The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-07-22
FARM NOTES
Lost Motion" In Orcharding.

tors" says H. B. Gould, pomologist
Of the United States Bureau OF Plant
Industry. "There is only one way in
which the problem of the limiting fac
tor can be worked out so far as loss
of plant-food is concerned and that is
by the experimental method. In every
large orchard where important inter
ests are at stake, it is not only desir-
able but entirely practica! to maintain
for time at least a small series of
experiments for the purpose of OBJ
tanning accurate information in re-
gard to the plantfood needs Of the or
chard."
Controlling The Hessian Fly.
Methods for controlling the Hessian
Fly, the worst pest of the wheat field,
in the l-wheat-growing sections
may be summarized as follows: Sow
the best Of seed in thoroughly pre-
pared, fertile soil after the major por-
ton of the fall brood has made its
appearance and passed out of exist
ence, and, if possible, sow on ground
not devoted to wheat the preceding
year. While it may seem "far fetched"
to bring forward as preventive mea-
sure the enrichment of the soil. fer
tile soil will produce plants that will
withstand with little injury attacks
that viii! prove disastrous to plants
growing on an impoverished or thin
soil.-Farmers' Bulletin $40, United
States Department of Agriculture.
Wheat And Efficiency.
Farm practice on thousands of
American and European farms, toge-
Their with the results obtained by
more than 80 years testing by for
eign experiment stations combined
with more than 80 years work by
American experiment stations have
demonstrated that the yields and net
profits from the United States wheat
crop can be increased many times.
The elimination of smut from wheat
in the United States would save
American farmers from ten to fifteen
million dollars annually. The control
of the Hessian Fly would save many
times that amount The use of
sufficient amount of balanced plant
food ration hos added to y bushels
per acre to the average annual yield
of single community. Sixteen Penn
sylvania farmers, hv the use of 500
pounds Of fertilizer per acre, raised an
average of 80 bushels of wheat per
acre. Last summer 80 farmer, in one
section Of Virginia averaged 3S.1 bu-
shells rer acre with similar applica-
ton. These results secured by farm
crs OF their own farms, demonstrate
without question of a doubt that it
Is possible to greatly increase yields
and profits
Alfalfa Is Very Valuable Plant.
"Alfalta is one Of the most valuable
plants to the farmers that has vet
been discovered. Many farmers have
Jumped hNadIy INTO trying to grow it
without complying with the necessary
conditions, says James I. Anthony,
d successful farmer and alfalfa grow
er Of Kent county. Nd. where all
the requirements Of alfalfa have heen
met, the results have been satisfac-
1olV in Kent county" Alfalfa re-
uulres q firm seed bed a friendly soil.
good drainage and plenty of available
pl&httood IN the soil.
FARMING V..h Rou, Had mad Had.
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Inc SINAI! farmer should be spec
laiist ara not general farmer. Many
small farms throughout the East and
South are paying very handsome Labor
incomes. A two-acre farm in Apo
mattoX county, Va, last year gave the
owner an income Of $500 from eggs,
honey and small fruit. In Norfolk
county there are truckers who have
produced over $4,000 worth of vege-
tables on one acre.-Southern planter
Eood ", yo p;o,. , v.
ecu % iour uie,9s' increase iour
i'eius'
There is a farmer whom | know who
shows that he is wise,
He knows that larger Yields of wheat
come when you fertilize,
WIN crop reports niuch lower than
The farmer easily can see that faedino
he should try,