The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-03-18

Hf TIME 10 SLOp IneTn. or
make them scarcer the coming
The mature bugs winter over
piles around the fields where
.. last summer and under old
rortcd rails. Now is the time
.e hem. Burn all the trash piles.
.. IHc fence rows and burn all
e every kind, and you will have
the pests this summer Then
.aH <,o that the bugs are in the
.r#H or grass, start to head them
ha corn. II has been found that
.# nnf cross line of gas tar and
.E ~ Eas tar viii make d line of
..e a. more. Then if a strip is
tIaugside the corn and kept dusty
...-.uI dragging of brush or a log
... fo make dusty trench they can
...-- his II rain lays the dust then
np again as soon as possible
little that can be done after the
-.t In The corn. and the wise culti-
.... al take time by the forelock and
.. 49,. pests down.
THE ASH OF PLANTS.
Experiment. Station Record of
#.a Germany. has an interesting ar
the Edfl2 tlOnS OF the ash clp-
.a plants under various conditions
|..a 81 the curious facts shown is that
aHrz supplied with phosphoric acid and
#...-h -aka up less lime from the soil
.h.. tGey do when no fertilizer is used
-a -u raj. the plants seemed to take up
a.#t was most plentifully present in an
gtI' form. 1t we'll states that it
s ~..H uncertain TO what extent the
a |n <r11i5
'o. tertilization of the soil for that
Plant The fact is, that at all the Ex-
uu-ent stations there has been too
m.. study of 1he special food needs of
..uar plants and not study enough
.onOmiCal methods in agriculture. The
Stations have done SC much in this fer
'.E-r business that farmers have grown
f" think that for every crop grown all
.e need is a formula for a fertilizer
##-9 they should be more anxious to
aru how to produce crops in the most
economical and business-like manner.
FARMING AS AN INVESTMENT.
Ih. Agrtculturist says that it costs
s## 10 raise a COW to three years of
.-a au the great Briarcliff farms in New
EorE. where the calves are fed whole
l wIE that retaiIs for ten cents per quart
.lH COWS must De OF extra quality
-e variant such cost, and Brarcliff milk
".sr be- sold to wealthy patrons to be
. .t.ta SD much. We suppose that it sells
@ price because Brarclin has made
.#atarjon tor the purity and cleanli-
- rS milk. 1t also shows the value
...rt~iug on the farm for there is
sH~m i'm the United States that has
"ory ahundantly advertised than
Tho fact that this great farm
#.- with q millionaire behind them.
.ur 10 raise COWS at such a cost.
-.H milk at such a price. shows
"r opportunity there is for the in
y ur of capital on the farm in good
'- .n3 stock raising. for it is gen
. ter-rcol hat Briaclff is run for
81 "I NOT merely as show place.
81 ".u ot means in all parts OF the
ame to have faith in the soil
.aUzo the great possibilities in
-"Eng fho percentage of all our
.# 5- greatly increased. Good
stock raising now make
OF interest on capital invest
..5naGsts are accustomed to
socks and bonds. The great
capital now seeking invest
8. general low rate of inter
attract more business men to
.e place for profitable invet-
T I'm no part of the
ft.r. better prospect for CAPT
% good farming than in the
"f he South. With means
.-a culture Of the cotton. the
Tenant cropping system Of the
" broken up, and the ten
. BETTER off working for cash
good farming with cotton
e.- there Is great profit in