The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-10-11
PLANT FALL CROPS WHILE
THE SEASONS IN THE GROUND

Take advantage Of the favorable
| season caused by the recent general
| rains and plant fall crops. is the mes
| sage of Director E. r. Lloyd Of the
Mississippi A. & NJ. College Extension
Service, who urges the farmers to
plant crimson clover, rape, and small
| grains without delay.
Though crimson clover seed are
| somewhat scarce" said Prof. Lloyd.
| every farmer should endeavor TO
| plant at least a small patch of this
crop for winter grazing" Rape fer
| hogs should also be planted now, ,,
he continued. land these two crops,
| crimson clover and rape, when pre-
ferred can be planted together.
When this is done 6 pounds of rape
| and Is pounds of clover seed should
| be used to the acre. When the crops
are planted separately 8 pounds of
rape and 20 pounds of the crimson
clover seed should be used to each
acre. The land should be prepared
and firmed by disking and then roll
ing or dragging. A seed bed can
then be made with a smoothing har-
row. After the seed are planted It
IS well to roll or drag the land IN
order to insure ~germinatiOn.'
In discussing the small grain stu
alton, Prof. Lloyd stated that the
wheat campaign is having a splen-
did effect and there is no question
but that the state will materially in
crease its acreage. From the middle
Of October to the middle of Novem-
Der was mentioned as the best time
fer planting wheat, and B pecks or
seed to the acre as advised.
"As the corn crop is 20 per cent
shorter than last year, corn Will be
scarce and high next spring" stated
the Director. Farmers should safe
guard themselves against a grain
shortage by planting oats. as tins
CROP will be ready for use in June
and will prevent the farmer having to
buy high priced seed to complete his
crop. Two bushels of oats to the
acre are advised, and the crop should
be in not later than the middle OF
November, in order that it may be
we'll rooted before the hard season
comes. If the crop is well rooted
there is little danger of losing 1t.
There is no better winter grazing
crop than rye, continued Director
Lloyd, and every farmer who has
n crop at all should plant a few
acres in rye for pasture. 1t will be
profitable in planting rye to pay the
difference in price between Abruzzl
rye and the common southern varle-
ties, as | have never seen any other
small grain that will furnish as much
grazing as abruzzi rye. In extreme
south Mississippi where it is mad
visable to plant wheat. rye makes an
excellent pasture crop. growing well
on any kind of land. This crop can
be planted up to the first of Deem
Der, but the earlier paintings give
better grazing. Five pecks OF rye
should be used in seeding an acre
In closing the Director urged the
Importance of saving all possible
roughage between now and frost. In
stead of letting the late corn rlpen
for grain in the fields he states that
it should be cut and shocked. In this
way it will yield from one to two
IONS of good feed to the acre as
against a very small yield of grain
owing to the dry summer. The
ditch banks and other patches of ma
tive grass should be cut for hay to
help winter the cattle as roughage
will be extremely scarce during the
coming winter.