The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-24

ton in August. 1t win go to seed the fol-
lowing May. and after seeds have shed,
the land may be sown In peas, and
when the peas are cut OFF, another crop
OF hairy vetch will naturally cover the
soil before winter. This can be turned
down. and no finer preparation can be
found for cotton. and certainly none
cheaper. J Very little seed will be nec-
essary to get another stand of vetch
among the cotton. and IL IL comes ev-
where as well as II comes for me, no
more seed will be needed once the soil
is well stocked with 1t. In fact. 1t will
como as crab grass and rag weed come
--naturally.
Try and persuade your Virginia farm
ers to raise hairy vetch seed The
only trouble will be at the start But
grows, 1t will be inoculated at once,
and thus grow off. / very strongly sus-
pect that home raised seed will all
ways inoculate itself as burr clover
does The seed of hairy vetch is ra-
Their rough. and Is thus capable of car
rying the necessary microbes: but the
bought seed Is polished in some sort
of machine, which Is about the worst
thing those fool dealers could do for
us farmers. since that process rubs
OF the microbes that cause natural In
oculation.
The cotton boil weevil will cover
this State In four or FIVE years. and will
have spread to the Atlantic Coast in
seven or eight years. When that takes
place cotton cannot be planted on the
same field two years in succession, nor
IN adjoining fields. hence, planters Will
be compelled to change their methods.
They can raise the early varieties of
cotton only. That means that they
must have richer land than would pro-
duce the iong-growing. late-maturing
varieties. Here Is where crop of vetch
may do good, namely, by enriching the
| idle fields in the cheapest way possible.
and after the boil weevii arrives there
will be plenty Of idle he,ds. The cot
| ton field OF the future must not only
be rich tosforceaan early maturing crop.
but 1t must be Isolated ALSO quaran-
tined against the boil weevil. Hence.
! the planter can scarce plant one-fourrh
of his land in cotton under the best
conditions, instead OF all of 1t as al
present.
Better be prepared for what is sure
| iy coming. for the weevil will hit these
humid States with lots of wood land,
poor soil and close settlements, far
harder than 1t has hit the new rich soil
drier climate. prairie country, and
sparse settlements of the State of Texas
| Several years ago, Mr. ]. F. Duggar
of Auburn, Ala. urged the use of hairy
vetch In the way indicated, but the cost
| of seed was an insurmountable bar to
| its use: yet at a far lower price than
| 1t brings now, raising hairy vetch seed
| can be made just as profitable as pea
nut raising was thirty-five years ago In
virginia. Only few farmers went In
| to the business at first, and for many
years. and they made big prices for pea
| nuts that seem fabulous now. For al
that. and Notwithstanding peanuts were
| grown before the eyes OF every one, II
| took many years of waiting and hesit-
ating before some poor men with large
| families of small children could see
| how good a business 1t was. BY raising
sand vetch seed Virginia farmers can
benefit themselves and all Dixie be-
| sides.--Joshua Franklin in Southern
Planter.
Moseley, Ala