The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-17
TRACTOR PUTS HAMILTON
COUNTY FARM OVER TOP
w. J. FoRBEss, AGENT.
TELLS OF CROPS.
Limestone Bringing Good Re-
suits on Land on Both
Sides of River.

| For the past two weeks farmers
have been progressing well with their
farm work. Many fields OF corn have
been cultivated and put in fine shape.
The county farm agent, w. j. For
bess. visited the Masterson brothers
! farm north OF the. river and found
thirty acres of corn clean and in
ideal condition. On this farm he also
found twenty acres OF meadow that
Is very fine. 1t is estimated to pro-
hduce on an average of four tons per
acre. These men say that their farm
tractor Is what put them over this
spring. They say that without the
tractor they could not have gotten
all their acreage in. Wheat is being
harvested in good condition and the
prospects are better than was ex-
pected.
The Downey brothers, north Of the
river. have wheat that it is estimated
will produce from twenty to twenty
five bushels per acre. Mr.. Moss,
south of the river, estimates his
wheat at twenty bushels per acre.
Mrs. Lewis Shepherd, south of the
river, has very fine prospects on her
farm. Her clover crop was very fine.
1t was almost absolutely free of any
woods. 1t produced about two tons
per acre, and now on the same field
the second crop of clover is coming.
Mrs. Shepherd is considered the pio-
neer of Hamilton county in using
crushed limestone on her farm. She
first began to apply this stone to her
farm some six years ago, when Mr..
Hardin was county agent. Since that
time many farmers have used lime
stone with great success.
used much limestone on his farm. His
red clover and wheat this season was
very fine. The clover was SO tall that
1t was not best to try to cut the
wheat and save it for grain, so he
cut the whole for hay and it is esti-
mated to make three tons per acre.
Many farmers have used and are
planning to use limestone this sea-
son.
Mr.. Swingle has a new alfalfa
patch that made two tons per acre |
the first cutting. He has already cut |
the second time. w. A. McLain got |
q yield of two tons per acre from his |
spring oats and Canada field peas. !
Mr.. Simpson, on the Judge Conner
farm south of the river, has q fine
hog pasture demonstration in spring |
oats and rape. He has one-half acre
and two purebred sows with eighteen
pigs have been grazing on this crop
for the past month. Many other
farmers have hog pastures and are
planning for better grazing for the
future.
1t is very important that all cult
rated crops be gone over once every
week or ten days with the cultivator,
'unning shallow so as not to disturb
he roots. AS an example of how
ong corn roots are when corn is yet
mall. the agent few days ago Sc
ected a stalk in boys acre and
raced the corn root to the end. The
talk was only ten inches high, while
he root that was traced to the tip
vas thirty EIGHT inches long. This
vas much of a surprise both to the
10Y and his father and the agent says
hat it was much longer than he had
expected, as there had been so much
ain in the month OF. May. 1t is prob
bic that this mouth may be some |
that dry and hence the Importance
I frequent and shallow cultivation.
$50 to Be First Prize.
The calves in the purebred bull
Tub are in most cases doing exceed
1gly well. These calves will all be
hown at the fair this fall and will ,
e the best stuff of those breeds ever
hown from Hamilton county. Much !
va1ry is working among the mem /
ers of the club to win the first prize I
$50 for the best calf with report. 8
is the desire of the agent that !
very farmer and every farmers boy !
ON Hamilton county may see these /
llves at the fair this fall. Many =
Irmers are making collections now t
n the exhibit this year. It is the t
ssire of the agent that all farmers
, making plans for exhibits of their +
roducts this fall If you have some v
ling good you like TO pass it on. o
, exhibit your products and those p
no see them will wish to buy or to $
} home and become better produc- '
8. The fair association will have =
lie catalogue ready in short time -
Id when the public sees it. it will u
J seen that the prize list is tho D
rgest that has ever been offered B
ire. b