TIME TO APPLY FERTILIZERS 

We apply our superphosphate when we plant in Oc- 
tober, using a grain drill with fertilizer attachment, 
thus planting the oats and fertilizing at one opera- 
tion. Then in the spring we use the same machine 
for top-dressing. I strongly urge the use of a ma- 
chine if possible, as it gives a much more uniform 
distribution of the material than is possible by hand. 
In applying nitrogen, we make it a rule to begin a- 
bout February 15, and finish not later than March 
15. We set these fairly wide limits, because we use 
a tractor to pull our fertilizer drill, and there will 
always, in this four weeks’ period, be spells of bad 
weather when the ground will be too soft for the 
tractor to operate. Most top-dresser applications 
are made too late for best results, and the job 
should be finshed not later than March 10-15. 
USING THE GRAIN COMBINE 
The introduction of the small combine or harvester 
has simplified the oat-harvesting problem, and eli- 
minated much of the expensive hand labor that once 
went with the operation. 
To use the combine to best advantage, the land 
should not be too steep, terraces should be very 
wide '-- 24 feet if possible -- all stumps, grubs, and 
other obstructions must be removed, and the surface 
should be made just as smooth as it is possible to 
get it. 
In order that the crop may be harvested ahead of 
possible weather damage, the acreage allowed for 
each combine must not be too large. 
With a 40-inch combine, probably not over 40 to 60 
acres should be allowed; for a 60-inch machine, 60 
to 100 acres; and for a 72-inch machine, a propor- 
tionately larger area. Of course, the acreage hand- 
led will depend somewhat on the yield per acre, as 
a machine cannot cover ground as fast in 60-bushel- 
per-acre cats as it can in oats making 30 bushels. 
Size of fields, slopes, terraces, and smoothness of 
ground are also factors to be considered. 
PRICES OF B. L. MOSS’ NEW NORTEX,... 
CERTIFIED OATS 
Five to 100 bushels, 75 cents per bushel; 100 to 
1250 bushels, 70 cents per bushel; carlots of 1250 
bushels or over, 65 cents per bushel. All prices 
f. o. b. Soso, Miss. Address all orders to 
B. L. MOSS, SOSO, MISSISSIPPI 
