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2 Agricultural Crimson Clover in a Nat* shell. It is Time Right Now to Sow This Great Soil Improver and Here Are the Very Facts You "Want to Know About It. Progressive Farmer. Crimson clover is useful (1) for soil improvement, (2) loi hay, and t3) lor grazing in Marcl and April. Crimson clover i? an annual plant, making i's entire growth in about rcven oi eight months, from September tc May. See either purchased oi homegrown, must he =own evert year. Crimson clover thrives on f\ groat variety ol soiis. inclu linp some of the poorest. It is much more apt to succeed on so:Itpoor n lime than is red clover. II does especially wen on a mixture ol clay and sand, that on loam or clay loam soil. On strongly acid soils its success i doubtful, unless lime is used a fertilizer. Sow fifteen to twenty pounds of seed per acre broadcast when the s<?il is moist between September 10 and October 10, September sowing being generally preferable. The land should be free trom much litter. There is no better place for crimson clover seed than a clean cotton field, where the seed may be sown among the growing cotton plan's immediately after the first'picking Covor with a one-hoi>e cultivator, or scrape, etc. Unplowed cowpea stubble land, disced, often makes a good seed bed. It tho land must be plowed, pulverize and compact it by the use of harrow, drag or roller. On mo9t soils 200 to -100 pounds of acid phosphate woum he helpful. On acid soils 6 to 8 barrels of lime per acre, first slaking it, may be ilesirable. When crimson clover is sown among growing cotton plants, we use no fertilizer. now TO INOCULATE. Do not. was'? any money on crimson clover seed unless yon can inoculate them with suitabl soil. With'ut inoculation this crop is generally an entire f i 1 ure. Inoculation consists in sowing with tli ; seed certain germs that will cause enlargements on the roots of certain plants.? Those enlargements* ot tubercles are fertilizer factorial changing the useless nitrogen of the air into the form of nitrogen useful for fertilizer, or foi unrl pnul.ilU/. if bought 11 fertilizer, fully 15 cents |>ei pound. The surest means of inoculat ing the seed consis's in kowii^ with tlie seed some soil from r spot where any true clover, ?< red, white or critn on, has recently grown successfully. S >i 1 from around the r<>o's of Japan ("wi'd") clover will not serve. Careful search in most old lawnand pastures will often reveal 'he presence of one of the small white clovers. This is difltin. fiuisnable in the fall by i?* round ish, small heartshaped leaves one THE LAN I Department. I by fin-ill roundish en'ar^ementa (tubercle-) on 1 he ro >ts. Mix a little waur wi'h soil from ti?ispot. Then mo sfen the crimson clovers, ed in this dirty water. Now mix the; wet seed with notne c/\tl i 1 .'liH* noivilfir. W1 l iwg T'lliu rv ?< Vil ,7 I ' ?? - V ed condition. It ihe inoculating -oil is shun 1 iiit, sow broadcast, in nddi'iou, from a few hundred pounds to one ton of it per acre. O'herwise, omit this latter step. Promptly coyer seed and in 1 . ocuhtting earth with a harrow. , Much sunlight may kill tho ge?ms Imculitim with soil is many limes surer than reliance . on "pure cultures," or inocu'a ting material prepared in the . laboratory. Do not pay extra for seed said to b^ inoculated. it will pay to have soil from some clover fi 1 1 t h pp d you. None can he shipped from Auburn because our S' il contain ? germs of di-ease. HOW TO 17SB CRIMSON CLOVKll. I Criiu^on clover can be cut for j hay about April 20 to May 1. The stubble has considerable fertilizing value, and wilP great - ii r ly increase toe vieiu 01 any iau' crop that follows the clover, such a-' corn, sweet potatoes, sorghum, etc. By Apr;l l*t 'ho crimson clover, about halt grown, may be plowed under in time for a cotton crop, thus improving the land while it grows cotton every year Crimson clover tithes the place of cottonseed 01 ?al or ni'rato of soda in the feriiiizer, buf doesu't lminish t ho need f< r t< rtilizing cotton wit i phosphate or potash. To get. maximum fertilizing ef. feels, stock should be kept oil' until just before plowing under (the half grown crimson clover, when it may be grazed. The nr. wing of crimson clover (or vetch or b -rr clover) consti tu'es the most practical method oi immeu iteiy adding j.? to otn percent to the leriili'v of most of tlie land devoted lo cotton. Let