The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1915-12-04
The Farm Meetings in Bolivar
County.

p unds Of lime an acre. making an
almost impervious water table.
Other test showed that it required
| FL davs for water to penetrate to .
depth Of M inches Of seYface soil.
Mr. McInnis recommends that
for alfalfa planting the soil should
be plowed from six to eighr inches
and that the field be narrowed and
di>ked till there is an inch of dust
mulch on top. The seed Is theu
broadcasted and rolled or narrowed
in. Rolling firms the Ian | aud
prevents washing away of the seed
during heavy rains. Ne lime or
incubation IS needed. The aver
age rainfall during winter is 80 in.
SEx NEaD OF ROTATION,
Many planters in Bolivar county
who formerly believed their soil
was mex hauatibile. lave fallen in
line with better farming methods
to conserve fertility and to restore
| It on land where yields have de-.
creased, It 10 eStimafed that only
eve per cent Of Bolivar counfy,s s
| sell needs building up- The bal
ance needs ussintsing. Planters
I are beginning 20 follow . system
Under which oue-fourth of the
ientire farm acreage is planted to
lcorn and cowpeas every year. Some
itimes soy beans are drilled IN the
cotton rows at the last cultivation.
Either cewpeaa or soy beans uxii-
ally yield from 20 to 50 bushels an
| acre. On mauv plantations velvet
beans are planted in the corn.
These or c0wpeas are glazed down
by cattle and hogs.
One bale Of cotton. it was shown
at the apricultural meetiug in B0li-
var conntv. removes 80 pounds OF
nitrogen. .::12 pounds Of phosphorus
and Is pounds Of potasa fiona the
soil. Cowpeas aud beans1or alfalfa
are the only cheap and practical
methods VI testor NJ nitl oIeu to
the soil1 experts say.
A fayorile method Of getting
nitrogen into the soil on the plau.
t.tion of Alex nder Scott 0f Rose.
uale is to drill cowpeas aud soy
|beans fu the cotton rows 1t the
last cultivation in August at the
rate of Que bushel an acre, and
tuen turn under the entire growth
ot green fertilizer 10 the late tall.
BRrrRR SxRD BRING USED.
With their system Mr., Scott. has
increased his cotton yields ONE
fourth Of bale Al acre iu two years
On The plantation vt u. r. Shell
by, ear Shelby. thete are ESQ acres
vi cotton aud 2uO acres OF corn aud
! cowpeas aud 81 acres OF alfalfa
Il 6ve year rotation seveIy acre
VI III. s,laLtaion has Two acres OF
the y anlation has two ysars OF
oowreas sown in the corn The
cetton yield have been increased
tromalOO ~ $50 pounds an acre.
4 Better cotton seed also Is receiv-
| ing the attention 0f Bolivar county
planters. w. a. :Speakes Of Be-
uoit, an ardent advocate Of keeping
| w The soil fertility with crop r0-
Italion, next spring will plant 81. 90
worth Of improved seed. He an-
nualiy raises 700 acres OF cotton.
3UO1acres of corn. 50 acres OF altal-
ia and 100 acres of oats aud wheat
! He tins year raised all the teed tor
1 his ll.s ~ mules. aud his tenants
/! raised all the feed tor their live
tstock. The example has been tol-
|lswed by n.auy other planters
Il Re. hAI 81 third Of Bolivar county
plautxrs this winter are feeding
their work Aock that was raised Oh
THE plantation aud are not buying
pound Of corn chops. bran or hay
lhe experiment bas been SO sin-
Ipie, they say. that they wonder
ltn,y all did net follow this plan
I've rs ago iustead OF sending near
Ay S., w out OF the conntrs tor feed
If.r tnei, animals aud food for tl,eir
families. These parts Of Bolivar
coun,y in which drainage cannals
are opening show. aud an increase
lot as nigh as SIS an acre. A few
years ago cotton was the entire
| c.op OF the whole district, but corr
wheat aud oats fields diversified
planters made money from dlversi'
6catiod.