Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-10

however. June " not too late.
| Milo. This crop n adapted To a.
tituues but very little higher than
COCO feet In the iower attitudes
| 4 IA our enreet grain crop. Planting
time Will depend on tbs season In re-
ties. white and yellow. are early
enough 20 make II advisable not 10
plant before June l. ana very often
a. late a. Iuig I. We recommnnd
! that single plants be from 20 ~ a.
inches apart In the row. the rowe be-
Ing , la feet apart. One and one
half 10 two pounds OF seed IN sufli-
cent TO plant one acre.
Cane.-Thla " one Of The bees ana
hufest fodder crops for New NcKitO
60 nSitionr for nearly a. a'utn ler
ls0r best results ~ q fodder croa, cane
rhuuld be planted IN rows ami rulii-
waited. Cane. alone makes q good
ailagc crop " cut about the time the
seed n going into tho dough stage
u makes a better siiage crop. how
ever. II mixed with one-half corn or
one-hah kafir al the time Il n being
stored In the siio. Seven and one
half pounds Of seed Is enough 70 plant
one acre in rows for cultivation The
seed should be planted whenever alt
danger Of frost u past, also depending
on moisture conditions. Early ann Der
fred) and white amber are good fod-
der varieties ana early in maturing
For syrup making the Texas Seeded
Ribbon and Honey Drip varieties.
are the best.
feterita or soudan Durra.-This Is
new crop for Now Mexico condi-
lions IL belongs TO the sorghum
family. A. drought resistant crop
II Is equal 10 milo. The fodder Is
H.f ar
equally as good. n requires about
the same cultural methods az the 9TH
er row crops already mentioned. and
should be planted al any time be-
tween May II and jury 4. depending
on moisture conditions. For seed puT-
poses this crop should be planted as
lhinly as milo. 20 to 20 inches apart
In the row.
Prose- or Broom Corn Mlllet.-No
ANAL grain or nOn-cuitiyatcd crop
does as wen during average years az
row crop. But prose miilet and
particularly the hog variety furnish
Is good chicken and hog pasture. Un-
der favorable moisture conditions, the
Black NerOnezh variety makes ex-
cellent hay and h "A very short season
crop, Prose- millet H. adapted 60 prac-
ticaiiy all attitudes. hut had best he
restricted 20 tight soils. Prose- re-
quires no more than 90 pounds or
seed per acre. which should be drilled
IN u possible. with press-wheel
drill. Sow prose- miilet as early az
june 1. especially Il moisture condi-
tions are favorable 20 keep the crop
growing until the more dependable
july rains. Ia the absence OF mois-
ture conditions. as described, we ad-
wise delaying planting until az late
as July 10.
Cow Peas.--This crop r. known as
Dry Farmers Alfalfa" IL Is IN,
best leguminous crop for attitudes
below 5000 feet. The hay made
from this crop, including the peas, "
almost equal la feeding value To nlfai-
"a, The cultural methods described
above are suitable to the production
of this crop. This crop Is planted
IN burrows 20 pounds az seed per acre
being required. The crop should
planted between June / and July l.
depending on moisture conditions We
advise planting small seed patch Of
ms crop separately from the main
field. This should bee planted more
thiniy, Il should be given special care
ana must also be protected from the
rabbits. In harvesting this crop, the
best hay ~ produced by gathering he
fore u n thoroughly mature or al the
time the pods are turning yellow. A
bean harvester is the best implement
for gathering the best crop. hut IN mis-
can not be secured. the crop can be
plowed out by using a pillow with the
mold hoard removed. The best all
around variety is the crowder. They
yield fair vine and are early enough
10 Insure seed. The black-eye Is the
surest seed variety. hut makes very
litile vine. The whippoorwill Is al
rertly opposite 10 the black-eye in
! that Il produces a great deal of vine
ana very little seed. this variety Is not
adapted To attitudes above 4.b00 feet
Field Peas. --This crop IL also cali
cd DRY Farmers Alfalfa" ana is
well adapted 10 attitudes ~ 5000
feet and above. The cultural meth
DDS for field peas are the same as ~
recommended for other row crops
above. Moisture condition IL the most
important consideration IN the deter
minatlon 81 time for planting, as
strong freeze n required To Kill the
crop when either young or nearing
maturity. As Ia the case OF COW peas
he hay field and seed patch should
he separated. In the hay crop the
vine and seed should be harvested to-
gether before complete maturity
amour the same as COW peas. and the
same method of harvesting is applicn-
ne, the hest care should be- taken
OF the seed crop, because seed Is not
cheap and is usually hard to secure.
Spanish Peanuts This crop. where
not subject Go destruction hy rab-
bits, has been found successful under
New Mexico dry farming conditions.
~ high az an altitude of 5000 feet,
hut We do not recommend this crop
az higher attitudes. This crop does
best on sandy soil The Spanish va
riety OF peanuts win resist az much
drought as milo. Like the other
crops described, peanuts should be
pinnted Ia burrows. ono hushcl Of the
unsheiied nuts being sufficient to
plant one acre. A good stand of pea
nuts. however under New Mexico
conditions, can not he depended up
on by planting the unshelled nuts. h
". therefore, hest 20 shell them, be-
Ing careful not 10 break the paparv
covering. In planting small acre
nge. the nuts are dropped by hand
from 2 to 10 inches apart In the row
the rows being at least three feet
apart, " the nuts are planted IN the
unshelled condition, they should be
soaked In water from 20 to fs hours
and planted Immediately afterwards
The nuts should bee covered TO depth
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