The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-20

IGpluly Dull0S up the SOIL ana is mucn
more economical than the large use of
commercial fertilizers The general OBJ
ject is to keep the land occupied sum-
mer and winter, producing something
Of value for food or fertilizer and at
the same time protecting the loose
soils from washing or teaching by the
heavy rains of spring or winter.
Tools and Implements REQUIRED,
High priced labor and generally
changed conditions make it imperative
that more and better farm implements
be used on every farm, whether large
or small in area No man can farm now
without at least a goo breaking or
turning pillow Ga reversible disc is pre-
ferable), a disc harrow, a section har-
row, a good combination planter, a
weeder, and one single-row and one
double row cultivator. The above are
essential, and if the size of the farm
and the means of the farmer will allow
1t, many other convenient Iabor-saving
tools can be added. A good mower
and rake for handling the hay are
very necessary
More Horse Power Necessary.
To use more horse power and less
man power per acre or to quit farming
IS a necessity confronting the South
There should be more mares on the
farm. In the future few small farmers
will find it profitable to keep mules;
the colts must pay for the expense of
using more horse power In this con-
nectiOn, the more economical feeding
of work stock on the farm is of pri
mary Importance. Feeding a horse or
I mule on pulled corn fodder and corn
is so expensive and out of date that
it is surprising to find that anyone is
doing it. Farmers have fully proved
that pasture for SUNNI and we'll cured
hay for winter should be the main re-
lance. By a pasture is not meant
brush patch or a field of weeds, but
tract of land well set in nutritious
grasses and we'll located 50 as to be
disable at all times
The best results are obtained by US
ing two pastures, in order to alternate
in their use, and especially to allow one
to have quite a growth of grass for late
fall feeding. Some farmers use one
pasture for late fall and spring and
the other during the summer and early
fall months; others believe that the
best results are obtained by alternating
the use of these pastures every month.
1t is just as injurious to the rapid
growth of grass to keep it closely graz
ed, as it would be to a bush TO cut it
off every morning It is estimated that
three or four times as many animals
can be kept on given number of acres
by dividing the land into two pastures
and using them alternately for graz
ing. 1t is certain that the stock does
better under such conditions.
The Hay Crop.
The permanent meadow, where it can
be secured, is one of the most econom-
zeal sources of food for animals known
In the extreme South, where the soil
is adapted to them, alfalfa, Japan clo-
yer, and Bermuda grass rank high.
Forther north there are standard gras-
ses which produce we'll But if a far
mer does not have a permanent mea-
dow of any kind he can supply a sub
stitute from the following assortment
of forage crops. He can select only
one or two of these crops for his needs
but where it is possible it is best to
grow patches of all of them, as it will
give variety, and the ration can be
more easily balanced.
The cowpea is the most generally
grown and the most valuable hay and
forage plant in the South It can be
grown anywhere, and covers longer
season of growth than any others 1t
furnishes large quantities of nutritious
feed stuffs and, besides, builds up the
soil rapidly by furnishing nitrogen ana
humus.