Milford chronicle., 1912-07-05
agF VfMESTING OATS AND PLANTING
IWA OIU LEGUMINOUS CROPS IN
~ THE SOUTH
THE SOUTH

~
Is now time to plan for the har
ng Of our oat crop. If we do no
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i the waste when using a cradle is
il nous.
binder will harvest from sc
pl.. acres-eight acres per day. One
ore farmers in every neighbor-
thA should own good binder. The
+, 4 VaTmnner will generally pay for itself in
Pnops " Slhluhieason.
m moving machine will often do
acci work for several farmers in a
anVAM TInborhOOd. Where one farmer can
triiilAN Tlkford to buy mower for his own
lig several farmers can purchase one.
The farmer will often find it profitable
T. wn mower or binder and work
5erFbraSkan is neighOors at a reasonable price
as Tauntbinders ready for : work Let US
|1in pen the sickles, oil the bearings
|atio test the machines on the grass be-
Ing our oats are ready to cut. 1t is
|ind,1a Il no,noc advisable to have an extra binder
L. Th6ltir,,, ne, knife, and seV 9ral extra wings
he 81. v1o,dr arms for the reel ready beforehand
|ne, y tie - repairing breakages.
icula 80 ~ e should harvest our Oat crop early.
h ins 49, ling should begin as soon as about
outl C, Ter cent of the field has turned
|iIards-.sp ow-just as soon as all the grain is
| tbe ADu' ooih he dough stage. Oats should not
|at sHuu sHuu ut while wet from dew or rain.
ssaO"isuse mere should be a thresher in every
.olninatiOn lhborhood for threshing all kinds
no soIns seeds such as oats, wheat rye,
ateppeu Iroley, kaffir corn, sorghum, grass
- Es votes |, beans, and peanuts.
WOODROW any farmers will find it profitable |
tonndent thwn thresher for use on their own |
Q 10 gains and they can at the same time |
~ tain {ne nf great service to their neighbors |
II Ihe indlc5hreshing for them at a reasonable
We betweense
~ until bohe oats should be threshed as soon
FitA disgus)ossible, but should not be threshed
hem surrebn grain is wet from either rain
he chances dew.
gn the side tore oats in bulk and not over three
The breab deep. Be sure and examine grain
b Wilson Wy for at least three weeks and
nat he MAJ with shovel, if there are any indi-
ll; tingr ions Of heating
anc, ~ 1ihe packed, crusted soil should not
exposed to the suns rays single
S.i'' ii after oats are cut. We should use
" ~ oisk harrow and make the surface
%ne os two or three inches as fine as
Isible for a cOwpea, SOY bean or ,
ahs IegF Fnut crop. By the use of the disk
there ult row. we can thoroughly prepare ,
,,,,,,a,, eral acres of stubble land every day
these crops. At this season of the I
Nof edrc1en unable to spare the necessary a
So a. le to break the stubble land with r
~ tna low.
Vain, bu'hese leguminOus crops are valuable G
vAave to account of the nitrogen and the +
Be- lmus-making organic matter they f
II Ciltl4ltain When they are harvested to L
tkarrivl fed TO live stock, nearly half the i
trogen and humUs-making materials b
left in the roots and in the bottom
In the stems and in the leaves. and
~" her portions Of the plants not OBJ
q sein ned in gathering the crops The
'l7ou suits of the Calhoun. La, experiment
,o1ai htion show that one acre Of Spanish =,
Us ere anuts grown on poor pine land CON o.
On sned 1872 pounds OF nitrogen: an acre h
as no cOwpeas, l0S pounds; and an acre of o.
70 Foley beans 1870 pounds. These crops q
1tes. ade from two to three and half tons
Ihe - feed stuff, richer in food elements ct
eceiedan wheat bran. When such feed f.
wa anduff can be grown after oats and fed -
Govern stock without serious loss of fertiiZ- hi
thirtg value, is there any excuse for cuti- n,
g backting poor land and for having poor ii
me singestock? AZ
The rThe advantages of growing cowpea Nj
as Wops are briefly summarized by the In
God, louisiana experiment station as fol-
ern, 2.Ws: First the cowpea is nitrogen VI
Ehe f.therer;s second, shades the soiinthe 70
renty emmer, keeping it in condition most til
OppeclUaDle 10 Une mOSJ rapid nlUrlnca- nc
arshalon and leaves it friable and loose and dc
wills, the best possible condition for fu- vo
rbe rre crops; third, it has a large root ii,
enriesv svelopment, and hence pumps up
aJulyom a great depth and a large area in
lwillle water, and with it the mineral fe,
seded by the plant; fourth, its adapt nr
3ET oility to all kinds Of sois-sti1est hu
lays to the most porous sand, fertile lar
iluVial bottoms to barren upland; fifth an
y stands the heat and hot sunshine dr.
Ehot climates; sixth, its rapid growth st,
~ lables us to grow two crops on the lar
sfltme soil; seventh, when sOwn thicky, na,
49, shades the soil effectually, smother car
ne out all weeds and grasses and mn
ent. nus serves as a cleansing crop; eighth, it
ecet is the best preparatory crop known mo
u DID the southern farmers every kind
ed crop grows well after it; ninth, it
nsbaarnishes most excellent hay and
host excellent food in large quantities
y " Jr man and beast.
~ The following is summary Of Far
tslers' Bulletin, No. 326: In 1905 the
4Siarm described in this bulletin pro- Oyi
1euced one-fourth bale Of cotton and Of
Gfteen bushels Of corn per acre. In win
w,asUo, after a crop of cowpeas, it pro- h
luced One-half bale Of cotton and l u