Show rotation of crops M intensive farming etc etc mr R H thompson writes of experiences in scientific farming NEWa adyrone Any one who may de tre ire to do so can procure bulletin book a and id compilations of experimental work n all 11 kinds of farm demonstrations bui but hen they have secured them it takes tak eo metrical and mathe matual knowl dge to be able to map out a line ot at farm work from their calu calculation lations in fact moat most farmers fare anacle to get nuch real benefit from that source though it is noi nol any fault of the aith ire rs of the elwe ae experiments for indeed they ae a e doing good and great work it ia is because of these condition conditions especially that I 1 ahall shall try to eliminate ever complication poa biolo in my efforts tn to nake plain the principles to be used in farming taking the shortest ut la in reaching the objective points it li Is a fixed fact that too much nitro con produces luces too much growth of stalk araw tup top or vine at the expense of the grain seed bulb or tuners tubers th necessary amount of phosphate phate and potash in ire available forms for plant food must be supplied if good healthy yields of eram seeds etc ate are obtained history has his long ago SO settle settled the fact that the on ona crop is not goo 1 I ui ut Is I 1 bad any anywhere whee in any country that Intelli it nt rotation roti tion of roos troas are good for the land lani and better for the fanner farmer everywhere in all countries che rhe first consid consideration eradin then is to plow and line the soil ditch and drain the land to conserve the moisture cheit it begins to dry or form a crust on top drag it lt break the crust and fine it so 0 o it will draw moisture moia ture from below when growing cultivable crops culli ae 14 often aften but shallow if your ground Is loose and loamy and arid or dry farming the cultivation anle unless is it is a cover crop must be intensified it will help keep beep the moisture where the fine fibrous roots can reach it I 1 once used a mccormack mower wheel in neld of corn during an unusual long dry hot just as it began to silk dr dragged it once through the rows twice each week for four works made nine times over it and made 62 bushels per acre while my neighbor under same conditions thought I 1 would ruin my apparent chances for a crop he ile made 13 18 to 20 bushels per acre in rotating crops do not follow an jat at crop with torn corner or potatoes unless mith 11 a view to work out the foul growth end and except the oats made a heavy growth of straw there are so nany things here to be considered I 1 can only convey an idea negro farm era in the south and many white farmers not necessarily in the south either rush the plow not always abi cultivator to rat got over their corn two or three times lines at most to do what they are pleased to call 1 y by the crop cropin I 1 n other worda words their the quit working it it I 1 it makes it is all right but if it dont its all the same here flare too judgment and reason need to be employed most ill all farmers now days know what a leguminous crop does for the land that others do not do so always try fofol to follow those crops that take their element elements all from the ground with some of those crops that take some of their elements from the atmosphere the object being to grow crops that will be profitable as such anch and rotate with a system that will build and keep up the fertility of the soil always keeping in mind intensive cultivation aids in la the conser con or of moisture and pro prevents vents foul growth that would otherwise take up the moisture instead of laying by the crop lay jay to it learn the lesson by observation it saves time ti rue and makes money put as much work on 40 acris 3 as your neighbor bor puts on ICO IGO save says all the manure you ca cm cai i do not pile it up anu leave it to heat evaporate and dry out you lose the best elements in that method get a load and haul it out and dio di tribute it on the ground and if practical drag it I li ii i as soon as possible in either elthe event scatter it over the ground systematise and anti intensify your farm wark it pays big returns for attention make a good fine seed bed of your ground always before seeding to tiny ny crop if any of the cereals are planted drag the ground lightly with a slant spike tooth drag As long as you can keep plenty of moisture near the root surface of the plant you are liable to do more move harm than good by irrigating in that condition good seed affords a good chance for a good crop while pour or bad se edwell dont plant bad seed if it you know it seed breeding like most other als require some knowledge to get got I 1 haar beat best result results ildi I 1 antan planted a small all plat 1 nf ot land dista dhatt t from other corn to it pec spec lal variety for aeed seed purposed pur posen when it begun began te tassel I 1 went through every d jay ay tend kral detasi d a cery ery stock tock that was kvak wank or showed eny signs of unfitness for seed when the cc co wa WM mature 1 made my selection in the field from which I 1 planted three acres the follow nil g seas eaon and made bushels of as ft iv corn as noat people ever saw sold it for 1 2 00 bushel for seed carefully select all your seed tf it possible if not convenient to save your own seed auy uy the abst 1 seed you can get your neighbor may have better seed than you raised if that Is the beat you can do pay him a good price and get got seed if at him but learn to propagate and pro duce the best seed at home it is in aid said that moat most or of these valley oila toils contain in ample quantities musi must of the elements necessary to produce my of the cereal en crl pa but there is much to be learned about this question of which I 1 will write later your yours truly R it Tit THOMPSON oursoN |