The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., November 05, 1910, Page 753, Image 5

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year with a three-liorse disk. I
bought some up-to-date planters this
year, and where I used them I got a
perfect Btand of cotton and corn. I
had some old planters that I thought
could not bo surpassed, and used
them on the smoothest land where
I thought I could have no trouble to
get a stand, and I failed to get a
stand. So I will buy more up-to-date
planters and use the old ones no
more.
(f>) I use a two-eared variety of
corn, and am gathering the ears
from those stalks, of proper size and
Bhape, that have the largest two ears
on them and putting this in a crib
to itself, and here next spring I will
go to select the very best ears to
plant As my land is rather level,
and the cotton stalk grows large in
proportion to fruit, I have bought
seed from the high, rich surrounding
hills where cotton makes an ideal
stalk. 1 sell my seed to the oil-mill
and pay a little more for better seed.
I have always made my best crops
tthan T /41 /I tku .
(6) The field I had In corn this
year is now one of the most pleasing
sights I ever saw. Every stalk has
a largo ear and many two large ears,
but the whole field Is a mass of dark
green velvet beans—this In spite oof
the long siege of dry weather they
had to withstand. After frost here
Is where I will put my cattle after
the corn Is gathered. They will feast
and fatten and linger here until late
In the winter. I will be In no rush
here to plant this land In oats, as
they are already planted on pea sod.
This was already broken deep for
corn and It will not bo necessary to
break It deep for cotton next year.
Hero the cotton will follow a nitro
gen-gathering crop and land be soft
and rich and healthy for cotton. This
given a good place for cotton, a good
place for oats and all the winter
made compost for corn, and Improves
the land. Rich land Is what I am
working for. because rich land will
cover up a multitude of errors.
W. A. WADSWORTH.
Prattville. Ala.
Try to enjoy the great fes.lval of
life with other men—Epictetus.
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DO YOU KNOW
What Three Plant Food* You Buy In Ferti
I tiers?
What Part Kach of Them Play* In Plant
Growth ?
How bo Toll Which of Them Your Crop*
Need ?
What a Fertiliser Analysis Means?
What Fertilising Materials Should Not be
Mixed Together?
How to 1 Igure Out a Ferttllrer Fertnula ?
How to TeU If Your Soli Needs Lime?
How to Get the Most Out of Your Stable
Manure ?
Why Fertilisers Pay Beat on Goad I-nnds ?
Whet You Must Consider In Keeping up
Soil Fertility ?
"FERTILIZING FOR PROFIT”
Will help you answer all these Questions and
doaens of others like them. It I* written for
thef armor* of the South, is plain, practical.
and easy to read.
The price te 60 cents in paper binding. 76
In doth. With The Progre.sive Farmer and
Gaxette one year, in paper Si.26. in cloth 11.60.
Ton can not afford to do with
out It. Bend In ffour order to-day.
Progressive Fanner and Gazette,
Starkville, N. C.
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PRACTICAL TILE DRAINAGE.
IV' The Sort of Tile to Use-How to Lay Out and Dig the
Ditches.
By A. L. French.
Iiiavui received many letters ask
ing concerning the different
classes of tile, and the writers
wishing to know which the writer
considers preferable, the clay or the
concrete sort. We
have used many
thousands of both
and consider one
as good as the
other in case each
sort is properly
made. In making
the concrete tile
care must be ex
ercised in the mix
a. l Mthf.cn. lug 0j tlle cement
and sand that the mixture be even,
else some of the tile will be so soft as
to crush; and if any such are found
when the tiles are being laid they
should be discarded. It should be
kept in mind all the time that this
improvemeut is being made to last
for a hundred years, and as a string
of tile is, like a chain, no stronger
than the weakest link, care should be
taken that all links are of maximum
strength. We like the hard-burned
clay tile and wouldn’t have any other
sort—if they are glazed, all the bet
ter. When two clay tile are struck
together lightly, one upon the other,
they should ring clear, and those
giving off a dead, hollow sound
should be discarded, as they are eith
er too soft or are cracked. It should
be remembered that almost all the
water that gets into a string of tile
gains entrance at the joints, so it is
of little consequence how hard the
tiles are or how impervious to water,
the water will lind its way in all
right.
