The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-11-06
Professor Massey's
Editorial Page.
Farm Work for November.

20 me about fertilizers for wheat and saying that
hey are going TO SOW It broadcast and harrow II
in This Is about the poorest way you can SOW
wheat The seed Is put IN az various depths or
at all. and the same land we'll prepared
and the wheat put In with trill and q uni
form depth. will make many more bushels per
acre than IL would b-oadcas;ed and narrowed in.
There will be enough loss In the crop on q Geld O,
any sire 90 pay for the drill
Then in many parts Of the South farmers are
sowing wheat on land too sandy. and in = climate
TOO humid for success with this crop. and In
ell the coast region that with a good
rotation o. crops there is far more money for the
farmers in winter oats than in wheat In fact
In most o. the warmer sections OF the South win
ter oats could be made a very profitable crop
where wheat will fail more often than succeed
for In the humid climate o: the coast region the
rust fungus thrfres 20 such ar exfen, that whea,
growing IL rery uncertain.
I, 10 far better 90 be q little late In sowing
wheat than 20 hurry Il into I'll prepared ground
Every tine you 80 over the land with harrow
roller aud plank drag you will be adding 10 the
crop. and the more the Geld ~ trampei by teams
the better
About eve pecks per acre Ia . fair seeding
Thin land will nee6 more sect than strong land
as IL wii tllsr less. and late sowing needs more
seed for the same
Some write TO me stiil abou, sowtnE oata ~
oats were not so~n in September early Octo
Ter. ! would defer them I'LL late February.
but would ssill SOW winter oats and no, spring
osu. for they will make better crop In the
South than any spring oats though not the crop
they would have made IL sowp In the early fall
SILL TIME GOR RiE.-Ii 10 too late to
crimson clover except In the far South. but do
not leave any land bare all winter. Sow rye no~
winter eoser 10 be turned under in nprinE
IL all fertility that would be washed GU,
and will add organic matter TO tho soii
one farmer writes that he has a pea s,ubbi.
and wants 10 RE on IL. blu, him neixhbor. tell
him that re-plo~inx will destroy the sencn, from
the pea roots and s;ubble. This ia an odd no
ton. for the blowing under OF IN. rye will simply
tring the decayei peas where the corn or cotton
can ua. them
TAKE CARE OF THE MANCRE.-Now. IL you
have stand Of crimson clover TO be- used for
In the spring. determine that you will not
let your manure waste In the barnyard or sta
bies. but will get IL out and spread IL as fast as
practicable on that clover. and get ready for n
good crop. II will 20 great deal further
II you Il manure spreader. and IL will take n
great deal less labor In the handling Of the ma
DO not say that you cannot AFFORD 20 do this.
but must 10 10 work and put great deal OF la
Dor on the manure In composing and then drib-
BILE IL I'm the cotton rows. You will be getting
your land into far better shape for making cot
ton by putting the manure broadcast an last ah
made on a clover sod for corn. and the more corn
peas and clover you grow. the more cattle you
can feed and the more manure you can make Till
finally you make enough To cover tho corn tend
and can make "A great crop OF oats or wheat after
the corn. and n great crop OF peavine hay after
the small grain with the addition only OF liberal
dressing Of acid phosphate and potash. Then you
will make fine crop OF crimson clover TO turn
FOR your cotton. and no nitrogen to buy for IT,
ana you VIII need TO buy no commercial fer
iilixer for the corn crop at all
The greatest work on the farm Ia the
making OF manure and the rapid using OF t.
With plenty OF forage and you can feed
bssvss probably at present prices and can have
cash from them In the spring for starting the