The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
Prof. Massey's Views


is clay enough right At hand TO max
a good hard surface on the roau.
But certainly have dry hard walk:
around the house and to the oat
buildings. Our Piedmont red cla'
will inevitably work up into a mlre II
the barnyard nde the tramI,lng {
cattle, and the only way TO aVolu II i
TO nacadamize the barn YARD al over
as l did in Virginia.
VI.-Managing Strauterries aih
Early Cabbage.
IF yOu are growing early cabbage
! you should now have strong plant
ready to set. Manure the furroW "
heavily running east and west, ant
list on the burrows which should %
| two and q half feet apart. Set the
plants Is inches apart on the lcWei
! part OF the north side OF the flu3e
and deep enough to cover the entlft
! stem. The plants will then be KEEP
shaded and dormant, and Will nor %
excited into growth as they are Otter
on the south side, and then inquired
by the colo while tender. 1t is no
the degree of cold that kills the cab
bage plants but the alterations q
starting to grow and then freezing
On the north side of the ridge they
are protected from these alterations
If YOU have not finished planting
strawberry plants. the work CAN still
be done. I consider November anC
December the best season III the
year for getting berry plants
Set them just so the crown Will be
above the ground and they will be
high enough III spring. Cut off about
o~ne-fourth the length OF the roots
before setting.
VII.-Take Care of the Potatoes.
If YOU have second-crop potatoes
still in the ground, DO not lose any
time III getting them lifted. Store in
q COO cellar or in heaps outside. COW
cred with pine straw and earth
enough to keep frost out. a cellar
where YOU tan have free ventilation
and can let in the cool night air at
times so that the temperature can
be kept down just above the freezing
point, and total darkness. will keep
Irish potatoes better than anywhere
else. Such u cellar ian be best made
away from any building and with a
CUB roof. Or You can dig into a
FARM AND GA RDEN WORK-TWO
hillside and make a cave that will an
swer the purpose.
A house for sweet potatoes should
be kept at about 40 to 45 degrees, but
for irish potatoes. the nearer YOU can
keep them just above 80 the better.
VIII.-Somc Garden Work THAI
Should Have Attention.
Onion sets planted in September
be growing strong, and will be
the better for pulling earth to the
to be pulled away after the mid
die Of February. Spinach that YOU
soWed early in September, or SHOULD
soWn, is now in shape for the
table, for l am eating it from my ar
den at present.
The early ~fall-grown lettuce will
be headed and should be used or
disposed of. Then If you have, as YOU
should have even IN the honle gar
a frame and glass sashes, YOU
can have lettuce for the table all win
ter. Their If you sowed parsnips and
in July, as ! suggested, they
Will now be making their best growth,
and can be left in the ground where
grew and used as needed. Tur-
nips and carrots and beets in rows
have earth thrown to each
side, as Il winter protection, and they
Will be safer there than dug and
stored.
It is now about time to turn the
and collards down with the
heads towards the north, and cover
the stems and lower part Of the head
thickIy with the soil. Even where not
we'll headed they will head il well
blanched in this way are far nicer
left green.
If our cahbages are growing
strongly and are not heading. pull
them till the roots snap. and then
them back, and yon Will find
them turning in, and ii turned over
and packed away With the top only
open, they Will soon head perfectly
keep better than headed too
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