The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-12

ton that ton of manure in which 40 pounds OF
floats had been mixed, almost trebed the crop
made from ton Of the same manure without II.
But applied to soil that Is deficient In humus, IL
will be slow in coming into use. II your SOIL
needs lime, get the unslaked lump lime In car
loads and Stake it for yourself and do not pay a
high price for slaked lime and freight the water
IMPROVING AN OLD FARM.-This man has
bought farm all broomsedge and gullies, with
a good red clay subsol, and wants to improve 1t.
AS to the first blowing on such land, would not
pillow it much deeper than it has been plowed be-
fore. That u.s. would not turn up too much raw
soil at once but would run a subsoil plow In the
same furrow behind the turning plow and loosen
the subsoi that there will be bed OF loose
soil ten inches Deep Then the next time the land
is plowed you can turn deeper till finally you
turn it regularly eight inches and subsoil six
inches deeper. Then work the land In a rota-
tion that will put a sod under every time 1t is
broken for hoed crop. Leave a hard rim to the
old gullies and fill them with trash of any sort
that will hold the wash. With hard rim and
deep breaking alongside there will be less water
get into the gullies, and when you get that land
we'll filled with vegetable decay and always break
deeply, and cultivate hoed crops as level and shall
low possible, you will make no new gulllies
and the old gullies will gradually ll IL kept full
Of material to prevent frosting on.
BETS FOR HOG FEED.-"How about plant
ing beets in early spring for hog feed before the
peas, etc.. are ready?" In Mississippi you
plant beets in early February, and of an early
sort you may get fair crop. But the Dwarf
Essex rape sown at same time broadcast will be
better You might have sown rape and crimson
clover mixed in September and the hogs would
have had good pasture through the winter, and
could have been taken of early in spring to give
the clover chance and then the clover would
keep them going till other crops were ready. 1t
would have been still better to have sown two
lots, one in the mixture named and one in clover
alone. Then when the rape and clover is eaten
turn on the other maturing clover and 1t will
last longer
BEST SWEET POTATOES.-The best sweet
potatoes for growing for the Northern markets
Is the Big-Stem Jersey. This Is a smooth and
suits the Northern taste. / saw hill OF them
last fall that weighed eleven pounds and had on
1t eleven potatoes. Now. II every hill in the
field made crop like that, 1t would mean over
1000 bushels acre. But OF course. no such
crops has been grown, but in suitable soil these
potatoes have made on the Eastern Shore OF Vir-
gnia $50 barrels an acre after crop Of crimson
clover turned under. For the home market In
the South, would grow the Norton yam or the
Georgia Pumpkin yam, which are very similar.
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FERTILIZING WHEAT.-"How would II do to
SOW wheat and put the fertilizer on in spring."
Not at ALL You should all the phosphoric
acid and potash needed in the fall In preparing
the land. In the red uplands Of the South l
would use no potash wheat. but would use 800
to 400 pounds Of acid phosphate per acre. Then
in spring 1t may pay to apply rs to 100 pounds an
acre Of nitrate Of soda II the growth 10 not az II
Is desired Apply this when the leaves are dry
to prevent scalding.