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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
11
A reader compares shallow and deep corn culture arguing shallow methods yield more in average seasons, resist drought, reduce weed pressure, and improve moisture retention. Cites examples from Missouri Ohio and southern practices, noting labor ease and soil surface benefits.
The American Cultivator notes pasture is not dead but best with grain. Pasture alone yields little beef. supplementing with corn keeps fattening costs down. Kentucky bine grass, or bluegrass, praised as rich but identical to our northern bluegrass.
The text notes that corn, with its grain and especially the cornstalks, provides superior nutritive value. It credits western farmers for recognizing the corn crop as more nutritious than smaller grains and highlights cornstalks as a significant feed source contributing to corn’s dominance over pasture for fattening cattle.
Agriculturist F. E. Emery reports crimson clover trials started in 1889 at the North Carolina Station. Farmers praise grazing and hay value, seed crops, and soil improvement. Advice favors early sowing with July or August seedings and notes potential for intercropping with corn or cotton while reseeding after dry spells.
The Louisiana Planter lauds cane farming as a growing success. It notes extensive preparations for cane growing and predicts the Louisiana cane crop may double in five years, with much of the rise coming from small-acreage cane farmers. It cites Professor Hilgard on raw sugar production.
A Louisiana Farmer urges farmers to plant bermuda grass as a perennial pasture that endures heat and cold. He notes it will feed more stock per acre than any known grass and lasts through spring, summer, and fall. Pair with cowpeas for winter hay and oats for winter grazing.
Southern agricultural authorities urge winter forage planting to aid cotton lands. Winter turf oats and dairy vetch at Mississippi Agricultural College show admiral results. Florida growers note camphor seed should be planted directly from the tree for berry production. Southern Cultivator touts rye as profitable from the mountains to Piedmont foothills and valuable for covering land in winter and turning under in spring to add humus.
The text explains sanding in plants caused by blowing sand at the apex, hindering growth. In Florida, applying cottonseed meal at planting helps trap sand and later fertilizes as it washes off. If sanding occurs, remove sand or wash into the plant’s heart with a stream of water. other protections include windbreaks and careful replanting.
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