Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 24, 1907 Page: 2 of 16
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OKLAHOMA PARMER, WEDNESDAY APRIL 24, 190 7.
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AKY PROBLEM IN CfNERAL ACRfCULTURE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
SOY BEANS AND NITROGEN
When the soy bean wns flrst Introduced
Jnio An >ri- a it did not form root tuber-
cle,*. In order to inaure the growth of
the root tubercles it is necessary to u.-e
seed that has been inoculated, or to in-
oculate the soil wit ti proper organism..
T.liLs last is readily done by applying
broadcast a small amount of soil taken
from a field where soy beans developing
doot tubercles have been growing.
At the Maine station no tubercles
formed on plants grown In soil that
had not been inoculated, but they
grew abundantly where soil from in-
fested soy bean was applied ut the rate
of a few barrels to the acre. The beans
will glow as well without the root tu-
bercles as with provided they are liber-
ally fertilized.
Their economical growth depends upm
tile presence of the root tubercles, us in
th-ls way Lhey can be grown with little
or no nitrogen in the fertilizer. If they
are to be grown on soil containing no
root tubercle organism they require a
fairly liberal application of a complete
fertilizer.
If grown in good soil where root tu-
Iberoles may be expected to develop, only
phosphoric acid and potash need be
supplied in the fertilizer. The soil
should be prepared as for ordinary
beans. It should be made fine, free from
clods and lumps, and smooth. A good
heed bed Is essential to a good growth.
HOW KAFFIR CORN RIPENS
There seems to be a general belief
throughout the country that Kaffir corn
)iiatures quicker than common varieties
of Indian corn and that much after
this season of the year Kaffir corn is the
crop to plant, either 011 ground that has
ncl been planted, or in fields that have
to be replanted on account of a partial
stand of corn. We have not found it
to be that way. We have planted real
Kaffir corn, which is from ten days to
two weeks earlier than the white, and
our yellow variety of Indian corn on the
same kind of soil at the same time, in
fa,et, 011 the sume day, and there was
liot three days' difference In the stage
of maturity when fall came.—Henry
Hatch.—Kansas.
ADVANTAGES OF LISTING
In the great corn districts of the west
mid particularly in the southwest, more
than half the corn crop Is now listed—
that means that it is drilled in row's
by a machine made for this purpose.
The advantages of listing may be sum-
med up as follows:
Economy of tin.e. One man can put
In and tend about twice as much corn
by listing as he can by plowing and
checking.
Better root system of (he corn. It is
«lown in the, ground so far that there is
more chantee for the roots from above
the joints, and the roots are are not so
opt to oe torn off by the cultivator.
l.iess down corn. • There is so much
of the stalk in the ground that it will
stand up much better in a storm and
is not so likely to bp broken down in
cultivating the last time.
Cleaner corn. The corn can be drill-
ed and thus use all the ground to good
advantage and still it can be easily kept
clean.
Stands drouth better. It is a fact that
In a dry year listed corn will average
ten bushels to the acre more corn than
the planted.
Rigger, sounder ears. The stalks
Handing singly and alone will bear a
pood, big ear apiece better than they
will when crowded three or four in a
Mil.
On the other lumd there are some ad-
vantages in planting and checking, that
(nay be summed up as follows:
If you get just the stand you want
«ind go slow enough the flrst time over
mid stop and uncover all you cover up.
| on can come nearer having a perfect
Hand than when listed and tended
*>ilh a riding two-row disc cultivator
at the rate of sixteen to eighteen acres
a day and the driver 0thinking of the
fffte that be/t-if lxit's wife.
J It Is sometimes necessary tt> work
land a lltle wet, and in that case you
can pulverize the soil and work it with
a harrow till the corn is up, wjileh you
cannot do if listed.
You should never list ground that is
wet or subject to over/low, or where
the water stands in furrows for several
days after a rain. Any land where the
water does not soak away readily after
the rain is not fit to list.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVF.'S TASTHI.KS8
CHILI. TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a taste-
less form. The Qmnine drives out the malaria
and the Iron builas up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents.
A
AN ENORMOUS CORN YIELD
book farmer, Prof. II. M. Moore,
of the department of agriculture in Wis-
consin, has demonstrated that he can
raise 150 bushels of corn upon an acre
of ground. Not on one single acre but
on an average of 150 bushels on twenty-
two acres in his average for the past
season.
Prof. Moore has accomplished this by
propagating a seed that will produce
nearly double the amount of corn that
comes from the average seed.
That the government believes In his
discovery is shown by the fact that
J4.000 a year has been appropriated
by the agricultural department to aid
him in his investigations and experi-
ments.
Any farmer who will take the pains
to investigate this matter and discover
its truth, certainly can no longer doubt
the efficacy of agricultural creation.
If such a farmer has kept his boy out of
agricultural colleges, h eshould hesitate
no longer.
