The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-02-01
- ID -. 80

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seostuu culture - ucli - iu n-latr -Ees
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~tii n-s7&rcd setd le2 o. commerce.
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.shsusa ~ Fcssosra5 lpy frequent surface
scalfirxa5sn d0riEE tas s4Tlg summer
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surface sesi AID ia forming mulch
xrsren.. rs@ evaporation % moisture.
and se.oCrdly- u keeps the land free
from sre.-ss ~hsch are IN most in
stances Izs.1-su.as 90 ilse crop in that
miami food x-rd nsSisssre are taken Up
IN lsrse auaa.iiies. fis-1s sire s1pTly fcr
she usrssl -tAns .t.ecosues limited
: -face enit.es-ion should ss gwen as
soon - ghe plants are large stssugh 10
however. where tie harrow OF weeSer
rcald be 1xao 10 good advantage betose
tie plants make their appearance,
fiessy showers freqnently OScur i'm
nresis.eiy after planting Snd thick
vrxz- forars open the surface Of the
fed T..e erus. may 6eeuIne hrTn
enough to erevent the young Plants
rcsrhing IhH air. A stroke with 81 or
dinery slnoe;hiag harrow viii aid these
plants ia breaking though. AMI the
light mulch formed will tend 10 con
serve the moisture for future use. A
soon Gs tire plaats are up nicely tue
surface soil should be stirred thor
oaghly TO 3 iapth Of one Ur one ard
oBe-half inc's@s. A spring tooth cni'i'
yator or All implement that has five OF
more teeth arranged in each section
will do more effective work than 4
mcriGiae which has but t.3v or at mos
three shoycls on each section Refer
ence Is msde here 10 the two horse coi
sivator which Is in general Csc Some
tction growers recommend the use y
the cotton sweep for the tirst culriva
.sicn 1t is true that this'implement !
very effective in cutting OFF and de
st-oy fag weeds which CONT up in larg
numbers. early in the season, but at TIA
same time il does not accomplish tn
first object, namely. the formation Of
good dust mulch For this reason tn
use OF the former implement IS adyo
Gated
When the cotton plants eommene
TO show the third leaf, the crop shoui'
be thinned to the proper stand. Thi
wurk can be carried out best by IN
use of the hand hoe. The experiment
station has obtained good results o
upland soil by thinning 10 a stand q
one plant every fifteen inches in tn
row s~here the rows are forty-tw
inches Rps., the proper distance !
the row can be gauges approximatel
by the eye and the ''chcppins oct !" q
liz is a COED plan 10 leave vigorou
plants having only a single plant In
place. Better results will be obtaine
by thinning esrly than by allowing IN
full ro~ 10 make a sirong grOwtA bS
fore the feld j. blocked" Ia I'll
latter case she extra cotton plants ma
b. considered - v@sas for ;hey a.
taking up moisture and plan; FOO
which should be kept in store for IN
plants that wia proouce tire enol
Early thinning ENSURES a strong,
growth w the plants which ART above
10 remain ANY weeds in the TOW cs
also be cleaned out al the lime
blocking" and If the work Is dOI
carefully it viii probably not be ne'
essSry 10 use the hand hoe again du
R,g the growing season. II a ie
weeds appear and il j. impossible
reach taen with the cultiTaior the
should HOi De allowed 70 90 TO seed bl
should be elg with The hoe or pulled u
Rith the hand one na-ioas weed ans
furnish eIongh seed 10 get The san
crop well stsrycd owe. the ennrc tara
rne culture sabseeueaI NJ TO tie ''thii
ming oGt' should b. irrg ue.H aud tho
Ough One writer states that egsce
week and Once 10 he rUw Nila gso
ho.se culliIAlcr - gn vSevlseat RAJ,
However il ilay ncs K possible Il
s.e n-Ea who las large scresgc q,
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