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A  WAR  YEAR 
A  LIME  YEAR 
The  War  God  is  sitting  on  the  Ger¬ 
man  potash  barrel.  But  lime  will 
liberate  the  inert  potash  now  in  your 
soil,  will  convert  the  organic  nitrogen 
into  available  form  and  will  correct 
soil  acidity. 
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proved  by  our  satisfied  customers. 
We  guaranteed  the  analysis.  One 
hundred  years'  reputation  stands  back 
of  it. 
For  those  who  prefer  to  use  lime¬ 
stone,  we  furnish 
R-R  GROUND  LIMESTONE 
which  is  our  “high  calcium"  rock 
ground  to  an  impalpable  powder. 
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Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 
30%  Increased  Yield 
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lawns,  small  fruits,  etc. 
11  It  A  N  1  >  is  sterilised 
I0to3u  bushels  ioci’rase.l 
corn  yield  by  applying 
hi)  lbs.  sheep  ina  ii  it  re  In  . 
the  acre.  Dropped  with 
fertilizer  . . .  I 
**n*  Sheep  manure  is  rich  in 
nitrogen,  phosphoric  acid 
and  potash.  Also  adds 
humus,  Great,  for  wheat, 
meadows,  and  other  held 
crops.  Wonderful  results 
on  gardens,  truck  patches. 
SHEET'S  HEAD 
by  heat  to  kill  all  germs 
and  weed  seeds.  Pulverized  and  put  into  sacks 
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26  Inch  Hog  Font*  -  12  ota.  a  rod. 
47-Inch  Farm  Fooea-18  eta.  a  rod. 
48-lneh  Poultry  Fence  -  24  ote.  a  rod. 
Special  Price*  on  Galv.  Barbed  Wire. 
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and  heights  of  Farm,  Poultry  and  Lawn  Fence  at 
money -saving  prices.  Write  for  lt^to-day.  It’s  free. 
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DIRECT 
FROM  FACTORY 
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Every  inch  Basie 
Open  Hearth  wire. 
Double  Galvanised. 
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Notes  on  Sudan  Grass 
Sudan  grass  was  given  quite  general 
trials  here  in  North  Carolina,  and  was 
generally  successful.  The  few  failures 
that  I  saw  were  the  result  of  a  very  ! 
heavy,  beating  rain  that  came  soon  after 
sowing.  This  rain  damaged  or  ruined 
the  corn  crop,  as  well.  As  compared 
with  German  millet,  it  gave  heavier  cut¬ 
tings.  and  two  instead  of  one,  and  the 
quality  of  the  hay  seems  better.  One 
field  in  this,  (Person)  county,  on  the 
red.  “niggerhead”  soil,  gave  two  heavy 
cuttings,  and  several  weeks  of  pastur¬ 
age,  the  light  October  frost  not  seeming 
to  injure  it  at  all.  Just  across  the  line, 
in  Halifax  Co.,  Va„  a  field  gave  three 
cuttings.  Samples  shown  at  the  eouuty  j 
fair  were  about  nine  feet  high  for  the 
first  cutting;  seven  feet  for  the  second; 
and  five  feet  for  the  third.  Planted  after  ! 
the  wheat  and  oat  crops  are  harvested, 
it  has  time  to  make  two  cuttings,  and 
seems  likely  to  supersede  millet  as  a 
Summer  hay  crop.  The  difficulty .  I  had 
in  pulling  up  some  sample  hunches  in¬ 
dicates  that  it  will  make  a  very  satis¬ 
factory  Fall  pasture  crop,  after  cutting 
once.  f.  a.  brown. 
Person  Co..  N.  C.  County  Agent. 
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Praises  Sudan  Grass 
On  page  82  there  appeared  an  article 
by  F.  R.  G.,  of  New  York  State,  telling 
of  his  failure  with  Sudan  grass,  which  I 
fear  will  have  a  discouraging  and  mis¬ 
leading  effect  upon  many  farmers  in  this 
State  who  could  make  great,  use  of  this 
v  underfill  plant.  T  am  very  positive  that 
his  absolute  failure  was  due  to  worth-] 
less  seed,  the  same  as  happens  at  times 
with  other  seeds.  The  conditions  there! 
are  similar  to  other  places  where  it  has 
grown,  for  it  will  grow  anywhere  and  on 
any  soil  if  planted  with  good  seed,  and 
the  longer  the  season  the  more  hay,  be¬ 
cause  it  can  be  cut  and  grows  again  at 
once. 
