The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-10
FARMERS ARE
BUSY WINDING
UPYEAR' WORK
LAST WEEK HAS BEEN UN-
EVENTFUL IN SO FAR AS ANY
SPECIAL WORK IN THE DEM
ONSTRATION FIELD IS CON-
cERNED.

The last week has been uneventfu
in so far as any special work in the
demonstration field is concerned. The
farmers are all busy winding up the
years work. The hay crop has been
an average one aid the weather has
been favorable for the curing OF it
Prices for hay have not been as good
as we would expect, and this Condi-
ton Is brought about by the farmer
himself, to a large extent, as he leos
IT get too ripe before cutting The
Mexican clover hay is an excellent
feed for work stock, If cut just as the
first bloom shows, but 80 per cent OF
the hay secured This year has been
too ripe before cutting, with the re-
suit that it sheds it's leaves in curing,
making the product too woody in its
nature, and rendering it unpalaGable
to horses and mules, particularly the
latter. Another undesirable practice
among our farmers is their method OF
cutting the hay, in that they cut too
much at a time, and in the curing pro-
cess, il loses it's color because it does
not get the necessary atten ion in the
cuxing process. No more should be
cut any one day than can be cured
the next The farmers are losing
thousands of dollars every year along
this line, owing to the low price that
a poorly cured hay can command.
Planting Oats.
Planning of oats is quite the order
Of the day among the best of our
farmers, but we are sorry TO find so
many of our farmers careless in the
matter of having a cover crop on
their land during the winter. Any
farmer worthy the name should keep
his soil busy all the time, because it
is by so doing that the fertility of
the soil can be maintained and i'm
proved.
Fresh Syrup.
Fresh syrup is beginning to come
on the market quite freely, some of
it of excellent quality, and quite
lot Of the other kind. Good syrup is
always in demand at a good price,
while the inferior grade goes a-beg-
ging at any price. The syrup crop
is a profitable one if properly made.
Straining the juice thoroughly before
evaporation and clean Swimming dur
ing evaporation, and Straining the
made syrup through a wooden cloth as
it runs from the evaporator is nee
essary if we expect good article.
Strawberry Planting.
Those who intend planning a staw-
berry patch should get busy right
away, If they expect to get any fruit
next spring. The land should be
prepared, and we'll ferti-
liked with decomrosed stable manure
plowed in. and commercial fertilizer OF
a 4-6-s analysis applied and mixed in
the soil at the rate OF about 1000
rounds per acre a week before plant
ing time. The varieties that are most
the Missionary, Honkyl1e.
Excelsior and Lady Thompson. Make
the rows about three feet apart and
set the plants about Is inches in the
row.
Winter Vegetables.
Quite a few varieties of winter veg
etables can be planted yet, and those
having any land that can be used for
should see to 1t that it is
suitable are, beets. brussels sprouts
cabbage plants, and seed for spring
T chanting in the field, carrots, collards
(both seed and plants). kale, endive,
lettuce, mustard, onion sets and onion
seed of the brown Australian variety,
radiShes rape. spinach,
turnips borcole and leeks.
Caulif1oweT planted in September
will be forming heads now. The
leaves should be gathered around the
heads and held in place by wooden
skewers, so as to preserve the color
and improve the quality. The vo~v
tender varieties of lettuce, such }
the Sslamander varieties. should be
put in cold place and covered with a
thin cloth covering that can be re-
moved on warm days; this improves
the quality very much, making It
crisp and tender.
Corn Yields.
Have been citing returns of corn
Yields from the demonstration workers
IF the county. The yields range from |
3 to 76 bushels per acre. In a few ,
more weeks shall be able to give a |
complete report OF this work.
This is a good time to make plans |
'or next years work. Get cotton /
s.alks gathered in piles and burn, so |
Is 20 destroy all the weevils posi- /
Die. Plow the land, and put the re- |
ones too deep for resurrec-
ion in the spring. and when stumps |
IRE in the field, start a campaign Of |
stump burning. The beginning Of an /
,ther year should see everything in /
'eadiness TO begin the year In good /
shape for a large crop yield Of ev-
ryTthing the farm can produce.
c. X MQUARRIE,
Agricultural Adviser Escambia Coun- /
ty Crop Improvement Association