The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-27

winter killed, while all sown in Octo- Der escaped with slight injury. This Is a typical case.
 Busy as we are. can we anord to let the land dry out and perhaps postpone the time when a blow can enter 1t Tor another month? The station farm Is in the midst of the. perplexing rush that now prevails everywhere. large part of our hay crop. sorghum, cow peas and crab grass, alone and Tn va rious mixtures, has had to await cut ting until the advent of hay-curing weather; cotton calls in vain for day labor that is not to be had; but few more days now October 10) remain for |, the sowing of alfalfa, crimson clover. vetch and other winter growing plants. corn is badly blown down nud ought to come quickly to the crib to avoid further rotting and to clear the nelos for oats to be sown; seed peas must be picked and cane cared for soon. While I should like for the cattle to get the benefit of the cowpeas and crab grass and corn blades in the corn field. there will not be time this year. especially since the lespedeza pastures ar. good and argue for no change. The blows will follow the corn wagon as soon as the team can be changed, for our purpose is strong to get the seed oats into the ground at the earl rest DraCIlCdDlc uhtc, CSCh thoo6h Po--O' part of the corn, and the later picking of cotton may need to bide later date. J. F. D. The Last Word, on Hairy Vetch. This fs one of the best winter grow ing plants for hay or soil improve ment. on pasturage. or for all three uses combined. Sown rather early in October, we have pastured 1t from February until April. then s.tained a fair cutting of hay. aad finally blow ed under the soil-lmnroving stuppis as a very effective fertilizer for sor- ghum or other sumn.~ crop
 By the time this is Tn print October 19 in the Weekly and October 22 in The Daily Advertist-). there will re main but few more days in which hairy ye.ch may be planted in Central I Alabama with pros Jecss of success Occasionally sowings made as late as | November have succeeded :t Aubufn. but there .5 much risk of failure when the date Is that lat. Indeed every week of delay after October repre- sents diminution in the crop' H is already too late for the safest sowin's of alfalfa. crimson clover, and bur clover. and vetch is the only repre- | sentative of the annual winter grow ing '1egunes that we can 44n>w FISK.
 The later the sowing of vs:ch the greater the need to SOW with II a fair amount of the seed of son" cror that is reasonably certain 10 suceeeu for example. rye or beardless wheat. Still more practicable for m ,st far mers is a mixture of Red Rust Proof oats with hairy vetch. for maoy can obtain thesc seed who canno' secure seed wheat. Either red oats or s beardless variety of wheat snould b. mixed with vetch when the mixture h. t~A, ha If intend
 ed chiefly for feeding green or for pas
 turage rye may be the grain chosen hut this plant makes poor hay
 | The amount of vetch seed will de pend on the amount one can anord t'
 spend At the high prices still prev
 aient. in spite of the removal of th
 tariff from vetch seed, half bushe
 per acre is near the maximum tha
 will generally be advisable. and on
 peck per acre may suit the purrhas ing rower of many farmers better
 With this should be sown at least a
 much oats. or rye. as usually sown
 and the yield of hay or pasturage l
 increased. if the average amount O
 grain seed is exceeded
 SIt is of supreme importance to In
 oculate vetch seed unless plante
 where vetch has grown in recen
 years It is too late to obtain inocu
 lating material from a distance. Ther
 is no choice but to use soil either Iron
 an old vetch field tany species 0
 vetch will answer) or from a part O 1.-the garden where English or gardel
 peas have recently grown. If toma
 toes, cabbage. or turnips growing i
 this garden have enlarGements on the
 roots, indicating the presence of tn
 injurious ren,htude worms tn the sol
 or If other serious plant diseases oc
 cur in that garden. avoid the use e
 such soil, which may be carrier 0
 disease. If no inoculating soil I
 available, the next best thing is [
 drill in a small area of Yetch, fertii
 izing this small area with barnyar
 manure. If the inoculating soil ca
 be had. no manure will be needed. bu
 phosphate or guano will usually b
 advantageous.
 To use the inoculating soil, SOW
 broadcast with the seed i. in as larg
 amounts as practicable If the suppl
 A considerable. If only few peck