The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-14
a Close Second for Cotton as a Money Crop, and Could be
Big Profits by Proper Farming.

cases. be run over the corn before the young
plants get out Of the ground. and even later
jus; az long a. the corn Ia not injured too much
by such working. The young grass and weeds
will be easily killed and a crust IL not allowed
TO form over the young corn plants to make II
hard for them TO get out OF the ground. Fur
%thcrmore. this stirring Of the soil prevents evapo-
ration OF moisture from tho land. In the hands
OF a careless workman a team OF mules and q
harrow can do much damage TO corn after II In
out of tho ground. Suppose a thou shslcas work
man permits corn-s,alks to catch In tho harrow
and DRAG GU, the young corn row after row. Such
a thing has been done more than once. bu, such
a laborcr 10 not OF for tho work. The writer
knows OF ono good farmer who thinks II pays
him TO plant corn considerably thicker than he
wants Il TO grow. 20 that hc can harrow II over
and over az often az he lskcs. uproo,lnE part of
tho young crop. bu, leaving enough for a good
stand. while hs plan has iss drawbacks. I, also
han i's good potnis.
shallow Cultivation Good for Cn~u and Team.
Corn IL a scry shallow rooted plant. Most of
Tia feeding roots arc near Tho surface Of the coll.
Roots aso feed only 4, their ends: and when
they arc cut OF they cannot noasssh tho plant
much TN Dos feeding hairlske roots pat out 10
gather the food. These facts sho~ that deep cu,.
usasion dursax tho carly life of Tho crop may not
TO Injurious. While deep cultivation laicg. ~hrr
Tho roots have spread across from row 10 row
near The surface OF tho soil. cut OF tho roots
lust al tho time tho crop needs TO bc scd vol.
Tho not make the work s,ock do unnecessary hard
~otA By running tho eu',irasinx Implement, deep
or than 10 necessary 10 keep tho esound clean.
Sosac growers act A. though shcy thought they
would lar by the corn veil II they rua tho eui,,.
sasinE .mpforsonss deep. and this means that
they arc laying hy tho crop By cutting .s roots
OIL. YET cultivation must DO deep enough 10 xiii
grass and weeds. cren l! tho corn roots arc pranea
on.
Learn = Proper HoxAtioa.-cora should no, BIO
raised on Tho satnc land year after yoar. for srx
cral Fcasoaa II II n rank feeder. aud tho land
should have raised sotuo xraAa crop. or a crop OF
clover or pcaa. 10 put IL In tho condition for
making a largo yield OF corn. II In rare. indeed.
that those who do not rotate their crops shiak II
pays thcm 10 raise corr, Tho question so-a
further than To supply tho corn with plant food
when corn In raised on tho samo land rear after
year. insect enemies Got To making their homes
In Tho land: and they arc there TO destroy tho
noas crop a. far an they can. Dcprcdasious from
issect1 are accepted by tho average farmer la
much the same way tina, rains and dsou,hs ar,
ON tho superstition tha, these shinxa arc srus by
nature and that man can do nothing about them
has IN" farmer can rcas assured that II b.. raiaca
corn on tho same land year after y-ar he In turn
ihE bis hcld into a hatchery OF enemies that atti
dosoar his crop: and this iniury is far more &C.
fiona than generally supposed. II the crop ao-a
iot do we'll. the matter In dismissed With tho sup.
position ,ha, tho weather or the soil was unfa vor.
able. Tho corn grower should certainly b. n
grower OF clover or peas. aud ono of ,hcac crops
ahon'd be grown on the land tho nrss year pro
ccding the corn.
Shall ! Plant In Chccks--Ths tim. VIII come
In the South when corn viii DO planted In ch.cks
and cultivated both ways. as II In In tho great
corn States, Many things may contribute to
make this imprac,icabie Iow. bu, somc Of ,h.xe
things can be done away with by a man who
goes nj II right Very shallow piowing that In
broadcast or blowing In narrow beds make II i'm. |