News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-17

'YOu'u make a VI you Keep ny
| that lick"
about it, but | expect our state expert
ment station can tell me more about
the best seed to use in this part Of the
country"
Hello, Mr.. Burns!'' greeted Sam.
coming up to the government agent on
the street. i've been wanting to
speak to you about seed corn and COT
me to get and where can | get themT'
well, as for the corn seed" replied
Mr.. Burns, "I'll order that for you, as
| want all the boys to have the same
kind of seed After this year you must
select your own seed. both cotton and
corn. Don't depend on sending off for
seed. If you do you'll surely be badly
disappointed sometimes. Get good va
rieties to start with and you can build
them up by selecting seed from the
finest and most productive plants.
speaking about cottonseed," the
agent continued. 'as good a plan as
any Is to get seed from somebody IN
your neighborhood. You always find
at least one kind OF cotton in every
community that is far ahead of all 9th
er kinds. Everything seems to suit 1t
exactly. If you can get seed from Il
variety like that out your way and
then select your own seed afterward
you'll soon have the most productive
cotton that can possibly be grown in
your locality"
Il am much obliged to you said
Sam, for getting the corn, and | think
| know where | can get some good
cotton seed close at home. A fellows
got kind down there; | don't know
the name of it. but it is about two
weeks earlier than most cotton. and
it's got FIVE long locks to each boil"
That's the cotton for you. SAM"
said the agent. 1.-The kind that natures
early. before the boil weevils get lick
ut il. Being big boiled kind makes
It SO much the better. How about
yonr landI Are you getting it in good
conditionY"
well. | think the acre for the con
test is all right" Sam replied II put
one ton of ashes and two tons of ma
nure on it, then had ii broke deep.
cross broke and narrowed. Three tons
is big lot of fertilizer to put or one
acre. but don't think | can get too
much on that land"
The agents eyes frightened. "Goodv'
he encouraged. You'll make a farm
er if you keep up that lick. That lands
in fine shape. and it'll soak up all the
moisture from the rains and SHOWS
that fall from now until spring. The
idea is to store up all the moisture you
can for use by the growing crops in
summer when rain is scarce. The only
way to do that is to get the land pillow
ed deep and thoroughly pulveriZed.
Whenever you see patch of ground
that's been plowed five or six times to
kill ont Bermuda or johnson grass you
always see fine crop growing on II
when everything around it is a fail.
ure. 1t seems as If farmers ought to
learn from such examples"
when is the best time to break
land?" asked Sam.
"Oh. it ought to be done in the fall"
Mr.. Burns replied Get the land in
good condition and sow cover crop
for winter of rye or oats. BY blowing
the land in the fall you break up the
homes of insects and turn them out TO
freeze. A big majority of the insects
that work on crops spend the winter
in the fields and around the fence rows. |
So it you don't want TO be bothered |
with insects break the land and clean |
out the fence rows in the fall"
"rve made a little extra money haul
ing manure from a stable" Sam ex-
planned. "and I'm going to spend il for
some good books along the line I'm
studying. Could you suggest one or
two good ones, Mr.. Burns?'
There are any number of good
books on farming and kindred sub
jects," said the agent. you should
get a catalogue. But l would suggest
that you get 'Coburn's Swine Hus- !