The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 03, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
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Cotton Planting Under
Boll Weevil Conditions
Time and Methods of Planting
and Culitvation'To Beat
The Boll Weevil.
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Clem son College, April 12.?A great
many farmers are asking about the ;
time of planting cotton under boll 1
weeyil conditions. The answer to
this quQ3tion. says Prof. C. P. Blackwell
of the agronomy division, is that
the time of planting which gave best
results in the previous years will ,
*iv? bftst results under boll weevil
conditions. The best time for planting
varies according to the season.
Cotton is a warm weather plant. It
will not make a healthy growth until
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the soil is reasonably warm and danger
of frost is past. 80 it is general- *.
Iy best not to plant until the soil is '
warm. Than it is well to plant in a 3
well propared seed bed seed which
has been delinted with sulphuric J
acid. This should give prompt and
unlfonn germination and should al- 1
low the cotton to get started before j
the weeds eome. Cotton whieh is
planted too early while the soil is yet 1
cold will not make a quick growth,
and the weeds will have an opportun- 1
ity to begin growth at the same time j
the cotton does, thus making the ^
crop more difficult to cultivate and
frequently resulting in a poorer (
stand. Methods
of Planting
In order for cotton to make a good
tart the seed should not bp planted
in direct contact with heavy applications
of commercial fertilizer. Where
heavy applications of commercial fertilizer
are made, some kind of shovel
\ plow should be run through the furr
of the cotton planter to ,
mix the fertilizer thoroughly with the
oil before planting. If the cotton is
planted in direct contact with the
fertilizer, there may be no injury if
heavy rains follow the planting and
prevent the concentration of the soil
olution. But if dry weather follows
the planting, the soil solution becomes
very concentrated and the
young roots of the plant are killed.
This may result in a poor stand of
cotton by killing off many of the
young plants, or it may result in a
stunted crop by delaying the early
growth of the plants. This has not I
been such an important matter in the
past, as there has usually been a
Mong growing season and the cotton
has had plenty of time to mature.
Under boll weevil conditions, however.
tt i? a matter of prime importance.
as earliness/Is very essential
/ to success in beating the boll weevil.
CarefuJ atention to this point may
prevent serious loss.
Another factor in planting under
boll weevil conditions which dec
serves careful consideration at this
r
time is the spacing of plants at ti^e
of planting. By planting delinted \
seed It is possible to drop the seed at
almost any Interval desired, and by j ^
planting several seed In each hill a I
good stand may be secured. J J
This makes It profitable t? cum- ^
rate cotton with a spike-tooth bar- ^
row ?r a row harrow at an early .
late and to keep the weeds down and ^
thereby save much labor and expense ^
In chopping. ^
Spacing
Farmers have frequently been ad- ^
vised to space their cotton far apart
In order' that the sunlight may get in
between the plants and kill the weevils
m the squares which fall to the '
ground early, in the season. This ^
method is reasonably successful In ^
the western part of the Cotton Belt,
where there are many long periods of
fry hot weather during the early sum- g
mer months. But it is not suecessful
in South Carolina because
there are no long periods of dry hot Q
weather. There have been many ex- e
periments to determine the best spae- ^
of cotton plants, but there are so c
many factors entering into the con- ^
sideration that it is impossible to ^
set a definite spacing which would
be best for all farms. E
Each farmer needs to study his j
own conditions and use the spacing n
which gives best results on his land.
The fertility of the soil, the amount
of rainfall, the kind of cotton planted, j(
and the amount of fertilizer need are B
all factors which should be consider- ^
el in- spacing oetton. As a general
rule, experiments have shown larger ^
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yields rrem mc rei?uvc<;
IVtg. At the Pet Dee Experimant p
Station be=;t results have been gotten j(
br planting in 4 foot rows with plants
not more than ten to twelve inches ^
apaK In the row. This on a compara- c
tivelv fertile soil, yielding about one ( B
and one-naif bales per acre as an ^
average.
Cultivation A
Th? primary object of cultivation
fe to destroy weeds and grass. The'
cultivation of cotton under boll-weevil
conditions should begin early A
and should bo thorough. W-eds I c
and grass should never be allowed to j n
get a start in the crop, since by so ! p
deing they stunt the crop, and delay i
Its maturity. The delay may be fa- p
tal. Th? best implenment to use in j 1
the cultivation of cotton is the ene | a
which will desstrn^ weeds and graes n
most effectively w.chout Injuring the. b
roots of the cotton plants. J??t v
what implenment that is will depead ii
?n the sei5 type and the kind of weede 9
prea??*. As a general rule, shallow
euitlvyflen It te be preferred If It
tffeeSively destreye weeds and grata.
