The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-11

come about the general level. Set
them deep enough 10 cover 1he entire
stem as that IS The tender part, and
most Akely to be hurt by cold. In
/ ebfuary work the soil down level.
ana at that time it Will be well TO
ado a dressing of nitrate OF soda
aloHSslde the plants at the rate of 100 |
pounds per acre. la the colder parts
OF the State, the plants should not
DE set IN the fail but should be trans
planted IN November about two inches |
apart III beds or frames where tney /
can be protected by cloth or glass in |
winter. Here we will carry some |
plants over III frames to make sure
OF having good stand should the
winter prove severe, and some Of the |
outdoor plants be lost. Then too. in /
setting the plants we set them on the !
ridges nlne inches apart, although Is
inches is close enough for them TO |
mature. If all live the extra plants
can be sold for greens in the spring
! please tell me the best stage 10
cut sorghum and peas which are
soWn together. The peas have not
b!oomed nor the sorghum headed"
This is from Greensboro. / think thai
many of our farmers are making a
great mistake in sowing sorghum and
ghum stalks will help TO support the
peas and make them easier to NOW
But that IS the sole advantage. I he
pea VIII cure Il great deal better with
out the sur9hum, which is hard to
cure, and the crop of peas would De
Il great deal heavier without tie sOr-
| 9hum. Sorghum may by itself and
pea hay by itself would both be bet
ter crops, and could be fed to supple
iacnt each ether very we'll. The best
i
| it is we'll headed. and the time to cut
! the peas is when the earliest pods
] are mature and turning yellow. IN
| your case | would wait till the peas
are in the right condition without
regard to what the state Of the sor-
9huni is Then cut and cure in
shocks as far as possible, but get into
the barn before the leaves of the
peas get too dny and brittle.
II am interested in the Sand Netch
and wish TO know ii il Will grow
without fertilizer to any profit on
sandy soil which will bring six to
eight bushels OF corn per acre" Oh
course no plant can be expected TO do
very much on land so poor as that
YOU mention. The Sand OF Hairy
Netch viii make as much growth on
such land as any ether legume eN-
cept the COW pea. 1t can be soWn
in September or October and IS far
more certain to make a stand than
crimson clover. Bat it viii pay YOU
TO give it a dressing Of 200 pounds
OF acid phosphate and 80 pounds OF
lnuriate OF potash per acre on the
land before sowing, and well harrow
eel in. With that dressing the vet"h
will make a fine growth. You should
SOW a little rye with it rs a support
in the spring If allowed 10 seed, the
yctch Will reseed the land and come
again the neNt fall, and probably
make IL larger crop than the first
season.
please tell me how to rid my gar
den Of met grass Nut grass, tEpe-
rus IIvdria is not 4 grass ii all, but
a true scG9c. II forms great many
UNDERGROUND tubers, and the general
'opinion is that these are the cause
for its rapid spread. Hut the obserV-
ant cultivator will find that il makes
ten plants from seed to every one
from the tubers 1t has spread rap
idly from he common practice OF
working the soil we'll in the early part
of the season and then laying bI
crops and giving the nut grass full
chance to seed. which It does in the
season. and 1hus stoei,S the iand
anew 10 help out the crop coming
from the tubcFS. The only way TO
OCT rid of it is to give it 10 chance
10 breathe above ground. Leaves are
the lungs Of the plant. and if they
are persistenly kept eff the plant
must perish had nup grass thick
in my home garden q few years ago.
int we have none to bother us now
simply because gave it no quarter,
b,t kent the ground at work grow
mo croDs winter and summer. Many
Of our people plant garden IN the
sprino and get early NeeetaoieS ahu
then let it run to weeds the rest Oh
10 vear With such practice you
IN nnrn,. oet rid Of weeds nor cut
worms. for the moth that makes .ile
: o,,t worms. find the weeds Il me
,,,,.a to Iay eggs and she stocks a
l,,l,,d,, Garden. and the worms hatch
: o,,+ in the early spring. to play havoc
I'm the vegetables. Keep your gar
, Ian clean from spring 70 SPii'S
o.,in and always have some 'isei III
nTon on the land. rant something
a1ca as soon as one summer ciot' =
ncad ND and finally get III me cloIH
49, aro To occlIpy the land during
',''' If YOU do this YOU Will
coon have neither nut grass hoi ""'
'1 I'M weed to bother you.
..plo,ca fell me how to grow 'nth
- n,l, onions ! am told tha' lhe
'''' PEA -, e7,onld be sown liz this month or
in September and later .i trinsl''r ha ready
TO tbe field and they VIII y, y, ;, 'rr1ps ,rl,s
| ~ ,,.lyet i'm March or April. ms
ao,.,.acnondent is in the eastern par
of he State We could e'9'ln r., ~,
onions by sowing seeu - r,a +1a+
onions ,1.o,,oee but | have found tha'
? No" oartoin to have dry wealth
+ we are oatol,e, J" and September that the
J CT IN :. very uncertain ana
have " abandoned all n1 effort If 70 he soT Queen I
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