The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-08
Lee Us. Take Advantage Of Rece.

Rains.
3 Let US partially Offset the damage
done to cotton by recent rains by pre-
parine land for winter-growing crops.
Oguaily September is. so dry that 1t Is
difncult to find sufficient moisture In
the ground to permit thorough prep
aration Of land for alfalfa, vetch' ana
early patches of rye and oats. NOW
We have the moisture suf1cienttfor most
perfect preparation and for prompt ger
mination Of the seed. Although the
waving and despatched cotton peckohs
all available hands to the cotton neio'
n will very slightly retard picking for
one plowhand to be kept at the plow
and prepA ration has been made Tor an
early patch OF rye for pasturage or
FOR feeding green in February ana
March; for a rich lot near the barn
TO be sown with Dwarf Essex rape Tor
the hogs to Craze from December TO
April, il the winter proves mild; Tor
early blowing for wheat with view
10 permitting the land to settle 1or
some weeks under weekly harrowines;
for a small field to be sown in mix .
ture OF hairy vetch. with either req
oats or with a beardless variety OF
wheat, such as purple straw or niue
stem or May or fultz: for the narrow
ing in of considerable amounts OF GRIM
son clover seed on clean land among
the cotton plants just picked: and. on
suitable land, for the sowing OF al
falfa.
Al suggested in a former article an
economical start can now be made with
hairy vetch or bur clover intehdeo 10
reseed the land. After October 1t
will lie safer to Use the cleaned or
threshed bur clover seed rather than
to SOW the bIrs the latter being too
slow to germinate for sowing IN Ooto-
ber Nc time is to be lost II crimson
clover or alfalfa or rape is to be sown.
Every day of delay after October adds
to the risk Of failure. lnoculate with
suitable local soil. for there is no time
TO lose in sending for inoculating ma
terial
With vetch. wheat, rye and oats de-
Law il dangerous, but our tendency is
to SOW these too late. Many farmers
begin to SOW oats Thanksgiving Day.
which is about the best time to quit
Let not Octoter pass without finding
the greater part OF the oats In the
ground October is best. but November
IL far better than February.
srimson Clover, Wheat, Rye, Barley and
Soy Beans for Prairie Land.
Inquiries on these topics. all timely
in September and October. except soy
beans, are answered below:
I do not know a single farmer on
prairie land who has fairly tested
crimson clover. One farmer grew 1t
near you for us few years ago but
the fall was so dry and the winter so
severe that failure resulted. / have
failed with 1t in Montgomery when
sown as late as OCTOBER 10 ana tne
Canebrake Station has usually failed
when sown that late, butt has made
q fair success when weather permitted
a prompt termination from seedlings
made late in September or early In
October. I much prefer to SOW in Sep
TENDER. On the whole my experience
with crimson clover has not been quite
As satisfactory on prairie land as on
sandy land containing moderate
amount of clay. This may be chiefly
because Of the seasons when the tests
were made, but may be partly due to
insufficient drainage or to insufficient
incubation.
Wheat does fairly we'll on a good
grade Of prairie land. and at one time
was much more extensively grown on
this soil than Is now the case. should
not be afraid to risk 1t on any grade
of your stronger land. whatever Its
A,color. If you use an early variety
such as May. Early Oakley. Southerr
grown Purple Straw. and II you escape
a severe attack of rust you should ge
ten to twenty bushels of wheat on lane
making thirty bushels Of corn. IL
insure a yield like this you will prob
ably need to use eighty pounds OF
nitrate of soda about March l.
Rye succeeds finely on prairie land
making a larger growth of green for
age However. the yield Of rye grair
is always disappointing to a Northern
man. The growth Of straw which
should accompany twenty to thirt,
bushels in the North seldom gives mor'
than ten to fifteen lin the Gulf States
I should expect ry to yield only abou
two-thirds as much grain as wheat. Ir
my experience in Central Alabama bar
ley has been unsatisfactory as A grair
and very irregular as a plant for feed
ing green. We are now experimenting