The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-07
Professor Massey's
Editorial Page.
Farm Work for August.

E17 EFT THE PEAS GROW till the pods turn
M yellow and then there is 10 hay more easy
EA<5 TO cure well than cowpeas notwithstand-
ing all the talk about the difficulty In curing them
They will cure II you just let them. and do not
go to monkeying with all sorts of contrivances to
spoil them.
had letter to-day from farmer who said
that he would not have barn room for his pea
crop and wanted TO know II they would keep we'll
stacked He really answered his own question.
he said that q neEhbor had stacked some when
well wiled and limp. and they heated and steam
ed But TO HIS surprise. he found that they cured
perfectly II he had opened the stacks and tried
TO cool them OF. he would. doubtless have had
moldy hay.
Nov the peas in Tho morning and II possible
put teddcr behind the mower 20 keep them toss
ed up and hasten the w ing. Rake the morning
mo ing into windows that afternoon. Turn them
the mex; morning and let lie till afternoon while
cutting more. Cock them that afternoon. and
when the hay IN the cocks can be taken and twist
ed hard. and no sap runs 10 the twist. haul them
in, II to go into stacks, make the stacks we'll
and rake down the aides. but cover the tops 81
the stacks with straw dry hay This hay will
cure even II the stacks heat Put some rails IN
der the stacks TO keep tho hay OF the ground and
prevent It's ahsorng moisture from tho ground.
and you have as good hay as In the barn
IL stubbic ~ To DO Hnwn TO wheat or
oats. do not replow IL. for late ploaing A bad for
winter grain but simply disk II ahalowly. going
over and over both ~ays TO set the surface aac.
for the finer you make IL. tho better tho chance
for the crop. On red land apply TO tho grain only
u liberal amount Of acid phosphate. but gray
land add some muriatc Of potash. Tho pea roots
will give you all tho nitrogen needed by the small
grain crop.
Sow oats In early September. but keep tho land
narrowed for wheat till there has been light
white frosi before sowing. for early whoa,
is liable 10 be attacked by tho Heaaian ny.
II you intend to crimson clover after the
peas. a harrow lightly over tho s,ubblc 10
slightly freshen the ground and nt,ccn
pounds OF seed per the last OF this month or
early September. II tho land In dry and level. IL
will be well TO roll after sowing But would not
roll land that is steep and liable to wash. for the
roller will inevitably leave loose places luto
which the water will run and start gulllca.
You crimson clover late this month
among III. corn. among watormslons canta-
ioupes and get good stand without any propara-
ton. a the crops will shade the young plants.
II you have seed OF your own. and there In no
clover huler 10 clean them you thrcah them
out and SOW in the rough. but SOW forty pounds
instead OF fifteen OF clean seed. The hua will re-
tain moisture and often n better stand can be
had from sowing In the rough.
Get the clover seed ms soon as possible, Tor the
crop is small this year and the price wi bo sure
10 advance. and IN now higher than usual. The
rains Mt sced harvest time here damaged tho crop
OF seed badly. and the crop In Delaware Is smaller
than ever while the hay crop was fine.
Keep the culfivators going Ehallo~ly through
the corn as long you can get through, | passed
neld yesterday. where farmer had failed to
keep his corn clean by rapidly going through with
harrow and weeder when tho weeds were just ger-
minating, and he had "A couple Of plows running