The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-02

There Is good deal or 1ntefeSC JuSt
NOW in fall planting of IRISH potatoes for
the early crop. Several parties have
said they find tlfe plam perfectly sue
ctssful. They plant the potatoes iii .
dcep fuIrow and cover with tow burrows.
forming Il shaltp list over the rows. e
will plant several varieties at the station
10 test the matter. i f the fail planted
uGtatoes do we'll it will save Il good deal
OF work i'll the spring, for the ground
works 50 much better 1T this time ana
cam be gotten into better order. thap III
February. In the more elevated sections
of the State, west Of the Blue Ridge, the
nlan may require an ;tdtlTtlonal coNeflll-
Of straw or forest leaves. but 1t j.
worth trying There. 1or Whllc we mere
can usually get the land in fair order for
planting in February it is hardly practl-
cable i'll the mountain country.
We are still getting many inquiries
about the culture Of broom corn. we
have more than once given our impress
sions on this subject and probably ln
these columns. Broom corn is just now
phenominally high priced. This advance
in price has been caused by the low
prices of late years driving the western
farmers out of business. Now an all
probability the l}room corn growers OF
the West will rush back to the crop, amt
NV tho limo = crop can he grown here it
=, lil,a1,, tbot the n1-ice will be down
again. There $ no particular difficulty
;,7 ,r,a,-;n,, hronm corn. as It's culture IS
identically with that of sorghum. and
most of our farmers know how to grow
sorghum But it is in the handling,
curing and marketing Of the crop that
the matter Of skill comes III, and 1t re-
IN - 7.a,' -, +ho Io..+ .,I,,.n+,~n In
,iia G,'+ ,l1,1, tho ,.o,, ,,,,,t l,n tabled or
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IN .tbo ,,ieo will bp
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e',,,,,,,.,. l.nn,,e,to With tho western
. ;1 b,i,. ,i,b soil ,nl If the n1-ien
- III -o ;+. f,,,n,n,. 7,atch there Is
$50 $50 ~ ,,,+ .o+ton tb,n therpI
,. w. 10 not ,,d,-ion any
- III pioo!'l i,'l,. XXX ,.b, ,rro,,,inI,
oat' s 1l'-, nl'lp !" , ,r5a hast u-,y tn make
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ein;YhaG sta+a 1bcrn * > market for. it
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4,tI[,1 I,,,., .,, tI,o,- ia in tho n,o,.th thnra
!, ,,a,-o,.tbo1oe,, room, for .ore3t imnroye-
,,,,.,,t :; ,+l,, ,,,irro,. boueino of cottle
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4., 1',I11 ~ o,,+oiao xvo have
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0il'" "'l,r a,,l c+I,,,. tool,
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u, ,,a,. WIN ,raft Food , I;trIn cotton
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,.otton .tad ,,r.,I ,,.;1l sr,.ld, .,nI tho
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ton seed maaI .,n5 bnII, Int ,n,l Loaf
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NV l,nrchnr toId mo that 7 WI, t5a .oniv
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