The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-25

SOD IS as springy as a mattress. and
IS the most beautiful have seem here
lhG clay well filled with manure is
the sell for grass, and having this
would SOW fully four bushels OF the
NAKED seed reg acre, and rake O.. hst.-
row 1t ~. linen pack or roll the soil
tight to the seeds. Sow any time Il.
September or early in October and
60 not make the mistake some do o,
sowing white clover, for that is death
and destruction to the pernanency OF
the lawn. Ine Red top will come lp
2t once and make 4 green while the
slower Kentucky Blue grass is com
ing on, and after one year the lawn
Will be all blue grass. In the sDrino
start the lawn mower as soon as the
grass is tall enough for it to bite,
and in all seasonable weather mow it
once q week and leave the cut grass
to sink down and mulch the roots.
hat fall give the lawn a dressing
OF Stacked lime at rate Of about 20
bushels per acre. and repeat the dress
ing once in six years. Every spring
give it also Il dressing OF acid phos-
phate on bone meal and cotton seed
meal mixed half and half. Blue grass
is Il limestone soil grass and lime is
essential to its welfare. Regular
moving in all growing weather is
also essential and the retention Of the
cut grass as q, mulch. There is no
difficulty in keeping Il lawn here on
clay soil if it is attended to and
kept fertile
\ Casweil county friend writes that
our directions for making pea vine
haE have been such Il wonderful sue
cess with him that he wants to SOW
100 bushels next year and wants to
know how to save the seeds. Until
there is a machine invented that Will.
harvest the peas the saving Of seed
viii always be rather costly opera
ton. About the best way will be 10
NOW the ripe peas when rather damp
| from dew to prevent shattering. Haul
| to the barn and let them dry and
then fail them or put them or a
| treading floor and tread them out n
the old fashioned way with horses.
| There are machines on the market
! that will thresh the peas nicely after
they are gathered. but the gathering
! by hand is q costly process. We re-
ceived a sample Of Cow peas today
~roIn farmer in North Eastern Iowa,
who said that nc soNycd them the sex
ond of June, and they were ripe the
10Th Of August. These We're the War
rem Extra Early. a pea which we
found years ago in the hands OF Mr..
| Warren. of Pitt county, end got them
! introduced by scotsman. 1t is very
interesting to know that they are
ripening our Southern peas away up
in the northern part Of Iowa, and ti1at
the Northern farmers arc appreciate
ing the pea. | fear that they viii yet
get ahead Of our own folks in this
appreciation. for when the farmer up
North gets hold Of good thing he
uses it freely. ! have another carly
Black pea which is now making pods
on the same land on which the seed o.
the preser. crop was grown tins sum
mer This Cca came from Arkansas
and is heavier crcpper than the War
ren. | have also this season been
irving a new pea similar TO the Lady
pea from Mexico, which Is said to run
20 feet 1t has not run that tar TINS
dry summer but IS promising. ana |
hope to save some seed. Any one who
has crop Of ripe peas this season
should save them. for they Will be
high priced fe>t spring and hard to
get