The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-14
E. W. SCHULTZ, EYE sPEeIAIIsT
AGRICULTURAL
Corn.


 bugs destroyed most of the wheat and oats, so that this increased, or would have increased, largely the acreage of corn, but continued rains and scarcity of labor will make 1t impossible for the farmers to get this acreage planted in time In Arkansas the conditions are better, though here, too, the crop is late and a poor stand as a rule.
 In Colorado and Kansas the corn crop has heen bitten down by frost, and in many sections as many as three plantines have been made and yet no stand. The crop in Missouri is a little above the average so far as a stand Is concerned, though Missouri has suffered from cold and wet weather also. On my own seed farms I have with the second planting succeeded in securing a perfect stand of corn, though it Is late and suffering for hot weather. In the corn belt of Illinois and Indiana there is yet a large acreage i, not planted, or even broken. In these states poor stand is the rule In Ten nessee where the crop should be knee high there are yet many acres of the best creek and river bottom corn lands un- broken and man yacres yet to plant, that is, If the soil ever becomes dry and worm enough for planting. The cold nights are retarding the growth of the corn crop in al lsections
 Cotton.
 
 The outlook for cotton crop is even more gloomy than that for corn. The crop is small, a poor stand, and the soil foul and water soaked.
 In many sections of Texas and Okla homa as many as three plantings have been made and yet no stand secured. Very few acres of the crop have been worked over and where the crop was chopped out to a stand 1t has been killed by the cold, wet weather
 In Texas and Oklahoma the crop should now be in bloom in many sections where it has not yet been worked over the first time. The supply of seed has been exhausted in many sections. There is not much promise in the crop in any section Just now.
 Wheat.
 The soft red winter wheat crops of Missouri, Tennessee. Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Mary land now promise a good average yield. though the crop in many sections is threatened with her rust, and unless more favorable weather conditions appear soon much of this crop will become badly damaged by the rust. In fact 1t Is going to be a rush between rust and ripening of many sections of the soft red winter wheat belt.
 The green bugs practically destroyed the Texas crop and greatly reduced the 1 yield in Oklahoma Tn Kansas the crop l has suffered great damage by both cold, dry weather and the green bug.
 Our dependence now for wheat seems l to be centered in the soft winter wheat l belt of the eastern states, and on the 1 spring wheat of the west.
 1 there was a large acreage of this spring wheat sown, especially in Colorado, where the crop is very promising, and where conditions are most unfavorable for the best development of this variety of wheat. As a number of mills have been builded lately, equipped for making first class flour from this kind of wheat, this va- riety may in fact promises, to become a great acquisition to our bread stuffs, and it may also figure largely in controlling prices of flour in the future. Oats.
 The crop Is practically worthless, or so near a failure in the sections where I have been that it is hardly worth con- sidering.
 Fruit and Vegetables. The fruit crop is almost an entire fail ure in all sections. I find more fruit of various kinds-apples, peaches, berries and grapes, in Arkansas than in any other sections visited. Sections of Okla homa have some fine peaches. The veg etable crop Is fairly good in most sec- tions. The cool wet waether being favor able to a large line of our vegetable crops The markets In all cities where I hay been seem to be pretty well sup piled with good line of vegetables. Tex as potatoe growers have made some money out of their early potatoes.
 Timely Suggestions. In view of the probabilities of short crop in most lines 1t would be well for farmers everywhere to plant good acre. age to June corn, COW peas and sorghum and a good line of millets. Also to pre- pare q good acreage for sowing winter rye and winter barley, for winter pas turage. The prospect Is that all feedstuffs will bA high next winter. and not only this, hut unless our cotton crop improves greatly from what 1t now promises, many cotton farmers will be short of means for buying feed for their stock, hence the importance of growing every crop possible that will furnish feed right on our own farms.
 With an abundance of good hay and winter pasture, stock can be wintered through at minimum cost.
 Weather Extremes. Our readers should keep in mind that weather extremes are likely to vary, one extreme followed by reverse conditions, othat we may reasonably expect fine late, favorable fall for maturity and for saving a large line of forage crops.
 Expecting a fine fall season we have provided an ample supply of seed peas, sorphum, millet and weet corn for fod- der and I shall continue to plant these up to middle of July, after which l shall on or about August SOW all my lands to winter rye and winter barly.
 Last August l sowed a few bushels of winter rye around in places that did not expect to cultivate this year, and this rye has furnished not only fine winter pas ture, but has given me a fine crop Of hay and this hay has come off in time so that I can use the land and can pro- duce another big crop of hay by sowing COW peas and sorphum. This second crop of hay will come off in ample time so that I can SOW the land again to rye for pasture the coming winter. In this age of civilization and of agricultural educa- tion there is no excuse whatever for any farmer having hungry or lousy stock on his farm.
 Time Wasted.
 Only a few days ago I visited a large stock farm. When I reach the farm 1 found the owner with four grown men | engaged in greasing lot of poor calves so poor indeed, that they had but little power of resistance. Now, if these calves had been provided with plenty of winter pasture they would have kept fat and nice; would have come through winter clean of lice, and not only that, but in- stead of loosing all they gained in flesh last summer, they would have come through with gain. The farmer who reads this paper and puts into practice ~Iv. L