The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-11-10
FINER FARMING.
BY II. A. Powers, Co. Agent

+. L. Fesmire said last Saturday:
ais it too late to start blowing 7" We
would especially urge every farmer to
begin blowing at once. No other kind
of farm work is generally 81 urgent
just now. Wherever all blowing must
be done in the Spring it is not practi-
cal to prepare the best seed beds nor
is it possible to plant the maximum
crop. All upland corn should be plant
ed early ON a good bed and the best
kind of seed bed can be secured by
fall blowing. Of course we would not
suggest that any land which will wash
badly should be broken. However or
most farms there is much that can be.
What about your pasture for next
year? We saw some mule colts graz
ing in a field recently that had been
eaten off SO closely until they had
just about as well been in a dry lot.
These animals were very poor and in
bad condition to enter the winter. 1t
will not pay to produce mules where
they must be fed the year around.
They must be used to harvest their
own feed as much as is possible or
they will cost more than they are
worth when they are ready to work.
Ii you are short of pasture now we
would suggest that you get ready to
increase your acreage for this purpose
next year. A field that is in cotton
will be worth little for this purpose
next year unless there is something
sown Of it and too much should not
be expected of a pasture that is sown
this year. THE WEAKEST POINT
in HENDERSON COUNTY'S SYS-
TEN OF FARMING is IT'S PAS
TURES. WHAT ABOUT YOUR
OWN FARM?
On every farm there should be an eff
fort made to stop some of the gullies
that are found on most all places in
the county. Black Locusts are very
efficient for this purpose and even
though an abundance of other kinds of
post timber may be available we know
of no other timber that will replace it.
An area sufficient for the use of ev-
cry landowner should be put out if it
is not available. In addition to stop
ping erosion it will also make the'land
more fertile. Last, but not the least
Importance, the bitches will be filled
up.
j. A. Deere told all of the men who
worked on his farm that if they would
plant Meals Paymaster, that he
would furnish them the seed without
cost. The result is that they have
COTTON yields of corr which are
enough better than the kind that they
were growing to repay him several
times the original cost of the seed
corn.
We would suggest that every gard
ner break his ground at once to begin
to get ready for 1923 at once. An APP
plicatiop of manure before breaking
would be desirable. AS soon as it is
broken we would also say that it
would be a good plan to turn the
chickens in, unless there is something
that they would damage. so that they
may eat up as many insects as is
possible. The most practical and eff
ficient method Of insect control is the
use of natural enemies. Birds that
are turned IN a freshly plowed plot of
ground will perform this task very
efficiently.
Every farm family should see that
a good supply of clean, high class
reading matter is available. The very
cheap magazines and newspapers win
not always come up to- this high
standard. The ones that are desirable
are too numerous to mention. The
amount secured for a given amount
of money may be multiplied several
times by the formation of a club of
neighbors and then exchanging the
different numbers with each other.