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Rapp k Chats
By W. d. LYN'E
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Com planting; time will
will won be here. So commonplace 4 the practice that seme farmers are not taking advantage! of research findings resulting from careful tests
made at the Experiment Stations all over Virginia. While Rappahannock should never attempt becoming a commercial com producing county most: of our farmers can employ these carefully tested findings advantageously. (HOW?? WHAT?? WHEN?? Selecting Corn Land
Bottom land is scarce. Farmers fortunate enough to have it should grow their com .-.continuously on such land. When this practice is followed follow com with winter cover of small g ain to be turned under as a means of keeping up organic matter in the soil. This farmer can compete cost-wise with the com producer anywhere in the U. S% If you don’t have bottom land and the slope is 5% or above, go to strip farming. Try to keep your corn in fields which will allow the longest j»"d widest stirps recommended by (Soil Conservation Technicians. Study Soil Survey Maps
(available at this office) to find where your best Corn soils are. For example the folloniwg com production ratings of some ofour soils: sandy loam, Meadowvillfr-1 oa m and Wickham loam; very good— Cheser loam, Dyke loam, Eubanks loam, iHiwassee loam, etc.; Good
Altavista loam, | Braddock loam, Brandywine silt; loam, Eubanks clay loam, etc; I Fiar—Albemarle fine sandy loam, Brandywine loam, Culpeper clay loam, Unison eobblv loam. etc.
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