La Junta tribune., 1910-04-16

hhf" II nIuAh 4AAlut INT t4lsH lhtl'
Is great deal OF lightning In this
country and one viii see everywhere.
IN the great forests. a splinlered or
fallen tree. rIycn by the thunder bolt
Also. now and then. you viii see
great trees uprootcd by the tornado
and the cyclone. sometimes fcllcd In
scattering trees, sometimes whirled
aud twisted and now a clean swath.
Ike a military road. through the for
est This wcey.I IS destructive
alike TO all sorts Of Eraln. buryiug
ITSELF into the grain aud reducing 20
10 meal " powder II destroys
ri." and even attacks the breakfast
foods lu paper boxes or iu bulk j.
is great pHrmy 10 the planter and
fha housewife alike % Is small
black insect about as large as "a
Hna-uDt O California flea. Corn is
never AusEnI ln the south. but pulled
aud rr.bbed 600 the husk Seventy
pounds ~ corn .n the hask De- roak
0neI aHpH dry ~ a bushrl n has
been discovered that certain 1ar.e-
ties 0i corn are practically immune
from weryIl The Georgia red cob
a white. hard flint corn with red
cob. Is seldom damaged There are
also a niuty large dent yellow corn
aud two or three other very large
varieties which are quite free from
the attack Dt the weeNL have
examined the corn on several planta-
uOus and have found two varieties
m the same crib. separated by only
"a board partition. where the one
was covered with the wcayl dust.
while Do. other was free and clean.
As hay H high and scarce. The plant
grs prefer the corn Iu the husk. as
The husk furnishes a foras, and Is
eaton clean boy The planters mules
and horses Strange 10 say. the plant.
ers never. or very seldom, raise
enough corn and never raise the hay
they feed and must have. 10 grow
their crops. although corn can b.
grown at the rate Of forty 70 seven
ly-hyc bushels per acre and hay at
two 70 five tons per acre-coitnn.
cotton cotton. nothing but cotton for
these many years.
Corn Is generally drilled. sometimes
la the furruw aud sometimes In the
bed a. it is called Hut now the
farmer Is commencing to check SOW
bis corn In some eases on the up
lands corn is planted iu rows with
a drIll five feet apart aud. after the
stalk has cared. peas are planted in
rows between and cultivated The
peas thus grow rank. In fact, on the
rich bottom land. the peas always
grow rank. hence, the vine needs the
support Of the corn stalk To pllW
as We plowed In the north is called
nat plowiug. that Is. when the ground
is all plowcd and turned over. but
ground i rarely plowod In this man.
nrr. however. but this system Is nov
coming into more general practice
Two kinds Of plows are generally
used for breaking ground for crops
one Is the middle buster. a small
ploW with a double moidboard. This
throws the furrow both sides and Is
used simply 20 plow open the old
row and thus makes a ridge or bed,
as II Is called. In the middle OF the
old rows The other Is small bar
plow. ploW with a land side and
generally cuts but seven inches
These are usud also, at times. with
the middle buster Cotton Is plant.
81 on the top Of the ridge or bed
To pillow the ground In this manner
Is 'crmed. Ia common parlancc. To
bed the ground Corn il planted
sometimes In the furrow and some
times on the bed. depending on the
character OF the soil aud the drain.
age OF the land You see. from the
above. tina, the ground is not wholly
ploscd until the crop is cultivated.
This. In the north. would b. consider.
I'd. except where the lister Is used,
a very sloy.nly system of plowing.
Thirty pounds OF alfalfa are gen
orally so~n upon an acre. hence. the
alfalfa is generally very Thick and
the hay very fine. Il is claimed to
be necessary In order TO keep down
certain kinds Of noxious weeds. and
grasses. have seen finer fields Of
alfalfa In the Red River Valley than
! over saw In Colorado. but the quail
i'y OF their alfalfa does no, equal ,ha,
Of the Colorado brand. Colorado Al
falfa Is sold by the thousand cars