The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-13
Work for the Month.

Work for the Month.
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deeply broken. All other green crops not
required Tor led may also be now safely
ploWed down, but wherever the growth Is
heavy enough 70 make hay unles, the
Land badly needs the vegetable matter
We would cut the crop, leaving = long
-tubble, and cure for hay before p%lowIng.
We have never had any liking for bury
ing in the soil a crop which has cost money
and labor TO produce. unless the most i'm
perative need existed for such a course
We prefer to take its feed value out first
and then bury the residue. After the crops
OF weeds and forage have been %plowel
down, give a top dressing Of lime. 50 bush
els to the acre, and harrow in lightly.
and then seed with rye up 70 the end 9:
November, and a preparation VIII have
been made for a summer crop which vii
tell a tale in the harvest.
Continue the seeding of vetches and
wheat and rye. Hairy Netch should bc
got IN at once. English or Winter Fetch
may be sown until the middle of Noyem
Der. 1t is too late to SOW crimson clover
with 4 certainty of a stand, though We
have known many a good crop raised
sown in October. We would seed a few
pounds per acre with wheat, rye or oats.
or a mixture of the three grains. Much of
the clover will probably live over the win
ter protected by these grains, and viii
add to the value Of the feed and also IN
prove the land. Seed the vetches with 4
mixture of small grain, say p pounds Of
vetch seed with three-Quarters of 4 bush
el Of wheat, oats and rye mixed per acre,
and i, a pound or two of Dwarf Essex
Rape be added per acre it viii improve
the pasturage. We have had a number
Of our subscribers to tell us that this
mixture has given them the best spring
pasture of anything they ever tired.
Let all the forage crops be cut and
cured as soon as possible. The nights are
now too cold for them to make much fur
ther growth, and the difficulty OF curing
them increases day by day. They viii
now require much more care to get them
into a condition to be put into the barn
than earlier in the season, but then value
as feed viii warrant this care being II .tp
them. Cut when free from dew OF rtn,
and let them lie for twenty-four hour-
then rake up into windrow and put up
into small cocks. Let these stard for a
day or two and then open out and sun,
and put into larger cocks. Repeat TIN,
until the crop is ready for the barn.
This will give a hay full Of nutriment.
and which Will be eaten with relish by
stock.
Cut up the corn crop at the root and set
up in shocks to cure. Much OF the corn
this year IS yet very full Of nature, and
it will not be safe to put 1t into large
shocks. Have these smaller shocks well
: set up and tie them round the top Wlta
binder Irvine, 50 that they may stand
| well and cure. when dry pull The corn
and have the fodder run through tn
shredder and packed in the barn. II yCu
, have not a shredder, let the fodder be
carried to the born or be stacked up IN
der cover, if possible; or, If not, then To-
!, made into stacks and be covered Will
straw to keep out the wet. DO not leave
the fodder to waste in the field. 1t has cost
money and labor to produce it, and is
worth much as feed. Farming j. not s.
! profitable a business that you can afford t
waste nearly one half Of the value Of the
2 corn crop.
Ir!Sh ana sweet potatoes 1nOulu DC uus
before the frost cuts the tops. DIg on.
g in dry weather, and do not let the fuber-
! lie longer on the ground in the sun than
T just sufficient to dry off the adhertng soil
I In this issue Of our Garden Notes VII
be found advice as to storing sweet pe
{ tatoes. Irish potatoes may be store
| either in a frost proof cellar Or in pit o.
= piles in the field. Do not put too many J.
: one heap. Fifty bushels IS enough to pu
in one pile. Make the piles on high drl
+. ground, and cover at first with only SOM
! straw and a few boards to keep out tn
!, rain. After the potatoes have gon'
Q through the sweat, say in a week or tel
days, cover with more dry straw and pu
j soil on this sufficiently thick to keep on
frost.
+ Sugar be4ts and mangold wurtzcl beet
h should be pulled before frost and be store
Is in a frost proof cellar or shed, OF IN hep
l. we'll covered with straw and -oil.
See that all barns, stables. sheds an
\ pens ale thoroughly cleaned out and lin
4 washed. and have al doors, WindoHs ~
roofs repaired, 20 that when stock arc pu
- into the buildings they WILDE warm an
comfortable. They cannot make the be
- use OF the feed given them unless they ~
comfortable. IT is a very extraTagant wa
i. to use feed to warm buildings and bar
n yards with It. Make these warm by g,
Guiding drafts and rain, and the stock VI
&c then use the iced to make flesh an
as growth.