Pa^e From the Southern Ruralist, Less Than Half Size 
WHA^r FARWR^ ARE 
Ideas Being Iritelligeiitly Applied on Many Goda^Ea^ns 
GREAT IS THE DUST MULCH what I am dqjn^ this ‘same tract I am now sowing peas In wheat stuh- 
I waM to tell you'of nly expcriCT<-a on this year after faU breaking and siibsoil- ble; will cut them for hay this fall, then 
this old-run-down land, v.here the form- Ing- ^ - turn the stubble with tsvo-horse turn 
er owner says' he was starved oit, and.. iU «>o tlsk of being prosy, I wish to plow. In the spring w,U broadrast,ma- 
predicted the some fate for us, os soon add .tlwt wliUe I lake seven-of'wHot are nure, disk, and so\v early oaL'i; when 
as the mone/ we brought with ns gave regarded as the leading farm papers, I .the oats are cut the last of ^May, I will 
out. * get more actual benefit from tlw;Sou-m- plow In more manure and plant to corn. 
The 3 ’ear before wt* began here a cer- ebn Rubaljet than from all the . others, I will lay by the corn with peas and turn 
tain^tract produced about three bushel^ because it gives, me the.actual work of flgarn in the foil. 
per acre of nubbins; hardly a good car so many real; everj'-day working farm- Spread.your aiaQure; nlow deep; disk; 
in the'patch. I broke deep, prepared ers. Sometimes their accounts of fall- plant and conllnuaHy cultivate your ccfrn 
well, planted in furrow, covered with ures are as beneficial to me as their sue- or cotton, and sow peas! Then sow 
hoe,* leading slightly below’tlie level, cul-v cess, as it saves me from making the some more. 
livnted frennentlv, lAullow, plowed same mistake/ ‘W. W. Addtsq'jt. I have n 500-pound Duroc Jersey- 
five times with Southern TJelle one-horse Sprinffhill, La. _ Berkshire sow whith brings two litters 
made a one-hOrsc 
weeder of two by . 
four stvfff, inaan A- ■ 
shape, putting in S6 , 
teeth of 40-pcnny j 
h.iils,' exteiiding,| 
through two and a \ 
half inches. T ran j 
tills in the' middles 
for the first working 
each week for four 
■weeks, keeping a 
dust mulch one to 
two inches deep all 
through a verv se-' 
vere drought. The 
land held moisture 
finely. The soil two 
inches Ixlow the sur¬ 
face would “biUr' by 
pressure in the hand- 
flt any time during 
the lirougbt,. while- 
some I examined, 
which was heddey 
and rid^-cnltivated, 
•was so dry that not 
a sign of moisture 
sliowcd UlT you 'w’ent 
down eight inches, 
and then' it would 
not ball. 
• JIv com stayed 
preen to tjio lower 
liladcs till the grain ^ 
, nmtured. and by act¬ 
ual measurement of 
land and corn, l.j 
made'SlVs .Im.shols of| 
corn per acre wtlh-5 
<fijt fertilizer, while j 
some, on which I put', 
u'•small quantity of’ 
stable manure near 
each hill at time of 
plan-ftng, made '26 
tm.shete per a<re. So you Can see that PEAS A! 
tlic txXre preparation and cultivation I ' t h -k- .k f 
than'was given the year be- 
Cfore—]'rOduccd. or^r 18 bu'^hels per .acre df corn and 
addition\d. While the fornK-r year gave tlie acre,- now ' 
•two bushels per acre (oiic-thitd. off for bales of col 
the Und rent), for breakina:, planting, t -u ^ 
I eeea kbd ll.r« plpwings, „„d inly one ^ '^»TibuU my 
bushel per acre-rent, my plan gave seven planting cowpe 
bushels rent and .twelve’ bushels per acre proper rotation, 
Jict for two.cirtrfl plowlngs,-^and four .-W'hen laying 
Weediiigs,- . ivhich^took -two and , n ' half -ym ^ -i 
hours work, for^ch.plowing,"'and. one ^ 
-hour for each'wcedidg, of twelve bush- black pea, and 
els of ebrn 'fdr.-:“nine;^hours*-'vvork per. things to ptek < 
acre. Did It pay? ’vv .*av - by increasing tl 
|t‘i'This spring, begi^ 
i ning'^bf.;.--Marcb,'41 
t turned f'iinder.. oats. 
and -[after., harrowing 
landrthorougldy bola 
' ways - and . dragging 
same I fiaid off row’s 
5 1-5 feet wide 'with 
fiinnll sweep, plow- 
iiig ajT deep as my 
mule could pulL f 
then planted three 
acres in” .Hastings’ 
Prolific corn i>i> 
March 34th, crossing 
with a spring tooth 
harrow. Corn was 
dropped, only on© 
grain to the hill, one 
foot apart,' as I 
wanted it to j^row. 
It came up fine, giv¬ 
ing a perfect stand. 
April 8th I cultivat¬ 
ed - ground with 
■spring tooth harrow, 
fc^aring down on St 
and .going* as deep 
69 ^ssibie,. killing 
all sprouting weeds; 
repeated ^ on ' /Vprfl 
13th. April S4tli we 
had remarkably^cold 
weathet,.' with sniFW 
during' tli e/ night, 
four inches-dc.ep, 
’ and a freering wi&d. 
At first i thow^ 
that’ plant* 
would be killed, but 
, . with the exception of 
of pigs every year. These pigs are al- about 300 hills which had to be replanted.' 
way.s fine . specimens and bring $10 a the corn bore up weU. •^ . 
pair.. She averages about ten to the May 3d corn' received first hoeing, 
litter; two litters a ye.ir are worth $100 This was done thoroughly, removing -cy-. 
lota! value, and tlie feeding e.vpense is orv-particle of grass or weeds in the 
very small compared with what the pigs rows and pulverizing all clods and mak- 
ure worth. 1 feed tlie pigs skira milk ing rows smooth and level. (I mast then-, 
and middliugs, and the sow a mixed ra-^ tion here.that com was planta in a wa-. 
tion. ,tcr furrow.) Same day middles were 
Am* cultivating all my crops as rap- harrowed again with spring tooth culti- 
Idly as possible now. If is mudi easier vator,-and left smooth, weedless and 
to cultivate a<rop w’hcn you keep killing ered with a-fine two to three inCh thick 
the small grass, weeds, ctC., all the time, mulch. - • ' ' * j' 
Once let the grass .grt-to pushing you, ' Mty I3th the corn was Iroth hoed and' 
and it will keep you "rattled*- aU..sum- middles harrowed out. May SOth 1 went' 
mcr. J, M. Gwyir, over middles again with cultivator. May. 
Maricitoj S. C. .37th I applied 300 pounds l0-3';4 as side_ 
Bearded,Wheat, Grown on Farm of H. D. Randall, Lawtey, Fla. 
<^^i:105,QjO'i^:0Qpies Twice a Month 
VOL. xyil—No. 8. ■ 
ATLANTA, GA., JULY 15, 1910 
5c PP.-R copy —$1.00 PER YEAR 
25 Gents Per Year When Ordered with Seeds from Hastings 
