The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16
PROF. MASSEY'S VIEWS
THE PROGRESS ~ E.puE,

go through the potatoes later tba,
o'hefWiSa without throwing the vines
o'eT the rows as is common.
MAKE cuttings now about a ward
long and make them into a coil and
plaAne the coll IN the hill, leaving only
ehe UP OF the shoot out. Then every
Joint Will make a bunch of little pc
tatoes 1hat will be far better for bed
oang next spring than small cuttings
from the crop.
CURED Scotch kaIe.
NOW Is the time to SOW the seed of
TINS for winter use. Last winter this
kale sold at retail on our market at
i've cents a pound. and has been as
nigh as eight cents. | am sowing
mine.
Spinach.
The first sowing of spinach for fall
use and early winter should be made
during august Then later sowlngs
IN September and October will keep
up a supply till in the spring. Every
garden should have a supply of ale
and spinach for winter use.
Turn:DS.
Strap-leaVed turnips may be sowl,
for fall use, but it is better for winter
to defer the sowing till September.
Inc larger growing turnipS and the
r~utabagaS may still be soWn. The
flat strap-leaved and quick-growing
sorts may be sown broadcast, but I
prefer to SOW all in rows, and the
late SOWn ones can then be protected
in winter with q furrow thrown to
each side.
Carrots.
The EARLY Horn carrots sOwn in
this month cen be left in the ground
in winter and will keep nicely with
the soil thrown to the rows and are
very useful in. soups in winter.
EarSninS and Satisfy.
South Of North Carolina these can
still be sown. and as they viii grow
better in cool weather, and, in fact
grow all winter, late sowing makes
better quality in the roots. Those
that were sown in July should be
thinned to stand three inches apart
in the rows. / SOW parsnip seed in
little pincheS three inches apart SO
that the light seed can push through
better. Then it is easy to thin the
punches to a single plant.
Onion Sets.
My onion sets have just been lifted
and placed in h shade in an out
house for curing These are the
Early Tait's Queen. / will plant
them in late September in well fer
tilted beds setting the sets deep in
the bed so that the soil can be pulled
from them in the spring and the bulbs
form on the surface of the soil. These
are for green punching onions, for
we grow better ripe onions from seed
soWn in February or March.
Garden Corn.
Grow your own seed OF sugar corn
and YOU will find thai it can be grown
in the South. The seed from the
seedsmen is all grown in Nebraska
and does not do well in the South.
Plant StowelIs Evergreen and the
Egyptian sweet corr and save the
go iii 4fn +
Keep something growing III the gar
den all the time, and keep the weeds
down and you will have fewer cut
worms in the spring II You are
bothered with nut-grass, keep at II
and do not let it go to seed now, TOT
thousands of plants come from Seeo
for every one that comes from the
one season from my garden by sl"-
ply going for it every day.
Celery.
The latter part of the month VIII
be time enough to set celery plants
in their permanent quarters IN North
Carolina, and September, 1aItner
South. while in Florida the celery
growers will be just starting for their
winter crop. I set celery plants III
beds six feet wide. Plant in rows
across the bed, setting the plants SIX
inches apart and the rows a 1907
apart. Leave plenty of space on the
sides of Begin eartn1hs
when the nights get cool IN OCTOBER.
Straighten up each plant and PACK
earth around it by hand to keep It
erect. and then you can fill in between
with q shovel and carry n bed up
six inches outside the ends or the
rows. lust keeping the leaves
above the soil at each earthlnS III
December, and then earth the oeo All
-.4h MINI Ctr2 TO
icon o,.t freezing, and you can liz
he celery all winter. Use the most
moist soil you have and fertlhze
heavily.