Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-25

| you have made or what you nave
lost for this crop year.
The farm receipts and expendi
lures, If properly kept, will show
you what main lines you have made
or lost on. Study your business
and remember money saved is
money earned"
The Importance Of using seed
that are we'll adapted to the condi.
| lions in the section in which they
are to be grown is not realized by
! a great many farmers. Too fire.
| quently they are guided by the name
of "a good variety which does not
necessarily mean that they are good
! seed.
Every man should start out this
year using only good seed Of what
ever crops he may plant. To begin
with, seed that are not adapted to
the conditions in which they are
tn be grown or are not OF high
quality is a mistake, and the small
added expense Of securing good
seed will pay in the end.
In selecting variety Of cotton the
principal qualities to bear in mind
, are a., earliness; (2), big bolls; (3).
long lint and az, a good yield of
lint. Too much emphasis cannot be
placed on earliness, which is neces-
sary in a variety to be planted in
territories infested by the boil weevil.
The most important characteris-
tic Ito be borne in mind in selecting
variety Of corn is high yield. This
is to be found in the varieties which
ciu
plant rather than larger number
Of small ears which reduces the
quality. In buying seed corn it is
hard matter to get exactly what is
wanted. The best way to secure and
maintain a good variety of seed corn
is selection in the field. This should
be done just as the corn natures.
In selecting varieties Of velvet
beans and cowpeas, the main thing
to look for is high yield of seed and
with cowpeas a vigorous plant for
hay.
Select only a standard variety of
any crop and make every effort to
keep the seed pure.
The farm machinery problem is no
doubt one of the greatest problems
of the modern farmer. You will
find that success and good farm ma
chinery are very closely allied, but
it is an individual problem. No one
can tell you very easily the kind Of
machinery YOU should have for your
farming operation unless every de-
tail was known of the type Of farm
ing you expect to do, along with the
topography of your farm and the
type Of soil. We can only give you
a few suggestions or rules that
would be wise to follow. Some Of
these are as follows:
1. Never let an agent sell you a
piece Of machinery because he says
it is good. It is up to you to be the
judge because you understand your
condition and probably he has never
seen that part of the country be-
fore.
2. Never buy a piece Of machin-
cry until you see that you actually
need it. You must know that it is
going to replace an old machine and
the quality Of work along with Ia
Dor saving are probably the great
est features that will determine
whether this machine will be a pay
ing problem.
8. Never buy machinery because
it looks good, and it is a better
policy to actually see the machinery
you are to purchase DOING the work
on the type of soil you have. Then
you know it is not an experiment,
but what you are really looking for.
4. There is such thing as be.
ing over-stocked with machinery. 1t
is probably better to have little
shortage in machinery than to be
over stocked with expensive ma
chimes that you will seldom use.
You cannot be too careful regard
ng the matter of buying farm ma
chinery, and to sum the whole thing
up in very few words, just think
twice before you buy.
Cultivating Cotton on Land Infested
With Wilt
H. L. W., Huntsville, S. c.,
writes: I have some very witty
land and would appreciate ad-
vice as to the variety of cotton
seed to plant on it. Petty's Toole
has been recommended to me.
Is there a cure for. wilt?
The most successful way of fight
ing the wilt disease which has been
devised as yet is through the use
Of resistant types Of cotton, and the
planting of strains of cowpeas on
the land which are strongly resist
ant to injury by the Nematode
worm. The iron cowpea, for in
stance, is good strain to plant on
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