The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27
RALEIGH, N. c. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER ~ 1900.
NOTES OF THE FARM.
BY w. F. MASSEY, Of A. & M. College


SOW clover and COW peas in JULY?
ouid the peas shade the clover all
rlSht There Will be no difficulty in
sowing the clover in September alone.
provided the weather is seasonable for
'he start But you will be making q
great mistake to plant young trees i'm
a clover sod. During the early wears
OF an orchard the trees need careful
cultivation up to July. Then cultiva-
ton should stop. and the orchard so>vn
III cr1smon or annual clover or COW
peas, or rather perhaps in both. That
IS sow the peas, and in the fall when
the leaves are falling, SOW the crimson
clover all among them and plow the
whole under for the benefit of the
trees III the spring. You can never
make first class orchard bv Settino
trees in sod. 1t may be done. where
the land IS too steep and rocky for
cultivation, but is strong and fertile.
once had an apple orchard in the
mountains of Virginia, which was
planted on Il mountain side too rock
70 plow. but it had just been cleared
from the forest and had never been
cropped. This orchard did very wen.
l}ut on land that has been reduced by
cultivation. the trees should during
fhelr earlier years at least be we'll
worked during their earlier wears at
least be we'll worked during the early
, part OF the summer But after july
the cultivation should stop so that
the wood may have time to riDen uD
| before the winter. In regard to the
| planting and pruning Of the young, or
chard read what We have said above.
| he holes Tor the trees should be no
| deeper than the land is ploweG. and
It IS best TO merely put the surface soil
| 10 =
ram the earth as tight to the roos as
| though setting a post Whatever Of
rich soil or manure you apply spread
! II on top around the tree and not i'm
! the holes. II YOU were to SON clover.
and COW peas on the same land he
| peas would In all probability smother
IN july on the same land the peas
would in all probability smother the
clover out entirely. \ thin cover of
straw will do no harm to the Young
clover, but IS we have said. we 60 not
think the sod is what you need.
| From Polk county: IF YOU have
any publications on hot house forcing
of vegetables in winter would like to
have them, as | am building green
house and want TO know about prepar-
ing the soil, etc" We have published
one bulletin Oh the winter forcing Of
the tomato. and if YOU viii visit the
college during the winter we will be
glad to show Nou our ripe tomoto"s.
BY writing to the Macmillan Company.
New York, YOU can get a copy Of
The Forcing Book by Prof. Baiiy. of
Cornell think tn" price is $1.0O. This
will give YOU about all the informa-
ton YOU need. and it would take Il
! number Of letters for me to give it III
detail.
/ to T., ont r,
CT wild onions. SO do we. There is no
particular difficulty in getting rid of
them in cultivated lands if the farm is
properly farmod. But in permanent
pastures and on lawns the problem is
q very serious one. They are Il great
nuisance with us on our lawns. and no
amount of moving seems to check
them. We Will doubtless be finally
obliged to break and cultivate the
lawns. In the lands under cultivation
onions and other weeds are simply
signs OF bad farming. If the lands
when not in cultivated crops are kept
in smotherine crops Of peas and small
grains the weeds Will soon disappear
Thousands of farmers seem tJ think
that it is necessary to have ranh
growth Of rag weeds on Il wheat stub
bic where clover is SONn. while tnS
fact is that rag weeds can be almost
entirely banished from the farm if the
/ stubbIe is regularly mOWn as soon as
they are well started, and the c'ove'
will be benefited too. These annua
| weeds come from seed and the sol
has been allowed to get full o! tbs
+, seed Then the way TO get rid OF then
2 i never TO let them seed. In the ease
e OF wild onions a crop of winter oat
: son-n otter corn thiclllN. and as sooI
e nc he oats are cut q crop OF peas J
t so,yn on the land. and then when III
t peas are cut turn the land again anC
] sow in oats or rye again TO be ploWet
y under in the spring for soinc hce'
+ crop and YOU will find fe" onions LEFT