The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-03
Farm and Garden Work for july.

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aad throwing the earth away from one side Of
each Tow. Then they will come back and throw
the SOIL back 10 that side and "bar-og" as they
call A. On the other side and return that earth
too. to the row. Here Is going four times In each
row space. when a wccder would have gone over
ToSs al time and enabled them 20 get over
The corn before any grass had time 10 get weu
Started man and a mule going four times IA
each ro~. when be could have done all the corn
needed 10 one-cighth OF the time And / saw In
another state where greater crops are grown than
wAers they bar-oT the corn. men cultlvatng the
corn. hath aides OF az so!ng through
$40 mules ana the ridins and no; wear
.-~ ais muscles with travelling four times 20
% Jess effective work. Then later. the barring
e" will be going through four times again
9sth turning plow banking the earth TO the
corn and cutting It's roots. covering the brace
roots that they will get aoii and weak aad
vlIl let the corn blow down. while the man that
does all this needless work thinks that be L. hold
Ing up the corn ~tth his big bank.
Now. I know that there are low grounds y here
turrow between the rowb wtIl aid the surface
drainage. But these drain furro~a should not BE-
made after the corn Ia large. but tho corn should
be planted broad beds and the drainage fur
made while the corn Ia smal and the roots
have not run across the ross. But even IN euch
lands Il would be far better 20 get them az rapidly
practicable updsrdraln.d An implcment, like
a one-horse turning pillow. that makr- but one
farru lac .-.@~~. s@~ss 1i@. ia sa*'
put i'm the ficid the cotton h~id "torps the
ho~. And yet all the South nen are ~aAta.
their labor in this way In both The corn and the
cotton fields.
II you now peas In the cora nj the last working.
here Is all the more reason for Tat cultivation.
for Of course you arc golng TO abandon the top
mag and stripping O, corn and will cut II OF nj
he ground and cure ia shocks. and u The lAri Il
level you can NOW the peaa and Ho~ crimson
clover seed the stubble.
]. yoa have peas sown for hay. and sappoa"
te~ Southern farmers wiI no, hare them. DO not
r. 70 roakeying ~ith all sorts OF coatrivaacca
for curing them but cut aud partly cur" them N
he aindrowB and Get them undor cover While
tie leavem arc atiu limp. ap6 you all have good
hay
Thea DO not leave the pea r'ubblc bare 81
slatcr but follow the peas al once %bh Grim
son clover for winter and hay In spring
II you hare any interest in dairying. build aiio
and pat az least part Of your corn crop IN u u
IL The soet profitable way 10 use the corn crop
July liz the time 10 sos rgtAbagaA and the L>ons
White French tgrnlp. Any one ~ho has ac'''
tried ,Ae Long white French turnlp ~II1 DO huF
grlsel al rs sweetness and hardlnshH- II can ~
LETT wAcre II grew Ia winter ~ith simply iaFFo"
iA4o~a ,o zach side. and will keep good and eat
able all a!nter.
Ju.g IS also he time In the South TO SO" pAF"-
alps and satisfy. oyRtsr plant An some can u
so~a nos these wili have the beat weather III the
fall aad Inter FOR their growth. FOR being very
hard they ~ll grow nearly all winter. II Ho"n
early Ia spring. as they are so~n In tho NORM
theae s.o,a get poor and woody and OFTEN 'h'
plants a.. run TO seed.
Pafs- - and satisfy are little grown IN s"u'N
err gat Seas because people have failed ~ So"iHs
them rdlng 10 Northern practice. they Vii
add gtea'y 20 the winter supply OF veget"o'"s
When tAo .alnlfy IL boiled and mashed ana h@u'
!nto caars i makes the best imitation OF oyster
irtierA tLat can be had
II you Aate surplus OF egg plants IN 'he sA'
den you c.a peel them. boil well and can 'he"'