The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
COWpea Hay: How Not to Cure 1t.

Mr.. AlVa Agee in the National Stock
man and Farmer tells an inquirer how
to cure coWpea hay we'll in the field,
and not run the risk of mold in the
NOV. He advises to let the cut hay lie
in the swath till the top leaves are
crisp, and then to rake into windows,
and as soon as the top cav Of the
windrows rattle to break up the Win
drows into big forkfuls to bring fresh
material to the sun and air. The re-
suit of this sort of curing will be a
lot of dry stems and all the caves
shattered off. The leaves are the best
part of the hay. l have cured cow
peas long before Mr.. Agee ever did,
and never let the hay stay out till the
leaves rattle, but always got it in
while limp, and for thirty years or
more / never a any moldy hay, but
have it finish it's curing in the barn,
and hen nave hay with the leaves still
green in color, sweet and we'll cured.
Rake into windrows as soon as wllted.
Turn the mex day, and that afternoon
cock it and let it cure in the cock
till no cap can be wrung from a twist,
and then into the barn with it before
a leaf rattles. Then let it alone and
it Will cure bright and sweet, and not
a mere pile Of stOmS.
Make Money Selling Farm Seeds.
While with most Of our garden
vegetables, I do not believe that it
pays to save seeds, there are even
some Of these that ear be saved to ad-
vantage by a careful grower. Sweet
corn. for instance, seldom succeeds in
the South because the people buy the
sweet corn from the seedsmen that has
been grown from them in Nebraska,
and it is not suited to Southern cOndi-
ditiOns. But take a good corn like the
Country Gentleman or StoWelIS Ever
green and breed it as you would field
onrn hu onpcto ~ Cn1ootinn nn1
can soon get a corn that will
succeed well in any part of the South,
for corn of any sort should always be
bred in the section where it is to be
planted.
But with farm seeds the case is
different. / know of one farmer who
by reason of his minute care in the
growing and selection Of his seed corn
has built up 2 trade that takes all the
corn he can grow at $3.50 and SO per
bushel.. There are few farmers who
will take the trouble to breed their
corn carefully, and one man who will
do SO in every section can make a
good thing in growing corn for his
~neighbors' planting.
The same is true of cotton. By Civ
ing attention to the selection Of their
cotton seed, especially in the upper
South, where the earliness needed by
the weevil-infected sections can be
OCN " - 49,
are reaping profit from their cotton
seed.
Down in Texas a man bred a toma-
to that reSists rot and blight, and gets
a dollar per packet for his seed. And
in all parts of the South q man can
find a specially that he can produce to
perfection in his soil and can make
money in giving the minute attention
demanded for such work, an amount
of attention that the average farmer
will never give.
One man in North Carolina finds a
profitable market for all the turnip
seed he grows, and he has produced a
fine one and a large cropper AnOth-
er might take the cOllard and breed
it into better heading and dwarfer
growth. OF course, there are certain
of the garden seeds that must be
grown in a cooler climate. Radishes
are grown in northern France, but run
to tops in our climate. Cauliflower
seed are grown in Denmark. But the
best of cabbage seed and of the late
varieties can be grown in the noun