The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-02

aSheS TO use as tOp-QreSSllR Tor straw berries.
wish TO give the nitrate more bulk and the
ashes are sooty. The ammonia in the nitrate
being In a nous f fTTm take that the
s N.e. with stable @Share-o '" b. Ai''reii'
Experiment Station
The addition of ashes to nitrate of
soda will not be objectionable. I as
sumo that you will wish to apply just
after mixing. There might be some
stand over some time.
Crimson Clover. Timothy, Bermuda Grass.
n s sS
for some tnformatfo0. When II the best Atne
o TO 90 y
soWed with I, that wal matGre at me same
best dexelopment Of this crop' Is /. best TO
Of deep so os 3
nuda grass that wish TO SOW, viii 4 interfere
When ought T@Qtsy s. seSed E and sew
s soS b best to SO" Win # - T. T.. little
Answered by F. E. Emery, Agricultuzsst.
NJ c. Experiment Station.
On moist loan OF sandy land any time
In September Is considered the right
time 10 SOW crimson clover. Here On
dry Land it must be sown early enough
to get the benefit OF the moist weather
which Is ushered in by dog days. Ip
general whenever the next two or three
weeks can be counted on for plenty Of
moisture and shade. Twelve to fifteen
pounds of clean seed or thirty to forty
pounds of seed in chaff is enough 10 use
per acre II well distributed. as this crop
stools heavily when it has good
chance. Sow on the surface or cover
very lightly. Few grasses can mature
with crimson clover. Common rye, or
VNsalT
with crimson clover when the design Is
to cut for green food or hay. These
can about keep pace with the clover.
We would use one half buShel of rye or
one bushel Italian rye grass per acre
with eight to twelve pounds of the clio
yer seed.
Clover finds its own nitrogen by ex-
traction from the atmosphere aided by
peculiar microbes of the soil hence only
phosphates and potash, or lime to set
these free in the soil would be needed.
The needs of the particular soil should
be consulted as to the element IT LACKS
which is needed 70 produce houn tiful
crop of clover. Hence trials Of potash.
phosphate and the two com bined would
be in order wherever it is desirable to
use chemicals for this crop. Amounts
should be varied, TOO, as what would be
farm might prove too little or too much
for those adjoining. We would broad
east before or after the barrow at seed
ing use as top dressing little la
ter.
Bermuda grass will smother out some
of the grasses but the soil bearing Il
will probably be your best place for
chard grass is hardy and a rank grow
er and will beat Timothy, but il gets
woody if not cut early and has not so
good a reputation for hay, although
properly handled itris equally as good
or better and Of the same cbaraoter.
1t is one TO three weeks earlier than
Timothy. Sow two bushels per acre,
and with it two bushels Kentucky
blue grass and six pounds common red
clover OF Timothy eight 10 ten pounds
OF seed with six TO eight pounds Of pea
the Bermuda grass soil. Where the
Bermuda is absent we would add four
or five pounds of white clover seed, or
two bushels of meadow fo4tatl to fur
nish aftermath to protect the Timothy
bulbs from the sun, otherwise 4
w9eId ss in o aanIgsr d ss1,S
We'll to grow a crop OF pee vines
this -sumper 70 piSw ip fpr the
grass seeding Plow deep, turning the
vines well under when nearly or duits
all ripe; harrow 10 q seed bed without
disturbing the vines and SOW tho seed
tncn VhS1nSf august q 8S I'd ~ a. NO
vembeP.
One OF the puEz1ing things to the
inexperienced houselseeper Is the
Technology Of tho greengrocer and
the market gardener. The latter sells
by the dozen. but he always means
the dozen punches, and his dozen Is
thirteen. the bakers dozen. instead of
twelve. As to the bunch. its number
l. -ko.r a.
vegetable or three Of another or seven
of third. The market gardener takes
1t for granted that the customer knows
all about the bunch and the dozen, and
quotes prices without explanatory com.
ment.
In the Observation-Disclosures Echo
6ignor Mastracoi's process for manu-
featuring petroleum briquettes Is de-
scribed. These hriquettes (which are
of the shape and s4ze Of the usual coal
dust briquettes) are made by mixing l
liter of petroleum with 10 per cent. of
roein, L5O g. of pulverized soap, and
s26 g. of caustfc soda. This mixture is
heated, end after ten minutes it begins
TO set, and then Is cast into molds and
dried. These briquettes yield three
times more heat than coal briquettes
the same size, produce no smoke, and
take less room than coal.
Chopin IS commonly represented as
a weak. sickly youth but up 10 the last
ten years of his life the contrary was
the case. Though never very robust.
he was fond of athletic exercises; was
always ready for frolics OF practical
jokes His consumption vas prema-
turely developed in his system by the
late hours and dissipation of Paris. He
is known In literature by his amour
with George Sand, who lived with him
tor eight years left him, and In
"Lucrezia Floriane" represented him,
under the name Of Prince Carol, as
a petulant. complaining, exactin9 and
thoroughly exasperating nuisance.
GUY OR THRUST