The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

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not rich is because they neglect tn
| lands. There are not enough Whltt
| people in East Carolina to cultivate
one-tenth OF the lands. The negro
gives as little labor to the crop ano
| care to the land as possible and mar
! kets the crop in a sloven1y manner 1h'
time must come when the tenani
| shall not cultivate the land unless be
tends it as the owner directs.
The Importance Of the peanut CROP
could be greatly enhanced by a system
of rotation, but this has never beer
Lean be planted from the 1st to the
10th of May. After digging the pea
nuts they should be carried to one
corner of the field, stacking in small
stacks. The danger to the crop is the
northeast rains followed by fogs. A
soon as they have dried put them in
the house, and the peanut and the
peanuts are dug the land should be
spread with manure and then sown
with rye, Glove n vetch. The land
should not be naked in the winter.
The rains a the nitrogen away; 1t
should be anchored with rye, vetch.
or lover The nitrogen must be lock-
ed in the soil.
Mr.. Bland advised that the farmer
go into the field and select his seed
right behind the diggers, taking those
which ripen uniformly.
In conclusion Mr.. Blount said agri-
culture ought to be considered one Of
the highest professions. Neither law
yers, doctors nor engineers lave SO
many difficulties to contend with, so
much to know as the farmers. He
stated hat the fathers before the war
solved in a large measure the ques-
ton Of drainage, but the farmers have
permitted the ditch to fill up with dirt,
weeds and briars, and When big rain
comes the crops are drowned and the
soil washed away. There must be an
underdrain. 1t is utterly useless to go
in debt to buy fertilizers when the
farmer permits his land to be drowned
on account Of a lac Of drainage.
The best way to fix the land is to
buy steers and live stock, feeding it
nure back to the land. The peanut
vine will surpass any hay as a feed, he
declared. Methods must be improved,
there must be grown a better peanut
and more must be produced to the
acre. The land must be kept fertile,
but these cannot be achieved until the
and is properly drained.
Afternoon Session.
Doubling the Corn Yield" was the
SuDtCCL VI LII dDIC ulScISSlOn Uy u. *.
Hudson, State Demonstration Agent.
Corn, he said, is the foundation of sue
cessful farming in North Carolina.
His purpose, he said, vas to open the
way for a good discussion of the sub
ject. 1t is so related to the soil it was
impossible to consider it without dis
cussing the soil, and necessarily many
things already said would have to be
repeated. A deep soil, pulverized soil,
humus-fllled soil was absolutely es-
sential. The two things that destroy
more crops than anything else are
the wet spells and the dry spells: but
these would not ruin the crops if the
soil is deep, pulverized and humus-
filed.
Prof. R.. I. Smith, of A. and M. Col
lege and Experiment Station, discussed
Insect Injuries to Corn" The corr
crop in North Carolina last year was
valued at $39,6O0,0O said the speak
by insects, which means,
roughly, hat the farmers of this State
lose 100000 or their corn crop an
nua1ly on account of insects. He dis
cussed the general worms and bugs
destroy the plant and the corn,
their prevention and determination
B. S. Skinner. superintendent of A.
and M. College farm. spoke on the
preparation of land for corn, saying it
meant not only c~ultivating and plow-
but supplying plant food to the
soil.
The Woman's Department met at
1880 o'clock. Miss Henrietta
Holmes, Of Fayetteville. rea the first
paper of the session upon Cooper
alton of Mother With the Teacher"
Miss Holmes gave a most interesting
account Of work done in her own
Of new and unique meth
DDS for raising funds for school pur-
Everyone was particularly in
crested in the plans for purchasing
4 piano and how the cloak room was
for q music room. Miss
was piled with questions, all
the ladies showing great interest in
subject. Two unique method
FOR raising funds for school nurnOSes