ONIONS IN MILK
Flavor and Odor Not U nhwoldsome
But Very Objeotionable.
Remedies Suggested
Clemson College, April 12.?With
the coming of spring and fresh pastures
a great many farmers, milk
producers, and consumers are confronted
with the usual, and to a certain
extent inevitable, flavor and
3dor of onions in milk products. The
presence of onion flavor in milk does
aot Indicate that the milk containing
this flavor has been produced or
handled under unsanitary condition#,
aor does the presence of the flavor
uid odor render the milk unwholesome
for human consumption. But
the onion flavor in milk, even to a
slight degree, is such a pronounced
and unpleasant one to the great majority
of consumers that from a commercial
standpoint all milk so affected
is unfit. Cream from this milk
may be used for butter making,
though the resulting butter will still
retain the objectionable flavor to &
marked degree. As a result of thi?
trouble in milk, many producers and
dealers suffer every spring considerable
financial loss, a part of which,
at least could bo avoided if proper
precautions were taken and preparation
made for the short time during
rhich the trouble arises.
As to remedies and treatment of
'oniony" milk, the only sure and effective
means lies in prevention. If
unions are present in the pasture
they must come out, or the milk cow
must be kept out for several hours
prior to milking time, else the milk
vill surely have the characteristic
objectionable odor and flavor. Should
:he onions be few. or should they be
confined to a limited area, it might
3e possible and advisable to pull up
:he, plants by hand b* ore seed are
produced and thus eventually rid the
pasture of them. On the other hand,
f the pasture is badly infested the
>nlv course to follow is to take the
nilk cows off the pasture early in
:he afternoon, at least four or fly*
lours before milking time.
The onion plant is one of fcht flrst
;o begin growing in the spring, and
:he cow, with her natural craving for
?reen succulent feed at this season
>f the year, is not at all particular
Lbout what she eats while the grasng
is so scant. In this connection
k grazing lot of rye or rye and barley,
>r clover and barley serves a double
>urpose. If the cow is allowed i*c:ess
to such grazing lots for an hour
rr so each day net only will her milk
low be very much increased but her
runger for green feed will be satisied
to such an extent that she will
>e more careful about grazing oil
vild onions while in the pasture.
The onion flavor in milk is only
>ne, though perhaps the most prctounced
and objectionable, of many
ood flavors which often get into
nilk from the cow. Such feed# a#
ape, rutabagai, cabbage and wet
irewer's grains, when fed either Just j
irior or during mjlking, often impart |
uite pronounced and objectionable j
lavors to milk. Any of the above
eeds, however, may safely he fed
ust after milking or several hours j
-' -?ill-j-. ? wi'frVlnti* Q-PPantinjr tbft ;
'CLUrC IIinMlig r> tuiuut - j
iavor of the milk in any way. So 1
i is where conditions make it neccsary
to graze milk cows on onion toasted
pastures. If the cows are
urned on these pastures immediately
fter milking in the morning and
hen .driven up about noon, there
hould be little if any trace of onion
avor in the milk. Especially is this
rue where the cows are allowed to
raxe on green grazing lots which a,re
ree from the wild onions er where a
ood grade of corn silage to fed as a
ucculent feed.
Various methods of removing the
nion flavor and odor from milk se
ontaminated have been tried out
rith little snccess. Perhaps the most
ommoR at well as the most effscIve
treatment is that of aeration,
tut even with this method, the
mount of the objectionable favor
nd odor removed to so small that tt
i impossible to render contaminated
iilk free from taint.
Summary.
1. Allow milk cows to run on earn
infested pastures only in the fore*
oon. Drive them up four or Are
ours before milking time.
2. Provide green graxing lots, or
are an abundance er corn silage, to
icrease the flow of milk and to apease
the coWs craving for green
eed.
I. Take extra precautions with the
endling and cooling of the milk in
rder that no bad odors and flavors
light develop to augment the objecionable
ones from the onions.
iVOID COUNTRY DAMAGE TO j
COTTON
In a recent test by the Bureau of j
farkets it was shown that a hale of j
otton exposed to the weather for 6 j
lonths lost by weather damage 78
ounds from its orginal weight. At
he prevailing price of 40 cents per i
>ound this loss would be
'he bale could have been stored in
, good warehouse and Insured fo* 0
lonths for less than |3.O0. It bat
en estimated that the loss fn tot
alue of the entire cotton crop rensttag
from damage may amount to 00#,?
00,000.
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bete?and healthy efcildrem.
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