The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-03

meL Il. To plot No 5 apply 80
pounds acid phosphate. To plot
No. 2 apply 200 pounds of rice
hulIs or ric straw we'll choored or
rotted. To plot No 9apoly 800 pounds
muriate of potash and rs pounds o
ton seed meal To pI c No. IL apply
80 pounds muriate OF potash and 80
pounds acid phosphate To plot No.
13 apply 70 pounds cotton seed meal
and 80 pounds acid phosphate. To
plot No. 10 apply 80 pounds muriate
OF potash, 75 pounds cotton seed meal
and 80 pounds acid phosphate. Apply
ell fertilizers broadcast. Harrow the
fertil zsrs IN and then drill in the grain
in the regular manner across the plots
Make careful NOES of relative growth
and value of each fertllIz sd plot. H4r-
vest each plot separately and measure
and test the product so as to rmIne
the influence of the off rent ferGll z rs
upou n quantity and quality OF the
crop aslcompared with the general crop
grown without fertilz n. The writer
is confident that by rational fertlllza
ton the yield per acr in Carolina rice
Fl eds can De increased to 70 or 80 BUSH
els, and the milling quality improved
By at lPas5 so per &C MT
Rice BIRDS The rice bird is said
to destroy from 20 TO % per cent OF
the nearly mature grain. An Elective
-1-r.R- R1w EA0 h1mA -v1S1on0n q ~ FL
cult 70 find Toe rice bird DOlicbOmyG
OryziUOrOWs, LIS in TINS SAFE a Ceul
pUrary vlslEor and it's ssay IS short
This bird breeds in the region from
New jersey tn Hudson's Bay, and
westward 10 the great plains. 1t is
N,rGh q mUca esGeemed. song bro
called booolInk or Robert of Llncc In
&c migrates TO the West Iudies and che
borders OF the Amaz0n TO pass the
winter. 1t sarries IN the swamps al lng
the Atlantic coast, as a sort of halt
way house, on both Nor .hbound and
SouEhboUnd journeys. The chief dam
& to / G dslds is done IN the fall
The M j0riGy of che birds Wishing our
COAST In the fall are fl dRelings of the
year. Their food in the North has
0een mainly the wild rice abundant n
Northern swamps. 1t seems likely
that if rice planters would plant this
Wild rice along the outer borders and
bitches of this plantations the bird
Uould feed upon this In preference TO
the cultivated rice which is new to
them. The o Called W Id rica ia scien
ridcally called Z,zGniG GqWGticG AID
Z mGLIdceG Bun theeo species are
perennIals. They are sparlngly found
in the swamps of our coast regions.
The seed Can always be purchased of
New York s9edsmen. Poisoning the
birds with broken rice or rice bran
s6eeped. In arsenic, stry chime or phos
phorus would no doubt kali mum ers OF
them, but probably not enough to
greatly decrease the fl locks. The en-
OF sN re0s or bells worked by
wind mi'ls might serve TO scare them
from the fields. Il is also possible thai
infectious bacterial disease could be
introduced among them The latter
plan it ucce g stul would sweep them
q way in multitudes. But all such
remadiss are very d fiji cult to apply ex
to birds breeding and nesting IN
the locality. To wage a successful war
of determination against the rice bird
or bobo ink, we muat pursue them to
their breeding grounds. Tnet is lm-
practicable f, eding them with wild
rice and soaring them away from cul-
felds by means of bells or
syrens eeam the most practicable
methods.
8 UnroIiabla Labor -Rnfo~n 1861