The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-26
1be farm.
4 gricultural Inquiries and Answers

Editor Charlotte Lemocrat:-I wish to
make a permanent pasture, and avail my
self Of the courtesy of your columns to make
some inquiries III regard ~ the matter.
hat grass is best adapted Tor a pasture,
what fertilizer is best to use and how TO keep
up the Yearly loss, and time aud method Ut
saving. 1OuIs, &c,
MECKLENBURG.
We answer that orchard grass stands the
heat of sunimer and comes Oh earlier IN the
spring. The land should be well narrowed
and 200 pounds Of Acid Phosphate broad
casted. Oats, clover and orchard grass
should be >own the lst OF August or first OF
September, aud top dressed III the spling
with 200 pounds none of Acid Phosphate
The grass should lot be pastuled untli the
Clover coinlnehces TO run out. An appilca-
ton of :, D pounds OF a good Superphos-
plate, annually, will keep it III good condl-
tlOn tor years.
Quest,on 2d.-My farm lies in the fat
lanuS, and NY Cotton IS subject to rust. 1t
starts Oil hue.y III The spring, but the heat
OF summer causes the leaves and boIls to tall
OFT. Would be very much indebted Ii you
Will re~COnInend a remedy.
Very leoEec: lully yours, BLACK JACK.
AnSuer-Rust is caused from an absence
of some essential element, or the land may
be poisoned by stagnant water. The remedy
IN the hrSt INSTANCE Is a supply Ot potash,
which can be had in 20 bushels OF unie ach-
ed ashes drilled Ill the cotton beds. " ouId
advise you to try 200 pounds Of the German
Potash Salts per acne In many cases it is
a specific. The only remedy for the latter
is thorough draining. Open drains cost less
and are better than the underdrains.
I 81 WI :. lro.. SOTO
with a SuIerphosl,hatc? Is it too late to
drill oats SO that they can be cultivated
Are oats benefited by being narrowed in
the spring? #s
t S. l.. Y, Cabarrus county.
Ansner Phosphate of Lime acts very
finely on this crop, and a top dressing of
200 pounds in the spring, just before a gen
tie rain, will pay. Very fair crops have
been made by suwlngs in this month, but it
is better to SOW all small grain in the early
fall. Drilling oats has been tried but sell
dom, and was an entire success, and We are
surprised that 1t has not been practised
more extensively, but suppose that it is
rather too nice a method for our farmers
A heavy two-horse harrow run once over
the fields two or three times before the crop
careful not to go on the land if it is at all
wet.
Question 4h-I have often been surprised
that the dubious crops have received 50 lit
tie attention In this country. England
boasts that her wealth is due to her large
yield of turnips per acre. l am a novice
and wish to devote a few acres to the cult
vation of sweet potatoes, turnips or ruta
bagas, pea nuts and chufa. Will be very
much obliged if you will tell me the best
manure for each of these, for / am satisfied
these crops, if properly cultivated, will sup
port more life than any other.
W., Eberneezer, S. G..
Ansuer-Thirty bushels Of ashes and 200
pounds Acid Phosphate is Il very fair ferti-
lizer for an acre of potatoes; 500 pounds of
Acid Phosphate for turnips, and 10 bushels
of ashes, Is bushels cotton seed and 800
pounds Acid Phosphate for the last two
named.-Charlotte Democrat.
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