The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-08-16
ALEIGH. N. c.. AUGUST 16, 1892.

oeCCer sell to some dlStiller or get him
TO work it on shares. There are 12
re reglstered distilleries in Wake county
of which three are located in Raleigh.
These are run by the following persons:
l.. ID. Stephenson, r. @. Branch, Bar
nabas Jones.
1t will hardly pay to make grape
vinegar as most of the vinegar used
now Is made from apples or distilled
from wood and sold at prices with
winch the honest grape grower can
not compete. For home use whole
! some article can be made by allowing
the grape juice to ferment on the
! pom ace for ten days, then draw it off
into clean barrels and let stand un
bunged until strong enough
! Grape juice may be evaporated into
syrup or jelly. The grape growers of
California are beginning to work up a
| portion Of their crop this way. But
first class article can not be made with
/ out the use as a vacuum pan such as is
used for cOndensing milk because as
| already stated if the juice is heated
above 180 deg. +. its taste and nutritive
properties are injured. Still a fairly
good and wholesome article for home
use may be made by evapOrating the
! juice in double boiler Or in a thick
| porcelain lined kettle.
Our American grapes do not dry into
raisins like some varieties of the Euro
pean grape. Raisins are n w so cheap
that there is no market for dried
! grapes. Still an entirely wholesome
article can be made for home use by
drying ripe grapes on screens or In
eVapOrating such as the Champion OF
which there are several sizes suitable
for family use sold for small sums. For
! Information about these apply to the
State Business Agent of the Alliance.
A few remarks on fall treatment of
the vineyard may not be out of place.
Do not imagine that after the grape
! harvest is over for the season the vine
! yard requires no further care. If the
] vineyard is give n over to weeds and
nOxiOus fungi the vines will not fully
mature their new wood nor develop
the buds for next years fruitage. If
fungi cause a premature fall of the
leaves the health of the vine and the
| ensuing crop is sure to suffer. AS soon
as the crop is out of the way it will pay
70 go through the vineyard and remove
and burn all withered and rotten fruit
which clings to the vines and then
spray with the Bordeaux molasses
mixture for which the formula is given
in Bulletin "a of the North Carolina
Experiment Station This Bulletin
can be had gratis by applying to the
| Director of the Station at Raleigh
When frost causes the leaves to fall
carefully rake them up and burn them.
Burn also the prUnings and thus Ge
;1Etroy.- the winter spores of the disease
producing fungi with which they are
infested. By this means the danger of
injecting the growth next year will be
greatly lessened. A stitch in time
(now) will save nine (in the spring.
The prudent vineyardist should en-
deavor to bring his land up to the point
of maximum production. There are
three chemical substances required to
produce a luxuriant growth of the
vine. These are potash, phosphorlc
acid and nitrogen. The first two can
be supplied only in commercial fertil-
izer and stable manure. Nitrogen can
be taken from the ineXhausti ole store
in the atmosphere by means of the CO.
operation of leguminOus plants, such
as the cOw-pea, winter vetch and Grim
son clover.
Our red upland soils are especially
deficient in phOsphOric acid, and if
ever cropped in tobacco are certain to
lack potash. The most economical
way to bring up such land is TO use
potash and phosphates to ensure a
1uxuriant growth of peas, vetches or
clover, and turn this growth under. 1t
is now-July 20-too late in the season
to SOW cow-peas, but vetches and
clover may be sown at any time dur
ing August. The ground should be
plowed and about 100 pounds of muri-
ate of potash or 400 pounds of kanite
and 200 to 400 pounds of phosphate or
bone meal narrowed in. Then broad
cast fifteen pounds of crimson clover
or thirty pounds of winter vetch per
acre. Cover the clover lightly with
bush; cover the vetch with slant
tooth harrow. Where the land is
rather light and dry the clover will do
we'll where the land is heavy and in
clined to be moist the winter vetch will
be better. In this latitude either crop
will grow well all winter and furnish a
heavy growth to turn under in April
next. Let every vineyardist try this
plan-the investment will pay him
well.