HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



11 



So> lir:iiis and >lillel 



Grown at M. A. C. last year. E. T. 

 Clark of Granby used this combination in 

 1923 with fine results. See Article be- 

 low for details. 



Till' .Sf>j- hcan <li«* (test lOiiifi-Ki'nc.'t 

 il'Ay 4'ro|> 



I'liiiUnufil I'lom ij;iK<' :i. <-i>lumn ?, 



know how to grow a clean crop with a 

 spike tooth harrow or weeder, or are 

 willing to learn, you will get a better 

 quality of hay at a smaller labor expense 

 by putting the rows down to about 

 twenty inches apart and giving the crop 

 about three harrowings or weedings 

 crosswise of the lows; the first soon after 

 planting to fill in the planter furrow, 

 firm the soil, maintain a mulch and kill 

 a crop of weeds, the second about as soon 

 as the first true leaves are full giown to 

 kill another crop of weeds and the third 

 just before the next crop of weeds get 

 too big to be up-rooted by the harrow or 

 weeder. ' 



If the second or third harrowing is 

 made just a few days later than it ought 

 to be, many of the larger weeds will es- 

 cape, thus necessitating expensive hand 

 work later on. The success of this meth- 

 od of caring for a crop — either soy 

 beans or corn — depends first on a proper 

 seed bed and second on proper timing of 

 subsequent operations. 



Of course such treatment is imprac- 

 ticable on a poor seed bed and even on a 

 good seed bed will result in the destruc- 

 tion of perhaps fifteen per cent of the 

 plants, all told. Even so, planting extra 

 seed to allow for that destruction is a lot 

 cheaper than cultivating a row at a time, 

 and harrowing leaves the soil in far bet- 

 ter .shape for the mowing machine than 

 single row cultivation. 



Plant as shallow as you can and still 

 cover the beans. Soy beans will "break 

 in the crook" or fail to come up at all if 

 planted too deeply or if the soil is allowed 

 to crust heavily over them. 



Inoculate the seed. It will increase 

 the yield in practically every case, enable 

 the crop to feed in part on the air in- 

 stead of entirely on the soil and make it 

 Continued on pMge 12. colum!i 1 



LINCOLN 



FORDSON 



NEW PRICES OCTOBER 2nd, 1923 



'I'licso lire tlic Inwcst pi-iccs in liist(]|-y (if l-'unl MulnrCn. 



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Ti)tiring " " " " '■ 



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Chassis ' 



Ton Truck Cliussis, 

 Fordsoii Ti-uct(ir, 



All prices F. O. B. Detroit 



•t()85.00 



;}80.()o 

 yso.oo 

 815.00 

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42(1.00 



CHASE MOTOR COMPANY 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



24 Center Street Telephone 470 



After all a fine herd of Cows well managed, well bred and 

 well fed represents the highest point in modern agriculture. 



These students are learning by actual tests and not by 

 guess, the difference between a profitable cow and a boarder. 



In other classes they are learning other exact ways of 

 carrying on the difficult art of profitable farming. 



Smith's Agricultural School 



Northampton, Mass. 



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