The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-16

In mind what has been said about shallow plant
Ing Trashy manure in the furrow may dry the
soil and interfere with n good termination ANY
coarse manure cottonseed that may be used
will do more good TO the crop put In a furrow
down the middles where the rambling roots will
and II at fruiting time. With only fertilizer in
the beds the termination will be better.
Early Cultivation of Cotton.-wherc cotton ha.
been planted and the soil In crusting 20 over
with weeder or light smoothing harrow cross
wise the rows. and the same treatment will save
much hoe work and prevent sore Skinned cotton
after the plants are above ground. For prevent
ing grass there Ia no practice that will do more
good than these early workings with tho wecdcr
take for granted that cotton farmers will GO,
the iwo-horse riding cultivators and save hands
and do the work far better than can hc done with
the old implements OF tho cotton field. Rcmem-
ber that cotton. like corn sends ts roots far and
wide across the rows. and tina; shallow and rapid
cultivation IL better than tearin. tho roots with
shovel plow and tha: the constant keeping of a
shallow loose surface or dust blanket. will pre-
the moisture where the roots need II; and
that big furrow thrown 20 tho pisn,s In not only
useless. but dries out the so! and ross tho plants
Of the needed moisture.
Keep Grass Out Of tho Young Corn.-Thc
weeder In also useful implement in tho corn
ways TIL the corn In several iachea high and thus
prevent graas tn tho hila 80 that furros viii
not be needed 10 cover IT.. In heavy soil use tho
smoothing harrow for this purpose and do no, be
afraid that tho corn will be seriously hurt II hurt
a; all. The only would make OF n turning
plow In the oorn-ned would be In the Gras cult
vation. Take onc-horse plow and take on the
mold board and run II deeply alongside tho ro~a
when the In iuss fairly started. and then
make all tho subsequent cultivation with tho rid
Ing cntivators whallo~Iy and rapidly
Tennessee farmer wrote that In his heavy
land II was necessary 10 a big double shovel
pow 10 the grass in the hills but II he
had used the smoothing harrow before tho
up and t~o three timcs after there
would have been no grass In tho hills TO need
Setting Toi,areo Ptant..-Therc IN an implc-
mcns In that saves grea, part os tho
labor OF setting tobacco pisn;a II carries n tank
barrel Of water. and TAO hoTs on tho machine
drop tho plants and the machine deposits Tho VA"
ter. thus doing the work far easier and more
rapidly than In tho old way. In tho present
scarcity Of labor must improved implc-
mcnis or &C., left
Then try at lran; part OF your tobacco
land level culture. and sec II you do not get as
large or larger crop than with tho iaborious hand
billing thai many practice. ! hase grown to-
bacco worked perfectly fiat. and never ho" In
the crop after planting and never aaw hilicd
crops any better.
Sowing Cowpca. Eariy.-where eowpeas are Ia
be soan for hay and soil Improvement they
should be sown comparatively early. or aa soon
AZ the soil II well warmed Early Sown peas
make "A greater vine growth than iats planted
II 10 be grown for seed ws would plant Ia
ter. say late In June. and In rows for cultivation
But II Is a question that needs experiment To md
out whether a larger crop OF seed can be hnd
from planting In rows or snwing broadcast WIN
the coming of nm effective ihresher II would seem
that II may be better TO SOW broadcast not over