The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-08
GREAT NEEDS
VARIETY CROPS
IN THIS COUNTY
INVESTIGATION BE PREACHED
BY EXPERTS TO BE HERE ON
NEXT THURSDAY.
AT MIDDLE TENN. STATION
Dslryino VIII Be Featured As One Of
the Most Helpful and Profitable
Lines to Be Followed by the Farm
ers of Maury County.

erS OF Maury county.
In speaking of the coming crop and
live stock campaign which 10 to be
waged in sixteen Middle Tennessee
counties on July Ia, 10 and l6 under
the auspices OF the division of exten.
sion, agricultural and live stock ex-
perts say that 1t offers great oppor.
tunity for carrying valuable informa-
ton that will be of constructive value
to the farmers of this section.
One of the great needs In this Sec
ton as well as throughout the South
is practice of diversification OF crops
by more farmers, according 10 crop
experts who will make this tour. They
need TO adopt farming system with
rotations that VIII reduce the labor OF
both men and teams to q minimum;
that is, distribute the work of the
farm more evenly throughout the sen.
son. At least three cash crops should
be grown for market, coming at differ.
ent periods of the year. Another i'm.
portant thing Is that soils on which
red clover will not grow freely during
a natural season, the farmer who un-
dertakes to grow crops and live stock
without using lime on his land will
find himself In bad way. The coat
of producing any crop depends on the
raw materials that go into 1t and 1t Ia
a we'll known fact the better the soil
the cheaper crop can be produced.
The washing away Of soils In this
section must be stopped they say. The
soil is shallow and for that reason the
washing of the land Is a greater prob
lem here than In other sections. A
smaller amount of cultivated crops
and more grass pastures will help stop
this. The farmer should give close at
tention to the relation OF crops and
live stock and should more carefully
prepare for drouths such as has exist.
ed in this section this spring and sum.
mer. One way to meet this situation
is to provide surplus of pastures and
to grow soiling crops such as soy
beans and sudan grass. A summer
silo also helps to tide over such pc.
RODS. .a
M. 0. Cooper, secretary of the Ten.
nessee Beef Breeders Association,
states that study OF the different
types of farming throughout the coup.
try showed that In any section where
the major part of the farmers income
is from one source, economic condi.
lions were bad.
The best economic conditions were
found where the income was from
three or more cash crops and live
stock. In the Middle Tennessee basin
where much of the land Is too rough
for continuous cultivation farmers
will find that they must grow certain
amount of live stock in order to utilize
these lands and get maximum returns
from their investment.
Particularly at this time. depressed
markets have caused beef cattle aaA
hogs to sell lower than they have for
ten years, but with this9 condition It
is pertinent for farmers TO reconsid-
er the question Of live stock produc.
ton. A certain number OF live stock
cattle, sheep and hogs should be
grown to utilize the pastures and
roughage on the farms as well as sur.
plus hay and grains. Live stock should
also be grown for soil improvement
purposes as the use of barn yard ma
nure is one of the best methods for
building up land. There was never q
better time to get breeding stock. The
right kind can he bought at prices
cheaper. than they have been In ten
years and farmers should take advan.
tage of this splendid opportunity. says
Mr.. Cooper.
Middle Tennessee Ia the heart Of the
dairy industry OF the state, and of the
South for that matter, according 70
C. A. Hutton, dairy specialist of. the d.
vision of extension. II Is an ideal sec
ton for dairying and more and more
farmers of the section are realizing
the vaiue of the dairy COW as q profit
maker aud soil builder There 10
great interest in cooperative creamer.
ies and cow.testing associations In
Middle Tennessee and the farmer who
has dairy COWS is making money. They
have realized the value of official test.
ing of their cows and prices received
for tested cows at recent sales DEM
onstrates that 1t pays to test. The de-
mand for good dairy cows was never
better and official testing should be
made a more common practice by dai.
rymen.
Short, dry pastures are causing de-
dreaded milk yields and there Is a ten
dency on the part Of some to neglect
to feed grain, owing to the lowering OF
prices for dairy products. They
should bear In mind that feeds are