The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-06

SioEt winter course. One OF my neigh
ooIS mas a son who works on The
AafHi all summer and every winter
goes TO one college Or another for the
WINTER course, changing his college
every winter, and that young mar IS
ueVeloplnS rapidly and will make as
I've a -armer as his father is, ani
1hat is saying a good DEAL, Tor his
ta'1ef Is d I1o~ney-nlaKing farmer who
mas a I'M home and has made a. Tor
ltne al Aaflii-IS IU1u notIIng 70 start
WIN. He has another son who is TAX
ing the lull course at Cornell, and it
Viii be intel esting to note Which gets
ahead faster, the one who spends My
! ; winters at study at diflerent col
leges, or the one who gives four reg
~.~f years to the work.
WINTER NOEk IN The GARDEN.
Do not imagine that the farm gar
den must lie in weeds all winter. /
have told often of mine. From my
frames | am not only getting fine let
tuce for the table, but the wagons
OF the groceTs are coming out daily
Tor 1t at goou prices Then we are
getting from the open ground curlel
hale, splnach charu (Which one can
not tell from spinach when cookeot,
Red Chinese raaIshes, parsnips, satisfy
and carrots, n are still eating sliced
tomatoes, for as frost came l gathered
49, aAaA ~ I'D
them a lew at a time into a warm
room to rpen. We generally nave
sliced tomatoes on the table till
Christmas.
Where enc has a cellar it is a good
plan pull up the late tomato vines
and hang them in the cellar to ripen.
then W still have some Irish pota-
toes from the early crop which have
kept bo-ter than / ever knew them.
Another fall I hope to have a late
crop tor winter use. 1t IS easy now
to get seed potatoes IN July that have
been kept in cold storage and to plan,
then for the winter. AS my garden
las been enlarged this fall by tearing
oOwn an Old tumble-OoWn barn, | shall
have q greater area for vegetables an
vtAer season.
If you. sweet potatoes are banked
outside. you will have a far better
chance to keep them well If you put
a rough shelter over the banks to
keep the soil dry, for dry soil keep
out more cold than wet soil.
Set early cabbage plants on the
north SIDE Of sharp lists made over
burrows that have been Wei MANFRED
Set them deep enough to cover the
entire stem. If you a not grown
the plants. you can get them CD eaply
from the advertisers in The Progress
i've Farmer.
!! To keep cabbages or collards, turn
i tIISlIl uOWu with llS "a ~ A1iS
1 north, and bank the soil over the
stems and base Of the ead. Turned
to the north the tender part, the stem
and base of the head will be to the
south and the open head will be
shaded from the winter sun in the
morning when frozen. Carois AID
winter radisnes should be mulcheo
with rough manure. Celery snoul
now be entirely covered with earth
and then with pine straw to proven
freezing in all the upper South. The
Florida folks will be Just getting the1l
cIup fairly under way.
Cutting of the cluster grapes Ohe
Labruscas), like the Concord, Dela-
ware and others, can now be MADE
about ten inches long. Cut an inch
above a bud and right under one al
the maseh and set them in rows flu
length and they Will make fine plants
next summer. Cuttings Of the hardy
roses OF the hybrid perpetual class
can be made in same way, and VIII
grow readily. Cuttings Of tea roses
should have a leaf at top and a 6 ass
preserve Jar turned over them. Cut
tings can also be made Of Towering
shrubhery such as Spireas, Deutzias,
Wigelias. etc. Fg cuttings snoufa %
made Of last summers growth ana
tied In bundles and buried below frost
and set in the spring, and they viii
root easily.
Root cuttings Of Grape myrties can
be made in some way ana planled IL
che spring. Lantana plants that haVs
t1oomed all summer may be cut bac|
RI stumps and covered with sawdus
and will grow finely in spring. Many
!. half hardy plants can be protected
with, a saWdust mound.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
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