I  tried  it  on  poor  sandy  clay  soil  that 
was  fanned  out  and  on  good  dark  soil, 
and  it  reached  a  height  of  three  to  four 
feet  on  poor  soil  and  Seven  to  8%  feet 
on  good,  being  planted  June  15.  Our 
season  was  short,  cool  and  wet.  but  it 
matured  seed  at  that,  the  hay  being  | 
I  aPy,  slender  as  a  pencil  and  less,  and 
cures  easily.  Sow  thinly  in  rows  and 
cover  lightly  and  it  will  come  up  quickly, 
grow  so  fast  and  make  a  crop  that  will 
happily  surprise  you.  It  stools  freely,  so 
little  seed  is  required,  and  even  though  it 
is  supposed  to  be  a  warm  weather  plant, 
it  will  stand  more  coolness  than  is  gen¬ 
erally  known  and  can  be  planted  earlier, 
hut  Cor  quick  hay  and  late  planting, 
where  can  our  farmers  get  such  a  crop 
of  valuable  and  greatly  relished  forage  so 
easily?  C,  T. 
Summit  Co.,  Ohio. 
Sudan  Grass  in  Virginia 
We  tried  a  small  plot  of  Sudan  grass 
last  Summer,  and  found  it  quite  equal  to 
the  claims  made  for  it  by  the  seedsmen. 
Our  soil  is  a  rather  stiff  clay,  nud  the 
plot  of  ground  on  which  the  Sudan  grass 
was  sown  had  been  in  clover  for  two 
years  previous.  This  clover  god  was 
turned  under  after  applying  a  coat  of 
barnyard  manure.  The  seed  was  sown  in 
drills,  and  cultivated  twice.  For  the  first 
few  weeks  the  appearance  of  the  grass 
was  disappointing,  but  it  soon  began  to 
grow  rapidly,  stnoliug  out  well,  and  at 
the  time  of  the  first  cutting,  when  in  full 
bloom,  most  of  it  was  eight  feet  high  and 
some  of  it  10  feet  from  ground  to  tip. 
The  second  cutting  came  on  well,  but  did 
not  grow  so  tall.  Most  of  it  was  used  for 
soiling  purposes,  and  was  greatly  relished 
by  all  the  stock,  cows,  horses  and  pigs. 
It  is  a  coa.rse  grass,  but  the  cattle  ate  it 
ui»  clean.  A  small  amount  was  cured  for 
hay.  aud  proved  to  be  easily  cured  and 
quite  as  much  relished  by  the  stock  as 
any  other  hay  obtainable.  c.  r,.  s. 
Virginia. 
In  West  Virginia. — Referring  to  E.  R. 
G.’s  experience  with  Sudan  grass,  on 
page  82.  it  occurs  to  me  that  he  must 
have  got  bitd  seed,  or  else  he  would  have 
had  better  results.  I  secured  a  package 
of  seed  last  Spring  and  made  three  differ¬ 
ent  sowings.  May  1,  May  16,  and  June  21. 
All  of  these  did  fairly  well,  though  they 
were  not  ou  a  rich  soil.  The  June  21 
sowing  did  the  best.  It  was  on  a  light 
sandy  soil.  The  grass  reached  a  height  of 
fully  six  feet,  though  most  of  its  growing 
season  was  very  dry.  It  did  very  much 
better  than  German  millet  sown  by  its 
side,  and  stock  ate  (lie  hay  made  from 
this  grass  ravenously.  From  the  time  re¬ 
quired  for  its  maturity  I  think  I  can  get 
two  cuttings  ii  year  here  by  sowing  it  as 
soon  as  the  soil  gets  warm.  a.  j.  i.egg. 
West  Virginia. 
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