The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-03-20


should be fitted with proper plates. II
the lister is used, the furrow should |
not be deep, and there should be some
loose soil beneath the seed.
Rows should be at the usual width |
for corn and The plants should be SO
spaced that they will not be too close |
together in the row. In the Pan-hsni
die counties and the eKtrem- western
portions Of the State, they should not
BE- closer together than Is to "a inches |
and this distance may even be in
creased with good results In other |
counties lying west Of the central por-
tion Of the State, plants should be from
IA to Is inches apart ana in the eastern
portions they may be planted MS close
as 10 to ~ inches apart in the row
This spacing requires from two pounds
q seed per acre for the western coun.
ties to 4 pounds per acre where the
plants come as close as 10 or ~ inches
apart.
Frterita is one of the earliest Of grain
sorghums, and hence can be planted
later than almost any other crop.
Planting has been done in southern
counties rs early as April 9TH, and ate
as July 10Th with good results. In
several instances during 1912 excellent
crops nf feterita were matured on oat
land after t"e oats we're harvested
Perhaps the best time for the planting
OF feterita is from April 10th to the lst
OF May IN the southern counties OF the
State and from April 25th to June let
in the northern aud western counties.
As the seed absorb moisture readily
from the SOIL il IL rot necessary that
they be planted deep, the average
Cultivation should begin as soon as
the plants begin to show above the
ground. A section harrow may be used
for the frat two or three CIVILIZATIONS
II the seed have been planted in a
lister furrow, the harrow should be
drawn lengthwise Of the rows.
Feterita should never be planted in
burrows In tight soil as the bottoms of
the burrows are too apt to cake or
crust. Afrer the plants become suffi-
ciently large so that the harrow can no
longer be used, they should be culti
vated precisely IA corn or kaffir How
ever, this cultivation should never be
deep and the effort should always be to
leave the soil behind the cultivator
finely pulverized to create dust
mulch. After the plants become too
large for the use of an ordinary culti-
vator a mower wheel, laid Hat and
dragged between the rows, does good
work. While feterita does not'reauire
so much cultivation as Indian corn it
responds readily to good treatment
and frequent shallow cultivation. con-
tiuued until late in the season, always
increases the yield.
8The heads OF feterita stand upright,
hence the crop can be harvested with q
Ho Sever. many farmers prefer to head
10y hand, using a common butcher or
pocket knife As this sorghum is ap,
TO prod ice second crop of grain from
suckers and secondary shoots, the hand
method is perhaps advisable. The
grain of feterita, like kafiir and milo,
is apt to absorb moisture from the at
mosphere md to heat or mold readily
unless care ia taken in storing. III the
heads themselv are to be stored the
following method has been found sue
cessful. A layer OF hay or straw, is
placed unon the floor or ground, as the
case may be. Upcn this the heads are
piled and are afterwards covered with
hay or straw. In this way, moisture is
kept away from the heads and il both
the grain and the hay are dry when
stacked the heaas keep very we'll.
Feterita may be threshed by an ordi-
nary thresher by making the proper
adjustments. II threshed grain is to
be stored il can be prevented from
heating in the following manner: A
layer of feterita or inches deep is
first placed in the hin. Then layer Of
burlap sacks partly filled with dry hay
is put down. After which, a second
layer of the grain is thrown in, to be
followed by another layer of hay filled
sacks. BY placing alternate layers OF
grain and sacks in this way, heating
and moulding can be almost entirely
prevented -
The grain of feterita is somewhat
larger and softer than that OF kafiir
aud milo, hence il can be fed whole
with fairly good results, but grinding
is of some value, especially II the grain
is to be fed to horses or cattle,
The stalks of teterita are rich in food
value, hence the crop is excellent for
ensiIage or forage. II grown for either
of these purposes il can be planted