. The Southern planter. izer, 100 pounds of14 per cent, acid phosphate as directed in the South-ern Planter. I made last year ten thousand poundsper acre, making 7,500 pounds; from the first cut-ting; and 2,500 pounds from the second cuttingIf sowed early you can cut two crops from the If sowed late you cannot, but even then youcan get an extra good one. I feed my driving horses, my work teams and mystock on this hay, and everything on my farm eats itas well as they do any hay. It is far more easilycured than the pea hay alone, and will stand muchwot weather. I have had it cut, and
. The Southern planter. izer, 100 pounds of14 per cent, acid phosphate as directed in the South-ern Planter. I made last year ten thousand poundsper acre, making 7,500 pounds; from the first cut-ting; and 2,500 pounds from the second cuttingIf sowed early you can cut two crops from the If sowed late you cannot, but even then youcan get an extra good one. I feed my driving horses, my work teams and mystock on this hay, and everything on my farm eats itas well as they do any hay. It is far more easilycured than the pea hay alone, and will stand muchwot weather. I have had it cut, and a rain to comeand rain on it for a week, and then I have rakedit, and put up in small shocks, and made good usually cut it and allow it to remain on the groimdfrom a few days to a week, until the stalks are dryso you cannot wring out any water, I then put up insmall shocks, and let remain in these for a weekor ten days, and then put xip in two-wagon-loadstacks to remain until used. 1906.] THE SOUTHEKX PLAXTER. 701. This picture shows my best piece, and it is onthe land that has its fourth crop in succession. Itwas sowed on the l7th of May, and cut the 10th ofAugust, eighty-three days aftrr sowing, and I willcut my second crop from this same place about Sep-tember 30th. The crop can be sowed any time from May 15thto August 1st, and makes a good crop to follow wheator oats. It is far better to grow after these cropsthan to allow your land to grow up in weeds, as mostof our farmers do. I am informed by a dealer in hay here, that hehas imported into Chase City 250 car-loads of think what our farmers have missed in notraising this sorghum and pea forage for home useand selling hay, or at least not buying. I havesold some of this pea and cane hay for $12 per ton,and the parties using it have been pleased. I hopethat the farmers in this section will try to raise morediversified crops and not so much of one thing, to-bacco, and have to buv their hav elsewhere. If they wi
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