It is a wise farmer who realizes that
book farming pays better than any other
kind, particularly when mixed with a
reasonable amount of common hard
sense. •
EARLY AND LATE PLOWING
Yields Are Larger On Ground Broken
Up Eaiiy
<Modesta Aniroga, Ohio Experiment Sta-
tion) .
Experiments as to early and late
plowing are made on bottom land with
these results:
The land was divided into six plots,
each one of which was plowed alter-
nately late and early, the early plow-
in?, April 7th to 19th, and rtje late plow-
ing June 3d, all the plots being cultivat-
ed at the same time, and with the same
tools. •.
Thet crop yield from the early-plowed
land is more than from the late, at the
late ot G.G bushels per acre.
The moisture holding power of soils is
greater with the early plowed land at
one, two or three feet in depth than
that of the late, the greatest difference
in its favor being found in the surface
root.
When the moisture contents of this
particular soils falls below 12 per cent,
the leaves of many plants curl early in
the day, and the plant turns a yellow-
ish coluor and is more or less checked
in its growth.
Nitrification takes place with a gradu-
ally decreasing intensity, at one, two or
three feet in depth.
The seasonal average amount of avail-
able nitrogen found for the early plow-
ed land in the surface foot is twice that
found for the late at the same depth.
The available nitrogen in the suraco
foot of the early plowed field is four
times that found in either the second
or third foot,, early or late land.
That the. mean soil temperature for
the early plowed land is in all cases dur-
ing the entire season lower that that
found for the late plowed.
The low mean soil temperature found
Needs purifying and your whole system renovating in the
spring, as pimples, boils, eruptions, loss of appetite and that
tired feeling annually prove. ,
Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most effective medicine ever
devised for the complete purification of the blood and the
complete renovation of the whole system.
It will make you feel better, look better, eat and sleep
better and give you the best possible preparation for the hot
days of summer, as over 40,000 people have testified in the
last two years. Today buy and begin to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Usual form, liquid, or in tablet form, called fiarsatabs, 100 Doses $1.
Guabanteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. No. 324.
for the early plowed land is accompan-
ied throughout the season by a greater
amount of moisture and available nit-
rogen that in the ease with the late
plowde, which has the higher tempera-
ture. •
lf many cases a high temperature is
followed by a high rate of .nitrification,
while in others it is not, thus suggesting,
that the process of nitrification is more
or less dependent upon what may be
called the rate relation between the wa-
ter content and the temperature of the
soil, provided other factors are available.
HEAVY SEED" GROWS BEST
Experiments by the United States de-
partment of agriculture to test the com-
parative results of using large or heavy
seed, and small and light seed, resulted
Aery much in favor of the heavy seed,
and demonstrated that the difference
was greater as the plants approached ma-
turity. Thus peas from the larger seed
begun to blossom four days earlier than
those from small seed, produced market-
able peas four days earlier. Vines grew
ranker, pods were much larger, and
there were pens in much greater pro-
portion from larger seed than on the
smaller. _ Beans showed a similar result,
both as to size and earliness, and with
several other crops tested the growth of
the plant was much better from the
larger seed, exceeding the small as three
to two. The seed was all from the sume
stock, grown in the same piece and
planted in sand in the greenhouse under
identical conditions, as far as could ba
given.
BUCKWHEAT
Buckwheat is a crop that is not grown
extensively in the United States, yet it
is one of our most profitable
son e sections.
'I he crop needs a cool season for rip-
ening so it is best to sow as late as is
safe to insure against frost. The Jap-
anese variety will mature a crop in six
ty days from the time of sowing and I
liave grown a good crop of this variety
sowed August 9th. If the corn and oats
crops are likely to be a little short of
the farm requirements a few acres or
buckwheat may come in well as a sub-
stitute, as btKkwhcat makes an excell-
ent stock and poultry food.
It has a nutritive value of one to
seven and is an excellent food to stimu-
late egg production when fed to hens.
The stubble is a good range for hens ui
pleasant days If the buckwheat ripens
late enough to prevent the grains from
sprouting before winter sets in.—A. J.
I-"Eg-
crops
/Malaria Makes Pale Blood.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonlt,
drives out malaria and builds up the system.
Sold by all dealers for 27 years. ITice SO'cents.
SORGHUM
To those w ho are not familiar with
the merits of sorghum we will say
that the crop yields abundantly if
properly put in and that the liay or
fodder is relished by all kinds of farm
animals. The argument is sometimes
made that where one has an abundant
supply of corn-fodder there is little
need of putting in a crop like sorghum
and, while to a certain extent this is
true, yet there is always some advant-
age in having: a variety of fodders to
feed during the winter. *
Sorghum is a southern plant and
should not be sown until the soil is
warm. Generally speaking it is just
as well to. delay seeding until after
the corn-crop is in As the seed is
comparatively small it.will always pay
to thoroughly prepare the ground. A
clover meadow plowed in the spring
and afterwards thoroughly worked
down with the tlisc and harrow makes
an excellent seed bed for sorghum.
