The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-23

Il read all Your letters in the Adyo-
cafe" writes farmer in the Western
mart Of the State, '-anl l was particular
" struck with what You say IN regard to
self education Cn the farm. Therefore
want YOU to have my name enlisted Tor
all the Bulletins, both Of the Department
If Agriculture and the Experiment Sta
tion You are doing Il great deal OF good
and | hope You will keep on III that
line.
We always like to meet with evidence
that we have walked up some one, ana
viii be glad to list more names for the
Bulletins, and to have them go INTO tn
hands of every farmer III the State. L
am clad also that some of our friends
arc taking me at my Wcrd and asking
ou.stions One who must he a recent
subscriber wants to know if the Canada
peas will do III this climate, and whether
it wo1lld be best to mix them with cats
and what time is best fer the sowing,
and, of course like a true tarhcel. what
fertilizer to use Cn them. Where 90 get
the seed. We have written heretofore
about the value Of the Canada pea ard
oat crop. but it may do no harm to write
further about them. The crop has a par
ticular value here as it furnishes a good
and easily cured hay crop, which IS off
the land in time for another hay crop
from our Southern Cow peas on the same
land In fact it Will Ee off the land in
time To make a. crop Of corn after the
oats and peas are cut. f0r il the land $
gutttu into coin the first OF June, there
j plenty Of tine here to make 4 cr0n.
As 10 the time for sowing, thy can De
Sown ut any time tire land can be gotten
i'll order after New Year : III all the niu-
die aGl eastern part of TIE st; G. ana in
the III, country at the time spring oats
are usually s9Wn. As to fertilizers. 1t
Mil Fay we'll to Use complete fertilizer
Oh the cIcp. for tbe cats respond quickly
to niicatiCns Of nitrogen. and wh'e
lhc peas do not need this particularly,
they do need plenty of phoslhoric acid
and | fash. Therefore we would make
i fertilizer as fellows: acid phosphate,
] ,0GO TCTrdS. cotton seed meal 600
IeUnds md nuriate C ..Htas.l, 400 lbs.
tc make a ton. Usn not less than 800
pounds If this Per acre and it W. give
YOU Il food crop OF hay and leave the
land in coed condition fer either corn or
field lcas. As to where to get the Can
ada Ecas for seed. they can be bad from
AIRY Eei.aIle scotsman. 1t is nlt cur
business here to give free advertisement
tc any particular film. They should adj
vcI tise their business and their wares in
the advt. Using pages Of the paper The
rate to sow the crop will be about two
bushels of the oats and one Of the peas
l>r aCre.l They will have to be sown
separately since they cannot be kept
mixed Uniformly. owing to the superior
weight of the peas. The Canada pea is
II true lea. like the ordinary garden pea
and not like our Southern field pea.
WHICH is really Il tender bean. If the
crop is to be followed by cCrn it VIII pay
to use the fertilizer even heavier than |
have advised. rar Will l1oavicr arplca
tiCn be lost il Cow peas fellow the crop.
It will make Il 81 .cndid preparation for
neNt fall S wheat crop to follow the or 8
ard peas with Cow peas. and cut them
fer hay and then prepare the stub!lc fer
wheat. In tbs SveH.. after the two
I|oWings for the oats ard peas and again
fer the Cow peas. arI wheat will be all
the better for tie lald not being re-
Tlcwed in the fall. but that the surface
SCI merely should be put into very inc
conGit,Cn by repeated harroH:ngs with
the cEtaWay till fine. and all the trash
koTt on the surface. The soil VIII by
and III the hest tol iition fc:. wheat and 4,
deep blowing i'll the fall would be OF no
advantage. GC.t ia, her Il disadvantages
N,th all the good effects cf the mo
fcncc law, we find that with some there
seems % r. disadvantages. 1t is not.
hcWeyer. the fault of the law. lrt with
the energy arl get up of the man.
W hen We urge the necesslty for feed
in@ Of more stock and the making of
mcte manure as iAe best means fo. get
t|g cut CT the gTasp q he money lend
er and the fertilizer maker. for the cot
ten aLd tobacco farmer. We met Wih
the answer, Yes iut il we keep stock
VT will have to bniid fences. and taat
WI be an expense" How in the world
man can exist without SCma enclosure
for stock. we can hardly imagine But
there are many such people here in No n
Carolira. especially in he cotton DIS
tricts, where the fences have been gen
orally abolished. To my notion a stand
ing pasture is about az essential a Yea
tule Cn Il farm as Il barn, and in ma, 4
~ the cotton growing section many hay,
not even Il building that could be digni-
fed with the name Cf barn Log hOvcI>
for the mules that work the cotton i
about all that many have, all until they
get beyond the notion If so many acres
to Il naIle and 10 crop but ccttcn an(
with hardly Il pig CT 4 COW. their ease i
well nigh hopeless Tlr ease with which
Il pasture of Bermuda grass can be Ma IL
tainod i'll all the cotton country. and the
chGapIess Ct wire fenC Eg. make it PCS
SlbIc for any man of ei rgy to get Il l}iS
turc and raise stock Cn his farm. \ farm
WiJlcl-t cattle pigs anI sheep is hardly
worth calling farm. 1t Is only il l}..an
taIiCn. growing poorer as it's oWncr'>
pockets Get nlEc cHnty.
As ! write comes another inquiry from
the Eastern part Of the State. "Nit
You give III the Advocate Your opinion
&c the Amos Owen chcrrv hat is being
recommended for planting here: 1t is
hard for cne to give an opinion Of !; fIl,i,
that he has never seen. Wanting t.
5Eow what the merits Of TINS cherry arc
| asked one Of the leading n,lrserylncI