The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
RALEIGH, N. C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1900.
NOTES OF THE FARM.
ByW. F. MASSEY, of A. & M. College


parts. Gut the corn when glazed and
cure IN shocks and at once put the
SOIL IN order with the disc harrow
ana sow winter turf oats. AS soon rs
ne cats are cut plow the land and aD-
ply 4oo POUNDS CT acid phosphate and
% pounds CT nitrate OF potash per
acre ana work it in well and then sow
Etas. cut the peas for hay. and at
olice sow hairy vctch On the stubbIe
AT rate OF a peek of seed Der acre
Now the vetch in the spring and pre
pare the land and plant in rice. Af-
ter the rice is Off the vetch will come
a9ahn. Now it in the spring and put.
the land III corn and then reCaat the
same rotation. You will not need to
tertIllze the corn after the first start
put should keep up the dressing on the
peas. and YOU will thus have an
abundance OF the finest hay in the
world in the peas and vetch. and will
nave the fern fodder to balance the
ration and will have. q chance to make
more money out of stock than YOU
ever dreamed OF. Then, TOO in q lit
tie while you will find your corn crop
increasing till you ought to make
never less than IS bushels per. acre.
II you breed your corn to q more pro
Inc and shorter stemmed variety. for
with the long legged, single cared
>2rn commonly grown on the lands,
You can never get the amount of corn
the land IS caTable of making with a
corn that can be planted closer and
that gives two or more ears to the
| stalk. Then, too. a dressing of lime
once in six years Will be OF great
advantage. IN short. your land needs
/ n In hon aTti Il
the plant food it needs can be more
prcfitably applied to the crop that
feeds the stock and the soil at the
| same time.
| Over on the Catawha river CORE
| sTondent has farm of 157 acres. but
| one-third Of which is in cultivation.
lsiie IS in the mercantile business and
| does not live on the farLl. but farms
through another. Has SO acres of pas
ture and can fence off more. The
p2Sturaee consists Of Japan clover
and native grasses. Some of this can
| be plcvcd but other parts are too
rocky and the uplands are rather
thin. He wants to start a butter dairy
! for the Charlotte market and would
| like to know if il Will Fay him to
srend So to 500 for cream separa-
| ter for 10 or - COWS. Now in the first
place you will need an expert in mod
| ern dairy methods il yCu are t. make
| butter making profitable. There is no
! money in the average butter made
| bv the average farmer in this State.
| None but a gilt edged article which
You can get engaged by good families
at a uniform rate through the year
| will be profitable Having an expert
butter-maker YOU will need the best
butter COWS. and hence should use
! the Babccck test machine to weed out
those that are not paying. GOOD Jef-
seyS or grade Jerseys are what you
want. but there are weeds in all
breeds. ard there are good Jerseys ana
also some poor Cnes. Breeding from
a pure blooded male you can soon
breed up a nerd from common stock
that will be as coed as full hloods.
! Uayinr the expert and the COWS, you
want to grow the best feed Tor tneh}'
and to have them in the best quarters
and not in any old log novel. 1oG VIII
| find that the winter is the most pro7it-
able time for butter, and you Will
want the best winter fCod, and hence
win need q. silo. You had as we'll try
ia be a dairyman without dal1a or
q chuT.n as without sllO IN t1eSc
davs. You Will want some permanent
raeturc. but the great part OF your
cultiyatable land should be devoted 70
tho brewing Of feed crops SC that you
can Gradually increase the feedin5 CD.
r,city of the place. On the part OF
The rasture too rocky to Plow, scat
tor every fall some seed cf CRIMSON
olovor and white clover, and give the
I'D - little manure or fertilizer an1
Won, will soon have gO1a FaSt,'e &
yyor1x thc rest in three fields OF corn
,;4h " All vo1,r home made manure
,,1on+ed 1bicklv and cut in August Ior
dlns.;l,oo Follow corn with winter
on+s ana hairy vetch to be cut IN the
mine fo1. hav. Then prepare 'he
land and apply acid phosphate ana
,,nriate Of potash rs hefe1olofe ao-
o1viced to another esl1oiiosil'
and sow peas. Cut these 1or nay 700 r
and prerare the stubple Me:l W.: ,itb
tot az" Ec1lcw the wheat again with
fo,. hay and follow the peas III
H. faU with vctch to be cut ana 'h.e
,hs l1ontaj in corn and the rota-
4:n,,' t:, rareatca. After each fleld mas
~, I'"1i tnb Gown On it you Will not nave
I''' .a.rain as it will reappear III
~, farI every wear and give Nol q
'n. ccrer You viii thus have put
ale CROP from the land, Whea' t.
,,c,, will every year he get',hs
aiio S,a MORE manure. 1arm 1ia ,
ia ,,lv butter and wheat shonia
s.,',;dlv improve and year af'eT yea
al,le tn feed more stoch. ~
1ara not the expert DAIRY ll,ah 'il' w.
,,ot eynect to provide. al 'lle 'Pfa,l7
Tvs 1cl - not 10 dairy at all. but to
a"'i no feed in the same way orr
grow ~ a+tle every fall to feed Tor
hhy 'ii' ,.l,ct Good beeveS are al.
| tn" De ,,,nd and the feeding or
neef ma cattle that can take ;na 1h9,s, h',sinees
to ton maket is far n, lsTe s,e is,H s no money in
tin h','h'n -, and if YOU make th''
Over , the ,r;ll ,r;l certainly fail to make
| IoiryinG pay.