The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-11

,.nH like TO have your advice about
.,,araftug land. Which is best. to
,Ira the land deep and turn up the
aat and mix it with the soil with
n+auav harrow, or to subsoil If?
n.r tWo-hOrse cutaway and am
.h,nkrng Ct buying sulkey disk. |
nanr Tie. beso two-horse plow on the
,rr,et for deep blowing and will
-rne Hour advice" There is moth
rr i'm the treatment of the soil which
Ianfnd~ 80 much upon the nature of
.bs sell and subsoil as the matter
If blowing. There are some soils we
ua'.la never plow deep. 4 cold, craw-
4.hy bottom would be one till we
.ara grr it we'll underdrained. Then
vonU not touch clay at all. does not
need deep plowing. In any of our
rnIsnd soils where the subsoil is the
deep red clay there can be no such
,h.n- a~ too deep plowing. provided
II IS NOT TOO hastily done. If we had
n'enrv Of manure we would never hes
mre about turning up a red clay sub
,af bur ordinarily we have not
enough of this and it is best to pro-
rea cautiously. | would plow the
,.il as deep as possible without turn
rr mp the clay. and would run
lb>o.er in the same furrOw after the
-r~ninw plOw so as to loosen the sub
soil but leave where it is for the pres
~t The next time the land is bro
Ken. rum little deeper and turn a
little ot the clay. and so gradually mix
the >g0s0il with the top soil. There is
d, soil Ne have that will grow grass
u5 huIi n sod like our upland red
cav. Four years ago we graded a
piece of land here at the college, and
7Ha6 I'm one piece three feet deep with
he red clay from the excavation. We
nnwed this piece fairly we'll and
then determined to experiment with
+ ro ~-r what the natural growth
would ne. It is part of our lawn and
has neErr had a grass seed SoWn on
t and Yet today it has as pretty sod
amy lawn around here. Nothing has
.4n done 10 it but that one manurin9
r years ago, except to keep it
uwu with the lawn mower. Now
rarrha~ your land should be turned
II audi the clay mixed with the sur
- soil | cannot say unless / was
acquainted with the nature Of Your
@ nur i'm the Piedmont uplands of
the State we have often said that the
pt clay is the best soil we have and
r land iS all good sell down 10 the
>r rock. and all it needs Is aerating
"o pul1erizing 10 make it productive.
ii the first start in the deepening of
-e soil it is always better however to
~o. and to deepen the turning
w#HaIlr. For land where there Is
rr much trash there is no better plow
aan the Oliver Chilled, but it chOkes
ia foul land, and in such land the
syracuse is better.
From BuucOmbe Co.: IF fresh pine
audu~r il used in horse and cattle
sails and the manure is plowed in at
a-- or - cart loads per acre. Is 1t IKE
that the crop would be damaged in
aar way bs the SaWduSt on the turpen-
the II contains. | have chance TO
c.' FL IDt Of manure from teams kept
saw mill where they use saw
Gust .u the stalls. and | want advice.
hose who have had experience with
manure from stables where SawduSt
used a- bedding do not favor 1T
a r.e he ONLY bad effects we
4#.. imagine from it would be a ten
.nos r0 sour the land. But ! am
ally and will have some experience
70 -lve I'm the future | got a lot OF
stable manure from the mills here
#aere ~awdust has been used as bed
a-. and have used it literally on my
'oror beds probably five times as
1rs AS YOU suggest. | hope It Will
.aEa no bad effect but I am as the
.r+.e~ would say ''joobous' about IT
-,l |
a l.. what experiment station peo-
" arn for
From Hurke Co: Il have piece
auo JIM very fine red clover ane
4raara grass. sown last spring.
.."e that the frost of the last feW
-H'~ au, uipped the leaves on some
4 " f. Do YOU think it would inJure Il
/ ' -ra/e fl with sheep and goats II
-'. dry weather. in winter. ana tS
i l9a'N now. as there is such a ram
] ,oWAI It seems TO me that 1t may
] ' hHr il worse to pasture II OF
8.h ta .et the frost kill it Off en-
A re Your letters very much and 1heA
] @.r worth many times the price OF th'
.""'r tm me-" We are of the opihiol
4a' nna-iatc Grazing Will do no harm
i 'h" -od but sheep and goats ea
VII. ru-.. and they may, if alloWe'
i W." ~1. oppose the crowns OF 'i'
~ars too much. But no harm WI
.rmm moderate pasturin2- IL
d may apparently kill a goo, dea
Il '"" growth, but ii will sun o'
,. 70 mulch and protect the roofs
8 L ."'r- may be need for snch pr"
r'" Do Your mountain country.
g .0" Durham Co.: ''is it best L
.i'e roNs for setting cabba2'
a H the fall east and west
which side should the plant
ANIL Ran the row east and ives
a.a 'N.'" up sharp ridges over I'd
b.. "'aHttd burrows. Then set IN
ana Il" the south side of the ridges
Z aa. 'hem so that the entire Sffr
u aa,. " covered, as that is the fenhe
I rd, N'l them in the SIDE ol "
IN >f hat when the soil i ieNfli"
& 'a. he spring they will be g
'"'fal level. Set the plants abo'
# 1 ais close in the rows rs You rs
t' stand. SO as To allow for lo'