The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-14

ed in checks. Some OF these drawback. 80
more serious than they are. because checkin. :.
tare In the South and those who have not ses. d
done successfully conclude that IT Is impo.ih.
Here and there corn is checked with succe~ I.
the South. and under conditions which 9th,
farmers say make checking corn impracticahl.
Corn IL grown cheaply when checked: ana !.
somewhat smaller crop would make Al mat
money AZ n larger crop grown by a more expe~
svc method.
Why Narrowing IL 30 Hcipfui-The VILLAS.
son method OF corn growing has its advocate.
but Il remains TO DO learned whether the nn.
amour, OF plan, food and labor used by Nor.
common methods will no, &c, "a large a yield. II
not n larger one. Food the crop must, have: A.
cultivation makes plan; food tha, Ia no, y, av,u.
able turn into available forms. In other words
a good cultivation IL something of a substitute
for fertilizer. and working the soil well bsfor,
tho crop comes up Ia another substitute. That II
ono reason tia, narrowing corn 10 10 helpful. Il
makes grass and weeds sprou; and then kilh
them. but II also prepares food for the crop. and
tha; ID tho important ,hlng. Tho cry viii 70 ID
tina; so much working Of tho soil IL expensive:
hut that ~lil depend on whether tho work.
sns Ia Of an expensive or an inexpensive
Kind - men or by mules. Working x!,h mules
can be made expensive. too. II tho implements
arc OF = kind tina, ono MUS, keep going around
end around tho ro~. instead OF a kind that will
hnish one ro~ or one middle at each trip across
tho acld. Much cultivation a, 40 small an -
pcnsc that tho cultivation can be repeated ire
aucasly should DO tho aim OF tho corn grower.
Flat Cultivation NJ Ridsrs.-when tho corn Il
cultivated In ridxca more surface In exposed for
tho sun and air To draw moisture from: aud the
sulo vii DO that II the previous working OF the
sn.l has been what II ahould have been. DAT cult.
sasion ~iil be better. sun. this 10 conditional. Il
should DO noted. For tho same reason tina, cult.
sastnE n crop In ridges IL detrimental. planting
In narrow beds 10 detrimental Ia dry weather
II dries out moro than In good for the crop. Deep
p'o~inE would oc worth more than narrow beds.
provided tho Geld II other wise well drained. In
the opinion OF tho writer: but there arc many
good. practical ucn who hold the oppo~itc view.
and only the future viii show whether all cannot
succeed BY methods by which a fow arc succeed
IE nov.
II Cossoa a. Good . Moary ~Crop.-There are
many years when cotton farmers make no money:
but who can point 10 y year when corn raised By
Fat'onal methods did not pay n reasonable pronts
There In always a markc, for II. and bears do not
manipulate tho markc, To the iosa of the grower.
Tho market II found right on ones own farm aud
on tho surrounding farms Bears canno, mix up
With II. When tho stotcr II saved by rational
'ncshods-aos By pulling shc lcavc.-shc stovce
has ~ much fcrd value ~ shc grain: and tho
south h slow 10 realize this. II that idea 10
made ono of the working rules OF tho farm man.
aEcsncnt. 1, will not DO dinicait to see how a corn
crop will Yield more net profit than a cotton crop.
More no, pron,. mind you; We do not care for the
Eroan pront. II In the money that a farmer can
lay away that no should b. Interested In. A cot
Ton crop makes a biz income. but tho big outgo
10 right there beside tho big income. With corn
under good management. there In relatively more
pront loft behind: 80 much profit that. while corn
VIII not replace cotton as the great Southern
crop. II ought to DO u close second and help to
make cotton raising more gainfui. At least.
there viii DO none to dispute that the raising OF