The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-22

1 hOthtiOu 0t CfOph A systematic rotation of crops is just as important in growing vege- tables as 1t is in growing other crops, but very few growers practice it to 1 any considerable extent. Soils, on which certain vegetables are raised
 year after year, do not produce as large crops as they would where a ] good system of rotation was main | tained.
 Most all crops differ in the amount of the essential plant foods, phos- phoric acid. nitrogen and potash they remove from the soil in per | fecting their growth. So it is only common sense to observe that con 1 stant cropping with the same plant
 will soon render the soil deficient | foods.
 This is no new doctrine, because l it is known that such rotations were practiced in Egypt 5000 years ago. Plants like animals and humans 1 need a change now and then. Importance of Good Seed Corn l There has been more experimental work with this one plant than any 1 other. The breeding of corn is now
 highly developed science and has advanced to such a determinate stage, as to enable one to secure certain types for planting, that are entitled ! to be called pedigreed.
 i It is an unfortunate fact that the l farmers of the south do not appre-
 ciate the importance of standardiz- i ing their stock of corn. Little atten- tion is paid to seed selection and often several varieties are grown in l the same field, so that the resulting crop is conglornerate or composite mixture of all sorts, and if he hap pens to have a surplus to sell to some mill the miller often cannot use because he must maintain a cer-
 tain standard on certain brands of meal upon which his business has been built.
 It will take time for these facts | to leak in upon our farmers but | if county agents will stress the i'm can be hastened.
 Summer Spraying | It is a curious fact that most peo- ] ple associate spraying only with the fall and winter months and don't
 seem to understand what is implied by summer spraying
 Space does not permit discussion here of the inertia of summer spray | ing. but it is well to point out the enormous importance of it, If disease l and insects common to all fruits are | to be kept in check.
 | We cannot too. strongly urge that the duty of every one, is to get post | ed and co-operate with his neigh 1 bor and others in the community, because it is only through co-opera- | tion that disease may be economicai- | ly eradicated.
 M,ny man would spray his orchard but will ponder whats the
 use, when my adjoining neighbors won't do thing
 The important thing to remember I is. that you cannot often use the same
 yo;xturt for summer spraying that vo,, may have used in the fall or winter. In short. dormant spraying
 and summer spraying are different propositions.
 Questiens and Answers ouestion-Can I root cuttings from the piumosus fern? Miss D.. Good water.
 Answer-No, you cannot. They are produced direct from the. seed and
 without great deal of effort. Question-I have a beautiful ksi- serin rose bush that has grown too | large. Would it be safe to cut some of it away? Mrs. B., Mobile. Answer--No danger is likely to arise. Cut away the oldest branches. Question: notice the leaves on some of my roses are turning whit ish color and crimping up. What should I do? Miss B., Fairfield.
 Answer-The trouble is most likely mildew. Dust the plants with com