The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-14
NOTES OF THE FARM !:
BY w. F. MASSEY, of A. & M COLLEGE.



what IS the best black eye pea for;
.r-lt? Would it pay to SOW crimson
r,gar in my cotton On fairly good land
20 follow with corn next spring." The
+.- black pea | have ever tried is one
.-.n- me by J>M. Hudson, Pine Bluff Ark
,. .3si]v makes two crops in a season
T have it now July 14th) ripe from seed
o,agted the middle of May, and il will
,r.ke another crop on the same land by
the middle of September. ! have no seed
e.-~ sq1p but think that it can be had from
Mr. Hudson.
Il have been reading your letters every
week carefully, and as l am young man
inst s-arting out in life L. of course, want
~ make a success of my farming My
lsad is sandy with yellow sandy sub
-rH / see the most of your advice is in |
-.rI to clay sell. l want to know what |
E..l Of clover grows best en- sandy soil |
1r-a- would Japan clever do? | see that |
-r.GeIa seed is advertised for sandy |
-aH How viii it do as a forage crop and |
e.u Improvement. | grow tobacco as a |
money crop, and have some land that I |
keep especially fer tobacco, and sCme for
Germ. Give me a good rotation fer each. |
u- YOU think stock raising would pay on
small scale, CT Try to raise ten beef
9.-Ie every year? Which is the best
f-aet for the purpose? On your sandy soil
v.lId not bother to grow any clover
ezeert the winter growing crimson clover.
Red clever would be apt to burn cut in
SIMMER. Japan clover is worth Moth
ing IS a forage crop, and is only fl for
III ST clay lands and waste places whore
il is better than broomsedge. Do not
bother about the various plarts you see
advertised fer forage plants. There is no
rlanr that can take the Place Of the pea
in y-ur land. l would get that land into
T. -e.I three year rotation Of crops. Say
ne-thtrd in tC1acco and cCrn together
Follow these with fall sown cats ferti-
Lied with a god standard fertilizer Cut
the CTS and at Cnce SOW the land in
Geas and cut them for hay to feed to
stcek, I'd also feed your corn and fodder
to s-Cck. During the winter get all
your manure out ca the pea stubble and
spread it en- the part where the corn is
to 20. AMI on the part 20 so in tobacco
use numerical fertilizers. Put the corn
Cu ne land where the tobacco grew the
fir. wear. and change it thus every time,
so .hat rart Ct the field will get manured
G1ce - three years and part have fert-
Hzers If you fClIcw this course rigidly
YEA will sccn be able Ito fatten beeyes
with year ccTn and peas, and will be
mixing a gC0d lot of manure, and you
VIII soon find that the cats Will need
.21th-rg hut eci(t,-h h~ 5phate, fi1a ts2ally in
crease n Prcluctiveness. You are young,
and have opportunity to develop into
an intelligent farmer. Read all the best
works on the subject and do net care
that ignorant men call you a book far
mer The book farmers are about the
only cnes who make money at farming
Feed all he Won can grow feed for
and increase the number your feed in
cIeases. Fer your lands the Devon cat
tie are IS good as any. The Short Horns
are heavier beef cattle but are adapted
10 a I-cher grass region, But pick UP the
best CttIe you can find, till you are able
u breed what you want.
Il have been reading your letters about
Tn tarming, and am trying to follow your
atv.ne as near as possible. l am in debt
ami cannot venture out as l would like
To- l have small farm in Catawba
c~uGty The soil is brown gravel with
led clay suhsoil, and part is grey with
Light yellow subsCil. When | bought
the I,ace it had been cultivated till it
was devoid Of humUs and the land was
about bare. 1t is very easily washed
DR. a light rain. l have been thinking
that it would be best to seed lit all in
small grain. I was raised on farm, but
nave followed a mechanical trade for ff-
teen Years and feel that l VIII fail if you
at De- help me. There are many ready
.' advise but l prefer to take your ad-
Vice. Farm is 90 acres. l wculd like TO
have your opinion as to the best way to
farm his land in small grain. l want TO
make all he manure | can and also to
st" Jeo5. What grade CT fertilizer shall
use cn this land?' You are in sectitH
~e the growing of wheat and the feed
"s Of stock ought to form a part CT
every farm rotation. 1t is always hard
10 advise a man in regard to the cult
."n cf any particular piece OF land
Dee lay OF which is not familiar. With
-aat pf a uniform character 60 acre
...n can be easily divided into three
-.'l5 OF 20 acres each l saw field IN
maryland last week Of 20 acres from
"1eA 600 bushels of wheat have been
.i h.s summer and the land is not
81 tlIy better if as good yours. But
mas been farmed intelligently ano
'''agAt to a high state of prOductiveness
+'E ri the red clay lands of Piedmoni
lion can be made just as productive
.a'mei right. Set it down the mat
- the first Importance that your
ny snail be directed to the build
'- up Of your land rather than to sqUeez
"N Mite more to sell by the use OF fer
-@ rs. Get the forage and then yot
''e'o cattle. Without cattle there is
'-H chance fer the Improvement of
0i Gown piece of land. Your land Is
worm cut. It has simply gotten int
reproductive condition through baf
E1'l' n. If your land will divide wei
' 'nfee fields CT equal size you can q
start rotation that will tend to TIT
.'"Sed Production CT the small grai1
L@cessarily in the production
0.N fo2f crops. Start the following 70
~ i. Field No. ], in corn, with pea
"n among it. Corn cut and the pea