The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07
PROF. MASSEY'S VIEWS
THE PROGRESS SltE Eli.

ing ones for main crop. Ihen III
large limas are not productive IN III
South, while the small lima, or SieVd
is productive and, to my taste, oe'ce
for eating than the large lima. Ihese
too, / grow on the chicken Wire net
ting.
One of nv neighbors last summe
set lines Of posts or each side or nj
garden walk and stretched the WIZ
netting on sides and top ana mao
beautiful arbor covered with nm
beans. 1t seemed to be an excellen
idea and saves spaces IN a small gar
den.
So far in most sections, the weathel
has been such that no farmer shoulf
be lin the grass It has been a goot
season to test the value OF TN
smoothing harrow n the Weeder II
the cotton and I'll fields. The mar
whose crop is now clean, Will nave NJ
trouble in keeping it 50 with the rid
ing ~cultivator, while if the weather
sets in wet there will be the usua
cry from the men who depend OF
one-horse implements to cultivate
their cotton and corn.
There are now offered gangs O
weeder teeth that a be attached te
any riding tWo-horse c~ultivatOr, ano
they seem to me to be the ideal shall.
low cuitivators. The great advantage
Of rapid and shallow cultivation Is
that the weed seed near enough tc
the surface to terminate are killed
and no more are grought up to ger
inmate. and the field will be clear
when laid-by.
A field Of very rich land had on il
at my visit last fall, a crop Of nearly
100 bushels of corn per acre, and the
land was absolutely clean OF weeds OF
grass, and in the best possible condl-
ton to be disked fine for wheat ]
would rather have a some peas on
It,; for, os I ave said, peas do not
injure the crop but help it, and when
the corn is cut. there is humus-mak
ing material In abundance, or feed
to cut.
Do not let the high price Of peas
discourage you, but reflect that it is
probably your fault that you have
Them to buy. and resolve that mex
spring you Will have all you need
without buying, and perhaps some to
sell to those who always AVE to buy.
No Southern farmer can afford to SOW
peas in every place where he can find
room for them. Nor can he afford
not to follow them with crimson
clover in the fall.
Determine that hereafter you viii
always have a green winter cover on
your land and never let a field lie
bare and leach it's fertility through the
winter.
In sowing peas for hay, / believe
that it is desirable to SOW the Tall
Yellow soy bean mixed with the peas
They Will help hold up the trailing
varieties, and will make the crop more
easy TO harvest.
South of North Carolina the velvet
bean comes in wonderfully AS q forage
crop. 1t takes less seed than peas or
soy beans, and though it may not ma
ture seed In Eastern North Carolina,
/ am of the opinion that it will pay
to grow velvet beans in the lower
eastern section. have seen thOm
we'll podded as far north as Selma, N.
c., and at Magnolia, N. c., 1 was sold
that they find them superior to peas
as a forage crop. and though making
a great mass of vines, they are not
hard to cure.
mad them make a mass almost waist
nigh. Plant them in rows four feet
apart l would suppose that a peck,
or less, would plant an acre.
am continually getting letters ask
ing about the cultivation Of broom
corn, for the high prices told about in
the papers are having the usual effect
on those who are always wanting to
try crops they are not familiar with.
My advice is for the Southern farmer
to farm well with the crops he is ia
mllfar with. Broom corr is o., easv
10 grow as any other of the sorghum
family, but after it is grown comes the
rub. It takes skill and experience to
hancle the crop successfully Tor mar
ket, and buildings and for
curing and c%leaninp and balirg, and
the chances are that h inexperi-
enced man will Put a product on the