The Ocala banner., 1921-11-25
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LOOKING AHEAD FOR NEXT
YEARS FARM OPERATIONS !
THE following was the last article
Mr.. C. X. McQuarrie wrote just prev
ious to his death.)
We have now come to the time of
year in Florida when definite plans
should bemade for crop production
next year. Among these plans should
be the proper preparation of the land
so that when early-spring planting
time comes everything will be in
readiness to go ahead with the work
i One of the most neglected farming
operations among the rank and file of
farmers is the proper method of
breaking land and the use of proper
tools for this purpose. Lands that
produced crops last spring and sum
mer should be thoroughly plowed by
proper implements and all the after
math turned under, so that consider
able humus may be added to the soil,
which is necessary for crop produc-
ton.
| The farmer should not forget the
fact that his soil is capital stock,
and should always make it point to
add to this capital stock year by year
as opportunity permits. In other
words, land should be plowed deeper
this fall than last and sub-soiling
should be practiced freely so that
deep soil capillarity may be main
tanned and increased
Also it is advisable in the general
scheme of farming that winter crops
be generally grown, as land bare dur
ing winter will lose considerable fer
tility by teaching. Glover crops will
prevent this and should be grown on
every farm The small grain crops
are excellent for this purpose. Be-
fore planting spring crops these win
ter cover crops should be pIowed un-
der. In this way considerable humus
will be added to thesoil.
The Florida farmer loses heavily
every year by negligence in handling
his SOIL The soil should be plowed
in the fall and cover crops grown,
thus saving loss of fertility, thus pro-
ducing winter grazing crops and thus
adding hCmus to the soil in the
spring.
For Sure Crops, SteriIize Your Gu
cumber Seed
A stitch in time saves nine Grow
ers of cucumbers, now is the time to
prevent the disease on your plants
known as angular leaf spot" a dis
ease which spots the leaves of Gu
cumbers and causes watery spots to
form on the fruit.
This disease is transmitted from
one crop to another on the seed The
spores of the disease live on the seed
and when planted break out again on
the new plants and may be more de-
structive than ever.
How to prevent it? Specialists of
the Florida Experimental Station say:
Buy some corrosive sublime tab
let's at drug store There will be
directions on the bottle for placing a
certain number of the tablets in so
much water, Follow the directions
and make solution. Then pour your
cucumber seed into the solution and
let them stay for five minutes. Stir
the seed so that they will be
thoroughly wet by the solution. Take
the seed out and wash them in clean
well or tap water and lay out to dry.
The seed should be planted soon
after drying
Corrosive sublimate is extremely
poisonous. For this reason keep it
away from children and live stock.
A little time and expense in this
way will mean a great saving. A few
cents will buy the tablets; only few
moments are necessary to prepare