The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11

complain or being short of feed and con,
lel STOCK 70 live on food containing little
OF no nourshmcnt. There is no excuso
LOT THIS IN country whore we have such
a lohs ana usually fine fall See that
'ne 'opS after being cut are given fire.
queht altentlon and exposed to the sun
ana wind until sufficiently cured To keen
ana tnen at once put them under cover
or into stacks. AS fast as the corn s
Ut TO crib, let it be pulled and he hau1od
10 the corn house, and have tho fodder
tied up into bundles and carried home
there to be run through the cutter or
Shreoder and then stored in the barn or
IL no cutter or shredder be available
nave the fodder stacked up near the barn
SO as to be handy for feeding. Tt will
pay any farmer having even only few
acres OF corn to buy shredder and shred
DIS iooder as 1t comes from the field In
this way he can put large quantity of
fodder into small space, and have it ready
lor feeding IN a shape in which the stock
VIII not waste it. Shredded fodder, when
Well saved, is almost the equivalent of
good timothy hay in nutritive value and
when fed in mixture with clover, COW
pea or soy bean hay will make a rat1or.
upon which stock will not only live. but
thrive and fatten. Remember that more
than one-t e-third-nearly one half-of the
rutritive value of the corn crop is found
in the fodder and stalks. No farmer has
right to complain that he cannot make
farming pay who wastes this value by
leaving his corn fodder in the field all
winter or fails to utilize it to the best
advantage by feeding it in a form in
which it will be largely wasted by the
stock.
All root crops should be dug or pulled
during this month Ruta bagas may
however, be safely left in the ground
until the end of the month Even a
sharp frost Will not hurt them and they
will gain more in weight during this
month than during any like period in
their growth We wrote fully last month
to the best method of storing and
keeping these crops, and to that issue
we refer our readers.
Old pasture fields which have begun to
fail in growth and productiveness may be
/ renovated and made to do many more
years of good service without being
plowed if taken in hand now. Let all
bushes, stumps and strong weeds and
/ briers be grubbed out. Then take a
/ sharp-toothed drag harrow and harrow
the field both ways SO as to tear UP
I nluGn OF the Ola grass ana loosen llc SOIL
about the roots of the grass thoroughly.
! Then take a horse rake and rake up all
the trash narrowed loose and haul the
same off into the cattle hog pen,
i there to be made into manure. Apply
a dressing of % or 80 bushels or lime to
! the acre broadcast. In March sow one
bushel of mixed pasture grass seed to
the acre, and four or five pounds of mixed
clover seed per acre, and harrow lightly.
When dry enough, roll. The grasses best
+ TO SOW are orchard grass, perennial rye,
Virginia tiue grass, and red top, mixed
in equal parts. The clovers should be
red, alsika and white. Do not turn stock
on until the now seeding has made a
/ good growth, and 10 not Craze too closely
! in the hot summer months, and the pas
/ tTe will then take on new life anti
be found useful probably for years
In this issue will be found an article
on The Manure Heap to which Wc in
vite attention. 1t deals with a subject
which ought 10 have attention this
month. Tho stock will shortly be
1 brought under cover. and the question OF
/ the saving and disposal of the manure
( made calls for solution. We have en-
dcavored in the article to help in this
matter In the face of the tact that
in 1899, according to the census report.
the farmers of Virginia spent s3,6Sl $50.
th. farmers Of North Carolina, $f,4i9,o5o;
the farmers of South Carolina, 81, ,4j4. 40,
and the farmers of Maryland, 2,blS,S3o'
4 in the purchase of fertilizers, anu that
in the year. now closing they nave no
doubt spent even more than these enor-
nous sums, it would seem that II Wou'o
pav Southern farmers to SiVe more at
/ tontion to the question of saving ana
! utilizing the manure made on theif
farms. or which might be made ana
saved there with proper care given the
h matter
KecD The teams at work ploWlng al
/ lands intended to be cropped next year
r,benever the weather and the land is dry
onouqb 1t is a mistake to suppose that
bocaueo we have not the hard froStS CT
tho North to dsntograte our lands IN
/ tho winter that is therefore time wasted
/ ~ pIow them in the fall or WINTER
What al our lands need IS
moro freouent and deeper ploWlnG ana
o,,1+ivotion. The attempt to grow crops
with only one plowing and two or thEee
workings is proven a failure. Le' u9
aYnond the system and ploW ana Suo7oll
/ in the fall and winter and repeat tio
work in the spring. cultivation IS h.u'h
oro nearly manure and fertlilzef imam
INV are willing to concede. BeSideS
( we need to plOW III