The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-18
WHAT FARMERS WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT LEGUMES.

Prof. Messy IN progressive rdrMerr
Land that was in red clover was
turned and crimson clover sown.
Glover came up we'll but is dying out
and the land is covered with sheep
s~orrel." It is evident that your soil
has botten acid, and clover will not
thrive on an acid soil, while the.
sheep sorrel delights in such condi-
lions. Pillow the land well and har-
row in rs bushels of slaked lime an
acre and cultivate in corn and fol-
low the corn with winter grain and
seed to clover if you wish, and /
think the clover will grow.
Curing Crimson Clover.
A correspondent In Wake County,
North Carolina says that he has no
difficulty in curing crimson clover
for hay. He puts it IT, cocks n lsts
it lie in rain or sun and has hne nay.
Wants to know the Erice OF q clover
huller, and would like to quit tobac-
co and make some other money crop,
and thinks he can make peas and
crimson clover seed money crops.
The clover huller is an expensive ma
chine, costing about $500. and If the
whole neighborhood gets to growing
crimson clover for seed. it would
pay some one to own and operate the
machine for all the farmers. But l
would in that section not only grow
the peas and clover. but would make
a regular ~three-year rotation of corn,
oats, and cotton. and would
have crimson clover on the land
every winter.
Where Corn Follows Legumes.
Where corn comes after peas and
clover and manure is scarce, it will
pay to use acid phosphate literally
on the corn. In your red soil of the
Piedmont section there is an album
dance of potash in an insoluble state,
and acid phosphate carrying 80 per
cent of plaster will to some extent
release the potash, and plenty of or
ganic matter from peas and clover
will also have a tendency.
Sowing Peas and Soy Beans.
The best way is to put the land in
fine order and then SOW with the
wheat drill set to SOW two bushels of
wheat, and it will put the seed in
about right, and there Will be a far
more uniform stand than where they
are merely narrowed in n some
covered too deep while others are not
covered at all.
Lespedeza on Grass.
"Land now in ats with some red
top and timothy. Would it pay to
SOW Japan clover seed on this? /
to pasture this right away"
and timothy are neither one
Of them permanent pasture grasses.
Timothy sowed last fall and pasIur-
ed this summer will probably disap-
pear with the sumemr. Lespedeza
seed sowed on this grass will help
the pasturage, and will Teseed itself
in the fall and will probably improve
the pasture. But to establish a per-
manent sod you should use more per-
manent grasses. Timothy roots very
If pastured while young. Then a.
neWly-sowed pasture should be graz
I'd very little the first year. Better
orchard grass, tall meadow oats
grass and bluegrass, and if you keep
The sod top-dressed annually, you
can finally get a good sod of blue
grass. We have where l live mag
nificent sods of Kentucky bluegrass
On deep, sandy land that has been
well MANFRED and lined. The or
chard grass and tall meadow oats
grass will com quickly and will pro-
tect the slower bluegrass. J.
Cutting Alfalfa.
Having a good stand of alfalfa
sowed according to your directions.
When should the first cutting be
nader" AS soon usually as a bloom
be seen here and there. At that
time, if you will examine the base of /.
the plants, you will find the second
starting, and it is important
TO cut before this gets tall enough tor
be caught by the mower, or the Sc
cOnd crop may be less. AS a top
dressing after moving, apply 300
pounds of Thomas phosphate an
acre.
Varieties of Peas.
For an early pea. the variety now
called the New Era, also known as
The Revenue, is best. 1t is very pro-
ductive of peas, but makes a lighter
crop of hay than later ones. The
or Wonderful is the heav-
lest cropper, but rather late. Proha-
oily the best hay-maker will be either
49, A oS 0OOAO0 4oG Vi CAO Sldys
The best thing to mix with them is
the Tall Yellow soy bean. Haft a
bushel of each an acre will make al
good mixture: :,
Chufas and Peanuts.
Wants to grow chufas for pigs and
wants to know. of course, what fer
tflizer and how much to use, for it
seems that our Southern farmers
think that they must have a special
formula for every crop grown. 1 Of
give formulas with a twinge of
conscience, not knowing what their
land particularly needs. Now as to
chufas. The inquirer is in a pea
nut section, and it does not cost any
more to grow an acre of peanuts than
nm acre of chufas so far as / have I
observed, for I never grow chufas,
and I know that an acre of peanuts
ID worth three times as ruch for pigs