In case the soil is rich there is more
or less danger of lodging, but as sor-
ghum is a gross feeder the yield will
be about in proportion to the supply
of available fertility. Where the aim
is to secure the greatest possible
weight per acre, we believe that it will
generally pay to add a little farm
yard manure unless the soil is natur-
ally very rich.
The crop may be put in rows about
same distance ai>art as corn rows
in which case the ordinary grain
drill as used and the ^ped sown very
.thickly* in ithe row- Some planters
.have sorghum attachments. As the
serf] is small it will require only a
few quarts of seed to sow an acre in
this fashion When the crop is seed-
ed in rows it is generally cultivated
in jnuch the same way as corn, and
it *may be harvested by the ordinary
/corn-binder. Possibly the greater
ease in harvesting is the best reason
that ••an be given for sowing the crop
in rows, the disadvantage of this
method being- that the stems of th5
sorghum will not be as small as if the
seed is sown broadcast and a larger
amount used per acre.
In broadcasting we would aid vise
using at least eighty pounds of seed
per acre and so much the bettor if
one hundred and twenty jwunlds can
lie used, because the fodder in thta
case will grow much liner and there
will be much less waste when it is
fed. Care should be taken to insure
a good covering of soil and unless the
the
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season is unusually wet it will be ad-
visable to cover the seed to a depth of
two or three inches.
If the soil is fairly firm and fine on
the surface we would much prefer
lliscing in the seed to harrowing it.
When sorghum is sown broadcast in
this manner it is necessary to cut
with a mower, or in case the soil is
light it may be possible to handle it
with the ordinary self binder in which
case it may be shocked similar to an
ordinary grain crop.—B- P. WafDer,
I.ewis Co. Mo.
Nursing Mothers and Malaria.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic^
drives out malaria and builds up the system.
Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price £0 cents,
of
and observations
at least five per
the fall survived
there v.ere 5,000
BOLL WEEVIL PROSPECTS FOR 1907
W. D. Hunter in charge of Cotton Bolt
Weevil Investigations.
The coalitions throughout the past
wintefr have be.eri unusually favorable
for the hibernation of the boll weevil.
In fact, the winter was fully as favor-
able to the insect as those like 1903-4
which liuve been followed by the
greatest damage. The two critical con-
ditions for successful hibernation, name-
ly, temperature and dryness have been
as favorable as they will probably ever
be. After the winter of 1905-0. lark#
scale cage experiments
in the field show that
cent of the weevils
the winter. That is if
weevils in a cotton lield in the fall at
least 250 survived until the spring. Thl
conditions during the winter just post
have been so much more favorable that
undoubtedly a greater (irecentage of w. •?-
vils will come through. It is safe to
slate that out of every 5.1100 weevils
alive last fall in the neighboring id of
500 have survived up to this date.
The prospects are not Improved by the
unusually extensive occurrence of vol-
unteer and stumpage cotton. The lat-
ter occurs as far north in Texas this
spring as RoberLson county, although it
is usually not found north of the coast
counties'. Plants .from scattered .seeds
in the fields are springing up through
northern Texas and Louisiana. The
presence of this volunteer and 'itumpag®
cotton gives the weevils emergi; : from
hibernation abundant opportni i.ies tr
feed. There is, cot s- luently, every
chance for thoae emerging at this time,
to lie over until the planted en
The mild winter and spring
tlie (ffect of causing unusual
from hibernation,
las nnvl Kenchte,
weevil* appeared
season., emergei <
thirty d-i.vs prior
Tiie situation that
mors of the infested
the parmount impvti
what means they have
to avoid damage bv
I ast season
Louisiana, th
on March 2
began fu
to tiiat date,
confronts
Iton is up.
N hiving
emergence
a at Dal-
le earliest
":,t This
thirty
the fnr-
trea demonstrates
!"<' of adopting
at their command
<he boll weevil.
Most damage will he done in fields wher.
the stalks were allowed to stand through
the winter and where other favorable
conditions for hibernation were allowed
to exist.
It is now too late to remedy "this sit-
uation and the farmers wha have al-
lowed. the stalks to stand as well as oth-
ers should bend every effort towards
obtaining an early crop. This can be ac-
complished by the thorough preparation
of the land, the use of fertilizers where
the soil requires them, the* planting at
as early a date as is safe of early ma-
turing varieties aijl the rapid chop-
ping and cultivation of the fields where
the cotton conies up.
Scarcity of Help Abroad
Chinese coolies are being Imported
Into Germany as farm laborers. The
labor situation, says the Industrial In-
telligent^, Is scarcely any better than
in the farm districts. On all sides the
(manufacturing jand twining interests
are complaining that owing to the
scarcity of labor they cannot keep up
with their orders. Farmers complain
that they are not able to save their
crops for lack of fartn labor.
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