Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-11
SOME PROFITABLE CROPS THAT CAN
YET BE PRODUCED BY TEXAS FARMERS
by J. o. Morgan, Professor of Agronomy, A. & NJ.
College OF Tcxas.)

Texas farmers have Just PASSED
through unr ~ the most irving springs
within recent wears. ManN of them are
DISCOURAGED. The excessive rains have. Oh
"a large extent. destroyed the crops npcti
which past practices aul methods nave
taught the majority Of farmers 90 r"iN
for support. - 10 whether or not Ihcst
farmers laii To- makr a proiiiahi" crop
during the coming summer Viii dtptH!
primarily upon the cNiant - which they
al present ronrcuc failure. Certainly
there j. no reason why 4 profitable crop
should moi ~ produced. Texas soils and
Texas climate are MOI limited tu the pro
duction Of cotton AMI early planted corn.
Fortunately. there are many crop, that
may yet To- planted aud with proper man.
agement should Weld the prodnccr 4
handsome profit. The farmer who tails
now to plans his Stuhhlc land from
which small grain has been harvested.
or his corn ar cotton land upon which
the crop has been drowned 10 suinc profit
able hay. pasture. ur seed crop must nat
urally suffer the loss that results from
idle capital. Also. The moisture that r.
at present in Texas soils represents an
asset If mmcasura,lr value il IL u prop
crly utilized.
The more important ~ The crops that
may Vet b. proiitabi, produced together
with the essential consideration ia their
production are given below.
June Corn This rrop may lr pilut
u time from june 10 in IHir ilth
On soils az medium pr0ducliNcuc>s Yields
Of from - tu =, hu>hrls 81 grain per acre
are commonly produced. The write has
known June cora 40 WELD n> Iurh w.
40 bushels of corn per acre - good
land. even when planted a. laic Az Illt
LIST. However. June planting b. 80, sable.
This corn produces a strong growth AMI
sends lis roofs deep down into the soil,
enabling il a. resist druuth and hot SUM.
mcr winds. IL makes an excellent grade
Of Sili.c and there - absolutely ~ rcd-
son why live stock farmers Who nave
erected >ilus should not provide ma album.
dance ct this most excellent of winter
feeds from June corn planted during the
month 81 June rr even during the early
part az .Jaly. From eight a. ten tons %
sIlaer per acre can easily or produced
IN this way. This viii beat What IN,
average farmer j. doing Nltn cotton. even
IN favorable seasons
cowpcas: This crop may hc Sown eth
,r broadcast ioT hat ur pasture. ~ plant
ed in drills and cultivated Tor clthci
seed or. has. When >nNn broadcast, one
ana. onehaif to Two bushels oi Sest pVl
mere are required. When uicn in drills
a peek of seed viii easily nlant IN acr-
The drills should hr thirty inches aTirI
with the plants from four g. >iN inclic'
apart Ia tine lriil.
The carrier COW peas can be planted nov
the better. III siuhhle land T. "a be util
lied for this crop. IL iS highly c>scntia
thai the land b. plowcd AMI the Sc,
snvn and narrowed IN ~ quickly ~ pos
siblc after the small grains have hcct
removed. 4 few days delay ia blowing
will permit The soil "a lose a large portion
oC lis moisture. This renders the rrrIsar
alton of The soil much more difficult, ana
also great, rcSiuceS the licii ~ tht
crop. If the acreage to he planted .
large making u impossible ~ ert all
of The land plowei before u dries out
a mulch can d. rapid, produced hy first