The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-12-10
once.


aud you know what II sells for
Il can get $3.50 n half ton for It any
time"
I'VE ought to get ton OFF that acre
That will be il sort Of extra crop"
II should think that would be about
enough to make one acre produce In q
year. Joe-onts. corn, fodder hnyY'
No, sir. not yet" lnuEhcl Joe THE
reason want to plant tue cowpens Is
that ! saw In the book that the pen
vines are Il legume and gather nitro.
gen from the air and store IL away IN
the soil In little warts or n0duIes on
the roots Of the vine and thilt Il CROP
OF peas on land is worth ton Of com
inercla fertilizer for the next cron
year. Then there will be lot Of fall.
en- leaves from the pea vines to be pillow.
ed under. and they win add some hui
mus 10 the soil"
Il always heard that crop Of COW.
! pens helped land. but ! never knew eG-
uctly why" said Mr. Somerville.
I Haven't you been studying your
book about agricullurer asked Joe
severely. rive been through mine
once and am hnf through II again.
Aud ! don't leave page uuiil can
remember the sense Of It.
We'll the truth Is, Joe, I've been so
busy here at the store and our book
keeper has been sick
II reckon II II right hitrd for yon TO
! find the time Well. IS | was saying.
ri get those pea vines Off knock down
the c0rnstnlks into the low burrows.
Then get turning plnw nnd bed that
acre NJ on those stalks and pea vine
leaves and roots 10 form humus for
spring
Then you ought to give that land
, a rest
! No. Stree" Joe shook his head
leland doesn't need rest as long rs you
put sometime bnrk iitn II for what
your crops take ont III SOW that acre
down IN White Milan turnips. They
are quick growers. and we can sell
every one Of them here In town before
/ Christmas"
: Five crops In one year from one
acre II hardly seems possible .lOer'
II Is possible. for Il has beer done
See herei'' Joe hauled from his pocket
clipping from country newspaper
in another part Of the state telling OF
what progressive fnrmcr there had
done, Il found that paper In the road
and ! lay awake ever so long Inst night
thinking II over after rend nbont that
man and II works out all right"
That is certainly farming somer
said the senior partner And Just 10
think most OF the people around here
are satisfied to get less than one
fourth Of TINT amount ~ produce from
their land
That sort Of farming doesn't satisfy
me" said Joe decisively.
"Or me, either. now know what can
be done And. by the way. Joe. there's
commercial fertilizer concern offer
Ing prize Of 500 TO the boy In the
corn club contest in the state who
makes the largest crop with his fer,
ulizer. The stnte chemist certihes that
the product OF that factory is up to
standard"
We've got TO use some chemical fer
tilizer. and we might as well take n
chance an that prine I'm " said Inc
.AIl right. ven go nfter everything
And there's F., nitrate ~ soda Arm az
fertnp another hundred the sam. way
but dom know much ahout tbat
stun DO youy'
ayes sir nitrnte is rho opickes,
way for plants 10 p,t nitropen md
thai * the main element Just scatter
tho ann nm m. yronnd ahout corn tns,
before n ,asseIs ona rho hooks say
II viii Increase the erop nearly one.
third liza ano far cot,nn ,no.nusb
% n right along.
.I'ye neycr soon INV ~ rho nitrnte
or hoard of Il holm. used about mis-
mack of IN. woods. said Mr. Somer.
VILE.
Neither have The hook savs /,
comes mostly from Chile and n looks
IKE common eoarse dir,y saIt and dis.
solves on,ckly In wa,er or nv tho mo,s
tun. NJ rho ground Thot a. how m.
roots Get Il No soon after II 4. applied
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