Hastings' seeds : fall 1914 catalogue . time seems rather slow work, it is really more expeditious thanit seems, while the assurance of securing thereby a certain cropshould more than reconcile the planter to the delay. With the openfurrow method liberal fertilization is advisable on planting andalso an additional top-dressing of nitrate of soda in early springsay 75 pounds per acre. Besides oats the process can be usedequally well with other grains and permit wheat to be sown in tneSouth as late as the middle of December. We have spoken before of drilling in oats between the cottonrows. This
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Hastings' seeds : fall 1914 catalogue . time seems rather slow work, it is really more expeditious thanit seems, while the assurance of securing thereby a certain cropshould more than reconcile the planter to the delay. With the openfurrow method liberal fertilization is advisable on planting andalso an additional top-dressing of nitrate of soda in early springsay 75 pounds per acre. Besides oats the process can be usedequally well with other grains and permit wheat to be sown in tneSouth as late as the middle of December. We have spoken before of drilling in oats between the cottonrows. This open furrow method is used, and on the suppositionthat the ground has been broken deeply and well prepared tor tnecotton, the soil below is loose enough so that the grain rootsl wnpenetrate deeply enough to make a successful crop even without , Jplowing just before planting the grain. This open furrow met10;]is advisable even in sections where there is no danger or freezingas it puts the roots down into permanent moisture. 7 71 m1 mm. SOUTHERNGROWN RYE AND SOUTHERNBARLEY seed stock wBarley pricesprices when hicb we h: change (1ready to h ive is turing tu.v. Every year sees large increases in the acreage of these wintercover and graz-ing crops. They are of immense value wherever used, for either rye, barley oroats will save from washing away in the winter rains two to three times asmuch plant food per acre as the average farmer puts on in commercial fertili-zer in the spring. Many a reader of this catalogue may laugh at that statementbut its a fact just the same. In the hill lands of the South the loss of fertilitycomes more from washing away than wearing out. Its these winter covercrops that stop that wash and when turned under in the spring add vegeta-ble matter to the soil. As a rule the worst washing is during the winter rainsand thats when your soil needs the cover crop. In making your farm plansdont forget to put in rye or barley as well as oats. They are not legumes and s