The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-02
WINTER LEGUME is
GOOD FOR THE LAND
,,,r EFFECTS FOR THE NEXT
F irhP,s CROPS. RYE SHOULD
SOWED IN FIELDS.

sOWED IN FIELDS.
r.-r,ers who are planning for an
i. s, OF the yields OF crops next
laCI 's sbould give the winter legumes a
yea Hairv yetch has been strongly
lIl .anrnnended, but those who have
VA his crop in past years state that
tll;u onite difficult to get stand, as
he seed are hard to germlnate. But
lat 90 20 with rye. A good covering of
los i IN the land will bring about the
n.y. na desirable results that the vetch
sa 1nn ;nsures, when turned under the
IlVt soring will be equivalent to a
Ies.,, 9onljcation of fertilizer, and will
plrns+ double the yield of corn or cot
s am, or any other crop. Besides, the
~. ,UD will afford fine grazing for the
t5r,n stock during the winter months.
l'' NJ n L. Wi1let, who writes daily
.t tlr. for the Augusta Chronicle on
t.r, toDics. thinks that the winter
i is,,,t is one of the best assets of the
f sgrl.is In last Fridays Chronicle he
5rnps out the following strong points:
The T5e proof of the pudding is said to
/. IN the eating. There are no finer
h Ds.+ -, lands or corn lands probably in
4 Contb Carolina than those OF the
I ITCi Farm, owned by Mr.. H. c.
HIM Of Aiken. Mr.. Hahn gets these
ra;rIts by certain system. He rotates
d cam and cotton. He plants rye in the
oorly season upon all of his cotton
lad and turns under his rye in the
II aarI,, wear For the enrichment OF land
we comes very close to being leg
rme so beneficial is it in its results
When turned under.
So apparent are the results OF Mr..
Eabn's system that without doubt the
Hail weeyil problem would largely be
Eliminated if his system was in cur
ront use But of course this system
carries many more meanings than ap-
#pear on the surface.
G0 1t provides land with a cover
croo which prevents winter soil ero-
b) The rye fall planted and turned
hinder in the spring builds up the soil
H. adding in it a large amount OF
"A
8plant humus.
i lcJ 1t compels the early destruc-
#t;op in the field of cotton stalks-Mr.
l Hahn has three of four methods for
Ntbis depending on the size of the cot
8on stalk. The destruction of cotton
stalks kills all weevils on the plant and
lake away from the weevil habita-
&t;on and food through the winter
Snonths This matter is SO important
#that this system should be made a
state law just as it is in Mexico and
Egypt This destruction of cotton
stalks in the early fall is the finest Of
! al preventive medicines in weevil con-
Htrol
Cd The 4th good point in this sys-
Ntem is that it necessitates fall plow-
England fall blowing is a preventive
#medicine against great host OF IN
sects. The average farmer is not aware
n of the enormous number OF insects
8that hibernate just under the soil:
#Iand with us is usually not ploWed
#unhl early spring and cotton stalks
Remain on the ground all the winter.
#In this way both the weevil and the
bottom stalks in the field contribute to
ihe increase in population of insect
ife and these insects that we help to
propagate in winter are the insects
That we have to fight and at great ex-
pense in the summer time. How much
Cheaper then is prevention in the in
Sect world to cure?
4 Fall blowing is particularly valuable
against such insects as white grub,
IFire worms and the corn ear worm.
Il is particularly valuable against the
leIon worm, the squash vine borer
PM the cabbage worm. These insects
Bpend the winter in fragile pupa cases
pr Or just below the surface OF the
Ground and the fall blowing burying
Them to such depth that after they
emerge they are not able to reach the
$urface Pupa cells of many beetles
R~ destroyed during the process OF
aall blowing and exposure to the ele-
Shents; many of these indeed perish
without the production of this pupal
EaSe Il the farmer only knew how
#en5ely populated he was with his IN
8ect enemies in the open surface OF
#he soil in the winter time | am sure
Fiat he would pay more regard to fall
Showing.