The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1922-08-11
TYPES OF SOILS AND CROPS
OF MONROE COUNTY, MISS.
CONTINUED from First Page)

8nuS OF DusnelS OF tnem are snlppeu
out every year. Cowpea hay is of
good quality, and many farmers
feed no other kind.
PEANUTS
Peanuts are grown for the market
and for feed. 1t is a good crop to
fatten hogs, and then finish them off
on corn.
CANE
Sorghum cane is grown here for
making syrup and for ensilage.
The syrup is shipped out of the
county by the carload, and is one of
the money crops for some farmers.
However, the most profitable way to
use sorghum is to put it in the silo,
and feed it to dairy cows, and it is
being used for this purpose now
probably more so than corn. The
yield per acre is enormous; from Is
to 20 tons can be grown on rich land.
SUGAR CANE
Mississippi sugar cane differs from
sorghum, and is only used to make
syrup and sugar. The syrup from this
plant is superior to sorghum syrup
and yields better than sorghum.
MELONS
The loan soils of Monroe county
raises as fine melons as are grown
anywhere, and better than most 9TH
er places. These soils are peculiarly
adapted to fruits, of all kinds, and
gives them flavor that can hardly
be matched elsewhere. ~
FRUITS
This is one of the greatest fruit
countries of the South, as anyone
can see by riding through the coun-
try and seeing the old apple trees
that are from forty to fifty years old
peach trees that are at least twenty
to twenty-five years old, and all bear
ing well now.
Grapes, apples, peaches, plums,
pears, and all kinds of berries grow
on these soils. All authorities on
fruit growing who have looked over
this county state we are in one of
the best fruit growing sections to be
found. POTATOES
Monroe county is fast coming to
the front as grower of potatoes;
for they grow well here, and the
market for early spring potatoes is
usually good; and then when the po-
tatoes are harvested, most any other
crop that grows can be planted after
them, and good yield insured, for
the potato land is left in good condi-
ton for any crop.
The first crop of potatoes are u.s.
ually planted in February, and then
a late crop for fall is planted in
July. Several hundred bushels per
acre have been raised, and 200 BUSH
els of salable potatoes are frequent
ly made on fertile land.
SWEET POTATOES
Sweet potatoes is an important
money crop, with many farmers in (
the county; and with the potato
curing houses proving to be so sue '
cessful in saving them, the acreage {
is being increased. i
RED CLOVER {
The lime lands of this county are G
fine for growing red clover, and it I
will grow larger on these lands than 9
it will in the corn belt sections Of the J
North. Numbers of northern farm |
ers who saw this clover growing here i
this year said it was the tallest they
had ever seen growing on any land. i
ALSIKE CLOVER i
Alsike clover makes one of the i
best pasture plants, especially on the .
lime, bottom soils; it fits in well with
the other pasture grasses and Glow
ers. p
WHITE CLOVER II
On all types of land, white clover b
stands at the top as a pasture plant,
From Feb. to July, it furnishes an ,
abundance of grazing.
BUR CLOVER p
Bur clover makes good winter y
and spring pasture, dying down in .
May, after making an abundance Of
seed. Corn or other crops make ex- 0
cellent yields following this crop. q
CRIMSON CLOVER b
Crimson clover is a winter legume, .
and is usually sown in the cotton or u
corn rows in September or October,
and makes a good late winter and g
early spring pasture. When cut just c
as it begins to bloom, it makes good :
hay. 1t is often plowed under, and
crop of corn or cotton planted after
it, as it adds a wonderful amount of
fertilizer and humus to the soil.
WITCHES
There are several different vari-
cites of vetch, and they all grow well =
here, coming up in the early fall, and
asting through the winter, and max
NO seed about June