Running the Miun Ditch.
I am designing these drainage
papers principally to aid the man who
will—because of the nature of his
country—be able to handle the drain
age of his farm in small systems; so
let us get out on the farm and see if
we are able to llud a way to change
the nature of that unprintable area
and get it in shape that it will not
be a star boarder on the farm any
louger. You see this little swale
starts down there at the creek and
goes meandering way up across the
farm, between the kuolls and hills.
It is probably brush-grown now, or
covered with swamp grass and bul
rushes. Let's get the brush out of
the way so we can see where we are
going, then take a bundle of sticks,
and, starting at the lower end, fol
low the lowest part of the sag, stick
ing a stake at each turn. We now
have the general direction of the
ditch that we are to dig in which to
! lay our tile. We will go back over
the line now and change the stakes,
so as to cut out every little crook
I that we are able to dispense with, as
we wish our line of tile to be just as
nearly straight as possible, because
| we wish the size tile we use to work
to its greatest capacity. This it can
not do—because of friction of the
water on the sides of the tile—if
there are numerous little sharp
crooks in the line. Remember that
this water-course is to go under
ground, uud If by cutting an extra
foot deeper in some places, going a
little off the lowest part of the land,
we can avoid a short turn, it will pay
to do the extra digging, because it is
necessary to do this digging only
once, and the extra capacity thus se
cured in the line of tile will be oper
ative when our great-grandchildren
are playing around the flue country
school building that our grandsons
were enabled to build from the pro
fits arising from the use of this re
claimed piece of land.
Where to Put the Laterals.
Off from this main line will extend
other lines of tile—a line running oui
wherever we would naturally locate
an open ditch—and these should re
ceive the same care in the laying out
as was given to the main line. If
the central or main sag contains
many acres of land, say 50 or 60, it
will, perhaps, be best to operate the
lower end as an open ditch for some
years until our financial condition is
improved and we are better able to
purchase the expensive large tile that
is necessary to be used in the lower
section to carry the surplus water
that will be furnished by all the side
lines and the upper end of the main.
But if not larger than 5-inch is re
quired, we would secure all that are
necessary to make a complete job of
the work, even if we were obliged to
borrow the money temporarily, to
pay for same, as no investment will
pay better returns than will drainage
of rich land which is unproductive
because of being water-sobbed, and
especially when the investment is of
such a substantial, sure, permanent
return, as tile drainage is known to
be. Many instances are known to the
writer where 100 to 300 per cent has
been secured the first year on cost of
drainage of swamp land.
Making Easy W ork.
If this land is not boggy so as to
mire a horse, considerable digging
may be saved by opening the ditches
with a big two- or three-horse plow,
one man driving while another holds
the plow. Long lines may be used so
the driver can walk immediately be
hind the plowman, thus insuring ab
solutely straight work. Going up and
back in each ditch will remove abour
ten or twelve Inches of dirt. There
is another advantage in this in sec
tions where the land freezes during
the winter, water or snow covering
the bottom of these shallow ditches
will enable the diggers to proceed
with the work in times when the land
would be too hard on top to make
profitable digging possible.
A persistent war on weeds and
grass, stumps and brush, In the held
is one of the great progressive move
ments necessary to progress In agri
culture.—Dr. S. A. Knapp.
I
Mr. A. D. McNair, of Little Rock,
Ark., says that Dow Jacks, of Lee
County, Ark., raised 150 bushels of
bur clover seed on one acre, and H. R.
Harrison, of Dallas County, 45 bush
els on one-fourth acre. This seed
was measured in the chaff, of course,
but as Mr. Harrison sold his for $2 a
bushel, it would be hard to find a
more profitable crop. Sow a seed
patch of your own.
“CONCRETE ON THE FARM" I
A full and Comprehensive Illus- 1
trated Discussion of the Value 1
and Adaptability of Cement Con- I
crete to the Construction of Per- C
manent Farm Buildings and ac- I
cessories. Written for the pro- ■
gressive Farmer, with detailed in- ■
formation as to the use of cement m
concrete and instruc- m
tions as to methods and m
forms for its applica- m
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