The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26

-4 the fungus plants tha' hahe ui'e''ee
..,~ orchard and garden crops are usu-
.re.aleut and l am getting from
. -..rsons specimens to ldentl1y ana
-,-r-rSt cures. One insect "hlch Is
w.. almost daily now is the clifton
-.,,a 1ruse. which is attacking the silver
.ta frees everywhere. People SEND me
- s4tar box of the maple leaves cover
,.s-r the white daWny substances at
.t.f F., these lice. and want TO know
t.. IN a0 1t is rather hard matter
-.rav large tree. but do not know
Ban. m attack these incests otherwise.
-..r..s.ra emulsion is about the only thing
..a for their destruction. The best
. FL. make kerosene emulsion is TO dis
.,.- half r pound Of hard soap. common
....r soap is the best. in boiling water.
eara0. The water should be rain
..-.~ ar other very soft water. Then add
...., Gallons Of kerosene and churn 1--WE or
,.o minutes till the oil and soapsuds
...ta in creamy emulsion. Keep 1T
..--, an the time. For spraying green
..1..y. thts should he diluted with twenty
..-r-- Of water. and soft warm water
.. .rar for II perfectly cold it jellies TO
s-.a IN extent as to be hard 10 use APP
-rr -ha emulsion TO the trees with
..~.v.a- pump and nozzle.
s.srsI of our readers have recently
written To NE asking for a remedy for
ra.- rhev call yellow Fever and Vel
-.a side" in their cabbage. This disease
scents ta be particularly prevalent in the
Eastern part of the State. After the
..tts.t, are badly affected. there is no
USE .e .o anything, since the disease IS
...--E tv bacteria within the plant. The
soil sar4 affected with these and they get
..-a .hs plant Mt very early stage and
v-.- once i'm. cannot be reached by any
-.-4Ev The only suggestion | can make
- REGARD I'D these soil bacteria that cause
Diseases lu plants Is To seek prevention,
rather than cure. Never plant cabbage
Or ..-n.rs ON land where there We're cab
tase ar turnips the year before. Then
a.- the land where YOU propose 10 plant
..laza good coat Of lime in the winter
.-ta-e setting ont the cabboge. In this
say sou may avoid the disease, but you
.1baot cure Il when thep liant Is attacked.
Western North Carolina correspon-
5ae- sends ma al spccinent of apple tree
.-s an which are insects, and wants
aaaw Il -hese the the san Jose scale.
.a They are a scale called the Harris
.-.e or Seurfy scale. Chonaspis Fur
- They are seldom SO plentiful as
10 uolE kin the trees. but they are
nevertheless harmful The elongated
white bodies make the bark look scurfy.
.arE ar. more easily destroyed than the
er. tat San Jose scale. and the kerosene
ou described above is the best
remedy tar them. The elm trees about
Greensboro were year or so ago badly
raa with a similar scale. Chionaspis
-Nter.. hut ! hear little of it now and
aEe it has largely disappeared.
Aaarher reader wants to know if he
'". take au suckers of blackberrie. AT
ms season OF the year and transplant
..el 40 as 10 make crop next year.
-a you cannot do anything OF the sort,
successfully Iou might get them 20 liF~
perhaps. bat you would gain nothing in
1870" over planting matured plants. In
.-.'aE tiackbcrrics and raspberries you
".i have TO wait q year for them to
make -rowth for q crop.
We gathered today our first fruit OF
.@ Logan berry. This is a large berry
'a.aE ike a big red blackberry. which
SAID to De- a cross between the rasp-
perry and the blackberry. 1t certainly
..".s like blackberry except il is a rasp-
gerry red and tastes like a raspberry
q. b. proves 10 be a good cropper. il ought
I'D "@ valuable addition to our fruits
4T7 ot the raspberries and blackber-
ai" not so good 10 plant as the plants
"#.ilF grown from cuttings OF the roots
."@ way TO do this is 10 take up large
r.t-.s IN The fall and cut the long roots
-' pieces about two or three inches
.-= Bury these during the winter in
-' Convenient place out OF the reach OF
--'+ .Eeezing, but still moist so that the
sai may become calloused by spring
e1"A2, plant these cuttings in shallow
9"- and as thew grow cultivate then
'S 1e summer so as to get strong
Dry the fall. These will be far bet
-. "eA The suckers from the old plants
".'" Us, however, q decided advantage
as@'.Ag strawberries in late summer
+a' 'Ae yaung plants as soon as they
made short white roots and put
1 int" thTee-inch flower pots with {
outpost. These are packed together
I'D a cold frame. and shaded by
I'ehs, and kept watered regularly
.4l they will have filed the pots Will
ana can then be knocked out anG
without breaking the ball o
,.u "Ad these plants will give you
.'h next spring. few years agt
.'H out seed from a lot OF straw
.h May and sowed them at once il
'h mouse. AS fast as the Seeding
''iA' enough to handle they Were
rH l"fce-inch pots and grown on til
rr -"' were then set in the open ground
l. 1"il was that these plants wer
"'is foot across the following
t.t -4" All bore fine crops Of fruit
.f 'A many ways from each Othe
l..' The ease with which straw
,ref can bee grown from the seed, ha
less "' number Of varieties almost end
a. +"l no new ones should be intro
ara -Aiess IL has some merits abov
I.,r "'' are now grown. OF all the straw
rr. .'4Ilngs / have raised, there wer
OF n. 'A"Aght worthy OF the attention
cf . "'' men, because OF the softnes
l.rn. mesh, though many were YER
s...l, ana "a ME and great bearers an
-rr nave been excellent for home use
8'l4e correspondent asks whethe