The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-03-06
NOTES OF THE FARM. !;
BY w. F. MASSEY, OF A. & M College.
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inc it, but yGu can hy the use Of lime
in connection With the growing Of peas
and clover rapidly build UP the soil
! he lime is useful 10 hasten the change
Of the organic matter left in the soil
hy the/legumcs into nitrates for the use
Of the plant. Lime will also release Tot
a>h in the soil, and all the crops like
peas and clover need lime more than
most other plants and they need potash
too Ii YOU can get line for five cents
per bushcl YOU are Fortunate But TO
render the lime more effective YOU
should have plenty OF vegetable matter
in the soil. Hence if yop are blowing
a pea or clover Stuhble to he planted
III corn it VIII be OF great benefit to
give the land Il coat Of lime all over
Just before planting tho corn, 50 that it
can sink through the Whole blowing. On
a sandy soil | would use not over TWEEN
ty-tiye bushels per acre. and q smaller
quantity Will give good results. But do
rot put it in the hill. am anxious t~
get cur farmers all out OF that bad habit
Of putting manure or fertilizers in the
hill. Manure ut IL Il corn hill Is Of use
Cnly for Il little while for th,. feeding
roots of the corn are out near the eN-
tremity of til" roots, and when they get
past the little handful Of manure in the
to fail. Scatter your manure broadcast
as far aS YOU can make it go and every
year t.y to make more. IL feeding CT
rape ycu will get a good dead of manure
scattered over the land. and that is one
OF the Chief values of the crop. for the
rape OF itself j. not Il soil improver IL
the same way that peas and clover are.
| fully believe thai III Your section l
could take Il piece OF land and make 1t
permanently rich without buying an
euncc Of commercial fertilizer. 0ut-
SIDE Of feeding stock You might UNDER
take rotation similar 10 this. Corn ana
Irish potatoes on parts Of the Samc
field after peas or clover. Cut the corn
of ANA dig the potatoes ahl pat the land
in wheat So. red cl.yer on the wheat
in March. and the next spring after the
wheat j. cut give the clover 4 coat Of
lime. Cat the first crop OF clover for
hay as soon as we'll III blossom. as
ture the rest cf the fall and durin. the
winter haul ont on the sod al the ma
nure you make il the spring and pow
il for corn and potatoes again. Once
IL FIVE or six years lime The part YOU
put in corn. bet not the part you p.l-
in potatoes as it Will make the potatoes
>cabhy. The next round OF the rotation
PIT the potatoes where the corn was be
fore and so keep on. This will make !,
three year rotation ef corn, wheat ana
clover. 1t viii Givc you plenty OF corn
and fcddc" and clover hay for feeding
ana wheat straw for bedding and to
make manure. ana you can market the
pCtatoc$ during the winter at Cranberry
to advantage
\ frcnd III another pat of the State
asks for 4 plan for buildinG Il >ilo for
ten COWS. and also wants 70 know where
In buy Canada peas. he Is III the Pied
mont section east OF 1he Blue Ridge. He
thinks TOO that his section badly needs
4 Farmers, Institute and wishes it
would hold one there. y Silo ten hy
twelve feet square VII hold enough sill
age for tcn COWS if it is built not less
than Is feet high The cheapest plan
Will be To set stout posts in the ground
four feet apart around the proposed
| area. Bring them to line on the inside
and sheath horizontally With one and y
| quarter inch stuff Then sheath vcrti-
| cHlly with - d"cS,;ed and matched lum-
! her to make Il smooth >Urfacc inside
| Put gcod, heavy platc on top the posts
| and throw two or three j1i>lS across.
! tying them tn the plate. Brace across
| the corners. Between two Of the posts,
| make Il doorway from top to bottom.
| hraccd across at intervals. Make the
| door janh> tlarinS to the inside. NOW
| make >tout doors cacn three feet high
and chamfer the sides to lit snug 10
| The j;,nbs. and chamic. the ends to III
! tiaht On top of each other. These are
10 bc drol ped in as the silo is filled.
one above thr other. and the >ila-c will
| hold them tight. -\> you get up higher
| YOU Will have to use Il convcycr to eic-
| vate the cut ccru. As YOU unload the
| Siiu YOU viii always BE throwing. it down
. and can take one door ont after another.
/ Dr you can fiji entirely at the gable
! ends. OF c0UrSc You want q roof. ana
| it should project we'll All arCund to
throw the water from the building. You
will not need amy Hoo, but the outside
should be well banked to prevent water
| running under. Such siIo viii hold
| about 10 tons Of Silo and can be built
| easily for SIC 10 500. Any OF the lead
inr Seedsmcn can furnish the Canada
| peas. i. W. Wood X Son. Richmond.
| Va, certainly. ~ Ia tho Farmers in
stitutc | have nothing to 90 with then
| arrangements though | sometimes assist
| al them. You should apply To Hon. :.
| J.. Patterson, Commissioner Of \gricul-
| turc. Raleigh. Y. {. The best way is
to form local committee and stir
| up the matter among the farmers OF
| ycur Hei@hborhoGd 50 rs 10 get crowd
ont. and then notify the Commissioned
when YOU want the Institute Make
| Your own arrange mcnt> FIRST. Make
your chairman and secretary. and pre-
| pare Il program of the subjects YOU Wis,
| particularly discussed Get Sun,c speak
! cIS iii ycur oWH npighhorhocd to assist
| and then tell the Commissioner that yull
have got the thing Ill ready and tell him
| when YOU want him to come. My eX-
| p@ritncc is that an Institute is mover
| the success it should be unless the ueu-
pie on he SPOT get all the arrangements
| made beforehand and get the crowd
out. Then we Will come and help YOU