The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-30

HMMd Md3H4i@ama& & " ~ GEl ElHN Hm RWmHgl 1 to lay by" the roots are as near the surface as they can find moisture, and when we put the fertilizer deep enough 1 Tor It to do it's best work we are sure 70 destroy many of the roots which are doing good work. Of last cultiva- ton. given to leave the ground cover ed with dust mulch. does not need
 to be so deep as one which must cover a fresh application of fertilizer.
 | Yesterday we received a letter from correspondent in Northern Mississ- sippi who says: T have some corn
 planted on clay soil which will not
 make more than fifteen bushels per
 acre. How can l fertillze it? How Will II do to use cotton seed meal? If
 it VIII do to use it. how much should
 be used, and at what stage of growth
 and cultivation should IL be applied? In such case as this, where fertfl- izer is so greatly needed and where l none has been used, we would apply some at once. Good strong stalks
 must be grown before good yield of ears can be produced. and the sooner
 the stalks are stimulated into vigor-
 ous growth the better the chance for a good yield. So late in the season as this it is useless to apply anything
 but quick-acting fertilizer, and if | applied at once it can be put very
 close to the row and sufficiently deep with very little Injury to the roots. | We would, as as ourA correspondent
 suggests, use cotton seed meal We do
 not think 1t would pay to use any other fertilizer so late.
 The best way we have found to ap-
 ply cotton seed meal to growing corn or cotton is to use a seed planter
 which has an agitator which will pre- vent the meal from banking In the
 sides of the box. and so will distribute
 an even supply. Run this close to one | side of each row Running it on both sides of each row would be better, but
 would double sthe work and the gain
 would not be likely to pay for the ad
 ditional labor. Probably two hundred pounds per acre is as much as will be profitable at this time.
 And now we want to preach a little. If our correspondent had planned his work well he would have had peas or some other fertilizing crop on this
 land last year. and then would have
 had his land in better condition. at less
 expense than possible now. If the land had some other crop on 1t so that peas could not be grown, he should
 have sowed it with mixed oats and | vetch after the other crop was harvest
 ed. That mixture does we'll on- the clay soils of Northern Mississippi, and
 Is worth as much as a heavy coat of SIdpie manure tHOugn the seed costs only about $1 an acre It pays, and I pays well, to plan crops year or two before they are planted, and to pre- pare the ground accordingly.--S M
 Tracy in Commercial Appeal
 Take a Vacation.
 With the harvest and having over
 the farmer should take time to plan
 an outing for himself and family. Both are entitled to this after the hard summers work. The city business man always plans for his annual vacation,
 why not the farmer? In my opinion
 there Is no outing that will, at the
 same time. give the farmer the needed l rest and contribute so much to his
 fund of information as wlI week at
 the state fair with his family He can | arrange with some house at the city
 where the, fair is held to rent him
 small tent to house himself and fami-
 ly. and they can enjoy a weeks camp | at very little expense. He can, if he | desires, make quite a study of the var
 ious livestock exhibits, and, by mixing
 with the exhibitors, learn much that will be of lasting benefit to him. He
 can see all the new improvements in farm machinery. If he wishes to learn
 how to judge the show animals. he
 may stand by the ring side and see
 the horses or~cattle lined up for the
 inspection of the judge. Let him try
 in his own way to select what he>con-
 siders the pest one If he makes a wrong selection he can compare 1t
 with the one that took the prize, and
 see wherein he was wrong The judge
 will gladly show him. If he so desires
 If a breeder of good stock he can com
 pare what he sees with what he has ! at home with much profit.
 A weeks study In this way Is an education in itself. and he will go home with many new ideas that may be of great value to him. If he is a farmer who has been unmindful of what kind of stock he has been growing, he may go home and discard the old brindle COW replacing her with one that will make more butter in a year than his six or eight have been doing If feeder Of beef cattle he may be able, after his visit. to see the difference between scrub and a calf that will make baby beef worth eight or nine cents per pound. In fact, this has many times been the turning point in mans career making him a better farmer in many ways.-A. J. L. In Farming.