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General Farm Topics 
An Island for Rye 
In Michigan, as well as elsewhere, 
Rosen rye has proved far superior to the 
older varieties of that grain. In many 
cases there has been a direct gain of 50 
per cent in yield by the use of Rosen. 
Rye crosses readily when different va¬ 
rieties are grown close together, and it 
has been difficult in many eases to keep 
the Rosen seed pure. This means de¬ 
terioration. and the Michigan Crop Im¬ 
provement Association started out to find 
a place where pure seed of Rosen may be 
grown without danger of mixing. They 
selected South Mountain Island, situated 
about 10 miles off the Michigan coast in 
Lake Michigan. This island contains 
about 7,000 acres, much of its soil adapt¬ 
ed to rye growing. There are 12 farms 
on the island, and on nine of them Rosen 
is grown. The harvests have shown 
great superiority of this new variety, and 
a specimen of Rosen grown on the island 
won first prize at the international Grain 
and Hay Show. No other variety will 
be permitted to grow on the island, and 
any plants that appear will be pulled out, 
so that thoroughly pure and dependable 
seed can be had from this island. It 
gives the farmers a new and profitable 
crop and will insure a supply of pure 
seed. Thus the island, which was long 
considered of little agricultural value, will 
now fill a good place in farm economy. 
Peas a Profitable Crop 
The net profits returned from a cron 
cannot be determined by the gross re¬ 
turns. Peas are quickly planted, easy to 
take care of, and usually give a fine net 
profit early in the season. Furthermore, 
peas are a legume, and enrich the soil for 
a succeeding Fall cron, just as clover, 
cow peas and Soy beaus enrich the soil. 
Therefore, early peas are doubly profit¬ 
able because of their early season cash 
returns, and because the crop residue 
helps to produce excellent Fall crops, 
which are planted in July, such as cab¬ 
bage, celery, beets, etc. 
The earlier peas are planted, the better 
the yield will be. Ilov/ever, in New Jer¬ 
sey succeeding plantings may be made 
for a few weeks after Spring opens. 
Where the seasons are cool, as in the up¬ 
per part of New York State, peas may be 
planted all Summer. The standard va¬ 
rieties we plant are of excellent quality 
and good yieldem. Three bushels' of 
Gradus are usually planted very early on 
nearly two acres, in rows three feet apart. 
At the same time two bushels of Tele¬ 
phone are planted on about an acre and 
a half, in rows four feet apart. The 
latter require more space between the 
rows because the vines grow larger. About 
three weeks later another bushel or two 
of Telephone is planted. Later plantings 
in New Jersey are injured by the hot 
weather of early July. This gives a fine 
succession of pickings. The Gradus will 
be ready first, and it will be followed 
nicely by the two plantings of Telephone. 
There is one other variety that we are 
using to advantage for special purposes. 
It is the Laxtonian, a small-vined, high- 
quality variety, which produces an abun¬ 
dance of large, well-filled, dark green 
pods. Its great advantage is that it can 
be used as an intercrop between the rows 
of newly established beds of asparagus 
and strawberries, and if it is planted in 
rows 5 feet apart, it will be in blossom 
by the time late tomatoes and Hubbard 
squash are to be planted as an yitercrop 
t.;.{ succeed peas. The general impression 
that peas will grow on poor ground is al¬ 
most true, but the yield will be so low 
that the grower will lose what little ho 
has put into the crop. Peas well grown 
yield enormously, and abundantly reward 
the farmer. I find it profitable to use 
from 500 to 1,000 lbs. of high-grade pot¬ 
ash fertilizer per acre for peas, stirred 
into the rows, so that it does not come 
into direct contact with the seed. Fur¬ 
thermore, just as the peas are about to 
come up we sow 200 to ffOO lbs. per acre 
of sulphate of ammonia along the rows. 
The fertilizer produces the crop, while 
the steady-acting sulphate of ammonia 
gives the crop great vigor; the pods be¬ 
come enormous and dark green. The cost 
of good fertilization is made up many 
times over by the crop returns, and the 
residues of the fertilizer and vines leave 
the soil in a more productive condition 
for succeeding crops. 
