Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

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soils at the Missouri College of Agri-
culture. Where the land is thin, and
particularly where the oat crop is to
be followed by clover and grass, the
use Of $50 pounds Of a readily avail
able PHOSPHATE, such as acid phos-
phate, usually pays. Good results
may also be secured rom a mixed
fertilizer, high in available phos-
rhates. If the season is a favorable
me such an application will pay well
on the oats. If it is a poor oats sea-
son, it may not pay on the oats crop,
but it will usually pay on the clover
end grass following.
On lands of good fertility, the fer
tilization of oats rarely pays. On
lands of medium fertility it may pay,
although its use can be recommended
only when clover and grass are to
follow the oats. The difficulties in
fertilizing oats lie in the fact that
the crop is a cheap one and that it is
much affected by the season. In spite
of this, however, the use Of fertilizer
for the crop is increasing on the thin
ner lands of Missouri, where good re-
turns are being secured.
]. Ed Moore of Galloway County
purchased thirty head of mules last
week for which he paid from $65 to
$212.50 apiece. Teh lot cost him the
sum of $3,505.00. Mr.. Moore says
that the mule market is worse now
than it has been for some time.
Audrain County is one of the lead
ing counties of the State in the pro-
duction of oats often ranking first.
The yield however is being cut down
at least 8 to 7 per cent according
to Prof. A. Gorrell of the department
of vocational agriculture of Mcmillan
High School by the oat smut.
In speaking of this condition Mr..
Gorrell says that this can be rem
edied easily and cheaply. Take a
pint of 40 per cent formaldehyde
and dilute with thirty-ive gallons of
water. This is enough for IS bushels
Of oats. Sprinkle the oats thor
and cover with sacks for two
hours after which dry the oats.
All sacks used in hadling the cats
should be dipped in the formaldehyde
solution.
The top price for lambs Wednesday
March 1st in st. Louis went to Elmer
Dicus Of Audrain county, Mo-, who
marketed LAG lambs, averaging rs
at $15.65 per cwt., the only
sale at the price.-Live Stock Repor-
ter.
j. P. Buckley, who has a fine farm
5 miles northwest of Mexico, has one
Of the finest herd of Hereford cattle in
this section. He has 1870 head of ex-
ira fine animals on his place at this
time.
Among the problems Missouri
farmers are facing, none is more
than the methods of getting
a good stand of clover. Speaking on
this subject, w. G. Etheridge, pro-
fessor of field crops at the Missouri
College of Agriculture, says:
"Since red clover in Missouri is
nearly always sown on wheat in the
and since clover shares with
wheat any good treatment which the
later crop has received, the first step
in the successful production of clover
must have been taken in the treat
ment of the land for wheat. Good
preparation of the seed bed and the
use Of fertilizer and anu on wheat
makes the basis for a successful crop
of clover. In addition the land should
be limited for the special benefit of
the clover and the application should
be made previous to blowing the land
for wheat.
"a light application of manure on
wheat during the winter where the
ground is frozen will not only give a
good increase in the yield of wheat
but will also greatly stimulate the
growth of clover in both the early and
later stages. The best time to sow
clover is in early spring when the
ground is alternately freezing and
thawing. Sow in the morning when
the ground is hard and the seed will
be worked into the soil by the alter
nate freezing and thawing Of the soil
during the next few days.
"In general March l to Is is a good
time to sow clover. Seed Of the high
est quality should always be used. 1t
is extremely wasteful to spend time
and money in making preparation for
clover and then to use low grade seed
which is likely not only to terminate
poorly, but also to introduce a multi
tude of noxious weeds in the soil"
A large crowd attended the Earl
D. Carter sale of live stock Thursday
in spite Of the bad roads and dis
agreeable weather. Five hundred
and twenty animals were up for sale
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and brought a total of $13,799.25
which considering the present fin
ancial condition Of the country was