The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-02

advise uu ting them in with disc har-
,,,, without blowing the land? The rag
woods are about two feet high and | do
ao+ think the harrow will kill all OF them.
,,,fu rht, weeds crowd the clover out. or
- Won think it best to plaw the land
11cd with few NirginiaTurf oats % This
:; rron} Caswell county. Crimson clover
",n he sown and do we'll on a wheat stub
~, with no preparation at all. Not that
.br lack Of preparation is any advantage.
f,t because of the shade of the stubble
winch protects the young clover from
tho sun But case where the rag weeds
oro TWO feet high is very different, and
fear that the shade will be too heavy
Then. too, the living rag weeds are not
like the dead stubble, for that is taking
~, more moisteure from the soil, and at
this season the clover needs all it can get.
M would not plough that lard nor har-
row it. but l would put the mower on
+bcre and NOW the rag weeds and rake
hon of before sowing the clover. Rag
woods are worth saving for hay anyway
end YOU will lose no labor Only do not
give rag weed hay to cows in milk, it
will give the milk a bitter taste. Dry
cattle will thrive very we'll nthe rag
weed hay. and by moving them before
inc the soil again. If you i'll always make
practice of moving the stubble when
the rag weeds are blooming you will ere
long have no rag weeds to NOV. After
moving and taking off the rag weeds, l
would simply SOW among the stubble Is
ns per acre of the crimson clover seed
have ime and again, sown it thus and
have soWn it on a thin grass sod and on
wire grass. sod, and it has always sue
cecded | have a Bermuda grass pasture
on which | intended to SOW the clover.
The Bermuda makes no growth in winter
and the clover will be off before it needs
the light in spring / have tried this two
wears in succession on small piece OF
prBmuda sod and the clover succeeded.
Ncv will try the same thing on a larger
scale. The objection TO Bermuda grass
as a permanent pasture grass is the fact
that it is a hot weather grass only. With
srethng that will keep up some grow,h h
nrntCr it is ali right. Texas blue grass
aus we'll with it. but where we simply
rl1t 10 get a green bite in spring be-
5re the grass starts the crimson clover
yl fill the bill. l advise you not to plow
nor disc the sod unless you prepare the
land we'll and SOW oats on 1t before SOW
Ing the clover, so that as the clover comes
gr, the Young oats will be there to shade
it, Md even in this case | would prefer
tOgake the chances of he stubble. | am
going TO SOW on a pea stubbe where the
PEAS have just been mown. There is a
coed deal of crab grass on this land and
| viii disc il to check the crab grass
somewhat adm then SOW the clover with as
much trash on the surface as the harrow
will lowe If the crab grass was taller
0lllA md cnyrt f no
narrowing.
From Durham, n. c.: Docs fruit, say
apples and peaches, for perfect develop
ment, require much acid phosphate. II
So what would be the cheapest source to
aja~ 80 l suppose that you meant TO
write phOsphoric acid when you wrote
acid phosphate. Acid phosphate is q
name given to the superphosphate made
ly dissolying phosphate rock in sulphurlt
acid so as to render as much as possible
OF The Thosphoric acid it contains, solu-
bic in water. Phosphoric acid is of less
Importance to fruit than nitrogen or pot
ash, but the soil should of course have
fair percentage of it at hand and avail
alle if any plant is to thrive. The fruit
OF he apple contains loss than one hun
aredth Of one per cent of phosphoric acid
one 1cT cent of potash and thirteen one
.uh'Itdths of one per cent or nitrogen
You will see then that the relative i'm
fer'ancc of the three food materials puts
me Ehosphoric acid lowest. The best and
cheapest way to give the trees the phos-
Foric acid they need is TO use acid phos-
Inate as part of the fertilizer mixture
lot The orchard. A crop of apples or
reaches will remove more plant food from
'"e Noll han three crops Of wheat, and
'I people wonder that their orchards
''H when they never think of feeding the
trees
But remember in feeding an orchard
'haj there are few if any roots capable
using food right about the base of the
''e but that the greater part, in fact
i| all the feeding roots, are ava.
""ef" the limbs drip. Therefore gc1
''IuiIzer where the trees can get II
W. van supply all the nitrogen the trees
'y sowing peas in July after cuJtlVa-
|'i| IN the carly part Of the summer
~ '"'#e peas die on the land, and ploN
"naer IN the spring and then ado
n '''Iag Of 300 pounds per acre OF
~ to'' of acid phosphate and muriatt
~ ''lash The acid phosphate will have
~ '1 }" per cent of phosphOric acid ant
cr "'Fiate Will have about 20 per CEN
Nh. ,''a~h Put four parts of acid phos-
10 one part Of the potash.
t '" 'utlford county: what is the
Sem, I''h ior training CT pruning the
'hphg grape?" The common i'm
no, ~" ana practice is that the scuppcr-
if "'9 hct need any pruning. and tina
do.,i' prNnc the vine it will bleed t.
wrcn,, "oth of these Impressions arr
tar 'o' there is no plant that paws bet
the . good pruning and training thar
a. npefnon and all of lis class. suci
is ,l .'e Msh, James. htc. What is neede.
At Loo. supply OF good long canes o
nor,a. "o years growth, for the soup
Wool 'oeS not make fruit on one yea
teo ,.o me bunch Crane docs. hut from
no, - ' wood. The pruning needed i
'"' spurring we give the bunci