The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-07-16
Emergency Crops in July.


Sam. NJ. Jordan. who returns to the
Missouri State Board OF Agriculture
on September as a statewide agri.
cultural missionary. discusses Elmer.
gency Crops" for July planting, as
follows:
1t can always be counted on that
some Of our spring.planted crops will
fail us sometimes-and II Is also some
times very convenient 10 he able to
determine what sort Of late crop
can be grown TO an advantage!
There are several Emergency Crops
among which are sorghum, feterita,
katr corn, millet, cowpeas and soy.
beans. 1t Is hardly likely that In the
latitude OF Central Missouri that un.
der average conditions any Of these
crops except millet would ripen any
seed, so~n In July.
Where feterita or Kair are grown
they can best be handled by drilling
In rows and giving the crops some cul-
tiyation.
Where sorghum Is wanted for hay, .
very satisfactory method Is to SOW
from IS to IS pounds OF seed per acre,
using every hoe Of the grain drill.
II is hardly worth while to refer
further to millet, since practically all
are familiar with growing It.
Where cowpeas are used this late In
the season, seed from three pecks 10 .
bushel and a half per acre, using ev.
cry hoe OF the grain drill, will make .
most splendid pasture. or II desired II
could be turned under for green ma.
nure.
Where the soybean Is used II seems
to give better satisfaction to stop up
every other hoe OF the grain drill.
Last season there we're several that
ripened seed by sowing this late, but
II will be remembered that the 1914
Fail was exceedingly late. TT Is de.
sired to make hay Of tie crop tie soy.
beam would be preferable TO cowpcas,
due to the fact that II Is more easily
cured
Sudan grass Is also recommended,
but the growing Of II IN this part OF
the country Is a little too new TO ven
ture a suggestion further than a. an
experiment.
II ninety day seed corn can he sc.
cured and planted at once on good
ground, fair fodder or silage might
reasonably be expected from it-but
II Is more or less doubtful whether IL
would produce corn OF reasonable val.
ne. One difficulty with planting corn
80 late In the season IL that IL Is
worked upon so badly by insect pests
that our efforts are often attended
with disappointment.
II should be remembered that q
well.prepared seed bed In . fertile soil
Is one Of the primary things necessary
for . good crop. II the seed bed Is
not well worked down and In good
condition, and extreme dry weather
follows, the chances are that the seed
would not properly terminate and
good results could not be expected OF
any Emergency Crop.
II any Of the crops are sown that re.
quire cultivation, some tool that will
work the ground shallow will be the
best. II the ground is prepared with
the disk only, the disking should be
followed very quickly with the seed.
Ing or the crab grass and fox.tail will
give great deal Of annoyance, espe.
cially II the weather should remain
wet.
Cowpeas and soybeans may be cult.
waited with q harrow after they are
four or live inches high, In the event
that we can do the work In time
when the weather Is very warm and
the ground dry, we will do little harm
to the plants u we slant the teeth
well back, say about u degrees, and
always being careful TO keep the teeth
free from trash OF any sort, The cul.
tivation OF the soybean especially by
this method has proven very satisfac'
4 factory.
II Is sometimes desired to SOW both
COW peas or soybeans and sorghum and
q method that Is sometimes employed
Is to SOW the beans perhaps from one
to three or four days ahead OF the
sorghum, drilling them In rows the
width Of corn planter tracks, then by
drilling the sorghum with one.horse
grain drill or with an ordinary drill,
removing enough hoes that the beans
would not be disturbed. The beans
sown at the same time with sorghum
will come up first, but In q very little
while the sorghum will outgrow the
beans and very largely smother them
out. For this reason, q good idea
where possible is to give the beans a
few DAYS start,