The Progressive Farmer from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 1

A FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CQMPANYPage 1 i A is 1 A 1 VM Ji ti A A 7T- -ML. i i rrn i i i i i i 1 "Sic. The GarolinasVVirihiai Georgia, and Florida. v. a RALEIGH v' i JULY llV 1914W $1 a Year; 5c.

a COD? 1 'M ui tr'' "'JgWVSjyf y-iL'jtf' ylNw'iwWiKM (ijiiid JiujiVniiy ljulj i i iiji ij wi i iwj i iVi i id iii 'iImiMi jun uu Ti ariuiMiiii WNii.wMWMMj!t lmpA jwmm'b 'Uiy J'll v' 4, vh II 1 a 'A ti i II i-: jf im: j-- etc: if' Pry jcf ij' -f FODDER-PULLING TEST, PEDIGREED SEED FARM, HARTSVILLE, S. C. Experiments Prove that Fodder Pulling Cuts the Corn Yield Froto 20 to 40 Per Cent. A LTHOUGH less Drevalent than formerly, the custom of Dullinc od- J- der is still ehtireiy too general in the South. On Another page we which the corn crop is injured; but it should be remembered that if fodder pulling be delayed unty there is no danger of decreasing the yield bf corn the fodder will be so dry that it will furnish a very poor puuiisuing an.ariicie Dy Mr.

MOKer, snowing jusi wuai losses are sustained hen odder js pulled. The two losses most strongly emphasized by Mr.C6ker DON'T FAIL TO READ- Paie me iuc uecieaseu yieiu oi corn irom.wnicn vthe fodder is pulled, this sometimes running vrt. 1 as high 25 per; cent; and the decreased vitality of the seed corn for the next crop; k. Other reasons we would emphasize in our campaign against fodder pulling are jthe ex- ceedingljr hot, disagreeable labor necessary; grade of feed. We may.

say; too, tnafwmie Mr. Coker's tests were made on his own farm and are unofficial, they are nevertheless very closely in line with results obtained at a number of Southern experiment stations. Let's look at these things squarely, Mr. Progressive Farmer. Can we afford to cut our corn yield five or more busnels per acre v'by roasting under a July or August sun for a feed that is as good as cowpea or soy bean hay that should be growing on our stubble land? We doubt if there has ever been a bundle of fodder pulled that did not cost more than it was worth and if per- chance there are a few bf Our readers who Crops' for 'Very jJate Planting Pipping Chickens for Lice Fodder Pulling Doesn't Pay How to Use Left-overs Increased Interest in Livestock Leisure for the Farm Woman Limiting Expenses to Income Setting the Table Suggestions for July The Week's Work The Why of Tick Eradication 5 11 5 7 10 6 .13 6 7 3 .10 3 the fact that saving the whole corn plant by.

cutting and shocking at the proper stage gives us as good a grade of roughage and a great 'deal, more it; and, when cannot be done, the possibility, even, at this late date, of making a good crop bf hay from soy beans and cowpeas. still pull fodder let's reason it out and seei When to Sow Clover we can't decide for all time to tore Work of the Local School Committee 13 Of course the jstage at which fodder is doubtful pleasures and equally profits of fodder-pulling time. pulled largely determines the degree to 1,.