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Show Geology and Agriculture. The realm of agricultural knowledge Is broadening. Tho farmer of to-day knows more than tho farmer of tho past, and tho farmer of the future must be still, more widely Informed. New facts are entering Into our agricultural agri-cultural problems. Geology even is taking its place in tho curriculum of tho learning farmer. Who would havo suspected that learning about geological geologi-cal formations would, help lncrcaso tho crops on a certain farm! Yet such knowledge Is proving both vnluablo nnd gratifying to the farmer. To II' lusttate: Tho soil survey In Illinois has shown a fow general types bf soil, which have the same characteristics wherever thoy aro found. This soil has been analyzed an-alyzed and tested by pot culturo and Its deficiencies noted. Tho farmer on such soli has only to know that he Is on such soil to know also how to treat It to got tho best results. Among tho classes of soils so examined and analyzed wo note tho "unglaciated.' This Boil wherever found has been formed from tho original rock mnBset, without the asslstanco of glaciers. Thoro is a largo area of this soil In southern Illinois, comprised largely In the counties of Massac, Pulaski Union, Alexander, Johnson, Pope anu Hardin, and parts of adjoining counties. coun-ties. Tho county of Calhoun in the western part of tho stato nnd Jo Daviess Da-viess county In tho northwest part oi the state also cscapod glacial action to their own detriment. These unglaciated ungla-ciated soils havo been 'found to contain con-tain an undeslrablo amount of acid; that Is, they are very sour. Thoy art-all art-all exceedingly deficient In nitrogen and this nitrogen lack cannot bo sup piled through plants whllo the soil h sour, as tho nodule bacteria will not llvo In acid soil. But It is an easy matter to cure this acidity by tho addition of Hmo in quantities of COO to 1,000 pounds pel acre, If tho soil Is plowed to a depth ot six inches only. -As It Is necessarj to grow leguminous crops lu order to put the nitrogen into tho soil, tho soil must bo lined. Had this been knowi years ago, theso soils would have been treated as Indicated and would havo been yielding profitable harvests In fact many of theso lands that sell for $25 per aero aro declared by Pro fossor Cyril a. Hopkins to bo as valu ablo as tho lands worth $100 per acre after they havo been treated with llmi and devoted for a fow years to the growing of legumes. It is thus thai tho geologist and tho chemist an placing within our reach knowledgi that Is to double tho value of millions of acres of our farm lands. Kaffir Corn. There aro two varieties that Kansap farmers have found most desirable foi forage tho black hulled whlto and tho rod Kaffir, Bays a bulletin of the Kansas station. Tho black hulled whlto has a short stocky stalk, with short Joints and qulto numerous leaves of medium largo size. Tho lied Kaffli Is from soven to ten days earllor than tho white variety, but grows taller has a smaller per cent of foliage and grows a reduced yield of grain. Kaffli corn can bo sowed broadcast or drilled in rows. TLj latter method seems to havo proven most satisfactory. It car be drilled In rows tho samo distance opart as corn threo to three and a half, feet apart. Tho kernels shouh' be drilled In, one in a place a few inchcj apart in tho row. It can bo planter. with a grain drill, a one horso con. drill or a two horso corn planter wltl drill attachment. If tho grain drll is used it Is best to stop up all bui two holes. Tho amount of seed the Kansas station finds best Is one bushe to flo acres, seed weighing 50 poundt per bushel. Tho seed should bo put In about as deep an wheat. I should bo cultivated samo as corn but caro need bo taken not to cultlvat too deep as tho roots early In thf plant's growth reach from row t row. If tho crop bo desired for botl grain and fodder It should bo cut wltl a corn hinder, when tho seed Is rlpi nnd put into shocks. Tho Kansas sto tion reports tho averago yield for V years as 4G bushels, while coin foi samo period averaged 34 bushels po. aero. Stock soon tire of Kaffir corn when fed alone. The feed lacks fat Is deficient fn protein nnd has nn ex cess of starch. Fed nlono It Is const! pating to all farm animals. It hns ti -bo fed with laxativo feeds to obtali tho best results. AUIke Clover. 'From Farmers' Itoviow: Possibh somo or our renders who own !ov lands may bo interested In my oxpori enco with nlslko clover. Eight yean-ago yean-ago I sowed alslko and timothy on 2 acres of ryo on reclaimed marsh land It hns been cut for liny each yeai until last season. From ono-quartei to one-third of tho hay was nlslko and was well liked by all stock, horses, cnttlo and sheep. Last soason wo hat! to pasture tho fiold with cattio and horaos. Tho clover seemed thlckoi than any tlmo before nnd was flno pasture. pas-ture. This season I havo enly 22 small cnttlo In tho field of fifty acres, pari wild gross. On tho 24 ncrea of alslko It Is much heavier than ever before, being almost as thick ns an average red clovor field, whllo thoro Is considerable con-siderable nlslko, growing on other pnrts of tho field whoro nono was ever sown. It grows well on low land, oven whoro wnter stands on top for two or threo weeks at a tlmo. Oscar Dinwiddle. |