Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-20
PRIZES FOR BEST YIELDS GRAIN CROPS
WILL Be OFFERED BY INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS
TEXAS ORGANIZATION THE AGRICULTURAL
pevELo PMgNr OFFER CASH PRIZES TO BOYS
AND GIRLS MAKING YIELDS GRAIN.

DALLAS. rosas sen, 30 70 ca 4,
courage th. mo, cmcni for u reduction I
of nrvt years cotton acreage ANA for .
the Information ~ thc farmers "' the /
state ln urdei that tines mas prepare +
tnoir land now. the TeNas industrial !
Congress Announces its intention to of I
it mizcs next VEIN tor tine hest yieldH .
eesi of production couridercd, ON not
l,ss than fise acres rult'vatca iu wheat /
oats. blrloy and pcrhnpa rice
Gecause a. their value Tor winter
rfvtmo and boz prr,cutiuE surface .
wusllng aud also hrcauso of their 'o~ 4
cOst nt cultivation as compared with (
cotton these grains are ucuiiy us pref +
hs.l. uH cotton in ordinary times. and T
nto ccnnn to Bee more profluhl" than .
an over production ot cotton, ln view /.
NJ the European war situation small F.
fraina afford AN admirable substitute /
tni cotton ON much of iho land cult 7
,atcd in cotton this ,enf, "nd which .
II tho ucrease la m all redu ga Wishi .
not otherwise lac utilized The En
ropcnn Ntr assures splendid prices Tor
{, edatuff- og an lNuds and the farmer
Who plurts winter wheat and ~ ~
fmtu grains this fNil can count upon
rviinR gnod prices. such as have not
horn realized for a number Of Nolr
The abundant recent rains have in-
suued enough moisture in the ground
Go start the prompt growth 90 all rrtn
crops and there can bc NO better pos
sihlc preparation of the soil for them
than the cultivation which ihc hand
has received In growing this Years cot
I ton ,rop. Grain does best when Howf
I upon q firm seed nrrd that has hccn
deeply prepared sufficiently in adsanc,
~ the SOWING Co have hccomr firmly
settled Thi. is iust the condition 90
which the cultivation Of cotton has lcti
The ground The farmers mas reason .
ahlv expect. therefore. "A good WELD of
wheat oats. or hartley planted nov lr
the middlcs between the cotton This
can be- done with ans Of the dtiil'
made especially for that purpose. or d.,
running hull-tonEuo through the mid 81
dies. maklng about four burrows. SOW
my tile seed in these burrows and then
covering them with harrow. ~ tho
c,d MA, hc soWn broadcast and ;hcu
covered with hatrow Where this
method Is used not less than two hush
10 ~ oais aud uur-half rnshcl lesa oi
wheat should hc sown " the drll D.
us,,d about ONE hail these quantities O.
,''icicnt
Great care should ho taken 'n select
ing wheat oats and hartley fer seed
and. II possible seed raised Ia th'
community. which has been tested foi
several Years should hc spwn The
4 usc 81 much fertilizer when paptlnl
eali elalas Is no, advisable hut u IN,
scn has previously been fcrthsed win
stable manure. nothing can he better
stable manure applied fresh, however
at the time the grain ia sOwed is APT 4,
40 more harm than gAod hy pnshtnl
the grain forward too rapidly and do
Veloping tendency 70 lodge mex
sprlng In the sp,inr. Il ,he erail
docs not start promptly. ton dfcssini
Of from 400 to iee pounds of fcr,ihSci
composed Of equal PARTS of cc,tonscc,
I meal and acid phosphate viii be hclp
fuh
\ general planting % grain crops thl'
fall nnt only Insured good crops an,
high prices next scar. hut also prom
ises an abundance 81 cheap feed fol
livestock, aud guarantees thai the lv'
stock now ON the farms win be In IN,
hest possible condition next sprlag fo'
sale when the demand viii he greatest
This adds no additional cost; Cor care.