The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-05-12
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fell may and often do produce
god crops, the average is low.
want to suggest some simple
waNs to increase the yield and
Improve the quality. First, test
a. See if seed is good second,
.plant few rows with one ear to
"a row; third, pull out the tassel
.5-all of them-from every other
row fourth, pick and weigh sep
arateiy the corn from those de-
it.,,-ced rows and plant seed next
sytar from the highest producin &
Sow. If you will follow these
dirceiions exactly the results
.sill surprise and please You.
$ Pullng half the tassclS, especial
Nv from the weak stalks, of any
field sill increase the yield and
ilnproye the quality, il seed is
gplcked from detasselcd stocks
.1r, II, it will cost only little
"A inc and care, but remember to
take out the tassels rs soon as
SOU Gun get hold of them.
! wish every farmer could
leulize how much he is losing
every year by not raising Il cro,
gu SOY or sofa beans. If | emu
,lneratr the good things, all of
sthem, fear you will think me
~ lrine daily, but | will stay by
l2'.ilie facts. They are Il good evil
lmproyer. am told that beans
sare replacing clover in Tennessee
siarn rotations You can produce
3uearly on quite as many shelled
1beGns per acre as of corn and
iliey ARE worth much more as
feed they viii yield more for
age and of a better quality than
aoats. They may be sowed broad
tcast'or in drills; the latter way
iwtli two or three workings will
give about the same amount of
forage or beans and requires only
fourth rs much seed.
# As forage they should be NOV
ed when the first bean. turn
yellow and be stacked at once
about pole set in the ground /;
4 make the stack feet in diane
ter and MS high as you wish then
Ri cover with piece of one ply
& prepared roofing, make hole
e and ship il down over the pole.
Il They can be left there till they
9 are we'll cured and then removed
RI 10 the barn or till they are need
z ed Tor feeding. When feeding
ihls, only half rs much corn is
J. required for a work team as with
common hay. II is one of the
s best milk producing feeds. Now
< don't think of the shelled beans
Z ns money crop for though they
& cost now from $500 To $500 u
s hushel, the home feed market is
y The best place To use them. They
4 are much richer than oats or
4 corn. If beans one part and corn
E three parts are ground together
i Tor pig feed, you can produce
Z beef, pork or milk cheaper than
s with corn alone or in any other
combination of feeds. They will
grow anywhere corn will. You
can plant them III the same row
n with corn without apparent in
jury to the corn. Where will
you get the seed? Tell your
dealer you want them and he will
order them. If your fund is
small, buy a few and save seed
lor next year, but don't put i!
oil Tor next year or never. |
shall be glad to send you a spe-
clal bulletin on soy beans and
Tier uses. Let me know if you
want it. The same is true of
other valuable bulletins that are
packed with valuable informa-
ION. Tomato Blight and Rot,
Fertilizers and Their Relation to
crop Production, Monthly Bull
ietins, Alfalfa in Virginia and
about every line along which a
farmer wishes information.