The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-03

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! planted II IN North Carolina in NoNcm-
| ber and have had ID frozen tire and
| again i'm winter aud frozen when Ill
| bloom without injury we are 81 the
| opinion That II is more tender 10 heat
| than to cold
From the glowing accounts Of Cali
! fornia one would suppose that frost IL
an unknown thing there. But the Riv-
| efsidc Enterprise. published right in
| the orange growing section tells Of
! night in December last when the mer-
| curry fell TO - degrees above zero and
| stood below the freezing point for
| eight hours. and the oranges were only
| saved by heavy fires ana smoke from
| burning petroleum. In fact a FROST
less section is hard to find in the
! United states.
Just what amount Of nitrate Of soda
| is used in this country We 10 not know
| but the amount is certainly very large.
! The whole output has been in the
| hands Of q combination which is COM
! posed Of English capitalists Who on
| Il capitalization Of 100000 have
| cleared $2,100,00e. Now we are in
| formed that the combination is about
| to break uD. and it is to be hoped
| that the result viii be a lower price
for the nitrate. The Chilean Govern
ment gets $25,0o0,0o0 annually from
| the export duty on nitrate of soda.
Henry Fields. of Iowa. says: MY
belief, proved by actual results is
| this: Iowa seed corn good seed corn,
can be moved to almost any part Of
the country and produce better results
than any Of the native sorts and also
| better results than it would here at
| home. The change is beneficial to it. :
| Ii is well to have 4 good opinion Of
one $ nome products. but if Iowa seed
L., Il, L.
several years of careful culture to get
| it to equal corn that has been Wen
! bred on the spot in fact. there is no
enc fact better asccrtained than that
the moving Of corn far north or south
of where it has been bred always re-
suits in an inferior yield until il b &
/ comes acclimated
one Of the best ways 10 fight the Oil
| Trust is to urge the passage Of the bill
10 remove the tax from alcohol that
has been denaturalized 50 as to MAKE
| it unfit. for drinking purposes 1t can
then be produced 50 cheaDly as to
take the place OF gasoline, which is
continually being advanced in price
by the Trust owing TO it's use in gas
| oline engines and motor ears. II viii
I take a very Slight change in gasoline
engines to adapt them to burning alco-
hoI. It can also be used for lighting
purposes by using on the lamp man
tie similar to the WcISbach mantle so
! commonly used on gas burners. Farm
ers are interested III this bill, ard it
has been endorsed by the National
| Grange. and ali should actively urge
its adoption by Congressional action.
Il have grown COW peas in = young
orchard for three years Each crop
was heavier ana roots had more no
dulles on them. I believe one reason
Ef,. II. +
the soil has not the bacteria the first
| season. But by continuing TO use the
same land three or four years they
become plentiful. much more nitrogen
Is stored and the crop Is better. Farm
ers should not be DISCOURAGED. but
keep sowing til! they have some inocu-
lated soil. w. c. b, AshtabUld. Q.
! our friends experiments show that the
! Southern pea can be made of value in
| Northern Ohio as a soil improving
! crop. and we commend his advice to
others in that section. They viii
crop. but they will doubtless be Of
value in orchards as suggested
Just why do some very estimabIe
horticulturists consider it the proper
thing to jump on Luther Burbank
What is intended TO be accomplished
by the delirious. hysterical attacks on
him ?t'-N. Y. Farmer.
We have seen no .'dclirious. hyster-
ical attacks on Mr.. Burbank" but we
! have seen numerous "deliriOus, hNS
| terical laudations Of him. which We
| are sure are as disagreeabIe to Mr..
! Burbank as to any one else. 1t Is
Ia2ainst these "delriOuS aud hysterical'
| laudatiOnS that we have protested and
not against Mr.. Burbank at all for We
| arc perfectly willing that he should bc
| let alone to carry on his work. with
I,
exaggerated accounts of writer's Sho
! know little about horticulture or teal
| horticultural progress. Mr.. Burbank
| has produced many horticultural cnri-
osities by hybridization. and we hDpe
| that some of his products may IIlVe
| permanent value hereafter. But IS
the fellows who caH him ''Crcalor
| who are hNstericaI. aad not those Nno
| protest against such q use Of Wordf.
The following item IS from Spoka1e,
| Wash: 'Consressman wesley i.
Jones, Of this State, Is maI1in$
strong effort to have the lands a]bu-;
the banks of the CoIvilIe River re-
claimed by drainage. This lard,
| which hes no value ut the present
| time. will be worth $50 10 SD per
! acre if the Government will ren-pEe
the water, There are 10000 aqres
here which. if drained viii prcdIce
great crops Of timothy hay. which
bring uniform prices Of $50 per ton
| in Spokane. Il is believed that the
/ Government will do this. Vel W
| do admire Western cheek, They
! have gotten the CfoVerument #ius1
making great reservoirs To irl'gaEc
| their deserts, ana now they Naht
| this same government to drain the,l
| sWampS for them. If the GorerIl-
/ m"nt is going into the drainage BUS
ness we can show them hundreds ol
thousands Of acres along the vhote
| South Atlantic coast where immense
crops could he grown if the great
sWamps arc drained, and If the Co
| crnment IS 10 drain wet land II tac
| West and rrigate desert lands thete
there is no reason why the same