The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-08

with a beardless barley which has
40 me good points, but which Is too
tender for our winters; hence we are
breeding chiefly to overcome this, that
is, to change 1t from a spring to a
fall variety should expect to get
more grain from wheat or oats than
from rye or barley, but would advise
the use of rye for winter pasturage.
Answering your inquiry ! would say
that the few tests made at Uniontown
in narrowing alfalfa after cutting 1t
had little influence on the yield. but
severe disking alfalfa at Auburn, after
cutting 1t, greatly reduced the amount
ircrea sed the yield Of hay l should
hesitate to disk alfalfa until the plants
were at least one year old.
am glad to answer your inquiry
about soy beans by saying that this
plant has been most complete sue
cess at the Canebrake Station and ev-
erywhere else that l have observed IL
growing on prairie land.
At Uniontown where some cow peas
are grown. soy beans do not require In
oculation. am always glad to answer
for you any agricultural questions that
l can
Selecting Seed Corn In the F'ield-Car-
bon RI-SuIphidc for Weeviis.
have your inquiry as to the best
methods of selecting seed corn in the
field. and in reference to the value OF
carbon hi suiphiAe for killing weeVila
I will answer the last question frs.
by saving that carbon hl"sulphide, also
known as high life" is very efficient
in killing weevil in shelled corn, in
barrels or tight bins. 1t also Kills the
majority of them when applied even
to unshucked corr stored in tight cribs.
but is impracticable with the ordinary
Slated crib. The fumes are infam-
mable, requiring care that no smoking
be allowed near the CRIB for one or
two days after the material Is used
No int,.ry. results from the inhalation
90 small amounts Of the gas By tine OPP
ell ator
In selecting corn in the field one
must form ali ideal as to what one
wants, making this ideal about the
same as the best stalks of the variety
from which the selection Is being made.
Generally 1t Is desirable to select from
plants having two good ears, both OF
hich ears. should be OF large size.
for that particular variety; both well
covered with shuck at the tips; well
filled with corn and wen shaped. Avoid
selecting seed ears from those plants
on which the ears are, too. high from
the ground. and do not select from
weak stalks that have blown down.
1t is we'll for the owner to precede the
wagon, gathering both ears from the
best stalks, preferable shocking them
as he gathers them. After gathering
a number of ears there is a more rigid
selection made by rejecting those ears
that are not up to the standard. Points
that should be possessed by all ears
used as seed corn are the following:
Good size, moderate taper. well filled
tips, even and well filled butts. rather
regular rows of grain. long or deep
grains closely and compactly crowded
together, little or no waste space on
burrows between the rows. well shaped
kernels. somewhat uniform throughout
| the greater part of the ear.
OF course this does not include all the
Lpoints, but only the most important
zones. Yours very truly. J. F. D.
DO Root Nodules Increase the Feeding
Value Of Legumesf
For several years there has been
dulles on legumes Oceans. peas. alfalfa
| clover etc and their functions In
gathering nitrogen from the air in the
| air spaces of the soil. and 1T has IRE
quently been pointed out that where
such nodules do not appear they may
be made to appear by "inoculating' the
soil with earth obtained from an ole
and that In the majority of cases the
yield will be increased thereby. There
has been little said, however, concern
ing the effect of these nodules on thu
composition of the plant. and therefore
on It's feeding value
At the Michigan Experiment Station
this matter has been investigated ir
| the case of cowpeas and soy beans, ant
their analyses show that cowpea leaves
and stems were Al per cent. richer ir
protein where the root nodules were
! nresent than where they wer,
| absent. that soy bean leaves
and stems were about D..
per cent richer than that soy bear
seed were 1.6 per cent. richer in pro
| tein on the noduled plants than or
| 4hosa ,rhich lacked noduleS.