The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17
NOTES OF THE FARMIo ::
By w. F. MASSEY, of A. & M. College,
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Some wears ago the \. c. Expert
rasnt Station published Il bulletin
,,sruiug the farmers against certain
.,.-u who are imposing on them by
-I... sale Of what they claim to be Sc
..r.r methods OF mixing fertilizers. In
tfat bulletin we printed the formula
,.hirh these men are selling. Today
received a letter from a correspondent
I'm Rowan county who says that he
reads my letters in the Advocate with
pleasure. and who says that there are
rr.n i'm his neighborhoOd selling a
f.rtiiiItr recipe for 81 90 each. He
sands me a circular making the most
..ytravagant claims with the name of
"a -rlf-styIed 'Prolessor appended. OF
what college he iS a professor is not
stated. The same recipe which these
r,rn are selling was sent to me some
Time auo bV Il reader Of the Advocate
.yd | printed it in full in these col
ruluS. and our present correspondent
Inu~t have seen it, so there is no
uccd for his paying 81 for it. The
Great difficulty in these things is
that the men who are taken iii by
these fellows are the ones who Will
not read. will not take the bulletins,
u,iu not take Il farm paper, and who
,,buoN farming. SO | do not know
that it is much pity if they get sold.
\nN one who wants this recipe can
yet it already printed in cur bulletin
or bv referring to the back numbers
Of the DdvOcate. We Will send the bul-
Ietiu warming against fertilizer ped
dlers to amy one who asks for 1t. and
We. will send a lot to our Rowan cor
RESPONDENT to distribut. We sent Il lot
af Them to Callvell county some time
since. and they can probably still be
found al Mr.. Nedson's store in Le-
uoir.
The same correspondent says that
he has grown a fine crop OF early po-
talues and wants to know how he can
crow second crop from these. Our
method is as follows: We grow the
second crop from the early ones for
seed mainly. as they make the best
of seed for ,he spring planting.
We spread the potatoes out in sin
ole laNer on ,he ground, and let them
,rct a little greened Then, after clip
ping a small piece from the end or
each potato. as they sprOut more
quickly when slightly cut. We cover
tnem with pine straw slightly damp
rned. Then watch them, and as soon
as they begin to sprout, pl~nt them'
The sprOuted ones. in Il deep fufrOW
made bv running a plow twice in the
same furroW. and cover them very
shallow till they grow. Then work
the earth to them as they grow III
level. and cultivate perfectly level
We hill the early potatoes as: we
then need the warmth Of the sun, but
The late. potatoes we cultivate nat
10 preserve moisture in the soil. we
die Of August. These potatoes VIII
keep growing green till the frost Kills
the tops We have had them Keep
Green on high land till the tlrst OF
Dccember Dug at this time 1heS
Keep very we'll. and do not spron'
during the winter as the Northern po-
lutce~ do. and when planted, they
GROW with the strong growth OF the
terminal bud which has been RUBBED
of the Northern potatoes, ana VIII
make Il far better crop. we nav
planted them side by side with po'a,
toes from Maine and New ofk, aho
they beat them every time III ldc'
there was not a potato in the lo'
crown from the Northern seed tha'
would not have been a culllng IN the
lot from the home grown seed. Oul
truck growers in the Eastern par,
on the State all grow these SECOND
crop pOtat0es for seed and use nc
others. One Of the leading growers
there told me some time ago tha'
their >Acond crop was nearly soi'
North in February and March a.
New Bermudas," at So to So per par
rel
4 friend in Alamance writes Una
for the past ten years he has peer
trying to follow my directions, ah'
Is ma king n success of his farm. Bu
ne saws that ne sometimes has dl1n
ruties which bother him. lie ma:
pccn trying to get stand OF crlll'
son clover by sowing the seed IN !l'
corn after the last working. preparing
the land with a light harrow mao
for the purpose. But he has failed u
get q stand. He has no difficulty IL
getting stand of the ordinary rec
clover. but he wants the annual Glove
10 give him a pasture for his sheel
h the early spring and on when L
haul manure and plow under TOR Id
potatoes in July. he therefore Wiil "
me 10 tell him how he can get
stand.
The chief difficulty. | Thinks ina
he soWs too early. 1t will do to SOW
rdlmAon clover in Jul Y northWar"
but in our climate the plants then ar
apl 10 be scalded off when gernlha
nhg, by Il heavy rain followed by no
Sunshine. You will do better TO SOY
peas among your corn. and elthtl Z"
Them when the cCrn is off or let thell
Tlpcn and drop their leaves. and soN
me clover seed an among the peas II
september. If YOU cut the peas, 20
can disk the stubble so as to leaV
'ht trash on top as shade for tn
Young clover. and SOW some Wlnte
cats with the clover as a furthe
ShaGe- You can thus get a fine winte
'"a Sprng pasture, and we beileV
me clover will succeed at that time
"or friend says that he sows part