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One Million Bushels of Corn d< .Lost by Wrong Plan of yl Laying By I ci ? !?t ^ bl Progressive Farmer. I() The writer was recently asked the question: "By how many | bushels will the yield of corn in North Carolina he reduced by ,r deop cultivation at laying by?"' a| At that time we thought a million 8 bushels might represent the loss, 0j but in the light of the results fr obtained by the various Experi 7ii*tit Stations it would seem that al such an estimate is conservative m in the extreme. The following summary of the ac results obtained by the Experi- w jn ent Stations in testing deep and f( ahsllow cultivation is taken from tSe Annual Report (1901) of the ,, TJnited States Office of Experi- i)( ^ merit Stations: a| Illinois Station.?An average di of fvve years showed a gain for sr sli allow over deep cultivation of b< 5.9 bushels. tl Indiana Station.?Cultivating i? from one to one and one half inchoe gave the best results and tilB average for nine years show- se eA iti favor of shallow culture. 0 Ohio Station.?Tests between r( cultivating one and one-half in* cuos ana lour inches deep, con* r< tinned for nine years gave a gain in favor of the shallow culture of cl four bushels per acre. 'e Pennsylvania Station.?Corn CI cultivated two inches deep gave fifty-eight bushels per acre, while than, cultivated four inches deep ^ OTe fifty-nine bushels. c< Missouri Station.?The tests for ja two years showed a gain by shallow cultivation of 25.2 per cent. tf Kansas Station.?Tests during a two yearsshowed the largest yield ^ from shallow cultivation. d, Oklahoma Station.?With drill- pi e/1 corn deep cultivation gave the yi better results, while with listed tl corn shallow cultivation proved ft superior. el U tah Station.?Tests extending 111 over five years showed the best b; results for a medium depth of *1 culture. a' Nebraska Siafmn ?konnha frcui cultivating three inches de<?p were much better than from E cultivating six inches deep. North Dakota Station.?The results were in favor of filial low cultivating, taken an a whole. tf Iowa Station.?Results from t s o years1 work showed a yield ^ of 71.9 bushels from deep cultiva ticvE and 82.1 bushels from shal low cultivation, or a gain of 10.5 bushels per aere in favor of shallow cultivation. sr Siew Hampshire Station.? Five * a allow cultivations gave a yield ^ j of 79 1 while five deep cultiva- . t>ons gave G9.7, or a gain for fallow cultivation of 9 4 bush- (i, A .Georgia Station.?Shallow en I - j ei Vtvauon showed an average 01 r( '2.! bushels of shelled corn per f "re more than deep cultivation. 4 ? Taking these thirteen Exper- L W >?xient Stations, it will be seen w rl>p.tjat ten of them the results 01 vrer? unmistakably in favor of rt -*Vs#ltow cultivation. At one sh?l- ! i? I Sow cultivation was be*t. with tl Sietpd corn and deep cultivation j p Mvtth drilled. Only it one, and ^ien apparently 111 only one test, p did the deep culture ^ive the 01 i*v?eRt yield, and then there whs t< ^ ?. difTerence of only one bushel ^ per ncre. n Moreover, the Mississippi Sta a tf.ion compiled reRiiltH of 116 tests .%uiade at the different Stations j?nd showed that in sixty one tests t< sep cultivation gave an average eld of 64 9 bushel* per acre; hile in fifty five tests shallow iltivation gave an average yield r 74.7 bushels, or a gain of 9.8 ushels per acre in favor of Bhalw cultivation. But why does shallow cultivaon give better results than deep? eep culture usually means ridgig, while shallow culture is usuly done nearly level. In dry iasons this may account for part " the increase in yield resulting om shallow culture as compared ith deep culture, for the level irfaee probably best conserves loisture. In well-drained land, if the >il is not too hard, corn roots ill go to the depth of three or uir feet,and when the plants are iree or four feet high the feed tty rnn f a U ? * ^ 1 - tL * 1 31 -vs u??c mm in me mmaie etween four feet rows. Nearly II parts of the soil in proper oonition will be occupied by the nail corn roots, but under the ast conditions probably more of le small feeding roots will be i the third or fourth inch from le surface; therefore, cultivaon during the latter part of ihe >ason should not be deeper than vo inches or it will break many >ots and surely reduce the yield. Of course, in wet seasons the iota will be nearer the top of the round, but in such wet seasons itting part of the roots will do iss injurv. The objection given to shallow iltivation in this State is, usualthat it is necessary to plow, [id go deep, to kill grass. This