The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-01-19

der why they have so light a crop OF
hay.
The government report on the corn
crop of 1905 is out and makes grand
total of 2, 707, 89S, $40 bushels, with In
diana leading In average yield per acre
-4O.7 bushels. 1t is one of the largest
corn crops ever produced In the coun-
Try.
The Campbell system Of dry farm
Ing" which is being most successfully
applied to the dry lands of western
Nebraska and Kansas. Is making lands
heretofore rated as almost worthless
for agricultural purposes worth S25 per
acre just for the growing Of winter
wheat.
A variety Of alfalfa specially adapt
ed to dry lands is being developed In
the west and II success, as 1t bids
fair to be, will be Of immense advan-
tage to that section. 1t matters but
little what other conditions may be. II
alfalfa can be grown successfully, right
there is sure to be rich country.
A good many years ago, when the
country was new. we always made a
practice of burning off piece Of wild
prairie during June in order to get a
nice lot of young grass Of the second
growth for the late summer feed. With
the tame grasses the same result Is OBJ
tanned by the moving for hay In July.
Beer kegs and cream cans represent
two distinct types of agricultural CIV
ilization all through the west, and the
desirability of any town for residence
location can be accurately determined
by ascertaining whether there are more
cans of cream shipped out from the de-
pot than there are kegs Of beer shipped
In.
One Of the new and interesting facts
Of the year is that Europe takes 6,0OO.-
600 bushels Of macaroni wheat grown
In this country, the first wheat Of this
sort which has ever been exported from
the United States. Another good thing
about this Is that this wheat was raised
upon land In this country which was
not counted fit for cultivation FIVE
years ago.
The changed conditions which make
the farmer wholly dependent upon the
local butcher for his supply of meat is
all wrong. No man can afford to sell
animals at wholesale prices and buy
his meat at retail prices. Every man
should make his own salt and smoked
meats and by cooperation with two
or three neighbors supply himself with
all the winters fresh meat
Don't get the notion because you live
out In the country that it is out of
your line to be an intelligent voter.
The country needs the votes Of its
gives rise to most of the political rot
tenness which curses the present age.
Your forefathers saved the country by
leaving the pillow In the fields and car
rying the musket to war. You can do
a like service by leaving your pillow or
corn husking and casting your vote for
clean men and clean political methods.
The cornfield has good many pests,
though probably not any SO destructive
as the blights or rust which often
devastates the oat and wheat fields.
There are, to start with, the gopher, the
crow and the cutworm, which three
will often work to greatly injure the
stand Of the corn. Then there are the
wire worm and the root worm, the
crow again as the corn begins to hard
en- and the bad work Of the field mice
after corn is shocked. The blackbird
pest has, however. mostly disappeared. |
Then there is the work Of rats and mice |
In the cribs, the fact being that some
thing or other Is after a part Of the |
corn crop nearly all the time.
The question Of vigor In seed corn Is |
a matter to which little attention has
been paid, while as matter Of fact 1t |
is Of just as much importance as is the |
same quality In the breeding Of our do |
nestle animals. There is lots of seed |
corn which will terminate. but which |
is SO lacking In strength and vigor that |
It can never under any circumstances
make healthy and productive stalk |
Of corn Such seed produces those |
stalks which never mature an ear of |
corn and which are as a matter Of fact |
the worst weeds In the cornfeld, for |
they rob the more vigorous stalks Of |
moisture, light, fertility and sunshine |
and besides scatter lot of their |
worthless pollen to further degrade the
field. Seed corn which can only just |
barely make live Of 1t is even worse
than that which will not terminate at
all.
The Introduction of the farm sepa-
rator is working out complete revolu-
ton In the creamery and dairy bust
ness all through the west. With the
farm separator 1t is easily possible to
secure high grade of cream from the |
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