scrubs to grades, but who Is now dls- carding grades in favor of tnorSuGn- breds lie has selected herd or reg istered Angus cattle which in cost and merit are doubtless unequallcu m tne State. He Is also temporarily turnisns ing a home for the excellent nera 2. segistered st AaSsqn Abspn by w. K Miner his Washington County property; MT. Little has already found ready buyers for half of ,ta the A"Smrn ySSTng eaiss eaie' ~"H " Another farm visited was the com bination cattle and cotton and aiIala farm of Cobb and Macmillan at sum
  farm are Red Polls. thought that the experiment station at Auburn owned the best Red Polied COW m tne State until l saw one Tn MT: ,:,, oHDD thsrs were several hundred cattle on the place; most of them natives brought up for grazing and subsequent s,Ipnates sniPmees | that one COW to three acres of pasture | land is the average with him, fnclud- | ing melilotus, Johnson grass and re gently cultivated heids s,vaS with nnnsisting n,n largely of melilotus he estimates that only one and half acres ot pastur- age is required per COW. ,r,. train atfer a day all too short Tor yis. its to ali the stock farms where public business and personal interest urged % me to go. S' How To Shock Wheat.
 What Is the best plan for shocking wheat during a moist spring when sprouting in the shock is to be feared!
 Ans.-The old grain growing regions of the East in which the niceties or grain growing are practiced, furnfsn these n U conditions. We quote the fol- lowing description of how wheat IS most safely shocked In the Genessee region of New York state , Wnlcn IS taken from The Rural New Yorker:
 | Set down four bundles in row, and follow with one In the middle on
 each side. Now place bundle m
 each of the four vacant places, n, ana
 bundles with long straw above the bands. They will cover the shock bet ter, and will not fall off so easily Piace from which the strongest winds blow If the head face the wind, the cspt % will not blow off as readily as they
 will if the butts face 1t.
 tions: If the shock is set up. as here
 suggested, it will contain twelve bun
 dles. Experience teaches that this II
 very nearly the right number; Some lbut if a shock is Gntieh smaller It lack' disability and the same Is true If th'
 shock is much larger. especially IT tn'
 wheat is Heads stsnd tns oSt
 cially in large shock, the bundles ar
 liable to fall down. If the head
 stand out, 1t is good plan to mug th' shock tightly before capping. In |
 likely to mold. When starting
 shock. start 1t in the middle of tn
 bunch of bundles. This will save tim
 and labor involved in carrying bundle
 shocks in exactly straight rows. Thi
 will not increase the yield. but 1t vii
 produce a neat appearance. and ana ,on VII | make 1t easier to get at in hauling iron
 the field. If pushed for time, however
 put shocks where most convenient. On'
 cannot afford in so practical a matte
 wheat shocking to avoiS sadree
 much as possible. place shocks out Q
 depressions. While 1t Is true onl!
 the butts would be wet by the sur
 once wet, will dry out more quickl!
 on dry than on damp ground. If the foregoing suggestions are rol
 lowed in shocking wheat. two very de | xwyln accom- plished: The work will be done in {
 minimum of time and energy and first-class job of work will be done.
 helped shock over forty acres or whea 1 suggestions were kept in mind As , result, fewer caps blew on' tewe ! shocks fell down, and a heater appear ] ance was made than In neighoorlni } felds."-Farm and Ranch.
 How to XIII Bermuda Grass.
 hG'Iop | note N'Sv that W S. E. of Austin, Texa. makes inquiry throp a your January IS sue how to kill out Bermuda grass Having had some experience with tn grass and having gainsd, s6,,aS.e more by ooser l; To kill out bermuda grass break you land shallow, very shallow. when It dry; the drier the better. Away 3 of moisture Is the life of the plant therefore. govern your licks accord , ingIy Flow often. use the harro' : feely, and strike while the sun shine 9 hot. If you blow deep. using a turn r ing blow you will never get rid of 1 3 I have effectually annihilated bel @ muda grass from well set spots In on 2 season by method indicated above Thi = however, is not often accomplished l so short time. It usually takes frol
 two to four years and sometimes longe see no reason why w s. E. migt not make fair crop of corn or cotto