no man expect, to succeed without inoculation. Failing to find suitable soil, arrow as a sam j>le a patch of crimson clover so email that you can cover tire ground with stable manure. Hut inoculated plants do not need stable manure. J. V. Duggar, Director A1 tbama Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala. The New Pure Food and Drug Law We are pleased to announce that Policy's Honey and Tur for coughs, colds and tang troubles is not aftectel by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. Fnoderburk ! Pharmacy. Four Killed in Auto Accident. r _____ t Colorado Springs, Col., Sept. i 19?A powertul racing automo bile occupied by seven prominent, - Ell'a and a chauffeur, and ; built to hold bm three pass ? engeis, whi'e running at a lerrifi ic rate crashed inio a telephone pole at the hoHom of the VVest ' llurfatido street hill here to day, and was wrecked. Four of the occupants \ve*? killed outright, < and the others mangled almost beyond recognition. OF INTEREST TO MANY Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any caae of kidney or bladder trouble that 1h not beyond the reach of medicine N<? meci' eine ctin do tuoro. Funderhurk Pharmacy /ASTEll N!iWS, SEPTEMBER The Value of Shredding > Corn And How Dairying Improves the Land from 5 to 50 Bushels of Corn. Soul kern Cultivator. Some time ago you askpd that I write you an article on shred* ing corn. I should h ive (lor'e this <raiii?*r but perhaps it is n< t now too !a;e to influence some In ul'T'Qil 1 y>ought mv outfit;?a tread power and small shre d ?r?somo eight years ago, which has done seiv'ce each yaar sine*, very nearlv payini lor itself each year. Lwt year 1 and a good >1 lustration ot what e rti alone is wor h It happened that the clover was convenient to feed and my hay wa9 no!, so 1 fed stover for roughage to my cows f'?r eeve*nl months. When the stover fi. :vft out 1 ted one meai of silage nn i ore of hay with no perceptible change in the amount ot but'er ma-ie p *r d iy. It would be impossible for in ; o rna dairy wi'hout shredding my corn, and 1 sho- Id c -n id* r t had lost half < f my crop it 1 fai'ed to save the stdlis. 1 feed my cow' a hundred do 1 !;:rs worth of stover a month as long as it lasts. On my crop this year of 12 acres of early corn i will make 01)0 bush< Is 'if corn. 1 al o have 4 ncres of late corn, (> acres rf silage and a small ; amount ol hay, and on tnis I in! tend to winter 4') cows and 6 I horses, and 1 wi 1 have some left for the yearlings. As \ write this article! am looking out over a field of which before J started info dairying would no1 make 5 bushel^ of corn per hcm?, which new will yield 50 bus! els. Since you were hero I have built a new cow barn holding 40 cows and have gotten mv besf Jersey cow up to 50 poundft milk a dav, the herd making 30 pounds of butter each day, for which I get 30 cents per pound net. W. I. Harley. Sowing Grain and Grasses. September and October are the months for sowing grasses and grain. We trust all our farmers will do their lull duty in this respect. While none can tell the results ol a grain crop, you can predict with absolute certainly that all grain or grasses ! put in at the right time will yield more than those pu? in later. ' There is a time for all things" the Btb'.e declares, and I he one who does th right tiling at the right time always receives a sure return. This is alt-o true ol the man who takes pains to put in his grain well. Remember that deep and thorough breaking pays and that "each time you barrow the land will add a bushel to the yield for each acre" Try mixed grain and grasses, t hen when >our grain j is taken off the land the grass or clover will come right along. Remember that rape, Arctic grass, hurr clo\er, red clover and vetch all grow in the winter and all make good food for stock. They all save corn, and corn is money. If you have any to spare you can get the money for it. So with the above crops they ; nil will lirillir ill ,11,-v Stonllii.rii ? J Cultivator. 21, 1HOT. the? m Been established for over tw utation for reliability and consent Bank in the country. It is under t States Government and is regularl examiners. We give particular ca of making this an ideal and absol deposit your money. Whether the account be large 01 patrons every possible courtesy an formable with the rules and regul; ducting of a safe business. 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