The Forrest City times., 1913-08-22
WEEKLY LETTER TO
 ARKANSAS FARMERS
By John H. Page.

The final cultivation of the corn and cotton crops have now been made. end much of the hay has been made. and the time for harvest is coming on end will soon be here. There is yet . short interval In which the farmers cal prepare land and make ready to Isut in small acreage of some of the most important leguminous crops for a winter pasture and cover crop for the land. Burr clover Is one of the hest for cover crop to keep the land from washing and also from teaching. and makes a good winter pasture for cattle and hogs, as we'll as other stock. II you have a good Bermuda pasture, blow 1t up during this month and har. TOW 1t down and SOW it to Burr Clover It will make you a good pasture all winter and last on through the spring. until the Bermuda comes out again. Then it will die down and give way to the Bermuda. and will re-seed itself next fall This will give almos, . year-round pasture for stock, and will enrich the land too.
 Crimson clover Is another good one, and while if may be little difficult to get q stand, 1t is one of the best legumes you can get, and provides more nitrogen gathering nodules than any of the others. Crimson clover can he seeded later. Another good one Is Vetch. Try some of 1t The experi ment is worth trying. It will make a good pasture. will produce lots of hay and is fine soil-builder It would not to he bad idea to SOW any of thes4 grasses in the corn field. goins through between the rows with small harrows. Later, when the corn i. gathered there will remain a good win ter pasture and a cover crop too.
 If you cannot persuade yourself t. try out any of these new crops, then try some rye Most everybody knows about rye and what 1t will do Rye may be sown between the corn or cot ton rows in the fall and make a good winter and spring pasture, and will help the soil, besides being a fairly good cover crop. But be sure to try something You really can't afford not 10. Then there is the alfalfa Some of the best and most progressiv. fArraers have eben trying 1t out and succeeding. It sometimes takes perse verance and patience, but they will win in most cases.
 IT your soil is sour. add some ground limestone If you will apply 10 the Agricultural Department at Washing ton. or the county demonstration agent, you can get free. all the nitro gen-hxing bacteria you need When you SOW alfalfa, be caureful to put your land in good condition. and have fl well pulyerized It is best to use 6 plot of ground that has been in peas or grass, or used in some way to keen It free from weeds, or on which the weeds have not seeded this season Then use pHnty of seed Sow about Airty pounds to the acre. If vou have tried alfalfa before and did not get stand. try it again on the same ground; do not change locations. Some of the best alfalfa producing land in the country has required as many as the third sowing { oget a good stand Each time it is re-seeded the soil is becoming iroculated and that is ne eessary to maintain a good stand
 Take care of the ditches now. Clean them out and cut the weeds and briers of. If you don't they will fill up so badly this fall and winter that you may fisd the Job too big for you next spring, and when you are pressed for planting time you may find the ground too wet for cleaning ditches or plant. Ing either. Attend to them now Take care of the hay and cut all you can of every kind. even unto the crab grass, Save it all. The stock love it and it easy to feed Remember the county and state fair. Go and take something to exhibit fl you can. Give my regards to the hogs, the real money-makers on the farm. and tell them hope they will make It through to acorn time" If they have been neg. tected. as many have