The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-11
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanporn

spring of 1921. This is simply in ac-
cordance with the general condition as
applying to labor of all kinds. The In
diana crop reporter gives it as his
opinion that farmers will not go to any
extra expense of effort to raise large
crops this year, but that the acreages
generally will be what the farmers can
handle with the assistance of their i'm
mediate families, except where help is
usually kept all the year.
Southern Feeder Hogs
The recent news letter from the de-
partment of agriculture contains one
brief statement regarding the produc-
ton of feeders for corn belt hog lots
that many farmrs will be inclined to
question. We quote as follows:
The possibility of economically pro-
ducing feeder hogs in the. South for
supplying the corn belt with the extra
hogs needed for consuming the corn
crop will be investigated by the Unit
| ed States department of agriculture
IN cooperation with some of the
southern states. This spring, work on
! the problem was begun at McNeill,
Miss, IS miles north of New Orleans.
The Mississippi experiment station
will assist in the work The idea is
to test out the growing and marketing
of hogs at a weight of about 100
pounds, using both the lard and bacon
types.
The growing of feeder hogs is an
] industry which should be developed,
as the corn belt is in need of more
shoats than are usually produced
there. Similar experiments to those
being made in the South will be tried
| later in the Northwest and the South
west"
Soys to Replace Oats.
Under date of April 5 the Missouri
college of agriculture advises farmers
who realize that it is now too late
to SOW oats to plant soys. Results
at the experiment station according to
| c. E. Carter, indicate that soy beans
are the only substitute for oats worth
considering"
| Mr.. Carter is talking to Missouri
| farmers, of course, but what he has
! told them is worth repeating. There
is room for more soys in this neck of
woods. Mr.. Carter claims that expert
ments covering several years have
shown that soys planted on early
plowed cleanly cultivated land may
be depended upon to yield one and a
half tons of hay per acre, equal to al
fdlfa IN feeding value.
Now, then, there are two important
don'ts to consider, says this authority.
First: don't plant soys too early; and
don't plant them too deep. This
means plant them about June / and
about one and one-half inches deep.
This is very explicit and easily under
stood. And further. "They must also
be planted on clean ground, because
they can't fight weeds This relates
to soys for hay and for seed and does
not particularly apply to crops plant
ed in corn to be hogged off. If you
are considering soys, secure seed ear
ly while there is a supply. The ground
should be plowed early, same as foI
corn.
About Corn Root Rot.
There is now general interest in
corn root rot among cornbelt farmers
This has been brought about mainly
: through the experiment stations. They
have demonstrated that there are Ger
. tain parasitic organisms which cause
stalk, root and ear rots of the corr
plant Each year the yield of oul
corn crop is considerably reduced by
these rotS.
: 1t is now known that corn root rot
, is caused by many different species oi
} the same general organism and thai
these species may have different adap
: tations. This. of course, greatly com
: plicates the whole problem for it is
quite probable that an organism which
; does considerable damage in Indiana
may be comparatively harmless il
Missouri, and vice versa. Therefore
the means of control which might be
recommended by one state might mo-
necessarily apply to conditions in an
: other state