Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-12-22
STATE
FARMING IN
AUORA|N CO.
Two Audrain Farms
Under Supervis-
ion of Missouri
College of Agri-
culture.

Audrain county has two expert
ment farms under the direct care
and attention of the department Of
Agriculture al the State University.
One Is neal Mexico, conducted and
owned by W. ]. Locke. Of
near this city. and the other Is the
properly of ]. F Coontz, who re-
sides on a fine farm northwest Of
Centralia.
Audraiu county win have an agrt
cultural institute upon the farm Of
William Locke. ii the plans OF Prof.
D II. Doane, Of the State University
do not miscarry. Mr.. Locke. in con-
junction with Prof. Doane, has
planned his farming for two years;
an outline of 1t is being published
below.
At this institute all farmers in the
county will be invited to be present
and the results of scientific farming
shown acre by acre.
The State gives this assist
ance without any charge. and will
follow the suggestions of the farmer
as closely as possible. The follow
ing article by Prof. Doane on what is
being accomplished upon Mr.. Locks
farm will give our readers some idea
of the work and the manner in
which it is conducted.
Farm, Soil, Topography.
MIR. VIM. NJ. Lock has Just started
farm operations this year, 1910. and
course things are moving a little bit
slow. The farm contains 66 acres,
all Of which is tiilable. The soil Is
loan to clay loan, inclined to be a
little wet in places but for the most
part readily workable. 1t Is de-
pleted in humus and will probably re-
spoHd to the right kind of fertihza-
ton. There Is little danger OF soil
washing ON this farm and with a
very little effort all bitches and gull
leys can be stopped and prevented,
perhaps the greatest trouble will be
soil draining in same of the fields.
Crops.
This farm Is well adapted TO the
handling Of hogs and under the condi
tons, draft mares. HeLce it viii be
Ia hog and draft mare Iarm tins
cropping system planned for this
kind Of farm will be.
Rotation.
Primary
CORN OATS CLOVER
CoWPEAs CLOVER
Secondary
CORN & CoWPEAS SOY
BEANS & RYE RAPE & OATS
In handling this rotation about the
following method should be used
In the PRIMARY rotation the cowpeas
should be planted with the corn at
corn planting time at the rate OF
about is to 20 lbs. per acre
Whippoorwill or Black variety being
used. With the Deere planter with
the cowpea attachment cowpeas may
be checked in the hill at corn
planting time. The corn stoyei
and cowpea vines should be harvest
ed together which make a most ex
%cellent roughness for cows and
horses.
The o r ground is dished in the
spring for oats and clover, the lat
ter at the rate OF IL to Is lbs. pei
acre. The third year clover occupie
the ground by Itself and is pasturet
with hogs and cut for hay.
In the secondary rotation the corr
and cowpeas are planted as in thu
primary, soybeans or a heavy poddin
variety of cowpeas follow the corr
they being harvested when the pod
are nearly ripe, to be used as a win
ter r~oughness for maintaining sow
and the fan litter Of pigs. After th'
soy beans are off, rye Is sown U
be winter pasture and then turne'
under for rape the third year. n
pains should be spared in geuunl
the best variety of seed for tht
farm. Boone County White woub
probably be the best variety 10
corn; Texas Red Rust Proof or a
early northern variety Of oats Shout
be used. Inasmuch as soybeans ar
not an assured crop. some exper
menting will probably have to .
done with them hence the first yea
only a few viii be sown, using ol
ferent varieties and the remainder
the plot that should be devoted !
soybeans will be USED io cowpeo
to be handled in the same mamie
, as soybeans. The rape should :
drilled in, II possible, at the RAJ
! Of about 5to Z lbs. per acre with ]
bu. of oats.
t Farm Plan for 1911.
The following is the plan outline
! by Prof. Doane for Mr.. Locks (
: acres during 1911: