The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-25
NOTES OF THE FARM. !
ByW. F. MASSEY, OF A. x M. College.


friend in Rutherford county
writes. Il am very much interested
a, YOUR articles in the papers, ayd
la,.. been greatly benefited by them.
I5a,r q piece of low rich land subject
..rrIi0W. | have run Il coat Of
.,r. na top Of the clay soil, which is
,.-. CLOSE and stiff. / wish to set it
IN GRASS for pasture. What kinds OF
.rs-. would YOU advise, when sowed.
End how should the land be prepared?
What time would You advise stubble
r,nd 10 be turned and subSoilcd for.
,.h,.t. This land is rather thin It
.t.lfrd about eight bushels per acre
'..r wear. ! intended sowing it in
,...,~ after harvest, but was providen-
Hail. hiudercd. What kind of fer
.a.grr- do YOU advise for wheat on
.nrh land. and how much per acre."
i'm the Low land, we would plow the
sail and mix the surface sand as we'll
.., n3,sihlc with the clay, and put it
=, =. coed order as possible, and as
.ara rs possible, for the grass should
,. ~auu before the end of the month
~ e4rlr in October. Then be liberal
o.-a the seeding, for there is more
failure from thin seeding of grass
thaa ANYTHING else. | would SOW a
MIXTURE oil grasses ana NoUtt USE oil
Meadow tescue. Red Top, Foul
Meadow Grass and Alsi1e Clover /
,lad mix ten pounds each of the
erasst, and SOW the mixture and
.anH then SOW pounds of the clover
seed per acre. DO not mix the clover
with the grass seed as it will not
.ar mixed but will settle to the bot
-n. When The sowing is complete
n bnr bp
land. and if dry. roll. II too moist let
he rolling alone. Now as to the
wheat sfubGle. DC not charge Prcyi-
lsae, With your failure TO SOW the
ras. II YOU had sown them and had
rg.n them coed dressing Of acid
rtg,phate YOU might perhaps have
had d GOOD crop Of hay. even though
,y~oeathCr has been dry. We put
~n af carly sewn peas in the barn
m weeks ago. Putting wheat on
rheat stubhIe is net o-ooG farming. 1t
mald he far better TO plON and sub
a that land now and SOW on it q.
eoy OF Hairy Eetch. which viii give
a q GOOD hay crop IN the spring
.a. will increase the crop OF corn on
tie laaa 20 per cent or more. and Will
sea the land SO that YOU will have
nmhrr croI; next winter without
>ovir. again. OIL can then follow
t5a corn with wheat and give the
wheat a dressing Of the following
mixture: Acid phosphate 300
pounds: cotton seed meal 900 pounds:
muate cf potash 200 pounds to make
TEN.
j.e cf his 800 pounds per acre. The
auo mixture Will do for wheat if
EoH 20 ON ard SOW it on the stubDle
land. Eut ii is evident that land
which, this season OF big wheat crops
made only eighty bushels per acre. IS
rot in condition TO grow good wheat
crops even with fertilizer. Good
-a-w.ng anG = proper rotation OF
@rH4 with legumes will give better
results than a dependence on the ter
hzar~. There Is one essential TO
2"~' crops OF wheat no matter What
fertilizer Ven Use. and this IS early
"'a borough preparation. Lana
'.."~a@hjy r}oWcd and roughly soWn
"ni "ot make the best crop Of wheat
20" n"ttgr what fertilizer YOU use. It
"'I RIGHT 10 plow wei and 10 SUB
' H." land, but II must he we'll nac s
U. @owU again and the surface made
2. #"c n, possible. Remember thai
every time YOU 90 over the land with
m-hrI. to thc cron EARLY and
ner'eat rrg2aration is tho most
imrortant 4hfp~ in the growing
of vhrat. Get thc land ready. and rs
seme as the first white frost comes
soH lit wheat with drill.
l-;.nd a+ p,.,.ao, c;+,, ecnds =
bead oe ,,,,aes so., . ,,a,,,o and says Il
his rurc,tI,, s,,.,.,,,. -, al over that
>u,tf.. e,rI,,.-.'a ~ b;ob and
raa I. ,-.'t ,,,-,,,1 ,nd catt!e
aad l,.. r = rbc
grass. f.. f,.',,;,.,,'., I..,,,, G,l1; -, Farm
Yard ,,... l,.,,. 80 e-,.o,,,,,, annl,al
grass. which ,naf.o. fo;rly Good hav.
and If ,.,., .., >is 80 ,.i,o Il
win ,...'3 ,t, ,, ,I"4al,, ae 4
m.l,.. @ ''''' ,.ao,1e
~ur., @T'at F'}ah''ty 81
he-. ''f pest grass !" SOW -, :,
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