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

IVY ~ 81 q
closed vessel ia certain death to weeviis
and all other insects, Although it
has a most vile odor this chemical will
not faint or ia any way il are the
most delicate food nor hurt the germi.
mating power OF seeds, Toe 81 ostance
is very explosive and must ne kept
away from fire. The cost in 90 pouud
cans is 10 cents per pound.
2.-''AIkaIi' in the soil ts a condition
that troubles all irrigated soils. The
remedy is deep fall plo wing, folio we'd
by repeated flooding and deep drain
age. This will dissolve out all the
alksIi down 30 the lowes5 level of
bitches.
-''5unscsld" in rice is the In Try
OF young plants by premature fl lodlng
Toe ''Iong point" hJw should not be
turned ON until the pIap ts are above s
inches high. The wafer should then
nearly cover the plants.
4-''Sun cracked" or Fl Jury graiu is
supposed to be caused by the sun burn.
ing che grain in shock. It is also very
likely helped by lack Of q certain / ind
of plant food in the soil. The remedy
is Co cover the. standing sheaves thor
oughly and turn the butts Of the c ~
ping shesves TO the SUM-. The OILED
cloth sold by seedsmen for hotbed
covers make very cheap and eff :itnt
covers for grain shocks. Il will pay to
use these covers TO protect rice shocks,
as it improves quality Of both grain
and straw.
The fertilization of rice fields is a
matter of great importance in ell OH
entail countries. In America it seems
TO be taken for granted that rice land
are inexhaustiOly rich and need no
fertilizer. The lack Of some one or
more. elements of a complete plant food
ia PROBABLY the chief cause of the low
milling quality of the Carolina RIGA.
FnIs q lesEIon will be dealt with further
under head of Low Mllling Grain,
which see.
5.-R5d rica. This is a weed in rice
fields which occupies about the same
position with rice growers
that chess holds in the minds Of the
wheat growers. When the sown crop
fails the weed is found in possession OF
the field, Therefore 1.-The wheat has
to chess and 1.-The edible white
rice Oecom g tpe worthless red rice u
men who have studied tines
matters know that wheat never under
any circumstances, or Oy any conceiv
able cOncR5en8tlon Of disasters gurDs
TO chess. IG Is equally true that pure
or golden rice never turns to red
rice, AID vice versa. These two are dis
tine species. Cultivated re is Oraza
Red rlc9 lie OryzH rufOpog0n
7 40 g " species ny OrIa,z or mlx
very readily, but before they can do
5his both spe il g must be present il thr
ieldl The hyorids are not permaaeDt
Out 0 o die u or revert to one or the
other of the parent species. The rem
for red riCe is TO exterminate the
weed from the field and to SOW only
pure cultivated seed II tine rice stub0le
turned under Immediately after har
vest and a winter crop such as oats.
Vetch or Canada pea is 80 Rn, rel rice
will SOC be smotnered Gus, the land
will be improved and the owner will
get two annual crops instead of one.
Glow Milling Grain. Rice millers
say that Carolioa grain rarely gives
80 per cant. of had or unbroken
gram aud often only 10 per cent after
p 4ssing through the polishing process.
As bEOken rice sells for less than one
third the price Of head rice the loss on
his account is very large. Tne MOI t
remedy for this evil is the dis |
; ntinuance Of the foolish, wasteful
and worthless praciice of polishing !
'Ice. Bat since the market a. DR. sem |
demands polished rice the planter |
must endeavor to supply a grain ina
will hold together under the severe
youndlng and rubbing it receives. This
8 a tough horny grain. Ii has been
proved in case of wheat that a relative
Excess OF nitrogen In the soil tends TO
produce horny grain while a relative
excess of phos ohorIc acid tends to pro
luce a brittle, hOury gram. There ar
10 known similar experiments with
ice, but what is true for wheat is
most likely true for ric9. Rice plant
should experiment. in a small wav
With fertiliz srs and fad out juss what
heir soil lacks and what is the most
Droftable way to supply this lack. 1t
3 best done by means of trial plots of
10 acre. The folio wing plan is sug-
Lay off one square acre or 100