Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-01-04
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
THOUGHTS FOR FARMING.
Cotton Observation-Disclosures
the Lama.

II iSa very bind man whJ perverSely
travels a rough. stump road when be
has the chance Of going over a smooth.
easy Que. That IS what some OF the
farmers Of tbs Piedmont section are
doing They are well assured that the
plan % planting cotton brings failure
every time. Impoverished lant poor
horses and mules. empty cribs and
SMOKE houses. and unaftra,.tive homes
are the results % such farming. But
here are n tay xho are getting ON
the smcorh road They are sowing
much more wheat in this state than
they dit last year. and they viii put n
q larger aat crop. By doing this they
will decrease the cotton acreage and
thus help 10 keep ap prices Col T. J.
Moore. Of tbs county. a ilrxe land
holder. Is making his plans tor next
year Efs has cut off 800 acres % land.
much Of which Is thin ard devoid Of
humus He proposes 70 prepare ATTY
zcr.s for pesse by blowing and har-
rowing Then the balance viii be equal
" divided between small grain. eurn
AID cotton He will SOW peas after the
snail grain. ard plant or SOW peas IN
the corn. Thus he xii have a hundred
ceres In pess. He viii divide his hfty-
are icts by rrod hog proof wire
ferce~ Thus he will be able 70 ra4se
hogs frrm the cleaning % his small
grain ami pen fields BY pursuing that
plan eight wears be will bring his land
Up 70 4 0ale ~ cotton 10 the acre The
soil vii he eight 70 ten inches deep.
snd his fcrd crops will be very abun-
cant
Col AlfreI Aldrich. OF BaruwslI
county. plants h.s soru and cotton in
the same ne.i. He makes his rows
four fact wide ami plants two rows
OF cotton and two Of corn. He claims
that he makes about a. much cotton
to the acre by that plan a. his neigh
bors make on similar land planting al
cotton. His corn and peas are an extra
crcp. This year he planted a forty
acre lot in that way He has sold a..
Gad pounds Of ear corn az % cents q
hu. bel. rsserving enough To supply
his farm. He has pickle. 10000 pounds
Of seed cotton which will make about
900 pounds Of lint The corn sold
bought si00: NJ II cents the cotton is
worth $40. ard both crops are wortS
st.t10 II seems 10 US the he would
have maze more II he had planted the
two crops separately. But be is fully
convinced that the plan is best for
him and his land.
Il locks a. II enough bal been writ
ten on this subject 10 give all neces-
sary Information. But every week such
questions as these are asked. Shall
turn my pea stubble before sowing
small grain What shall do with pea
stHhb,e or weeds. on land intended for
corn or cotton next spring VIII il
pay To turn land IN cotton this year
WHERE I wish 20 plant cotton or corn
next spring. b. turning the land the
top soil : pEs on the bottom and the
bottom brought 10 the top. There can
be no advantage in that There Is pos
tive injury II the clay is brought 10 the
top. Never turn land unless there is
a heavy sod Ike clover or broom se,.ge
on IL, and then be sure to bring no
clay 70 the top. Do not turn pea stub
bic when preparing for small grain. Do
rot tIIru u on land to be planted in
cotton next spring Do not turn clean
land AZ any time What all clay lands
need IS pulverizing This can be well
done with the disc pillow when followed
by harrow The clay Is then mixed
with the soil. AID viii not harden and
bake when the rinter rains come Land
IN cotton this year. and intended for
corn or Gotten rext. may be broken and
suh-soiled. A good plan is to p,ow up
stalks with a two-horse ~middle-bust-
er" and follow with a sub-sotI pIow.
Then DO the same to the middle In
the spring the harrow will put the land
in fine condition for any crop. A good
plovman can take a tvo-horse pillow
and break land well without turning IL.
BY making a narrow cut two inches of
the clay may be broken and the top
soil edged up. The winter freeezes will
pulverize IT, But II the clay is put on
top. IL will harden and the land will be
in worse condition than IL IL had not
been plowed-CharIes Petty. in Pro-
gressive Farmer.