Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-10-04
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! 10 SolA ~ u n AaiAloI b UAuk, uuV
If he takes out Of 1T m0re fertility
each year in. growing his. crop than
he puts back into it, it is Just like
drawing on his bank account-it will
soon get where his checks willt be
turned down for lack Of funds.
So your farm will refuse to grow
paying crop. One of the greatest
objects farmer should have In
view is to build up his soil and mako .
1T more fertile each year And this
can be done In no other way than by
diversification, rotation Of crops and
by sowing leguminous crops. such as
peas, velvet beans, bur clover, Grim
son clover or vetch. In the mex. 80
days either bur clover or crimson
clover or vetch should be sowed.
Land cannot be made rich by haul .
Ing guano to the farm and putting
it on tho land. If this could have
been done, this country would have
been rich, fertile country. Any
farmer in this country can so farm
his land as to make a living on It,
pay his takes and mako his farnt
double or even treble its production
in six years by using the proper
methods of agriculture, and tbcrc Is
nothing that will pay him L creator
profit than to 'adopt these methods
| Working poor land is very, expensive.
| know most Of the land Is too poor
TO grow q leguminous crop, and the
land has to be inoculatcd before it
will grow them, and seeds are ex-
pensive; but want to. suggest suro,
and simple method SO any farmer
will be able to start these legumin-
Gus crops 20 growing on his farm.
They recommend about IS to 20
pounds Of crimson clover seed TO 30
sowed to the acre, and Is to 20
pounds Of yetch sowed broadcast,
and l hae known great many who
failed to get stand These seed
cost this year about 20 cents pound
and there are a great many farmers
who haven't $500 to put out on
seeds for one acre. Now, l want to
suggest q little practical and cheap
way that any farmer can use to get
these crops growing on his farm. I
have tried these methods to get my
land inoculated, and I know that
they will do 1t.
These crops should be sowed with
in the next thirty days, or they cam
be sown at once in your corn fields.
or cotton fields. Take a short Eopl.er'
plow and run shallow furroW ms
. the middle, then fasten small chain
u about five feet long to the foot or
the plow. Get small cedar limb
! about " feet long and fasten to
the other end Of the chain, Let it
drag the furrow to cover the seed so
that the incubation bacteria will not
get killed by the sun. You will have
. to drop these seed through q 'guano
: funnel. Walk just behind the pran
, who "opens the furrow and drop the
Q seed, and the bush will come along
Y In furrow and cover the seed. By
s this method three pounds OF seed
: will be enough to SOW an acre Of
. corn land, and 3A pounds enough
4 to sow cotton land with rows threo
4 feet wide. You can buy incubation
l through this Office for so cents per
S acre for less than five acres. Over
: flVe acres the price is 40 cents per
Q acre.
: | prefer vetch to either Of the clo-
y vers, and it is much easier to get q
stand. AS stated above, most Of tho
land Is too poor to grow leguminous
- crops. This is true, but by this
y method vetch sown in rows In jan
d uary can be fertilized with so pounds
6 of nitrate Of soda to the acre and
the vetch will run all over the land
and will make a fine growth, and
: then your land will bo inocula ted
t for all time to come. If you plant
n this same land in corn, plant in the
: vetch rows and see how much better
\ corn you make than where you did
t not plant the vetch. 1t will be equal
: to $50 pounds Of fertilizer to tho
acre.
!. You can build your soils to q
| higher state Of cultivation under no
0 fCther system, and under boil weevil
s conditions you cannot afford to buy
: guano. Grow your soils rich and you
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