Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29

(From the Raleigh, n. c., Progress
sive Farmer)
a. Tho Soiliup plat -

strawberry patch-when one has
learned its value he cHn scarcely do
without it. This should not be neg
lected by any one with even one COW
and horse. This green feed comes in
time when most needed March
and April--and will last all summer
if properly managed
A Prepare the land deep and pulver-
be the surface we'll, working thor
~6ughly into the soil good stable ma
nure and fertilizer. Have 1t as near
the barn as possible, and get it ready
as soon in September as you can.
Now, the next thing Is what to
sow-for quality, quantity and last
ing the longest. Winter rye, Appler
or black oats, crimson and red clo-
yer we find to make the best green
feed and last the longest OF anything
we have tried. The rye will be ready
to cut and feed in early March. By
the time the rye is cut off and fed,
the oats and crimson clover will be
ready to give you an excellent cu
ting Of the most nutritious feed TO
all farm stock. After this the red
clover will continue on through the
summer.
y
Breaking the land for the fall
growing of small grains, and also
frequently for the sowing of peas, is
often delayed or rendered more diff
cult by the hard conditiin OF the
soil at these seasons. Even though
it be possible to plow the land, it
may break up into large clods in
such way as to render the secur-
ing Of proper seed bed difficult and
expensive. In such cases the fol-
lowing method will often completely
ksolve the difficulty: First, disk the
T7and once or twice, or as often as is
necessary to cut up the top surface,
which will also best dispose of any
trash" which may be on the land;
then break the land to the desired
depth and stop plowing soon enough
each forenoon and evening to thor
oughly harrow that which has been
broken that same morning or after
noon. By this method land that
would otherwise break up into clods,
will usually be pulverized by the
smoothing harrow.
1t Is much more difficult and ex-
pensive task to pulverize clods with
the disk after they have been turned
up than before the land has been
broken. Moreover, the use of the
smoothing harrow, "a suggested, be-
fore the clods have dried out, will
be much more effective than under
the usual practice of blowing the
whole field before it is narrowed.
Selecting Seed Corn.
Selecting seed corn should be done
after the ears have thoroughly ma
tured and before cold weather ap-
proaches. If possible, selections
should only be made from healthy
vigorous growing stalks on which
the leaves and tops have been allow
ed to remain until the full maturity
of the plants. If the ears are har-
vested by hand, in the usual way,
then let the seed corn be selected
from the field just before this opera
ton, and select ears from stalks
which are bearing the most shelled
corn per stalk, as such seed, when
planted, will lead to better yields.
Any method of seed selection that
does not take the plant as whole
= into consideration is not going to
lead to the best results; for the
stalk and leaves, which are the man
ufactory of the plant, determine to
a considerable extent the size and
quality of the ears. In all our re-
suits it has been observed that those
arieties which have generally been
the best yielders are those which
produce more than one ear per stalk.
Ears of medium length and size are
preferable to the long and large
4Aes, because the latter were gene
rally either produced on stalks that
bore but one ear, or else on stalks
that grew on some fertile spot in
the field, neither of which tends to
hn nl lr
grown on average land will do better
planted on land of medium fertility
than will seed from corn grown on
rich land for the same reason that
stock accustomed to poor conditions
will do better on an inferior pasture
than stock accustomed to more ia
fOrable surroundings.
Try an Acre Like This.
|.ika You may be surprised at the num-
l1SSer of fruit plants you can place on
an acre. You should not limit your
self to an acre, but here is a list for
that much ground:
IA plum trees, set 15X15 feet.
% peach trees, set 15x15 feet.
IA Japan persimmOn trees, set
15X15 feet.
16 apple trees, set 26X2O feet.
16 pear trees, set 26X2O feet.
20 fig bushes, set 12X10 feet.
so blackberriCs, set AKA feet.
so dewberries, set AKA feet.
20 bunch grapes, set 10x10 feet.
l ,050 strawberry plants, Go rows)
set feet b. foot.
This is q total, all told. of $50
Strawberries and 228 other plants
and trees. No provision has been
made for the pecans and muscadine
grapes. These should be provided