The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-06-23
Modern Farm Methods
AS Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockman

| toht aCliou III TeHueTlHS available
the potash. phosphoric acid and nj
| trogep. which would otherwise be
| beyond the reach OF the growing
Giant. 1t also forms an important
food material for the lower organ
isms In the soil, and thereby favors
the processes OF ,nitrification and
other bacterial changes which are ey-
tremely beneficial to the growing
crop.
In recent years the Importance OF
maintaining proper balance between
the various elements of plant fooa.
including those elements which are
generally considered as less essential,
is being more extensively recognized.
and lime is one of the principal
agencies in maintaining this balance
between the different elements. Its
| efficiency in this connection depends
both uDon it's capacity of nsutraliz-
Ing acid radicles with which some o.
the other elements of plant food are
com bined. and. also, in preventing
an Injurious action Of some OF the
other basic elements wneu nresent
in excess, particularly potash and
maCnesia
This statement will perhaps fur
nish a brief outline of the WAYS in
which lime may be beneficial when
applied to agricultural soils.-W. w.
Garner. Physiologist, Department U.
S. Agriculture.
Don't Neglect the Ward and Home
Grounds.
BY all means have grass-covered
yard about the house and keep it neat
and clean. Flowers are useful in
Misunderstanding in the home, but
do not make the front ward a neg
/ lected flower garden. Bank or set
the flowers together near the house.
or against the fence or grow them
in senarate plot outside the front
ward. The proper growth for the
front yard are grass and trees, and
not too many of the latter, which
should be planted some distance from
the house.
II is herond the understandings
NJ the write why so many especially
in the rural sections of the South,
rossess such a mortal fear and bitter
hatred Of grass. If it by chance
attempts to grow rear the house. 1t
is 1T once attacked, dug up. exter-
minated. and a bare yard of sand or
clay left, to be swept when convent
ert - barren, desolate, ugly sight,
where nature would put a beautiful
green sward, If permitted to do so.
The grass can be cut with less labor
than the bare earth can be kept
cleanly swept. We hone no country
doctor is responsible for the ridic-
ulous and false idea that the grass is
| unhealthful Grass Is natures pro-
lection for the bare, ugly soil and a
ward covered with growing grass that
is regularly cut Is better condition
from the standpoint of beauty or
health. OF course, the grass should
be kept cut short, but as stated this
| can be done with less labor than the
| bare clay or sand can be kept clean.
1t is also mistaken idea that mos
quitoes and flies bred in tall grass.
| Mosquitoes breed only in stagnant
water and house flies in horse stable
manure. Remove these and do away
with both. but by all means let the
| grass grow over the front yard and
add at least one touch os Natures
beauty to the place
When boys and girls go away from
home and find other homes more
beautiful and attractive than their
own, there VIII be less desire to re-
turn. To prevent the boys and girls
leaving the farms we must remove
the causes--Progressive Farmer.