The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-20

| land for this crop should be replowe
| ana constantly worked tn
laho Is cry enough, to insure a fint
deeply broken bed in which to g.
the plants. and when this is secured
the rows may be laid off and the fer
tlllzer be applied and be we'll mike.
IN the soil of the rows and then b
pedded up ready for the planting mex
month. In our last issue We wrot
fully on the fertilizer to be used an,
TO that issue refer our readers.
AS opportunity offers land shout,
be gotten ready for the planting o
forage crops of various kinds. tn,
eedln OF which should be done il
May and June. We are anxious t,
see more soy beans grown than ha.
been the rule in the past. This crol
IS the richest in protein of any croI
grown and stock owners especially
should make it one of their leadins
crops. as by its use great saving car
be effected in h purchase of cOttor
seed meal, flax seed meal and bran
The crop makes an excellent hay
crop, and also a good grain crop, pro
ducinS from twenty or thirty bushels
of grain per acre on good land. The
hay is easier cured than cowpea hay
and not nearly so liable to be spoiled
as coWpea hay in wet weather. The
gram CIOp 10 dlSO easier SdFeO. Ok
when ripe the shocks do not hold
water like cowpeas and do not spot
easily. The grain, when threshed out,
should not, however, be stored in large
bulk, as it heats readily and spoils
The best way to store it is in loosely
woven sacks holding two bushels and
these to be set up in small piles With
room for the air to circulate AROUND
them. The crop for grain should be
y>z3N - ,ourr y rn hI n nS.C
may not be more than two feet six
inches apart. just to permit of cult
walton. The seed should be dropped
with a planter or drill two or three
inches apart in the rows. For nay
from to 2 3 pecks of seed may be
planted per acre with a wheat drill
stopping every other spout, or tney
may be soWn broadcast. Acid phos-
phate at the rate of $50 to 900 pounds
to the acre is the proper fertilizer to
apply. This crop SHOULD be seeded in
May. as most of the varieties have !
Ions period Of growth. The Ito Sah
variety is the quickest to mature
taking from eighty to ninety DAYS.
Monmouth Yellow REQUIRES the
longest ime-frOm 10 TO loo Gays.
crop makes an excellent hog pas
ture. and for this purpose may be
planted as late as July. It is an I'M
crop like all the legumes, put'
to get the best result in TINS way
should not be allowed to mature the
seed. Where the seed is matufeo l.
is so rich in protein (~nltrOgen) that l.
takes out Of the soil much O. the NJ
troecn gathered from the atmosphere.
Fxneriments made at Blacksburg EN-
Station, |howeVdr. showed
hat even If the seed matured -nerS
was still a gain of six per cent. IN the
nitrogen content OF the SOIL.
I'm the peanut sections of this and
adjoining States where nearls
three-fourths Of the peanuts grown
IN this country are raised, the ia"
for this crop should be gotten itaoS
for planting. The peanut succHeds
in a light, ariable loan Wei Il,leu
vegetable matter. mere 81
much complaint by peanut grow
srs that they cannot raise bushels
.nOugh to the acre to make It d pre-
crop. This is largely their
own fault. They will persist IN sro"
it year after year on the sau'.
and using only 200 or 500 pou1lua VI
So fertilizer per acre, ana &c. d. 9
twenty or thirty bushel OF mus
f they would grow it in a three or
our year rotation with corn ana o@to
nd with crimson clover ana co" Pc
in the corn, and following tH9
ats. and would use a fertilizer nldue
Of 500 pounds Of cotton Seeo ,h,an
O hounds of acid phosphate 2nd -fV
,ounds OF kainit, or 81 POUNDS 81
Of potash per acre with q tol
f lime to the acre, spread BROADCAST
fter blowing down a coWpea or crHn
on clover fallow, the yield OF mus
,ould run up easily to SeVcntN-fNe
r eighty bushels to the acre and more
han 100 bushels have been grown
flor following this rotation system :
he demand for peanuts is constantly +
rowing, and we believe that the pro 5
of the crop be nlaue q t
business in the sections
adapted to it. May IS soon /
70 plant. The seed 5nollld ps i
in row three feet apart a!o