The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-03
NOTES OF THE FARM.
By W F. Massey OF A. & M. College.


/, for crop Of pota1 )eS. Sulphur Viii
( probably have some tendency to check
+ the scHb. but it would be too eNpen-
/ eNe. The way to avoid scab is first
! 10 avoid land that has become infected
| with the fungus. and to use ONLY clean
and uninfectcd fertilizers Ii the seed
| potatoes are ScaDby. soak them one
j und a half hours in Il solution OF CorO-
! siye Sublilnate. using one ounce OF the
! poison in nine gallons Of water. This
! is q very Nirulent poison and should
| be handled with great care. anG the
! solution should not be left in reach Of
either animals or Children Dry and
!, cut the potatoes after soaking. At
the New Jersey Experiment Station
! I'rof. falsted prevented the s>ab by
/ rolling the cut potatoes III 4iour OF
! sulphur. This IS rs | have said more
i expensive. but safer than the use Of
| such a poison as Corrosive Sublinate.
! it is better TO Get the cleanest pOssi-
| bic seed and not to use scabby seed
! potatoes. To use sulphur at the rate
Prof. iiaiSted did would ccst some
| where near 81 per acre Instead OF
! the turned under peas OF clover haN~
! ing tendency to cause scab they
would have the opposite effect. if YOU
| Go not use ashes IL connection with
| them. You will find the following a
| good formula for late potatoes. For
| early ones we would use more nitro
! gen and use larger quantity. Acid
| phosphate 1000 pounds, cotton seed
! meal 600 pounds and muriate Of pot
| ash 400 pounds 10 make Il ton. Apply
| 800 to zoe pounds per acre in the fur
row. As a rule we 90 not believe in
ananuing crops III the furrow bat llc
manuring crops III he furroW. but he
! and does not extend its roots far and
wide like corn. MiN the fertilizer in
] the soil by bedding two burrows over
! it and then open the furroW again
| with the ploW. and bed back after the
/ potatoes are dropped, and at once
| harrow down the ridges 50 as to make
! The land level. If single furrOw
can not put them deeply ta the
! ground. run the ploW in the furfoW
| twice and clean it out. The idea is IL
| get them quite deep in the ground
and TO have the surface level and then
| keep It level in cultivation, never hill
. ing al ali as We DO with the early
| crop. the obi ject then being to have Il
ridge to warm up early. While with
| he moisture III the soil. Tho seed
potatoes should be Kept spread out
i'm the light, not in sunshine for some
/ time before planting 50 that the
sprouts may remain stout and green.
| About the first OF July Will be the
right time to plant We have a lot
OF seed grown last fan from the seed
OF the early crop. These keep later
ban the Northern seed. and we vii,
Keep them as late as possible without
SpFouting. but when they start to
sprout We viii spread them out IN he
li@ht and keep them there till we ar.
ready to plant.
Another friend wants us TO say in
these columns what IS the cause OF
bright in pear trees. Does il begin
i'll the wood or bark OF the limbo Is
there any better remedy for il ,han
keeping il cut out and the tree Nell
! fertiIized?" There has been more
guess work done in the matter. Of pear
| blight than in any disease that affects
our fruit trees. Some very Intelligent
| growers have insisted that if VIZ thn
| resalt of SAP frozen i'm the sn,.ino. ~, 4
some have aftrihu4ed Il 10 o4l,n,,
causes. But OF late wears these dis
eases that are caused by 1nicroSc,nis
fungus oroQths have been more ~
! ciErafeIy studied b,- scientists and 4ba
cause OF pear BLIGHT has been fixnd
beyond = dou54 The f.a,,Se !. tbn
| growth OF minute fu,1o!!s ofma,,i<,n,o
known as bacteria TGaca orC,n;c,,.
oct into the yo.,no o.,.o,,,;,,,. -. -,
into the blossoms in sn,i9o ba;nn
probably carried there by insect. ti,.If
have visited diseased trene nn.a ;n+a
the ,r0,>i1,o 4iseuee thn,. ,,,,i4i,I,r
| with Great ra,,i0ity and ,yo,.I[ l,,,,,
| ward baf,,aan 4b.. h,,.J, and ~, .,'.,1
| f!e.fro,ino, the o,o,,-ino. ana fo>,;,,.
tissues Of the ,I,n+ AKA ti',e 1;iiis
1he Iin,b b,,t rn+t;.o or fa,,l f,s7
; ! the leaves painu inside +ha ,1a,,4
no snrayi3,o ca, ,n.,h 4;,a,>, ~ NJ,
h;}rariflr1 ri na,,. l,l;o,t4
fiat il tal.,.s t1n or +I,,,, ,s,7 4I : !
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