St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-29

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address, age. school, : fathers. nam IN
and acreage, plainly written, ,fuo4 -. :,
s.. The meeting adjourned; >bseipi bseipi
1fso Il o'clock q K. .'p' noon, until when
court session being closed The, meet
\ i iing was resumed in the cour thapsNs =
Pros. Roy told Of seeing, ], couph p
boxes Of dirt at the Coliseum il Chic
! ago, (which. covers two squares .
ground), that had been gathered nea d
New Orleans, BY Prof Wisner, whiel
was nearly al hpmus,, They, said u u
there such dirt would, be- Xalqablss, q
:. fertilizer, He said that hamdps NJ Va
n necessary &c fpr plant groYth.as1t.. sf sffar
nished suitable place fer the. tdeyel
opment Of bacteria necessary to plan
[ life. t. maintained mpisture, whicl
it it would hold for :, months where Aoi
without it would be dried, in =, week
it made the ground warm. and early,
and il, furnished food to tie plants i
made made the soil dark. dark. :. TO ,pgqye, that;
black soil wa. !, warmer thap = = lighi
trq4loe,d eolored ssol!r piece tlqf black cloth
laid llaaiid acrosss the snow showed ;Smuch
more rapid melting Of the, snow, than
where light colored cloth had laid.
! That lyh. in very warm climates light COT
ored clothing, was mueh, more worn.
and much cooler than dark ar "
!, He IIfsiaa advised early planting corn
TO, avoid root, worm and other corn
enemies !, Grow COW peasjin the corn,
Grow barley and rye in; the winter,
feeding as soiling crop and save the
manure from the cattle. : Every extra
kernel of corn on, the cob, counting
$50 kernels toi the ear meant $l00 600
increased wealth in the total 6 com
yield of the State. I. Hei advised FoWs
four or four and half feet apart
and if land is not rich three feet apart,
in the drill, one stalk to the 1hifl.
Plant about the 25th of February two
and a half inches deep, in Igreund
that has been ploughed in the fsH
about October. Give : first plowing
when about six inches high then keep
the plow out of it,. !Plew about, three
inches deep and as near: to the corn asE
you can without hurting it: Runoyer
it with a harrow just before it comes
up, lightly. Cultivate Afterwards ev-
cry eight or ten days. This not only
keeps down weeds and grass but set
cures moisture by covering -up the
pores of the soil where evaporations
has started. Continue cultiyatiors as
long as you can get into the corn
without injuring it, but not deeper
than 2 inches. "A one pound eaf II
corn will use 900 pounds Of water lin
its development. Fifteen inches OF
water are required to produce i. crop
of corn. We have an annual rainfall
Of about: 81 inches, but not 50 evenly
dstruted as to be always plentiful
when needed, unless conserved by suf-
fcient humus in tie soil ana proper
c uitiyatiolni.' zssS'sst'7 '*e2' :''.ts =
Ground should be plowed from eight
to ten inches deep, in order to stofe
water and give room for root growth
and nutriment' and air. air.. Disk plow tis
best, because it does. not lot turn up
much subsoil. IF turning plows is used
turn sod on edge in preference to clean
over, and turn up only about one inch
Of subsoil each rgploWing until proper
depth is reached Never sp1ow same,
depth each year because, ceptipgssd'
sliding Of plow in same place makes 2, 2
hhardpan that will not let :, the water
through. .,.e,. sf.;,i,,, ,r.,,c. - H. l..
To illustrate the value Of humps II
retaining moisture Prot. Roy said.
Take a pound Of ,humus in ., seiye
and 2 pound Of sand in, a seiye.,
Sprinkle. each with, water, and it viii
be found that, the ,humus retains seven
ard ene,half times as much moisture
as the; ;sapd3'i' He said to shuck corn
in the field It would detach p large
number of rWeeYilsa that would other s
wise be carried to the corn Grip.
i In choosing corn for contest, place,
it on the table, measure its length and
circumferences. {, Should be from 2 to
10 inches long and Z l-2. inches in cir
cumferenee, if Of the Lehming: varl-r
ETY.. Rows should be straight. grains
wedge shaped and. set close together
without space between the rows and
well filled at both ends. Each ear.
shouldebe examined carefully. and ey-.
cry point taken: into, consideration:
Each ear should be carefully wrapped
in paper, bear card with the name
Of the contestant, and be packed in
a box with excelsior. The enc earex-
hibit should be marked and the ten
ear exhibit marked separately. There
will also be yield contest and acona-
position contest, with premiums. Il The
premium for best ear will probably be
$500 or$1o; also there will bea profit
premium. 9Ga a5it IL arnTt rs5z;if1
Prof. Roy told several humorous
anecdotes in closing his remarks and