The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-04
NOTES OF THE FARM.
BY W, +. MASSEY, OF A, & NJ College.


Poullus P OF potash you get IF ,.o,,
nousnt muriate of potash Won uo,'Il SJI
5oo 80" lilly pounds of potash in a1,o,.1.
pouilos, and the actual notaeI
Noulo cost you less since ono fo,,p.til s's.,l
~ ,l.ucli ~ OF the muriate would oive Won,
sL 'lie kalnIt does and i'm q hat+a,
12n'le. II you were buyino for 49,
oacco' then YOU should oct tbn bie.b
! Sl"oe sulphate CT potash bnt ,a,Sa,. -
ene KANT nor the muriate In 1iei,(d.
IoiiLliiefclal fertilizers it is alva,,s, I,ll<.
use 'hem alone and then Won know
Ja7o J " nat you are applying. Then #
@ you nave any manure or ashes a., rich
I;ll,, o"uS earth, apply them alone and
ana t'liS' Ior 1t will not pay to mix
ana turn things with such \ low, 49,,
hurlal value. Get all tho n,,,,.,.;al
iiiatters OF the farm spread on ~
laho as soon as possible after tbnv
net''llu ulate, and do not imaoine thn+
oN pli1n& and turning, a LOT Of eti'fs
' lou are aadln9 any value to it. b1f
scu are SIMPLY wasting labor that
hliSnt be better applied Nan,,ra of
IHH klnd Is not thing to hoard. but
~ Shoui'i be gotten as fast as made
"nefe some plant is calling for il
rom Macon county: Il have lust
iill1shed sowing a sandy piece of river
ooltom IL wheat Would it be ad-
,isaole TO roll it after the drill? How
iate can hairy vetch be sovn ON hot
'oi4 land. and how to prepare the
ol"ooie that has had a crop Of weeds
di'u ~ crab grass moWn off?" On land of
.haI chaIacter we would Ger
talnly roll after the driU as
the soil needs more comnact.
ing and will be less liable to heava
How late the vetch can be s0,vn we a,.a
hardly able to say. Ours was sovo
the last week in October, this year.
ana looks we'll now. This vetch is still
IN the experimental stage and we hove
not Vet learned all about it. In your
mountain section we would not sow
later than the middle OF October. with
our present knowledge of the plant
But only experiment can determine
tins IN any locality. We would plow
the land, SOW the seed and harrow it
~. That is the way we did on a pea
sfubble. The compost peddlers seem
to be peculiarly active this season. and
are ooubtless humhugging the far
mers who do not read. We showed up
one Of these some months ago who was
operating on the farmers Of Caldwell
and other counties. This station is
sued bulletin OF warning, against
these fellows several years ago and
now it seems necessary to issue
another. Bulletin No. 173 has lust
been issued by the chemists Of the
station, and can be had ON application
TO the director, Dr. Geo. r. Winston,
West Raleigh. y. c. In this bulletin
is published the formula for what is
called 'Home Fertilizer" the recipe
for which is being sold for $500 by
John Green. agent. from Sullivan
county. Tenn As is 3usual with all
these humbucs. it is Il mixture of
chemicals with earth lime ashes and
salt. The bulletin notes that some Of
the chemicals named are not used fer
fertilzing purposes. such as muriate
Of ammonia. and copperas, or sui
phate of iron. and while nitrate OF
soda is valuable. the amount in the
miNture would be equal to about three
dead eats per acre. CauStlc potash is
also advised. and is never used as a
fertilizer as it is too caustic and would
drive off ammonia. Lime and ashes.
we may add. viii do the same thing in
a mixture. Then the salt advised in
the mixture is Of no manner Of use.
as salt is not plant food. Then pe-
sides these things, nearly half the mix
ture is to- be rich earth and then
stable manure and ashes. all OF which.
as we nave Illlie ana itSdiH Stli'i. W ~
be better applied alone than mixed.
Then there is another called "fhe
process Of compoundino the Farmers
Compound Fertilizer" method for
manipulating the manure in the
stables. This process is said to be
copyrighted by a man in Winston, but
a letter 10 the Librarian OF Congress
brought the answer that their index
shows no such copyright to this party.
The whole process in fact involves
waste of labor and manure. We can
not too often impress upon the far
mers Of the State. the fact that manure
made on the farm is not a thing to
hoard and turn and pile, for it will
be all the time losing value. Get the
nanure a4 rapidlv as possible out on
the land where there are plants grow
iru or I'm GROW. The soil Will absorb
,nI hold on to it better than anything
olse The bulletin discusses these two
bu,obuoe connpleteiV and we advise
o,.o,.r farmer. to- send for it ana study
# When any compost pedGier oIieF9
vo,, !, secret compound for sale. fepoit
Mn, at once to this station, ana Sehd
nc any circulars that he may Issue.
,rh. station is for the protection O.
tho farmpr. and we Will 90 50 II 'f''H
u.;ll let rs. The station 0t''"N'9
ALWAYS ready tC give. re ~
,,,ootic;ll formulas for ffFiill/"'S -
d;frerant crors. and ANY cHGF' FE.i ''''
,,,,l,o to oet returns out cf IN" .i''''-
l,nr ,cciDc4 sold will result III f''..','
ma mon who are selling 1l'S'
lines do not know the nature "i 90
mixtures they advise