St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-10
THE REsTR
1t seems to be the CUSTOM
community, and while it I"I
a knowledge of impure ssuN
by blindly shutting our
which cannot be avoid Nn1u
sary evils in all citi Wnf\
in reasonable chs1 VHIIII
effect. To do tsasa W. ~
cEs~~IAa
Farm Work in June and In
struments to Use.
The Difference Between Say
ing and Wasting Labor.
Good Farming and Keeping
the Cultivator Going.
Some Extracts From The
Progressive Farmer.
FARM WORK in JUNE.

oS1>L'
The extremely late season puts
much of what is usually done in May
into June. With the reaping OF the
small grains where no red clover is
sowed with these, the matter of get
ting peas on the land is of the next
Importance. Thesplowing ofthe stub
BILE for peas should be very thorough
ly done. Here is where the disk
pillow often comes in handy, for with
team enough it will plow any soil,
no matter how dry. 4
Then, if you are going to SOW peas,
make. up your mind to dit right. DO
not mix peas and sorghum or mlllet
They do not improve the hay nor
the curing of it, The best thing to
mix with peas is the Tall Yellow
soy bean. Its upright growth tends
to hold up the peas and make them
more easily harvested. Put the land
in good order after blowing for the
peas and do not SOW them broadcast
and harrow them in, but SOW with a
wheat drill set to SOW two bushels
ture of saoys and peas in equal parts.
But in this way, the seed vii be
placed at a uniform depth and will
all terminate together and make
far better crop than if sowed broad
cast.
If you are going to plant peas for
seed, sow them in rows three feet
? apart and give them several cultlVa-
tf6ns. | have found that it pays to
give peas and soy beans a dressing
of 800 pounds of acid phosphate and
q pounds of muriate OF potash an
acre. Especially if grown for seed,
this will give you bettersseed crop.
When plantedsafor seed it is not
well to sow peas too early. From
middle Of June to July is a4gly
enough for seed peas. They will
make less vine than sowed early, but
will make more peas, as a rule.
Saving Labor and Wasting 1t.
/ was In a cotton field last week
where the crop has been planted with
--a-Ero1nI. and was struck with the
ssat s4hat here was a great saving OF
seed and labor. for the little punches
ofpasnts are. easilythinned and there
was no chopping out 70 DO. | think
that It will be found thatthese drop,
ping machines. will take the-place OF
ell others. -
LastSweek, too, l. was bon the ran;
road between Raleigh and Ports
mouth, and on the smooth and leve
land near the crossing of the Motto
way River in southeast Virginia,
j saw five men, each with a horse OF
mule and turning pillow, going twice
in, the row harrington" corn ane
making a ridge of earth down the
middles Not a man of them coule
tell why they did this except thai
they had always done it,. But two
! OF those five men could have take1
two pairs of mules and. ridden across
q the field and cuold have done more
i. work and better work than the fly.
were doing. And yet, there is eom
plant of the lack of labor, while
farmers are using more tWo-footet
lsfbor than they need il they had thu
proper implements.
But | was pleased to see as thu
$ train approached Franklin, Virginia
"a fine field of crimson clover. Their
is notion with many that crimson
clover will not thrive enthe coasta
plain, but those who are trying i
are succeeding, and the presence 0
that field near Franklin will be ;
great object lesson to that who'll
section, for there is nothing NOR,
needed to make an agricultural para
disc out of those. level lands on thu
!. coast than plenty of peas in summe
= and crimson clover In winter.
Saving Crimson Clover Seed.
Many are asking me how to say,
the seed of crimson clover. For thi
purpose the crop should stand til
all the heads are ripe. Then, NOV
and cure it lii, little cocks and hau
in and finish out the seed and hay
it in the bulls for sowing. A halle
is too costly machine for a singl
farm. Where clover seed are grow
b.. every farmer, as where / live, tn
huller is carried around and clean
seed for every one. BIT you can &c
i a good stand, and -often better, b
sowing the seed in the bulls, as tn
HILLS retain moisture and make tn
sern1IDatiDn more certain. Of course
mere must be sowed per acre than G
clean seed, ortsabout 40 pounds a
acre of the seed in the rough.
Some Good Farming. =
I was on a, North Carolina farl
last week where there had been
sheayyssra OF purely local chal
aeper, and the little burrows on tn
hisfisdeSAd one after tfipther file
with water and broken over,s an
several guIliesF were starting. ~ Tn
idea of the owner is to work ths
corn level, but the land had not bee
subsoiled andeFen the little furro"
made by the Eofn planter had gathe
ed the water Ii
The best Maysto avoid gullies is
keep the surface. betweenSIhe row
OF corn and cotton as level as po
sibIe and, furthermore, to break an
subsoil AL sfoping lands deeply.
was on the farm of Julion Car
Jr., near Durham, North. Earolini
and while there he started the ploN
turning crimson clover thathad bee
sown on the cotton field sun
U, mer. 1 NRs pleased Il. see-that AZ