The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-08
THE FARMER AND MECHANIC

weather, and plants are not over
Well grown generally. Care should
pc taken 70 have the land finely pre-
pared. and extra care be taken in
plantlnS, so that the small plants MAY
nave q fair chance of growing of
commence the cultivation of the crop
as soon after planting as possible. 50
as to growth. We hear
that a full acreage is likely to be
planted. but we would urge that no
effort should be made to greatly ex-
ceed the last crop, as Kentucky, we
are told. will this year make a large
crop which was last year absent from
the market. This cannot fail to have
It's effect on prices. Strive to make
a good crop rather than an extra large
one. Good tobacco always sells for
a la1r price, even when the SUP
ply is large. Look out for the
hrst crop Of worms and Kill
them before they nave had the oppur-
tunlty to pupate, and thus lay the
foundation for a later crop. Paris
green may be safely used to XII this
the green viii be lost before the crol
ripens. The right strength to use the
green IS one pound of the poison Il
i6O gallons OF water. The later crop
OF worms should be picked off as the
green, when applied when the crop is
near rlpenIng is 10 to stain the
leaves, and this ~prejudices the sale On
the market. !
The planting Of soy beans and cow
peas for forage n grain crops should
nave attention as soon as possible. The
SOY beans should have first attention.
as they have a longer season of growth
than cowpeas. We hope to sea this
crop much more largely grown tlan
IN the past. It's value as a haV and
grain crop is large, and it never fails
whether the season be a Wet or a dry
one to make a crop. In cur last issue
we wrote fully on the seeding Of this
crop, and to that issue refer our
eaders. CoWpeas should be drilled
rather than soWn broad~st st, as much
better esult will be secured at Il
great saving Of seed. They can be
drilled with a grain drill, stopping up
all the spOuts but three, and this Will
put them in at a distance which VIII
allow Of cultivation, and give q much
better yield Of peas. If intended to
be cut for hay they may be drilled
somewhat closer by stopping every
other spout in the drill.
Whilst corn is the primary croD for.
filling the silo, yet we think i. may
we'll be supplemented with others.
Corn ana grown together
make a much better balanced silage
than corn alone. and the crop is just
as easily grown as the corn alone. The
cowpeas should be planted at the see
ond working of the corn in drills
alongside the corn. The best varieties
to use for this purDose are the. Gay
or W~hippoorWill. These varieties
cling more closely to the cornstaiks
than the Black, which struggle across
the rows and make the crop more diff
ficult to harvest with the machine. In
planting the corn for the silO it may
be planted closer than for making
corn, but yet it should not he over-l
crowded, as We'll grow and we'll ma
tured corn plant with as many ears OF
can be obtained makes a mucn more
nutritive silage than closely grown
Watery, immature stalks, V hich al
most always make a sour, or silage.
Where soy beans are to be roWn for
a silage crop, they do best planted
alone, and should be cut when the
corn is cut, and be run into the silo
with the corn, through the cutter, SO
as to be we'll mixed in the mass. Sorg-
hum makes an excellent silage crop,
and like corn, should not be planted
too close, but given space to make a
we'll matured stalk. Kaffir corn may
also b used for this and it
is we'll to grow some Of this crop, as
it will make a yield when the season
is to dry for corn to do its best.
Crops for dry forage should be
planted this month. The best of these
are sorghum Gambler cane) and cow
or sorghum alone, cowpaas. soy
beans and millet. We are strongly
with the value of sorghum
and coWpeas grown together. They
a nicely balanced hay, which is
by stock, and is easier cured
than cOWpeas grown alone Half a
bushe of WDea and a peck of
sorghum SOwn per acre makes a good
and the cane does not becOnn
so strongly grown, and the stalks are,
eaten ur clearly. In
sections of the South sorghum
or kaf1r corn is being largely grown
for a dry winter feed. 1t is planted
at the rate of about two pecks per
acre in drills. and allowed to grow
Ia naat1rit1,- and than iS- cut and SGT i