The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-19
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NOTES OF THE FARM. !
BY w. F. MASSEY, of A. & M. Colleoo :
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Keeping them out Of the plant and de
StroNlnG them in the soil.
\ lady in Western North Carolina
sends me TWO specimens Of forms
she pulled from Il walnut tree and
wants TO know what they are. She
says these silky balls with two tufts
'ke chenille II the top are VERY beau
1!ful. True. they are beautiful and
the only wonder is that educated peo-
pie are 50 ignorant Of plant life. The
walnut tree is what we call n mOnce-
ceons plant in botany That is It bears
two kinds of flowers one having only
the StamenS or male organs. which
form the pollen. an1 the other the
plStlllate or female flower to which
the oEarE or seed vessel is attached
\ on douhtleSS SAM the long taSSel like
blossoms Of the walnut and doub,-
less Won also saw that they fell off
and left nothing where they we're
liut right near by YOU could have seen
these round silky objects. with the
TWO tufts Of chenille NJ the end. The
long taSSclS were the Stanjat2 flow
erS. The little round things with the
mo tufts ~ the top are the pistilate
flowers ana the two tufts are the
Nti2maS that receive The pollen from
the taSSelS which sci the seed in the
oVarN. You Will find the same thing
in the oak and cEasuut. The little
acorn sits up alone and the po!icn
from the catl>in impre@natcs the sti~-
ma and grows down till il sets up 4
acH growth and forms an embryo
i'm The seed. Nature forms Il great
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nor grow @""' crelS on SOL thal re-
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! ear VIII ne atci"'d'| petftf. VISA 10
$40" ~ tins 's true. or whether ii Is
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iand county where the cotton grow
'rS peh,Nc IA heavy terutfIhE Tor cot
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the h'>l SoHN"'', II 'i''. crop !. 10 -,
koPi up. nc i'S9"I' III TINS '''''
ne c"''oh '"f.hct Nio o''NS NJ 'f'St'
Il ~ any fofin - ltf"Nihs ~" money
away. l"' u ne tarh'N riSh'' ne ''!i
/ get 3l' the nitrogen h'eaeh ny. of''I-
nary farm crops without money ana
+ WI hout Irit" aEd not only without
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Reasoning entirely from probahili-
\ tres. would say thaf would hot be
s ~ c,tton ON ,,Lirh nitrate Of soda *