The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-17
lsaSssnner Work .

.,orn, >Axcept that planted very late, having been laid by. the area that the blows have to cover in July Is consid- ersbly reduced beloSk the area culti- vutsd ia June. It iA however, assumed that the provident farmer still has come other crops to be cultivated in addition to cotton. There should be grewing new no inconsiderable amount of sorghum, sweet potatoes. cowpeas, peanuts and other minor crops. The question arises whether, If the force of teams and laborers permits, any ad- ditional acres may be planted in these or other minor crops.
 I have known very early varieties of o0wpsas as the New Era, to mature seed before frost when planted as late as the latter part of July. For hay still less time Is required, so that planted for this pArpose. Cowpea seed kept this late are apt to be great ly injured by weevil and hence the amount of seed sown per acre should be liberal. In my experiments with wesvii-eaten cowpeas I found that some injured cowpeas germinated, but that the earay growth was Less thrifty than when unintred seed were em- ployed.
 It is too late to plant peanuts, soy beans, and velvet beans. Sorghum can still be planted for hay on rich lands and in Central Alabama I should advise the planting of sorghum up to the lat ter part of July. A Missfssippian re- ports in Central Mississippi success with sorghum planted on rhch land as late as August 10. This is risky. Late sorghum should be drilled, since cul- tfvation hsastens growth.
 It is poSsfbhe for sweet potato virN s set about the middle of July to maali is satisfactory potatoes before frost. lOf course from such late planting fuil crop should. not be expected. Neither should late plantings of sorghum be expected to yield large crops nor more than one cutting.
 The cwring of whatever hay crop, cultivated or volunteer, that may be readv will be an important part of the work of the second half Of the summer Unfortunately the COT nmon custom of pulling fodder has les our farmers generalfy to fail to provi de an adequate area for hay crops. Hay costs far less than fodder and tn best cowpea or alfalfa hay Is supea for to corn blades. or fodder, and will enable the teams to work on much smaller ration of corn than is possible when fodder constitutes the forage.
 If the supply of hay in prospect is
 
 sown on rich bottom land loughout the whole of July. This sh Ould be borne in mind in connection with any bottom land that may have lpeen re- gently overfioSxed and the crop thereby destroyed. The land must be put in excellent condition, for these small seed will mot germinate among clods If the son is rather dry at the time of sowing At may be advisable 60 use the roller After narrowing in the seed and then a&ain to use the harrow or roller The almount of seed usually sown is one bushe1 per acre. With German millet may be combined a very early variety of cowpeas. In this case Ont should use a bushel of cowIIeas ana about half a bushel of Gsermiin millet German millet is sometimes ready tt cut in seventy to eighty dayss after thu sefd are sown.
 One line of work too often neglect eh on the farm, especially in summer k the garden. This is a time wher weeds are apt to get the mastery there Even for weed destruction alone. 1, may pay to spend now a. day in the garden Certainly space should a, once be plowed for fall garden. It will not be many weeks before ruta- baRa turnips should be planted and 1t requires quite a while to Hut q Weedy piece of land into the condition re- quired by turnips. Likewise provision should be made in ample time for a patch of fall Irish potatoes It Is of ten an advantage to blow the land sew eral weeks in advance to permit of the partial decay of the weeds and the set ting and sometimes for the replowine g of the land.
 Corn can still be planted for late roasting ears and 1t may be worth while to risk another planting of lima beans. After a heavy rain cuttings of old tomato vine can be set at any date in July. The young tomato plants will probably not have beem provided and hence this substitute course, which I have found fairly satisfactory, is recommended. The cuttings are all ways at hand. They need not be ex- pected to live unless the ground Is quite damp and well prepared and un- less most of the long cutting is buried Because of the length. 1t will be most convenient to place the cuttings ob- liQuely in the ground.
 The pastures may have grown up in weeds. It would have helped the pas ture more to have cut them weeks ago but this is an operation that Is better late than never, provided the seeding of some weeds will be prevented. O course an equally important aim ir moving weedy pastures Is to give tho lower, better vegetation relief from tbt competition with taller weeds.
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