Washington telegraph., 1927-05-06
EMERGENCY CROP RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR FLOODED SECTIONS
IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS

tilizer, provided it is not used alone.
Half the nitrogen from cotton seed
meal and half from nitrate of soda
or sulphate of ammonia gives good
results. In such cases so pounds of
nitrate or sulphate should be mixed
with 100 pounds of meal Tor each
acre, and the mixture applied ut
planting time"
"Some of the richest cotton lands
in the flooded sections may not be
free of water until it is 90 late 20
plant cotton. For large areas of This
land no better crops can be found
than soybeans and corn. Both Of
these crops may safely be planted
as late as the latter part Of June.
Soybcans are especially well adapted
to the heavy soils of the lowlnd sec
tions of Arkansas. At Scott in cen
trail Arkansas the Laredo variety of
sOybeans usually produces from ,hree
to four tons of hay on bottom lands.
Very late paintings will give lower
yields, but such land should produce
two tons per acre when planted he
! last half of June. While goybeans
should be planted in rows and culti-
waited on lighter soils, it is not neces-
sary to do this on heavy soils. As
soon as overflow lands are dry
enough soybeans may be drilled
solid" with an ordinary oat drill.
The Laredo is one of the very best
varieties to pNnt for hay. However,
the Virginia is about two or three
weeks earlier than the Laredo in
ripening seed. Good hay may be cut
at any time from The blooming peri
cd until the pods begin 20 Vurn
brown"
Recently the EXtention Service,
College of Agriculture, University of
Arkansas, published Extention Cir
cular No. 230 entitled "Soybeans."
Those who are interested in This crop
should ask the county agent or write
for it."
at is not only safe 20 plant corn
late in Central Arkansas, but accord
ing TO experiments at Scott, conduc-
ted by the Arkansas Experiment Sta
ton, the yield is better than from
early planting. These experiments
covered five years and included i've
varieties. The results that about
June 1st is the best date"
"For late planting on lowlands he
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are the best"
Mr.. Burleson lists The leading va
rieties for the various districts of The
state but ! am listing only the ones
he recommends for west central Ark
ansas and for South west Arkansas.
"Wcst Central Arkansas: Mosby's
prolific, Marlboro, Southern Beauty,
Paymaster, Mexican June, White
Wonder, and Chisholm"
Southwest Arkansas: Mexican
June, Pride of Saline, Valentines
Yellow Dent, Diamond Joe, Paymas-
ter, Marlboro Prolific, White Wonder,
and Surcropper."
A number of the above varieties
can be located in Arkansas that is
being grown by the members of the
Arkansas Seed Growers Association.
This is our safest and best source of
seed in Arkansas and we should not
be satisfied to plant anything but The
best. Members of the seed growers
association are required to start with
pure seed and plant them in such
places that they will not cross with
other varieties. An inspector from
the EXtention Service visits ;he crop
IN the growing season for The pur-
pose of certifying the seed If The
crop is in danger of cross breeding
or if it is infested with weed seed
or diseases the grower is not given
the certification and his seed are not
listed on the certified list as being
for sale. Let's be careful where we
get our seed.
(J. ID. BETHAE, County Agent)