The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-17

ms corn land in peas as a yreparaiion
Tor wheat, and that he is gettinp the
Wheat all right. me farmer who
SoWs peas and clover is on the RIGHT
track, and will be sure 70 win in the
end. nave a considerable area here
soWn IN peas which will be cut for
nay by the last of July or early Au-
gust and this stubble | propose to
use for the sowing of the crimson
clover, and confidently expect to get
a stand. One of the principal reasons
Tor a failure in getting a stand Of
clover in many cases is the sowing
OF too little seed. We always SOW
ID pounds per acre. and never failed
TO get stand but once, when our
red clover, SOWn in the spring. was
killed by frost justas it was coming
through. Thick seeding is one of the
surest ways to get a stand of clover
or grass either. \ thick growth Of
clover Will pay we'll for an extra eN-
pendlture for seed, and q poor crop
from thin seeding will make q far
greater loss than the seed would ha ~
cost.
\ Winston correspondent sends
samples of Elm leaves eaten by an
insect which he also sends This is
the elm beetle, an imported European
insect. They make three broOCs n
year. and 90 into the pupa state at
the base of the trees in crevices Of
| the bark. The best way to destroy
| them is to Saturate all the creviceS
at the base of the tree Were they
| hide with Kerosene emulsion. This is
! made by dissOlving half a pound Of
common I've soap in a gallon Of boil
ing soft water lnen add two gallons
! of Kerosene and churn them till the
| oil and water unite and form a
| creamy emulsion. Then add 20 parts
of soft water and it is ready for use
! is better to use hot as it is apt to
! Jelly when ctld.
Another city correspondent writes
me that he has a lot of hores
which are being worked hard
! in dravs and that he thinks corn too
heating a feed for them. He wants
Il ration that viii be better. For
heavy horses that are kept at work
in summer, corn is far too fattening
| in its nature, and YOU need q better
muscle making food. For such horses
| would advise 15 pounds Of oats and
3 pounds Of bran daily at three feeds
with all the cut hay they will eat.
This Will be a better muscle making
| ration. and can be reduced CT in
creased according to the weight ans,
character Of the horse.
Il will soon have about 200 to 300
bushels of Yellow Danvers and Silver
| Skin onion. ', hat is usually the
| best market for them when matured
Is it better to ship in barrels or bas-
kets?" The varieties Of onions YOU
have are fairly good keepers, and
may be kept TIL cold weather and
then sold in any OF the Southern
cities at better prices than usual in
the North. If barrelled and shipped
at once North, they may bring a
good price before the Northern crop
comes in, but later the Southern mar
llet is the best. Onions that are in
tended to be kept should be wei
cured at first, and should be cured
with the tops on. for they sprout
much more quickly if the tops are
taken off than if tnev are cured with
, the tops on The dry tops will also
prevent their packing too closely ano
heating My plan IS to pull the on
ions when ripe, and let them lie
dav or so in the sun. but not allowed
to be reained upon. Then spread
them in the hottest place indoors YOU
can find up near the roof of an out
building or some such place. so that
they Will get we'll cured, and then put
them in a cooler place; but spreas
thlnlt. lie Dtll\efS lS' q pStttl hee?
er than the Silver Skin, but the bes
keepers are the Southport White
Globe and the Opal. a red onion
These will keep all winter if groWI
here from the seed. Onions grown
from the set are not worth anything
, for keeping and should always bt
! used green. | have fine onions now
: nearly ready to pull. which were
GROWN from the black seed soWn thi
sprinp. These are far be ter than any
! GROWN from sets.
w. +. MASSEY.