The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10


feeding time and general run with water. Ex-
pertinent only can determine how many can be
carried per acre. He might make four lots. SOW
one In rape In September (the crimson clover and
oats should be sown, too, in September), another
In crimson clover Sow the rape lot In early peas
after the rape is eaten and the pigs are the
clover. Sow another In later peas. and plant the
clover lot In sweet potatoes and the fourth lot in
lats peas. Then perhaps the early peas will be
ready by the time the clover Is well eaten, even
IL In green pod and the other pea lots will follow
after this till time to feed some corn. Or he
could have five lots and put one in the fall in
vetch to follow the clover TO give time fcf
the early peas.
Another reader also asks for the best white,
pasture for hogs to turn under in spring for pea
crop.
For wint~t hog feeding would SOW. after pre-
pairing the pea stubble well two pounds OF Dwarf
Essex rape and one pound OF Cow-horn turnip per
acre that IL. II the soil is strong and fertile. Pre-
pare the land we'll and SOW the seed broadcast.
and brush II In with a smoothing harrow. In or
der TO get the seed in evenly. IL will be we'll to
mix IL with a lot OF dry sand and SOW In one di
rcction thnly and then cross the other way and
SOW. This will make the best winter hog pas
ture know II the soil is rich and well fortified
with the mineral elements Prepare the land and
harrow In the fertilizer In July and from
FIRST TO 10th of August
{. w. =. writes from North Carolina as follows:
We have some land that will not make peas.
They get up about hand high and die Land Is
very loose Is trouble in land not?"
Unless he has the wilt disease In his land the
failure of the peas IS due 10 soil exhaustion. Peas
will get you nitrogen from the air and will save
tho purchase OF II in n fertilizer. but they
large amounts OF phosphoric acid and potash. and
IL is probable that his land needs both The best
use OF fertilizer is TO increase the pea crop and
let the peas do the rest.
A Mississippi reader wishes TO know how TO
build manure shed for forty head OF stock and
asks Why IL is that I'm Germany they dig pits for
manure and put water on Il.
Now. tho best plan can suggest is not TO waste
money In building manure shed Manure is a
material that should 20 the land as speedily
as practicable Any mode OF keeping manure In
wolves loas. though keeping stock In box stalls.
or IN covered barnyard. where the manure is
continually kept tramped tight by stock Is the
best way TO keep H. but think the best manure
shed Is manure spreador backed up ready TO
load and drive TO the field. Any who Is farm
Ing RICH, will always have place In the field TO
sprcad manure whenever IL is proper TO put a
wagon on the land. once n splendid top
crop OF cotton made from spreading manure be-
tween the rows OF cotton In August. and a fine
stand OF crimson clover afterwards. When l was
managing a large stock farm with usually about
l2b head OF dairy and beef cattle and thirty horses
and mules. II was the business OF one man and
team 10 haul the manure out every morning
whenever IL was practicable TO go on the land.
Why the Germans make pits and put water on
tho manure. suppose Is TO prevent It's heating
The sooner manure is spread on the land after II
has dropped. the less loss there will be.
w. J. T.. also OF Mississippi complains that he
has three or four squash hills In his garden one
or more OF which bear squashes lust bitter as
"A ftaf
year. and they all prove by the leaves and vines
to be pure squash vines"
Squashcs and gourds closely akin and II
may be that the seed that make the bitter squashes
have been crossed with cucumbers melons Gu
cumbers VIII not cross with melons nor water