Washington telegraph., 1927-05-06

Farming conditions in Hampstead
county viii require many changes
and rcplaut.nc5 due 90 excessive am
during the past weeks. In many in
stances a complete change in ,he
kind Of crops that a-e TO take ;he
place Of the ones planned at ,hc be
ginning. Special. effort should be
made to -aise feed stuf's sor The
live stock and for the family and care
in the selection Of the seed is i'm
portant at this time. The follow
ing article was prepared By d. T.
Burleson, Extention Agronist, Col
leee Of Ariculture, University of
Arkansas:
at IS obvious ehat the excessive
uains ,his spring nave made it nee
cssary TO modify thc cropping plans
for Arkansas and especially COR the
flooded sections of the state. A .arge
portion of ,hc best cotton lands N
The state cannot be prepared for
planting before it will be 900 late 20
plant cotton. Even in The more fav-
ored sections of The lowlands where
cotton may be planted il will be so
late that every orecaution 20 hasten
the maturity f the crop should be OBJ
served"
Especial emphasis should be placed
on early varieties where cotton must
be planted very late. Among lhe
best adapted early varieties are Defos
and Express Of The long STAPLE varic-
ties and Trice and Kings improved
Of the short varieties. Kings I'M
proved has its fault in lacking storm
resistance and in having small bolls
and short lint, but it does have the
quality OF carliness"
CLOSE spacing should be cmnhasi-
zed this yea~, even more than IN an
ordinary year, because thick spaced
cotton is earlier. This is especially
true on lowlands. Eeven when cotton
is planted at The usual planting time
it has been found that The Weld in
creascs with the number of plants
per ac:c Until thickness of 5000
plants per acre is reached. However.
extremely thick spacing reduces the
yield. The safest spacing seems 20
be about two OF three stalks every
hoes width"
"The value of fertilizer in hasten
ing maturity, as we'll rs increasing
the yield should be recognized. The
judicious us of fertilizers makes cot
ton grow oifearlier and open earlier"
"Of course, preparation and plant
ing will be done in a rush, but The
application of fertilizer will DELAY
planting very little. Since the acre
age in the lowlands must be -educed.
it is important to make the smaller
acreage produce a higher yield per
acre, as well as hasten maturity The
reduced acreage will result in allow
ing more time for cultivation per
acre"
"On land where planting is most
likely to be delayed on account of
overflow, the most needed fertilzino
element is usually nitrogen. In
fact, on the heavy lowland soils nitro
gen is the only element 20 be recon-
mended. However, the form of nj
trogen applied TO cotton is important.
even when cotton is planted ut tho
ordinary time, and it is extremely i'm
/ portant for late planted cotton. Cot
ton gives a much better response "a
quick acting nitrogen. Quick action
becomes more important when the
growing period is shortened. Cotton
seed meal is slower in action than nj.
iratc of soda OF sulphate Of ammonia
For this reason cotton seed meal
should not be used as the only soure,
Of nitrogen for cotton. An applica
tion of $50 pounds of nitrate of So
da per acre at planting time is re-
commended"
"Many farmers have cotton seed
meal which thcy bought at n price
which would Justify using it rs n fer
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