Peas require very little cultivation, but 
that little should be properly done. Just 
before the peas come up and after the 
sulphate of ammonia is sown along the 
rows, it is well to harrow the ground 
lightly, lengthwise, and then crosswise. 
This destroys any weeds that may have 
started, and it dust mulches the soil. As 
the peas begin growing about two very 
close cultivations are given at intervals 
of about 10 days. Then (this is impor 
tant) just as the vines begin to lean one 
way or the other, it is well to cultivate 
with a one-horse cultivator with the side 
shoes attached. They throw the soil 
towards the rows just as tiny plows would 
throw it. By going close on the north 
or west side of every row. all the vines 
will be forced to lean and grow in the 
same direction. This means that when 
the pickers come in to harvest the crop 
the vines from one row will not be tangled 
into the vines of another row. That is 
a big help to the pickers in keeping on 
the right row, In picking only the peas 
on their own row and they are less likely 
to miss the peas. 
The earliest peas are ready to harvest 
just before strawberry picking begins, 
and the succeeding plantings are harvest¬ 
ed by the strawberry pickers at odd times. 
The yield per acre should be at least 150 
bushels. E. W. DE BAUN. 
New Jersey. 
Turning Under Green Crops 
I have a good many books and circulars 
on chemical fertilizers, and also a good 
many on gardening. These latter always 
begin: “Give the land a good coating 
of well-rotted stable manure plowed in 
and well incorporated with the soil.” This 
is all right, but I want to get at least a 
part of my outlay back in crops; but 
with potatoes at $1 to $1.25 per bu.. and 
other things in proportion, what use is 
there in thinking of paying $14 per cord 
for manure, a little less than 11c per cu. 
ft., or ?,c per shovelful? What I am 
coming to is the use of green crops plowed 
in, and here again I am up against it 
hard. If I have a crop of rye over 1 ft. 
high, they all say we cannot plow that 
till it is cut and raked off. I suppose 
this is all old stuff, but you know a new 
one is born every minute, and they all 
have to be told. Can you give me any 
information how to handle Sweet clover? 
Do you cut it and plow in the stubble 
and roots, or how do you do it? Also the 
best, variety of Soy beans for this lati¬ 
tude. and how to get them underground 
for manure. D. w. P. 
Woon socket, R. I. 
Yes. indeed, “we all have to be told.” 
There is no sense, much less profit, in 
paying $14 a cord for stable manure with 
present prices for farm and garden crops. 
The land and the crops can be kept up 
by usin'’ fertilizers and green manures 
plowed in. A small amount of manure 
plowed in with the green crops will al¬ 
ways help, but the time has gone by 
when “a good coating of well-rotted stable 
manure” is essential. That belongs to 
the old days, long before gasoline engines 
drove the horse to cover. Unless we are 
fitted for keeping livestock in large num¬ 
bers we must learn to find substitutes 
for manure. Those who tell you that a 
crop of rye one foot high cannot be 
plowed under do not know what they are 
talking about. Our men put a heavy 
chain dragging in front of the plow and 
tuck under a growth three feet high so 
cleanly that you can hardly find a stem 
above ground. One of the best ways to 
do it is to work the ground first with a 
disk or cutaway. That chops up the 
growing rye, and it is then easy to plow 
i- all under. It is surely very “old stuff” 
to claim that green crops cannot be plowed 
into the ground. When we get a crop 
of Sweet clover we plow it right under 
like any other crop. In several cases the 
Sweet clover made such a heavy growth 
that we could not turn it all under out of 
sight. We cut it with the mower, let it 
wilt thoroughly, and then raked it. into 
the furrows. While the plowman was 
working around the field a man followed 
with fork or rake and threw the wilted 
clover into the furrow. Then the next 
round covered it. Probably medium Green 
Soy beans will suit your climate. We 
should plant them in drills about 2% feet 
apart, and plow them under when the 
pods begin to fill out. 
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