The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-04

ft.,n! IN ItaQdOlpll county writes,
... a constant reader Of your let
..a am very much benefited
.... am like the brother who
" .mur letters are worth the sub
S.,tt.o price to the paper. | ann
..ro farmer just started out.
.. 1nrIltd on the farm till lSst
Hut | made a nice crop OF
".- and have Il good corn crop
.....5.fuo the dry weather. | rent
his wear. but will go on my own
rbi, fall. which has been rented
'. -l. last 20 wears. This land has
.r badly worked and is poor. There
.r. seven and three-quarter acres Of
-t.Yf land and about 10 to u acres
'@..Iard with red clay subsoil. Much
II +, washed badly and is grown
;.... This year. The BOTTOMS
I'm wheat. Please let me know
,F.t course to pursue. My part Of
,t.. .rreIz bottoms is not much sub
...- ru overflow. Let me hear from
-.,u through the paper without using
NV name. You are doing great
,,.l among our farmers, and L bid
you cod speed
ln. Young friend will notice that
T never use the name Of my CORES
-ara.nr, nor even their postoftice ad-
'r.~- have adopted this practice
~. order that these letters may bet
..r helm and inspire confidence. for
few wish their personal trials and diff
+...rr+',. puraded in print. while they
NAV badly need help. KS L under
..al the case. YOU have less than 20
acres of land all told and most of it
=. moor That is it has become very
r-.+;,-, brO11o,h had trp3 fInput.
None of our Piedmont red clay is
r.aIry poor. and | take no stock in
The notion that it can be worn out ii
rroosr0y treated Still it needs the
rrarar treatment to restore II, and
moor man. with a little piece Of
moor land is badly handicapped, for
n restore what the errors OF the past
4 haze wasted requires at least a good
deal Of labor and some expenditure.
You rive me no information as to
what financial resources YOU may
u have. and hence | may advise what
ii >oa may he unable at present to CO.
iii The first thing to do is to stop the
~ waste Of the upland. TO begin tins.
# wgd as soon as the corn IS OH,
n Lrr team If | had not enough to
make TWO double teams. PlOW the
whole afrer clearing the pines out OF
The way with a good two horse turn
mg noueh as deep as the soil Will
allow. Then fallOw in the same fur
TOW with subsoil piOw drawn by a
good team. and try 10 loosen the red
clay down a foot deep. If you can
not get subsoiler. then use heavy
bull tongue ploW. After this thor
o84h blowing. put the land III oruer
and sow it in rye and apply TO rye
aHu pounds per acre OF good com
rye green in the spring to feed cattle
on can pIoW it under in March or
April and prepare the land to be sOWn
a peas. If YOU can afford it add a
or-sSug Of acid phosphate to the
peas. Cut and cure them for hay and
feed to cattle, and prepare the land
fur wheat in the fall. Follow the
wheat with peas again as soon as 1T
is cut. Now these too and put the
apply 900 pounds per acre OF good
complete fertilizer. You can cut TINS
rye green in the spring to feed cat
Tie or can plow it under in March or
April and prepare the land to be
SoWn i'm peas. If you can affOfd IL
add dressing of acid phosphate to
the peas. Cut and cure them for hay
and feed the cattle and prepare the
land for wheat in the fal. tolio"
'ar wheat with the peas again as
soon as il is cut. Now these too anc
put the land in order for wheat agaln
aud apply 800 pounds Of aciu phos
Pha'c per acre to the Whea'
and SOW red clover seed witt
The wheat. When once yo,
nav" that land covered WITT
rcd clover YOU can do what Eo'
please i'm the way of arranging
rotation for it. In the meantime
work the bottoms in corn and SOW
peas among the corn at last work
nag, and let them lie on the land
aa'r Your corn by cutting IT OFF a
The ground as soon as the ears ar
Well glazed and cure in shocks So
"s 1o have the whole of the fodde
"Hd stalks to feed. You can run tn
"''fnmS in corn for several years D.
always sowing peas among the corn
'au oT the time you have gotten IN
DfI"n4s into clover YOU can arrang
rum the whole place in tire
'" rotation, using part OF the bo'
" Ehd each year in connectlo
.h 'hc upland to make teno
"@H having the whole in three part
"oNId pat One-third in corn Wit
'a@ among it, follow this with whea
pressed with acid phosphate, an
@''ttd TO clover. Now the Glove
DoG', . and let the second growth r'
I.Hh ON The land. During the winte
u"". out all the manure you ha'
'."'r and spread il on the uplan
''i'. The clover alone will do for tn
'.''5a- PIoW in the spring and tuI
''nFcr and manure under deepi,
@!"nt corn again and then repe;
.''"non. You will find ate
,'' that the humus is increasin
d upland soil, and it is gettin
N'I IN color. and it Will then pa
ill.,, 'o give each tend a dressing (
o '' rate of 20 bushels per ac1
rn " SIX years, or each alterna
n"" Hf the rotation. treated in tn
ya. 1at upland should in a fe
'e capable Of making so bushe