The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-22
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAZETTE

PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAZETTE
On land that was in tobacco this year a reader
wants to get good stand of alsike clover
Strong stiff red-cay soil. Pillow the land we'll when
the tobacco is off and harrow very fine, and work
in 400 pounds acre of acid phosphate and sow
Is pounds Of the alske seed per acre. Brush the
seed in lightly with a smoothing harrow, and If
the land is level roll it If dry.
A subscriber wants to clear land of small pine
stumps but has been told that If they are pulled
green there will be much clay torn up that it
will ruin the land. My advice is to go ahead and
ruin it. 1t does not pay to work among little
stumps, and the tearing OF them out with a stump
puller may tear up some clay, but by the time the
winter frost has acted on 1t, you will find that the
subsoiling will answer as well as dynamting the
soil
Would it be {; 'Yisable to turn under corn
stalks grass and few pea vines this fall for corn
next spring." In the first place, 1t is seldom adj
visable to follow corn with corn. On any sandy
soil fall blowing is not an advantage. and IL done.
should certainly be followed by winter cover
crop You can turn under the growth and SOW
rye on the land and re-plow for the in spring.
and in this way will get more organic matter in
your SOIL Then adopt good rotation, grow
plenty of forage and feed cattle and make ma
How dry should cowpea hay be when baled?"
1t should be completely cured and cool. But |
would not bale IT at ALL for then you will be
tempted to sell IT. Far better feed IT on the farm
and get the manure for your land.
The Tennessee pulverzed phosphate rock is q
good for phosphoric acid under certain
conditions. On land Astounding in humus Il will
soon come into availability When mixed with
stable manure. II will greatly increase the ef-
fciency OF the manure. But applied as fertilizer
to thin land deficient In humus. IL viii be good
while before 1t will have any effect. II Is a good
thing for a good farmer and poor thing for
poor farmer
do not advise the planting OF the sweet cher
r!es of the Heart and Bigarreau types tn the
parts of the South. for they viii newt
ably fail to bear. The cherries of the Mo-
relic and Duke class will do very well. and the
finer cherries in the mountain country.
Mississippi farmer says he has bono TO pick
with me because have neglected the best OF all
legumes. Japan clover. have often had word
of praise for Japan clover. but have eonsid-
cred II crop to be taken into farm rotation.
but as pasture crop for waste land. there is
nothing better. Down in the lower Gulf States
IL has value as hay. but over the greater part OF
the South it's only value In as pasture. and for
this. 1t is excellent and will make a good pasture
where nothing else will. /, has of it's
accord all over the South. and far north the
Rappahannock River in Virginia. IL is running
out broomsedge many lands where II formerly
grew, and is making good pastures where poor
Corn smut gets into the corn from the smutty
stalks going into the manure and out on the land.
and II gets into the plant only in the terminating
stage. You can put smut into the cup OF corn
stalk knee-high and MI 1t with smut. and II will
not affect the plant II is never carried by the
seed, and the way TO get rid OF IL Is to cut and