ifficulty can be partially over >me by better preparation of the ind and the more frequent culvation which can be done with >o1b that stir the ground only to shallow depth, especially when te plants are young. Certainly, eep culture during the latter art of the season decreases the ield under usual conditions and lere should be and is no need >r it. Our yield of thirteen bushIs per acre is small enough ; why lake it less, as is certainly done, y the method of laying by with le plow, now practiced by thousnds of our small farmers. Tait Butler. )anger! Prevent Mosquitoes. Henry Beach Needham writes i The Country Calendar forSepimber: "Because of the serious and Ften fatal inquiry it indicts on lan, the most dangerous animal nown is the mosquito. Compar1 with the evil done by the in>ct pest, the cobra's death toll is nail. This venomous serpent is i >und only in hot countries, par-J cularly in India, while mosqui?es know no favorite land or' ime?unless it ho Jersey. Arctic I iplorers complain of them. In ; laska, it is recorded by a sci?1181 that 'mosquitoes existed in j >untless millions, driving us to ie verge of suicide or insanity.' traveler on the north shore of I ake Superior, when the snow j as several teef rip?n ami ?1>" I . - . V. ./ I' Mll\4 ? uo IV>V j r? the lake five feet in thickneRR, dates that 'mosquitoes appeared l flwarras, literally blackening jo banks of riiow in sheltered laces.* "Am to the bent methods to em loy in ridding a country place, r any othei region, ot mosqtii )ps, the directions furnished by >r. Ii. <). Howard, th?- (Jovernlent Entomologist, who lias been careful student of the pmbleni nee 1867, are of great value: 44'Altogether, the most satisfac)ry ways of lighting mosquitoes r ?? n 1 RETolved II THAT WHEN THE. HOT 1 n\ COMES IT 15 BEST To BE // \\ prepared for rr.^ow doHt // /TT\ ]) WANT HOT THINGS. COOL ! (I APPAREL IS BEConirfG in Vv-w^f HOT WEATHER. DUSTER, brown. [co?y?.CHT .006, hY TMg BwrrciL ^SSfak We are now growing more anxious to close out all of our summer goods. Many of our lines are getting thin, ? but one of a kind is perhaps all you wish. We try to give our patrons bargains the year round, reserving, of course, profit for ourselves ; but we are now willing to | throw away our profit just to get rid of our summer goods. p You know our usual prices. Come see what they are now. j If our reductions do not seem as great as in other stores they claim they make, can it not be that their price was a fictitious, fake-sale price in the beginning ? Jap Silks M. all colors, the 50c kind, best quality, for this sale 35 cts. White wash Habutai silks at 25c, 35c and 45c?these prices are way below their real value. I A few patterns of flowered Mulls and Tissues at 20c. * Come to see us for any of your wants and we will guarantee you will get the right prices and the right kind of goods?the kind that wear. We have some nice Palm Leaf Fans that we are i giving away to aid you as much as we can to keep cool, as Buster suggests. Yours truly, fliiiiH-asifr Men-anlilc Co. ??? are those which result in the de of the.others. A PIANO OR ORGAN ?^ucfcion ?J *'1.6 ,arvae or Oie t. ?'j'he quantity of kerosene to FOR YOU. abolition of their breed-places? ... . I .1 1 1 ? r . 1 t)H practically used, as shown by 1. . 0 h*11" ?'ver> family uhoi*ainIn not everv loealitv arc ' 1??..?i... ........ ....* ^ ... * ? "wm vu'.ivnii'ju I'i lilt_ " . , . the writer s experiments, is ap- I children, wo have a Spcci.il Proposition to measures feasible, but in many , .... make plaeeB there is absolutely none- l)roximi4,e -v ?,,e (,u,,< p *' 1 'Hpn Article in the ho ne shows the < viS(juare leet ol water surface, ami deuce ot culture that does a 1'imio or OicosRity tor the mosquito annoy? . , . umi No accomplishment gives us imifh ance. The three mam preventive ord,"an,y the application need vic^nrtt or ,s of as gnat valueiu after lif. . not be renewed lor Olie month.? as ihe knowledge of music and the ability measures are the draining ol.,. ... . , to phiv well. breeding?places, the introduction ?" PondB of "?>' s,Zrt the quickest Our imall ?'?>", em I'l^ 'n-k.sih.own. .. ? ,, , . /iii . , and most perlect method Ot form- ""'dap ol a high grate 1 lauo or Organ ot Rmall fish into fishlesa breed- . * ensy. , i | . , ling a film ol Kerosene will tie to in?t n ii? dollars down and a Mim'.) using placed, and the treatment ot I t , ? quarterly or semi. , -i - iHorav the oil over the surface ol ? J? , ' 5 RUCh pools with kerosene. those annually and the instrument IS yours. .. , . _. the water. 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