The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., March 12, 1910, CORN SPECIAL, Page 179, Image 3

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LXI.—BY PLANTING THE CROPS RIGHT.
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By TaJt Better.
-N ALL our farming there are.
perhaps, few operations con
__ cerning which It la more dif
ficult to give deflnlte Instructions
than In the details of how the crops
should be planted. So much de
pends on the character of the plant
and seed, the season of the year, and
the condition of the soli as to tem
perature, drainage, moisture and
fertility, that no deflnlte or positive
Instructions can he given; and yet,
there are certain general principles
Involved, which apply to practically
all cases. These are very generally
disregarded. On many farms the
crops Are all put In alike or without
due consideration of the varying soli
conditions and crop needs.
Methods of Planting Corn and
Cotton.
Cotton and corn are the chief
crops of the South and occupy near
ly all our cultivated land, and by
far the greater part of our attention.
Both are planted i the sprig and
In rows, receiving to a large extent
similar treatment.
Without Inquiring into all the In
fluences which msy have operated to
establish the custom. It may he stat
ed that at one time practically all of
these crops were planted on beds
raised above the general level of the
ground surface. To-day, planting
on high beds is much less common,
but eten yet most of the cotton and
corn of the South la planted on beds
raised more or less above the aver
age level of the soil. Taking the
country as g whole such row crops
are planted In three different ways:
On beds higher than the level, on
the level and below the level of the
surface of the soli.
In the South very little corn or
cotton Is planted below the level of
the land, due no doubt to the largt
rainfall which Is common during th
growing season of these crops. It is
probably wlso to avoid this style M
planting, except on very dry land
when the cmp arc planted late in
the season
As bet we 'ii laid planting and
planting on high beds there is, how
ever, amp!' r ,h for a difference of
opinion. Wu know mat many farm
ers are n >w plaining crops on the
level wit«i formerly put them on high
beds. Moreover, the level planting
is lucres tiitc tapluiy, indicating that
it is proving s .tif factory. Aa a gen
eral prtp *uioi it. may be stated
that land net well drained and with
crops pun'eil early In the spring, a
better <U irt m obtained by the plants
when pat ou beds raised above the
level. On l lie other hand, on land
that I. ut-11 drained and dry and
warm at plaiititiK time, the yield Is
a* good nr halter when the crops are
planted on the level. The advant
ages, then, of planting on beds are,
that the ground becomes dryer and
warmer early in the season and
when excessively wet weather fol
lows is possibly less likely to drown
out. In other words, damp, cold
soils require that the crop be planted
on beds. As a matter of fact, how
ever, the writer’s observation leads
him to the opinion that land so lack
ing in drainage that the crops will
drown out when planted on the level,
will suffer about as much from ex
cessive moisture when planted on
beds.
Planting on Two-Row Beds.
The advantages of the level plant
ing are, that the land may be more
cheaply put in condition for plant
ing, may be more cheaply cultivated,
and the crop does not suffer so se
verely from dry weather.
Recognizing these advantages of
level planting, many of our best
farmers are now planting on broad
beds, wide enough for at least two
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rows. This leaves a marked depres
sion every two rows for taking care
of excessive water and attains the
advantages of level planting to a
considerable extent. As the land is
better drained and wre are able to
cut loose from old established cus
toms, we feel certain that level plant
ing will become more and more com
mon. ,
Podding With One-Horse Plow Too
Expensive.
The chief objection to the bedding
system, so common in the South, is
its cost It is true that when it is
done in the fall and winter it better
exposes the land to the pulverizing
effects of the weather, but the bed
ding or re-bedding of land for plant
ing, as generally practiced in the
South, means the use of the plow—
frequently the one-horse turning
plow—for preparing the land for
planting, and this is doing work at
too great cost Land that has been
once properly broken since growing
(Contined on Page 194.)
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