The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-09-05

tai card TO DR.. ii. i. Battle, Director
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Harvesting and Thrcshing Cowpeas by
Machinery.
The great need of southern planters
is an efficient machine to gather and
thrcsh cowpcus- This Is now done by
hand and at cost too great for them
to become very widely planted for both
rcnOvatlng and money crops. Core
spondents have called attention to this
matter. among them being Judge Wal
ter Clark of the North Carolina Supreme
Court Bench, and Prof. w. +. Massey OF
the North Carolina Experiment Station.
Four parties responded, and all we're
invited to send machine to be tested
by the North Carolina Experiment
Station. Only one of these, Mr.. J. II.
Gardner of Dalton, Ga, accepted the
proposition, and his machine was tested
by Prof. +. +. Emery, AEriculturi,t OF
the North Carolina Experiment Station
first on the farm of Mr.. Il. Is. Parker,
Goldsb0ro, n C., and again on the
farm OF the Agricultural College Il:
Raleigh The machine is thrcshcr
and not a harvester, and only thr she,
the peas from the pols after they have
been picked by hand from the vines.
The machine is isnOwn as the Success
Pea Thrcshcr." At the first trial of Is
minutes 81. lbs. corresponding to Il
bushels per hour, were threshed and
fairly we'll cleaned. This required one
man to feed the machine. while two
turncd the wheel. 1t was impossible
for these two men to have continued
with the same labor for more than half
day. At the second trial run for A
minutes, the rate of l. - bushels per
hour was secured. AS compared with
these results, three men were employed
to whip out the peas by hand and to
fan them clean also by hand. Occupied
thus for II minutes, they secured
the rate of SO bushels per hour of
cleaned peas This is more than double
the result from the Success Threshcr in
the second trial aud nearly double from
that i'll the first. The machine there
fore cannot lie recommended.
What is needed is n scrviccab bic Pea
Hdrrc>fT, that will gather the peas
from tn: vines in the field, and not
merely pea thrcsher There have
come to light two such machines in the
investigation of the North Carolina Ex-
pertinent Station upon the subject.
These however need Improvement and
with some ingenuity and capital might
be successfully placed on the market
Both of these are North Carolina inven-
tiOns. One of them (thc 'Eurela'0 pro-
poses to gather the crop from broad
cast sowing. while the other picks
In
and Bean Harvcstcr) was shown in a
test North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion Press Bullctin No. So to gather
&c per cent of all the peas when driven
once over row: with second time,
So ST per cent. were gathered, which was
about as efficient ae hand work
\ machine to gather peas from broad
east sowings however. is the one most
needed, and if proven successful, and
can be placed on the market cheaply, is
bound TO prove of great value both to
the inventor and to farmers generally.
Insect Pests of Shade-trees.
During the last few wears there has
arisen an ever increasing strain of COM
plant against the insects which have
begun to ravagc the shadc-trces in
southern cities and towns. The alarm
ing damage arises partly from the I'M
checked introduction and spread of
foreign species of insects, but is chiefly
owing to the miscellaneous English spar
row. which is fast ciecting orr native
inscctivorous birds, while itself prefer
ing n different diet.
Among the most destructive shade
tree insects may be enumerated the
following:
1-TENT CArERrILLAR-C liSiocumpa
diS>friu
These worms form dome shaped nests
i'll the crotches or among the branches
of various trees, but more especially
the oak and hickory. They also tack
fruit trees In some seasons. they de-
YOUR :he foliage over large areas in
swampy regions, and then migrate in
such swarus as to stop passing trains
REMEDIES: Burn the nests out with
torch made by wrapping rag satu-
rated with kerosene around the end of
suitable pole. They may also be
readily poisoned by spraying infested
trees with Paris grccn-I ID TO $50 gal
Ions of water.
Fall Acknowledgements ter
tor.
The webs Of this insect become most
painfully conspicuous in the late sum
mer and fall months. The worms usu-
ally web together several leaves and
eat the soft tissue. leaving the large
veins and ribs. AS fast as they consume