The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-23

Already (July ID have founo rent CTS who have laid by their cotton ana corn and entered upon the enJoymene of a vacation season. Of course It IS too early to discontinue the cultivation of cotton, especially since much of 1t IS undersize, and since recent shoWery weather has given new impulse 70 the growth of grass.
 After no more work remains 10 ne done in the cultivation of corn and cotton there are patches of sweet po- tatoes and peanuts to be freed from grass and protected against drought by the formation of an earth mulcn Tn the fields from which they must draw their supply of moisture.
 It will pay better to devote some labor to cutting and curing hay on wet spots, unctltivated areas. or even or ditch banks than to reduce the yield of corn by pulling fodder. oi course if there is no such opportunity to cut hay on one's own farm or on shares on a neighbors farm, there may be need to pull fodder as the oniy way to lay in a supply of forage for the workssock. Even If corn is the only available plant from which to secure n sunpiy of roughness it Is ques- lion whether 1t will pay better to pull fodder or to cut and shock the corn. If shredder is available the iatter / course is advisable, otherwise, cannot rAoommend the cutting, shocking and hand pulling of the ears from the cut stalks. and the subsequent storing or the bulky uncut stover
 There should b9 no further delay Tn fitting a patch for ruta bagas, common turnips, and fall Irish potatoes. As seed potatoes it is best to use the small tubers of the spring crop. planting them without cutting, or ns some rec. ommend with a small section cut from onessde. under the doubtful assump- ton that this latter course makes the tubers sprout better. Better than this is to expose the tubers for some days or weeks in a lighted room ana then 10 bed them in soil or straw, kept con stantly moist Thus sprouts are en- couraged and only sproutcd tubers are planted, the others remaining m the bed until sprouts develop nave nao considerable trouble from the rotting g If tubers. while being sprouted. the novarinr being of earth, ana hence 1 incline 10 the use of straw, provided fhis car be kept sufficiently moist. From July goth to August lOtn, may pc regarded as the desirable period TOT placing the sprouted potatoes In the drills where they are to grow. hence inc tubers should be sprouted imme- diately. Planting Is done in deep fur rows which at first are only partially filled. additional soil being workeo ih as the young plants grow.
 It is not too late to set Bermuoa grass and this can be done when the ground is too wet for any other WorN Tn casI cowpeas or sorghum or soy heans can not be had for sowing on all unoccupied land. German miilet can ha sown on rich land throughout July A crop of hay should be ready Within aeyenty-fiv days, and this may De tns means of avoiding fodder pulllng Ins German millet crop should pc cus pe
 
 not ha fed on this forage for more thar tu,o months in successions Then aItei an interval of a month on some otnei forage they can again be supplied "i'i
 --Naiculture becomes more al, yersihee-Nnere is an lncredsins neSo for the breaking of land In summer a work that is so heavy on teams tha' r weSlook eagerly for some inventive Ge' nius to patent a motor blow Of smaL aixe and cost and driven by gasoline kerosene, or denaturized alcohol. Wha is needed is comparatively hsht m m rlement of say four to six horse pow er. for the steam blowing outhts us,,ally of fifteen to twenty-four horse nower are too expensive. too heavy and reouire field' of too large size t( ba generally practicable.
 while most of the fencing and build trg will naturally be postponed un stI winter. the present Is the time t6 nrovide fences around corn fields 1T ,vhich the farmer may desire to utll Ize the peas or other foods by pastur ing hogs or other animals. The road being so much better now than In win tar if may be advantageous in som' ~asas to get ahead on hauling, for ex sonla by laying in stock of wood haulinS materials for buildings, etc
 If is not too early to send for sect catalogues with view to selecting aeed for fall sowing
 Esnecially should the purchase O h,rr clover be made at an early date Tbis legume, so valuable for pastur a~e ana for soil Improvement need "a he sown earlier than any other for age plant, August being none to- SsrIv. Prices on vetch seed shoul s1so he obtained. It is to be hope she. the prices heretofore prevailini Sor this valuable legume, which hay kaan aIomst prohibitive, will be great 1y reduced this year, for the tarin o thirty per cent. on these seed has bee <~ernoved and they will hereafter b admitted free of duty. Practically tn
 nttrs sunply comes from Europe, an there ia always danger that the see nnsv reach seedsmen and farmers to iete for best results in the fall For tunately, vetch seed year old appea to he about as good as fresh seed. An ctbar kind of seed that should be pur ah ha sown like turnips on rich land i September.
 Attempts to Poison the Boil weeviI
 Cotton farmers east of the Missis sippi have never been reused to th near approach of the danger tha threatens them in the boil weevil.
 often hear remarks to the etfect ths sT don't believe that 1t will live here aSoroehody will find some insect destroy it." "Farmers will learn ho to noison the boil weeviL" For nun Der of years the latter l hope has bee .Io9 and hundreds of carloads paris Green have been used with u
 annraI verdict of useless or nearly 8 Entomologists have made repeat: eat. scientific and praetle,s sns,e ana % are W aIoo'