Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-11-23
IMPROVEMENTS RE
CARELESS OF WEEVILS
Spirit of Cooperation Develops.


agricultural clubs and chosen one
or more farmers to conduct crop
demonstrations under supervision
of the county agent for the benefit
of the communities.
Farmers co-operated as never be
fore in exhibiting their products at
the county fair. Merchants are be-
ginning to sell legume seed at small
Ter profits to farmers to encourage
better system of farming that will
result in more prosperity for all.
The county school authorities
have mimeographed and taught cir,
culars prepared by the county agent
in d number of the public schools,
resulting in an estimated % per
cent increase in garden products,
more grain, more poultry and bet
ter "live-at+home" conditions. One
of our large farmers has volunteer
cd to furnish farm for dcmonstra-
ton purposes for the benefit OF the
farming interests of the county.
Another farmer in the same class,
has built potato curing house as
much to demonstrate this method OF
preserving this great crop as for the
money he may make.
Farmers Cooperating With Nature
'Fheyhave comparatively bought
| 81 tons of lime, planted 19 demon
srrations of sweet clover, pledged
the sowing of SAG acres of Vctch, and
planted approximately 5000 acres OF
velvet bean and 1000 of oy beans
for soil improvement. Estimating
the velvet and soy beans alone at
only one-half ton of growth per
acre, that these two crops alone
have added approximately SS0,00O
to the wealth of the county in fer,
tility alone. This looks good,
A Few Examples.
| One man turned velvet beans on
poor sand, sowcd it to rye and made
20 bushels per acre. Another turn
cd velvet beans on ii similar piece
of land and harvested approximate
! " 80 bushels Of oats per acre.
Red Glover.
FortV-hve acres of red clover has
been sown and probably as many
more will be sown next spring, be
sides a good acreage of spring
vetch.
Peaches
| Last year we increased our acre
age from 1882 to 1864 and prepara
tions have been made to plant as
much more this winter.
Sweet Potato Curing.
Three privately owned houses
have been built and If nothing out
of the ordinary happens, we expect
to have a cooperative warehouse by
February, 1913.
Three Pastures.
Nineteen pastures have been cs
tablished or improved and must be
pushed from now on. This is one
of the most important needs of the
county. No man can succeed mos
economically at Keeping livestock
even for home consumption, with
out good pasture.
The county is just on the verge o
an era of agricultural improvement
which if vigorously pushed for thu
next few years will be sufficient,
established 10 bring results unde
Weevil conditions.
Last But Not Least
| have just returned from visi
to w. H. Carpenters and learn tha
his corn produced after turnin!
vetch yielded II 12 bushels pc
acre.
| This corn was made at cost (fo
fertilizers) of $225 per acre. H
used 200 pounds acid and 100
! pounds kainit per acre.
| On a part of the same field wher
Evetch was also turned, he used 40
pounds S-3-3 fertilizer and 100 lbs
soda per acre, and made no NOR
corn than where he used the aci
and kainit alone. This is proof @
the pudding" so far as the value G
vetch is concerned.
/, Get busy and sow some.
III w H RARTON.