The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-07
Better Farming No. 8

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Dear Readers: We have just
described in our humble way the
proper way to prepare the soil
and the time is come to plant.
The greatest question how to
plant the crop to obtain the best
results. II is not expected that
you will copy the pattern for if
you did you would be Chinaman
and not an American, but com
pare notes and draw conclusions
and adopt better methods. If we
plant corn in the subsoil we set
the roots below the soil and hence
retard the growth. We pile the
soil up TO the third or fourth
Joint causing the lower joints to
rot off and making a new set Of
roots retarding the growth low
ering the growth Of the roots al
ready set in subsoil, making ten
or twelve days difference in the
maturing of the crop, at the same
time increasing the probability of
injury by late drouth
Suppose we compare notes on
planting cotton. The object OF
all exports in agricultural litera-
tme is to bring out better meth
DDS and better results and not to
adopt some iron clad system OF
farming. We plant cotton early
for many reasons. We plant as
near on a level as possible. Early
cotton Will not obtain the growth
that late cotton win and will set
limbs nearer the ground and will
set forms closer together on the
limbs. THERE'S some good les
sons TO be drawn from the growth
OF the cotton crop if we study the
individhAl stalk. What is gained
in the shor. Joints in cotton The
exodus of PLAN food is preceding
up the stalk. Tx economy IN
distance this sap must travel and
the amount of material it takes
TO form the road bed Cor stalk
for the food 10 travel over IS
wasted. For instance the sap has
TO travel mp the stalk after the
stalk is formed and reach every
ex-stream TO supply the frmi
with food. The greater the
growth Of the stalk the more time
is consumed in the process of ma
turing. II cotton IS on a level
the limbs come out an the first
leaves and set closer to the
ground and are more apt TO form
IA thiible set. One set is long
limb the others are like a vine
that is as large - inches from
the stalk or il is AT the stalk form
I ing fruit every two or two and
one half inches apart The third
is the same form, but not half so
long. having two or three boles
ON IT,. This is the bottom crop.
The large limbs form fruit and
limbs after the model of the
stalk and make middle crop
near the line. but on somewhat
smaller scale. Then AN the
stalks and limbs together form
the top crop making a perfect
stalk or crop. Some things we
should and should not do. We
should secure slow growth ln
the early stage of the stalk 10y
planting early ON level. The level
planting has a tendency TO quick
growth. but is overcome by the
carly plating and get the best re-
suits on the limbs for motion. We
should not plant below the level
because il is easy TO cultivate FOR
we will cover mp the first joints
that form at the first leaves and
destroy the possibility of a bot
tom crop. Well DO ] know that
we are advised TO add dirt TO
plants chill 1t mp is what they
call I'D if we would stop and think
the plant has more sense than we
i'm regard TO the depth il should
grow in the ground and the fruit
tree i'm no exception.
J. b. Jordan