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CURRENT TOPICS ON AGRICULTURE
Edited by E. E. HALL, County A S t.
EARLY FALL DESTRUCTION
OF COTTON STALKS
The weakest point in the life
hisoory of the boll weevil is its com
plete dependence upon green, cotton
for food. If we can control this food
supply, we can thereby control the
boll weevil. The only time in the ac
tive life of the weevil when it is pos
sible to control or eliminate the green
cotton without decreasing the crop,
is during the few weeks in the early
fall. It is practical then only when
the cotton has been gathered before
the weather has become cold enough
for the weevils to live long without
food.
The destruction of green cotton
several weeks before killing frost oc
curs is what is meant by “early fall
destruction of stalks.”
The Cheapest Method of Control
Wherever it can be done properly
there Is little quest : on that this prac
tice is the CHEAPEST AND MOST
EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WEE
VIL CONTROL POSSIBLE FOR
THE NEXT SEASON’S CROP.
Furthermore, it saves completely the
vegetable matter which is needed so
much by practically all of our soils
and which is so exceedingly impor
in increasing the yield of cotton
per acre. Grazing or burning of
stalks robs the soil of this valuable
element of fertility and decreases
subsequent yields.
The earlier in the fall the ftalk?
can be buried the more effective will
be the weevil control. If buried four,
or more, inches deep very few wee
vils will survive or escape as many
will do if not buried more than two
or three inches deep. Do not allow
:&ny green cotton to remain on the
ground. Then any weevils escaping
from the soil will be obliged to fly to
•standing cotton elsewhere to find
food to live on until frosts occur.
Use of Stalk Cutter
Better work in stalk burial can us
ually be done without using a stalk
chopper fiirst. but, by attaching to
the beam of the plow some form of
<4 stalk bender”, heavy chains, or a
log drag, so as to lay the plants flat
in the frrow.
Cooperation Desirable
Where such stalk burial can be
•practiced generally through a com
munity it is not likely that other
methods of boll weevil control will
be required. The cost of early fall
burial of stalks is not likely to be
more than SI.OO more than the cost,
of burial at any other time or by any
other method. The man who does
this work will get practically all of
the benefit from it because his neigh
bor who does not bury stalks will
have all of his own weevils and part
of those from the field where the cot
ton has been buried. Securing the
cooperation of all neighbors in the
community is advisable for the most
complete control thoughout the sea
son.
Record of Experience
Proof of the effectiveness of this
method of weevil control may he
found both in the experience of very
many practical farmers and in the
records of the most careful experi
ments. Observations made in Texas
and Louisiana in widely separated
localities extending over a large
number of years and including over
175,000 weevils, have shown that
out of each 1000 weevil? in the field
in the fall, when their food supply is
removed at varying dates, the fol
lowing numbers actually survived:
September 30 2
October 15 21
October 31 68
November 16 121
Winter Clean-up
Early fall destruction off stalks
coming before frost time should, cf
-•course, be followed up by the “win
ter clean-up campa'gn” covering the
ditch banks, turn rows and fence
rows, etc. ,to reduce the favorable
condition of shelter available to those
Weevils that may have entered winter
-Quarters very early, or have escaped
from the burial process.
EARLY FALL DESTRUCTION
OP STALKS SHOULD BE PRAC
TICED WHEREVER CONDITIONS
MAY POSSIBLY PERMIT AS THE
last step in making the cot-
! VON CROP OF ONE SEASON AND
THE FIRST STEP IN MAKING
THE NEXT CROP MORE ECONOM
ICALLY AND MORE PROFITABLY
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IT IS TIME TO PUT IN THE
GRAIN CROP
' October is the month to sow wheat
and rye in the Peidmont Section of
the South. It is rare that you will
have a failure, if grain is properly
put in during this month. Asa rule
the corn crop has boon seriously cut
by the drought so the farmers need
( the oats to supplement their corn
crop. Corn will he very high next
year. This is additional reason for
a good grain cron this fall. Then good
farming demands that a certain por
; tion of the farm should be. sown down,
' every fall. It is true, that home
! grown oats arc scarce and high. Still
: there is a fair supply and we find
that those fanners who are fortunate
enough to produce a fair grain crop
are disposed to sell at reasonable
prices. We want our readers to do
two things: First, try to get some
good home grown oats, and, Secondly,
to give more attention to putting
them on good land and to doing the
work better than ever before. Leave
nothing und ine to make a good yield.
Our section needs the grain. So do
your part to restore a normal condi
tion in the cotton belt as to the .food,
crops. —The Southern Cultivator.
FIELD SELECTION OF
SEED CORN
|
i Contrary to general practice, the
j proper time and place to select seed
I corn is in the field in the fall of the
year rather than in the crib just be
j fore planting time in the spring, says
I Frank E. Boyd, Extension Agrono
mist.
There is no easier way to increase
the yield per acre of cofn than by
selection of seed in the field. In this
way ears from high-producing plants
are selected. After all the crop is
j gathered and thrown into the crib it
will be impossible to select choice
ears from vigorous plants,
j To insure a good stand of vigorous
plants inthe spring the best method
is to lay away a good supply of fall
selected seed. Any surplus on hand
when planting time arrives can be
disposed of at a fancy prite as there
is always a good demand for choice,
need com. If£*l r
The following arc six important
points that should be heeded in select
ing seed corn:
1. Select only from stalks raving
two good ears.
