American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-15

farming yet.
Now, please. sir. get that wire fenc-
ing out tomorrow. | don't want the
~neighbors' pigs to eat up our rye"
You can count on the wire and man
TO put It up. Are you keeping count OF
~expensesF"
Yes, sir. I'm not going to pay out
a cent except by check, 50 we can
nave a receipt for every payment"
THAT Is sound business
And | wish. II you please. sir. you'd
write round and find out the best va
rieties Of seed corn to plant and the
best sort Of cotton"
Yes, we must get the very best vart-
cites. think we a get a corn that
viii bring two and three ears TO the
stalk instead OF only one. like the sorts
we have around here"
And about the cotton, Mr.. Somer-
Vile. I've heard daddy say that he
always got more for his first ba-e than
any other"
That is usually true If the first bale
Is early, before the main crop IS dump
ed on the market. With two or three
million bales Of cotton all over the
south being offered for sale at once, Of
course. the price goes down" Joe pom
dered a moment
Then It seems TO me" he said, If
we can get a sort Of cotton that Will
be ready to pick before the rest We
will make more of II, won't weT
Exactly. If we get a naturally
quick maturing variety n give II ev-
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with stimulating chemical fertilizers
we ought to beat the main crop by
three weeks and get at least SIS a bale
for it."
We'll, you see about writing for the
seed. and let's get the earliest variety
we can that gives a big crop. II we
Just get an early cotton that don't
make much of a crop we haven't gain
ed anything on the standard cotton
that makes a heavy crop but is late.
have wef'
You're a pretty close inquirer Joe
I'll attend to the seed
Look here. Mr.. SOmerville. let's put
one of those acres in oats instead Of
sowing it in rye. and not plow the
oats under"
Not much money in an acre OF
! oats
Not by itself, but l can get the oats
of By the middle Of May or lst Of
! June and then plant it in Mexican
. June corn. with cowpeas sowed broad
cast in the rows"
We'll. that sounds ~better-two crops
a year of that land
= ~ IL. H. rHT1 null tho fad.
! der from the cornstalks the last of
July or lst Of August. We ought to
2 get go bundles of fodder. worth p.
i cents a bundle
I That's three c~rOps-6ne!'
Then that corn will be matured by
: the middle of September. Get it OF al
! once
n Yes. Their whatg'
cut all those pea vines and DRY
them. They make the best sort Of hay
n and you know what it sells for"
. Il can get $3.50 a half ton for it am
time"
It we ought to get a ton Of that acre
It That will be a sort Of extra crop
y Il should think that would be abou
= enough to make one acre produce in
he year. Joe-oats. corn. fodder. hayF
NO. sir. not yet" laughed Joe. "Th
reason l want TO plant the cowpeas /
that l saw in the book that the pc
vines are a legume and gather nitro
gen from the air and store it away
IN the soil in little warts or nodules o
T. the roots OF the vine and that a Gro
v Of peas on land is worth a ton OF con
n ----sr e-~~sls-.- Far rho nnxf rrn
TO year. Then there will be a lot of fal
en- leaves from the pea vines to be pillow
ed under. and they will add some hi
mus TO the soil"
Il always heard that IA crop of Gov
ck peas helped land. u ! never knew e.
ad actly why" said Mr.. Somerville.
ed Haven't you been studying yor
to book about agriculture asked j.
severely. i've been through mil
re- once and am half through it agai
And l don't leave a page until ca
Ike remember the sense Of it.
We'll. the truth is. Joe. I've been
busy here At the store and our boo
keeper has been sick.
IN Il reckon il is right hard for you
ne find the time Well. as I was sayin
lp. III get those pea vines OF. knock dow
al the cornStalks into the low furrow
then get a turning plow and bed th
acre up ON those stalks and pea vh
ra- leaves and roots TO form humus (
spring.
he Then you ought TO give that ll
a rest
No. STREE ice shook his hea
ne Land doesn't need rest as long as "