The new South-news., 1909-06-12

well cared Tor. uplands viii produce
the largss, net proet to the owner
In = series of average seasons.
I md that the bes, oats will be
made from fall so~n crop. Plant
from middle OF October to middle Of
November. never later than the 18Th.
Of December With any absolute GER
tainty OF paying crop. while occasion
ally January scwn oats will make a
Anc crop. The best oats | have ever
ssen grown on sny land In Missis-
sirpi WAS fortified with 1000 pounds
raw cotton seed per acre applied
when the oats were sovn In fall. And
the crop OF hay following would havc
made professional hay grower glad
No fertilizer ever applied to worn
soils in Mississippi will give the ac-
tual results In YIELD OF crops. aud
permanent Improvement OF the land
that raw cotton seed viii Chemists
may analytic ana oil men make
CLAIM to the contrary. but results OF
the experience OF practical farmers
are the safest guides ia what is good
for growing crop. Who ever heard
OF real good farmer failing TO
grow corn. and hay as long as he
used the cotton seed grown on the
farm for fertilizer. There are few
yet who do not sell any seed 20 the
oil mill. and you may 20 70 them
this spring when practically every
body Is buying feed stun and nearly
every one has corn to make his crop
all because he did not care to sell
binder and hay with mower and rake.
with the necessary hauling. thrcsh-
ing oats and his seed for about
half what they are actually worth.
and haul seed and fertilizer both
ways for accommodation
Now as to the kind OF hay 10 fol-
low oats which depends = good deal
on circumstances Up TO the past
few years grew pea hay exclusively
but several reasons have caused me
to almost quit the pea hay aud use
lespedeza.
FIRST. Pea seed have been scarce
aud very high priced.
Second Planting peas requires n
second plowing OF the land In June
when other work is pressing teams
and tired out. aud weather hot for
this kind OF work
Third. Pea hay is without ques-
ton the hardest TO care properly. aud
II rank enough to make a heavy yield
is very hard to handle and get into
marketable condition.
Fourth. Every time we break
hill land some Will be washed on by
the excessive rains of recent year
Lespedeza can be shown at the
rate of one-hAlf kushel per acre
on top OF soil aftcr oats arc town
in full. or can be sown on oats In
latter part of Fsbrufry or first part
Of March and \ section harrow or
weeder run over the land This will
loosen up enough soil to coven the
small seeds which will come readily
after the hrst rain upon them. The
oats seem to protect and shade the
young plants. You never see II die
on oat stubb during dry seasohs. as
Is the case where few lands is
sown to the lespedeza alone.
The hay Ia easily cured, only re-
quiring few hours sunshine be-
fore working 1t n easily handled.
very superior in feeding quality.
ranking higher than the best red
clover or pea vine hays. II Is re-
lishei by all kinds of stock. and
yisldS equal to any hay crop under
similar conditions. II IL very much
preferable to peas In that II will
resesd itself II oats are grown on
same lands more than one year. :.
Under present conditions | think II
behooves every farmer who hopes 20
ude over the inevitable depression
sure to follow the dreaded boil wee
VII throughout our state to become
Interested In any and all crops that
can be profitably grown and sold or
consumed upon our farms.