The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-13


cry time they put the harrow over
the field they are adding bushels to
| the crop. l want. to still further en-
phasize this for October is the time
for doing this. From North Carolina
southward 1 would defer sowing
wheat till after, there has been
light white frost, and in, the meantime
keep the harrow going on the land.
If wheat is following on a pea
stubble or after corn or tobacco, do
not re-plow the soil deeply, but let
| 1t remain settled from the earlier
| plowing so that the capillarity of the
lower soil will be undisturbed, while
| you make a dust blanket over the
top to retain the rising moisture. In
dry fall field that is left to lie
| rough-plowed and dry out will have
! hard time to germinate the seed,
| while one that has been kept con-
stantly narrowed will have plenty of
moisture. and October in the South
| is apt to be very dry month
The amount of wheat to be sown
per acre will depend on the fertility
of the soil. On strong clay loam we'll
suited to wheat the plants will tiller
or spread more than on thin soil, and
less seed need be used AS an aver
age amount 1 would say five pecks,
but on thin land would SOW six to
seven pecks.
Sow oats as soon as possible
am satisfied that the best result in the
oat crop will be had from sowing in
September, at least as far north as
North Carolina. South of this Octo-
Der will do very well. Then, too, if
you have oats, for seed that are thor
oughly famed and cleaned Of trash
and cheat seed, you can sow the crop
better with the hoe wheat drill than
in any other way. This will put the
seed in deeper and at uniform
depth far better than any broad
cast sowing, and. the little fur
rows will fill in and protect the
crop in winter just as weIl as the So
called open furrow method and will
make heavier crops, But. as with
wheat, make the soil fine and we'll
settled. for there iiI more winter kill-.
ing from sowing in a. loose and badly
prepared Soil than from any other
cause. ~,a-.,-,. ...-,.., >.s....
Put the Gotten under shelter. In
most parts of the South crimson Glow
er can still be- sown among the cot
ton, and will give "a winter cover, a
place to use the manure spreader all
winter and something to turn under
In the spring that will give you a
heavier corn crop. If you cannot get
clover seed to sow. at least sow rye
and save the fertility that would be
washed out in the winter from bare
soil.
Get the cotton out Of the field as
fast as possible and get it baled, and
then do not rush it to market, bat
keep 1t under cover and market as
the price suits. There is always q
large amount of weak" cotton grown
by choppers, which depresses the mar
ket In the fall. Wait till that rush is
over, but do not leave your bales out
doors on the ground to get damaged.
Get 1t under shelter, and if there is a
warehouse near you where you can
store 1t, do so and take the receipts
Trade the cottonseed for meal and
hulls If you can get fair exchange,
and then determine that you will feed
these in addition to the pea hay and
shredded stover and make manure for
your corn next spring. What a diff
renee We would see on Southern
farms If the cottonseed meal, pea hay
and corn stover were all fed on the
land that produces them!
1t would be easy to grow as much
cotton as ever on one-third the area
while having beef and pork to sell
| and farms growing richer instead of
poorer and less of the farmers money
going into the pockets of the fertjJi-
zer trust.-Prof. Massey in Progress.
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