The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-08

usually insure heavy growth of peas
n also greatly help the wheat fol
towing. The cOWDea crop should be
cut into the land with the disc har-
row, and not plOWed down previous
TO seeding rs wheat. When ploWed
down 1t IS not possible to secure the
hrm seed bed which wheat requires,
and much Of the nitrogen gathered by
the peas is lost by the roots being
turned on to the surface. Land which
has been We'll and deeply broken and
finely prepared for the pea crop will
be in good order for wheat when the
crop is cut in with the disc, and the
vegetable matter not buried will act
as a surface mulch to the crop and
largely prevent winter killing. None
OF the Southern States grow 1000 600
acres of wheat. Virginia, which grows
the most, has his year only $4,000
acres, and ought to have at least twice
that area. To feed our OWn people
We need to produce 100000 bush
els per year, and do not make it; and
all the other Southern States are still
further behind meeting their OWn
consumption.
The latest reports from the cotton
planting sections would seem to lndi-
cate hat a good deal OF land Which
it what expected would be planted in
cotton, is being put into corn. The
advance of the boil Weevil northWard
is a menac which planters are 10Th
to tackle, and this, coupled with the
lower price for which the last crop
has sold. and the great in the
price of corn has, no doubt, had much
to do with this change of purpose.
We are not sorry to see this change
Of crop. We "a always regretted
the sh~ortsighted policy Of Southern
cotton planter in growing cotton to
and their cams. 1t has been
antly proven that corn can be pro-
duced in the South of better quallty
tina Western corn. ana with a great
er yield per acre, and at a cost OF from
fifteen to twenty cents per buShel.
Surely, When it costs from eighty cents
to a dollar to buy a buShel or corn
the West, which it has done Tor
some time past, it is the height OF
madness going on produce
from a halt to th~ree-uuarters OF a
bale of cotton per acre, worth at pres
ent prices from. $500 to $3.50, when
it is just as easy to make nifty push.
of corn to the acre at a cost OF
$50 to $1,000 per acre, ana
worth on the market from $500 TO
5000, and which corn the over
are bound to have to keep themselves
and their teams alive. The curtall-
of the area planted III cotlon VIII
make if easier to give better atten-
to that which is planted, and thus
bring the production nearer up 10 d
TO the acre. which Will make It's
production profitable at present prl-
and this profit will be a cleaI
gain. as it Will not haNe TO De puio
out for corn and meat supplies. Inc
.ry weather we had in May has, we
fear. caused cotton and not to be
as good as might be wished, ana the
plants are small, and needing MOIST
.re to push them on for choppIlS -
, stand. In some sections much mas
yet TO be planted. h should nave
immediate attention, now, that we
nave had rain. and that Already plant-
I'd should have frequent cultivation
to growth. AS soon as
Iaree enough chop to a stand, ana
nus Get rid of the surplus plants,
which are consuming plant food when
he plants left to make the crop VIII
At the last working OF me
.rop SOW crimson clover 10 make q
for the land IN winter, ana sup
DIV humus and nitrogen to the SOL.
There is vet a good deal OF corn
. he planted, as the dry weather IN
many sections brought plantlnS 70 d
;tandstlll in the middle OF May: inns
have Immediate attention, as
he white corn ought to be all planted
" the tenth Of June. if possible eA-
ont if NAV be on the river low
rounds. where il may be planted up
q the middle of the month. AFTER
time it IS safer to plant selloW
ORR. which may be done up to the
of the month, with a certainty OF
naking a crop fully matured, it the
season be normal. Corn planted IN
he early part of May is ooking
,eaIthy, though it has not grown 1ast,
wing to the dry weather n colo
lights. Cultivation should be ire
,lent and shallow to push the growth.
1on't Let a crust get formed on the
14rface to waste moisture: we nave
zone TOO much in the ground, as the
ainfall in most of the South has been
normal al the spring. ~ lne
asst working sew cOWpeaS or OWped
nd crimson clover, or crimson clover
lone. We are much impressed with
ba nract:ce of sowing both coWpea
nd crimson clover. and letting the
die down on the an "
t,ada and nrotect the crimson clover.
have reports of excellent stanos
a.;,,con clover secured in this way.