The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-12
NOTES OF THE FARM. :
BY w. F. MASSEY, Of A. & M College, g


+-..a writes: Il am much interested
fla .a, efforts being made 10 overcome
,t.. labor Of picking the morn worms
t..u tobacco. by spraying or busting.
Can YOU give me amy information in
REGARD to the matter? | would be
aIad 10 know if il can be done with
,rarticai success. How is the mixture
at.uli,d and how often, and is it better
-, spray or to dust" There is no diff
f,4lltv Whatever in keeping the worms
off bv spraying Paris green and
vatpr. You will need for this pur-
posse "a spraying pump and outfit. The
-uulp may be in a large cask on
wheels or a Lnapsack sprayer can be
used. which is carried strapped on the
uurEman's back and he pumps with
one hand while he directs the spray
with The other so as to direct it to
aH parts of the leaf. The mixture
is made by putting quarter of a
pound OF Paris green in 80 gallons of
wafer. and the spraying pump should
hr SEQ arranged as to keep it constant
h stirred mp and mixed. as the Paris
urrru does not dissolve in water. but
Is merely held in suspension. We do
except for the first brood Of worms.
If u>rd for the latter ones the leaf
Is then getting SO gummy that it will
ue retained TOO long and will be dan
erruu~. But the quic& destruction
af the early brood means a great les
-rHiuo of the later ones and the say
inc of great deal OF hand labor.
-u.e are using the poison too late
fH f. ne season. for a few wears ago |
visited "a field where they We're plim-
u9 and curing and the leaves We're
ar.Il covered with the poison. Such
tauarco could not fail to be dangerous
ta H~r. There is poison enough nat
#.aU, belonging to tobacco without
adding deadly poison like Paris
GREEN for the chcwer or smoker.
Auother correspondent says tnat he
eauf~ 10 buy IA seed drill complete
a5fb fertilizer attachment. want the
Hhiur 50 arranged that the discs
ra bee removed. and the machine used
III sow peas i'm corn at last working
"El. or 10 attach the disco and SOW
.-s. on StubbIe land. One fact has
a-cu.ur fixed in my mind through he
.ea5ju@ Of your letters. and that is
tha GOOD beef and pork viii always
SELL especially when the latter is we'll
miles 10 me for stall fed beef. and
Meu came TO me for hog and bacon.
and by he first of June | will be en-
HFrI} sold out except of what is need
eI at home. | killed 90 hogs this
year: part Of which | sold fresh and
ta- rest | have sold fcl. not less than
.H cents per pound except the heads.
Have sold as much as SO worth in a
day right here at home, and an out
"5 HE way place at that. | have q
held ln two parts. one in oats u acres
10 he @razed by pigs. I'm the other
Ia"l ere ten acres of potatoes to be
au" and OF oats to be cut and SOwn
'H peas. Don't YOU think can save
money by buying Il drill? ! will have
1000 hogs of mT own to fatten. IT L
can buy 100 more cannot | fatten them
"HihGtt feeding much corn? Will 1t
Hol pay me in Il rotation where wheat
"@d potatoes follow corn. to fertiliZe
'hr corn and peas with 400 pounds OF
mixture of , per cent. ammonia. Z
per cent Of acid phosphate and per
cent. potash used brOadcaSto Will
'o stock with the pea vine hay than to
>rh IT. | want q shredder and corn
Haifrs1cr but ann not vet able to get
-'f. and have Just set up a twO-hOrSe
'#0}l}ator. and am deyOting 800 per
"aNu'n - improved implements, and
.hrN always pay me their cost the
".~I season. Would be glad to have
l"DI win YOU about these farm mat
.@I7' "Hd may come to Raleigh some
...ar }hIS summer or fall. Letters
"~D this one. which | have quoted
'h'" hat at length. are encouraging
10 one who is iaboring for the eleva-
.I'H "t The farming Of the Old North
..'I"' as IT shows that the labor has
.'' been i'm vain. and that here and
."'Fr the seed is falling into good
.'hd and producing a harvest. Our
'HH wants 4 disc drill. but | do not
@"'W Of any disc drill that can be
l.''' Z" work among standing corn.
are using here a corn planter
' fertilizer attachment which
"'"h hV one horse. This could
'- easily be used for planting
Gown the middles after the corn
"d nE. There is a little machine
~ Darlington, S. c.. for planting
'''H@NIdc corn rows at the same
me corn IS laid by. If is attach
me rnltivator and drops the
~ '' NILS right along the corn rows
r same time the last cultlva-
peln% done. This machine.
r 'r'' only costs 500. | regret
n.I ct" no1 know the name Of the
u;. mn amy one at Darlington can
..5 H.. our land is light and level
.,.n Us probable that the disc drill
r.,,u 'hr peas on the stubbe land
r.. "ad well. But on heavy land
b4. 3" necessary to plow the stub
g.. am glad that YOU are find
+a.-. ''i am right ii insisting on
ora sock a the foundation OF
..- .'gln@- You are in the level
in Eastern North Carolina and
-"' climate where expensive