The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-12
GRAIN HARVEST IS
ABOUT COMPLETED
,oArIoNs ARE THAT WHEAT
WILL PASS TEN MILLION
sUsHEL MARK.
dispatches FROM RALEIGH
. and Happenings That Mark
tho Progress Of North Carolina Peo'
=, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.


Raleigh
-, from all sections of North
H0 ~ are that the harvesting Of
90 90 Grain crop Of the state has been
the otica1lv completed. Despite the
p~ that the wheat crop was damag-
fa'' during the winter by the unpre-
eo u freeze, indications are that
ceu0n 1901 production will be at least
tn0 ',1oh az it was last year while 1t
as nDo oss the 100000 bushel mark.
m"' increase in the wheat acreage was
Docially noticeable in eastern North
eSp. .,;no where it has been popularity
C"lo nh+ that wheat would not grow
"n octorilv. In a few instances the
S" .:-..tod Yields, as high as 40 BUSH
ST. acre. have been reported from
'ua a,o production of rye will also
1900, last years crop. The Oat crop
e4ua as a failure in practically
~ norts of the state because of the
- killing. Mr.. w. G. Crosby,
49, ~ the bureau of community ser.
Lon who has just returned from
+rin through the Piedmont section OF
tha state, expressed the belief that the
n,roion of the Food Conservation
Con,rission for an increase in the
ooroage of stubble lands planted In
sood and feed crops will meet
hoortv response throughout the sec
tim he visited. Said Mr.. Crosby:
~The grain has all been harvested and
tho fields are ready for preparation
tor other crops. In fact, many farm
ers already planting corn, peas, pota'
toes, soy beans, sorghum and other
crons on land which has already this
wear produced a grain crop. I notice
in manv places that the grain has been
shocked in one corner Of the field so
as to leave the greater part Of the
field open for the plow or disc. 1t is
asnecia1lv fortunate that in practically
every county I visited the farmers are
nm with their work in their cotton and
corn fields. These crops are clean and
the farmer should not be delayed in
getting their stubble land prepared
and planted"
Executive Secretary Lucas of the
Food Conservation Commission estt-
mates that if the farmers should not
plant more than the usual acreage Of
stubble land in second crops that there
will be at least 80 per cent more than
it was last year, while the increase
may be considerably more than that.
North Carolina last year produced
little more than half million tons Of
hay; it purchased hay by the thou
sands of tons. Mr.. Lucas makes the
following suggestions for the utiliza-
ton Of stubble land:
Prepare the land as soon as possible
after the grain is removed. Break it
with a one-horse plow if you have
time; double disc or cross-disc only
if time is short and the land is in
good condition.
Corn, soy beans, cow peas, Irish
potatoes and sorghum and suitable
crops to follow grain. Corn and soy
beans planted for grain should be got
ten IN Immediately
Cow peas, soy beans and sorghum
are the most satisfactory forage crops
tnat can be grown; they may be plant
60 by themselves or in mixtures. Half
Oushel of sorghum seed to bushe1
Oh coWpeas makes an excellent hay
mixture, either for broadcasting or
planting in drills.
Because of high prices of all seed
Tue planting Of all of these crops in
drills, even for forage, is recommend
Gu Peas and sorghum planted in
mree-foot rows are given two or
Wfee civilizations will yield as much
per acre as it would if broadcasted,
sna only half the seed are required,
nall bushel of peas or beans or
MIXTURE of peas and sorghum being
sufficient.
On fair land 50 worth of seed should
IAke $40 worth of hay, and on good
"au should make much more.