Sharp County record., 1917-07-20
SOON TIME TO DO
THE FALL PLANTING
Breaking Should Be Done Early And
Deeu For All Sorts Of Grains,
CIoVers And Grasses.

will be time to plant the fall grains,
clover and grasses. The success of
the fall and winter crop depends
largely upon the preparation of the
soil before planting. August and
September are equally dry months.
! II the soil is not broken and Culti-
waited it will dry out so that the
termination of the seed is not like
| ly to be good and the growth Of the
young plants will be stunted. A
medium loose soil will hold more
moisture than compact one.
Breaking should be done early
and deep. If breaking is done just
before seeding it must be done
more shallow or the soil must be
rolled or packed down with some
other tool. Late shallow breaking
is responsible for many failures in
fall crops If the breaking is shall
low the roots Of the growing crop
will stay near the surface as they
cannot 90 down through the hard
dirt. This means that almost the
entire supply of moisture and food
must be obtained from the imme-
diate surface. Very often a heavy
crop of weeds is turned under just
before seeding. This layer Of weeds
prevents the surface soil from COM
ing in contact with that below and
it dries out so fast that the crop is
killed. More early breaking will
eliminate that trouble.
A common practice is to SOW
seed on the surface and turn it un-
der with plow. The seed is COW
cred ar an uneven depth and a
poor stand results. Tests show that
grains and clovers freeze out much
worse with this method of seeding
than when drilling is done. In all
cases the land should be we'll stir
red with a breaking p!ow or some
other appropriate tool and then be
leyeled with a harrow or drag.
Large, hard clods not only look
bad, but make poor seed bed so
that the seed will not come up
evenly.
The seeding of bur and crimson
clovers should be increased. Grim
son clover if seeded during Septem.
Der will make a splendid cover crop
during the winter, will keep the soil
from washing and add a large sup.
ply Of nitrogen to the soil, In ad-
dition, il will make a splendid pas !,
ure for the live stock from Mar .ct
18th to July lst If turned u Idel
it will add large supply of IN inurt
TO the land, and practically all o
our Arkansas soils need mo re man
ure. Crimson clover is well adapt
ed to the better clay aoiIs in Ar
kansas. On the sandy SC lis anC
those lacking in lime or v egetabl,
matter crimson cloYCr is not apt t,
prove successful. The ave rage rat,
of seeding is II pounds per acre
lnoculation is necessary where tn,
crop has net been grown successful
ly before
Bur clover is we'll adapted to ev
cry portion Of the state except
IeW counties in Northwe, [ Arkan
sas, It should be a part of ever,
Bermuda pasture, as 1t wi Il furnisl
an abundance of green gra zine dur
ing the winter and spring when tn,
Bermuda Is dead. Il get. ripe IL
The early part Of June and reseedi
itself from year to year Seeded
alone on the better soils il vii
make q great deal Of material tt
'Orn under or pasture off, Th,
seed in the bur should always b,
used, as IL Is cheaper and one /,
assured on getting the variety
adapted to this section. The buI
also carries the incubation Sow a
ouShel per acre with Bermuda Of
3 or 4 bushels per acre alone.
John II. Page,