2. Select strong vigorous stalks
which are neither broken, leaning
weak nor diseased.
3. Select from hills having no
missing hills adjoining.
4. Ears should be borne not too
high on the stalk, and preferably
hanging downward at maturity.
5. Make an effort to secure ears
with long close-fitting shucks.
6. Avoid exoesrively long or short
shanks. —The Southern Cultivator
THE COTTON CROP AND
THE PRICE
There is a feeling among all the
Georgia farmers that the cotton crop
has been seriously reduced, and that
the estimate made is too large. The;
Excessive hot weather in August not
only caused the cotton -to shed, but
I the complaint is universal that the
bolls are small and the lint short.
President Wannamaker of the Amer
ican Cbtton Association is calling
I upon the farmers to stop selling cot
ton under 25 cents. The farmers
i w fcere we have been seem to feel
' that this should be a minimum pr : ce.
If the cotton in other states has been
| cut as much as it has in Georgia then
the crop will not exceed 12,000,000
bales and should bring twenty-five
cents. The cotton is opening very
fmt and is being ginned rapidly.
We se>e the gins crowded as in years
when we had no boll weevil.
I —The Southern Cultivator
THt UANIELSVIII.E MON IVOR. OANIELSVILLE, GA-
I SOW HAIRY VETCH
FOR SOIL IMPROVEMENT
Hairy vetch will grow in all sec
tions of Georgia, and is adapted to
all types of soils found in the state
with the exception of those that are
poorly drained. It is not a difficult
crop to grow, it' several requirements
are met, but unless the necessary
precautions are taken failure is sure
to be the result.
Vetch does best on land that has
grown a summer crop. Cotton and
corn middles arc good places to sow
it. The seed may be sown in the
middles of summer crops before they
are harveted.
Preparation of the land is not nec
essary. Just sow the seed on top
of the ground and cover one to one
and one-half inches on clay lands
and one and one-half to two inches
on sandy lands. Spring tooth or
disc harrows, may be used for cov
ering ,
Twenty pounds of vetch seed per
acre is sufficient, and when used as
a soil building crop it should be sown
by itself. October is the best month
in which to sow. Earlier or later
Iseedings are risky.
Land on which vetch is to be sown
must be inoculated before there is
any chance of success. The best plan
is to buy the commercial culture
and use according to directions and
then, if there is a field nearby on
which vetch has been grown the year
before , obtain one or two bushels of
moist soil and mix with the seed for
each acre. Sow the seed and soil
and cover immediately. If it is im
possible to get the soil for inocula
tion, the culture alone will have to
be relied m.
If sown on land that was heavily
Ifertilized in the spring, no further
fertilization is necessary, but if not,
400 pounds of acid phosphate per a
ere is recommended.
Vetch should be plowed under be
tween April 10 and May 10. It
should not be allowed to go past the
latter date.
It is advisable to wait at least two
weeks after the vetch S is turned un
der to plant corn and ten days be
fore planting cotfom.
—Ga. Fanm News Service
LEGUMES PROMISE MORE
THAN MUSCLE SHOALS
“Grow more legumes and let na
ture take care of your fertilizer
needs. Let the air help pay your
fertilizer bill.”
This is the suggestion soil and crop
specialists of the State College of Ag
riculture make to help keep the cost
of fertilizer down. Nitrogen in the
most expensive constituent in factory
mixed fertilizer, they say, and econ
omy necessitates the using of a part
of the unlimited quantities of nitro
gen found in the air over Georgia
farms.
The clovers and vetches have been
found to make available about sixty
pounds of nitrogen per acre, and
when the whole crop is turned under,
the fertilising value is equivalent to
the addition of five or six loads of
stable manure.
A good legume hay crop turned
under will lead to profitable and per
manent farming. It would require
four tons of ordinary mixed fertilizer
per acre, containing two per cent am
monia to furnish an amount of nitro
gen equal to a good crop of vetch or
sloyer. If purchased in mixed form
this nitrogen would cost from S2O
to $25 per ton.
“By all means,” the college men
repeat with emphasis, “give the air a
chance through more legumes on the
farm before complainning of the big
fertilizer bill. Clover and vetch are
much more promising nitrogen facto
ries than Muccie Shoals.”
—Ga. *■ Farm News Service
Dental Notice
Dr- D. L, Cloud Oorn Creenfl
boro, Ga. will be in Comer on
Second Monday each month pre
pared to do all c’assen of dental
work, to remain or.e week,
will appreciate a call.
OS'! iin floper Bui Id i ng.
To The Members of The Georgia Gotten
Growers Co-Operative Association
We have necessary blank for
your use in drawing Iraftson As
sociation for advances on your cot
ton, also have a supply of shipping
tags, and will be pleased to have
you handle your cotton through
this bank.
i
We will draw your drafts,
and pay you cash on take draft for
deposit; without charge.
All business appreciated.
The Peoples Bank
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