The Lexington advertiser., 1942-04-30

Farmers should plan to produce and
save ample grain, legume and grass
seeds for 1943-44, for winter cover crops
and for new seedlings of pasture and
forage. Every effort should be made to
increase the production of the best
seeds of the better strains of corn, oats,
cotton, soybeans and other farm crops
to prevent shortage of desirable strains
Large requirements must be met for
winter and summer legume seeds, such
as burr clover, vetch, cowpeas, anG soy
beans; and needs must be met too for
pasture grass, such as Dallis, and fol-
clovers, including large quantities OF
lespedea, white Dutch and hop. Other
seeds for which there likely will be urg-
ent need are sirup and silage sorghum
in fact, there promises to be demand tol
all kinds of planting seed, II 1943 Ame-
rican home and allied requirements for
seed. food and feed are met.
The farm family of five should have
from $50 to 425 gallons of milk avail
able yearly, and the supply shoulG not
fall at any season below l gallon day
Two cows will be required to supply
milk for such family throughout the
wear, as on the average cows Tor best
results produce milk about 10 months
resting usually 2 months of each IL. The
family with two good cows, one freshen'
ing in the spring and the other in the
flate fall insures thereby an adequate
vear-round supply of milk and milk pro-
ducts.
SANITATION G. CULTURAL .PRAC
TICES in the pecan orchard or undel
pecan trees will aid materially in reduc'
ING damage caused by the shuck worm
stink bug, scab and foliage diseases. lr
orchards which can be cultivated, turr
the soil 6 inches deep so as to cover al
shielded leaves and shucks before new
leaves are half grown. If trees are
growing in the lawn or pasture, rake
and burn leaves and shucks in earl!
spring. ANY shucks hanging on tree'
should be Rocked to ground before turn
| ing soil or raking material. Shallow
cultivation. preferably with disk tiller
at frequent intervals during the sum
mer will destroy shuck worms in fallei
in, mature nuts. Clean cultivation durinl
tho summer also will help control tn
stink hugs which cause kernel spot OF
neeans. Do not grow COW peas, soyDean
or crotalaria in or near bearing orcharoS
as stink bugs multiply rapidly on sue
crops.
| Use logs from the farm woods 10
constructing more and better storag
snace for increased production of food
and feed. There are 2,100 small sawmili
cutting timber in Mississippi today, o
an average Of % such mills to the coun
tv and five to supervisors dastric'
These mills will saw lumber for 10
dollars a thousand board feet. Many
them will saw for part OF the iumpei
Monty Payne, Extension Forester, point
ont that this is much cheaper than um
lber can be bought from the mill or 1rof
dealers.
| Lands of lesser diserability for fiei
icrons converted to pasture, may contrl
hnte more to war production than If the
remain in cultivation. Rolling pastures
nroperly terraced, conserve soil, an
moisture. and save in cost OF continue
annlications of lime, fertilizer and seee
Every Holmes County farmer who ma
lbad land adapted to production OF pea
ruts Is asked to remember that the SIX
ia the limit this year, insofar as pea
nuts for oil are concerned, H. 1. NICE
, OILS. Chairman of the County osDA wa