The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07
RALEIGH, N. c., SEPTEMBER Z, 1897.

about blooming time, and which feed
upon the leaves and hang suspended
from the leaves by webs of their own
spinning They have been with us for
over 100 years Prof. Bailey estimates
that single chickadee will destroy
130, 600 OF these worms in season. The
remedies recommended are spray ing
with Paris green just before the bios
SONS open and again just after they
fall Also wrap q band Of tough paper
about the body of the tree and smear
this with raupenleim, Or dendrolene,
two German preparations that remain
sticky two or three months, and tbus
| catch all moths Or worms that try to
crawl up the tree. Be cure that the
| paper glrdie fits the tree so tight thad
the worms cannot crawl under il.
Never apply those sticky preparations
to the bark OF the trees, ae it viii surely
Kill the trees
Bulletin 133 Of Ithaca, n, Y S alton
treats OF the army worm. but gives no
| new matter, and as we have already
digesIed q number Of bulletins on this
| insect, showing how to fghG it with
ducks, turkeys, sprays, ridges Of loose
| earth, trenches, strips Of tar and by
cutting and burning atrips Of Infested
grass, weeds or grain, we doena it un
necessary 70 digest Ghis one.
EXPERIMENT GARDEN NOTES
Bulletins 50 and 50 Of V5rgInla S5a
tion ere made up Of rote7 on tho ex-
pertinent gardening at me station.
The trencnipE system Of handling to
mato plants, as illustrated in bulletins
8 and II continues to give great salts
faction and has been extended TO ell
plants, such as cabbage, c3lerg, etc,
trenching them eff to cold farmes
rather than outside. These strong,
stocky plenss hold out and bear fruit
Gill frCs5, long sfteT tomatoes had dis
appeared from surrounding farms.
Last season ripe fruit was picked every
day from June % to October 10 The
variety wac Beauty and the seed were
| sown February 1st and plants were
5ransplanted twice before setting IL
the fi8ld. In tomato culture, strong,
we'll grown plants are the first requisite,
we'll msnured land stands second and
then mulch against drouth. Never
plant closer than 5x5 feet. For early
crop always have the plants in bloom
by time to set tncm out. Acme, Beauty
and Perfection still give us best results,
though Buckeye State, Stone and Ford
hook First are good. This station has
been improving Beauty by selection
for some years and now has better
strain Of it than can be gotten from
| seedsmeC.
Experiments in growing tomatoes
under glass show that it is prof15abble.
Have house 10 feet wide, feet to
plates, roof one third pitch and beds
level with bottom of house. Excavate
"a inches deep, I'll in 6 inches Of brick
bats apd ram some clay on these and
top cut with Is or 16 inches Of good
greenhouse soil. Lay perforated one
inch pipe s inches below the surface
for sub irrigation. Sow seed August
20 and set plants October and push
plants to bloom before January and
gather ripe fruit from January to May.
Flowers must be polleniz9d by hand.
AS soon as the blossoms open scrape
the pollen dust on wooden toothpicks
and apply to the st1gmas. This in
creases the siz9 of the fruit remarkably.
For celery, finely pulveriz9d hotbed
soil is pressed firmly into trays foot
square and two inches deep, with per
forated bottoms. Sow seed in shallow
drills two inches apart. Cover with
moss, water and stack trays upon each
other. When well sprouted unpack
and expose to good light, in a warm
place, and when necessary to water
dip bottom half Of tray into weter an
inch deep. We get 500 plants to the
tray. When leaf stems arc an inch
| long shear close and shear again when
another good growth is made Then
transplant to cold frame 2x2 inches,
trenchipg them fairly deep This
makes strong, stccky plants. If neces
sary to hold them back, shear repeat
edly. For an early crop seed is sown
in January, for second crop April 1st
and for late crop July 1ss. Plant in
deeble rows on mucky land or moist
land full of vegetable matter. Do not
hill up till the stems are at least 8 inches
long, and be careful TO get no dirt in
the crown or central bud Never earth
up the summer crop till it natures, as
injury often results. For leaf blight,
spray with Bordeaux mixture. For