The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-30
MASSEY'S VIEWS

to suddenly wilt and die. The only
thing for this is to plant in uninfested
ground and to avoid ground where
tomatoes, elephants or potatoes have
recently been grown.
Floats and Manure.
lou can use the floats literally in
the stable and let it go out mixed
with the manure daily. The amount
IS lmmaterial. At the Ohio Station
they found that as little as 40 pounds
mixed IN a ton OF anu greatly in
creased the crop over a ton without
the floats and made over a dollar
proilt from an expenditure of IA
Genus. l would scatter the floats
daliy IN stable cutters hin the
cattle and let it go out with the ma
nure and then add a fresh supply.
Cedar for Potato Bugs.
Tell your readers to soak cedar
boughs in boiling water one or two
hours and spray for the potato bugs.
It Will clean them up. Perhaps oil
OF cedar from a drugstore might do
better l give this at the sugges-
ton OF our correspondent, but it
would be far better to spray with
Bordeaux mixture in which ) ounces
of Paris green is mixed, for with
this you will be protecting the po-
tatoes from early blight and bugs at
the same time. It reminds me of
the advice to make a decoction Of
green tomato vines and spray fol
the bugs. But as the bugs Will eat
tomato vines, / can not see the rea-
son for hoping. that tomato juice
Will drive them off.
Stumps.
will green gum stumps die if l
bore a hole in them and fill with
gasoline" No; l rather think the
gasoline will eva noT4ta at once with
out any damage to the Jump Bet
ter use a stump-puller or blow them
out with dynamite.
Lime and Fruit Trees.
will scattering lime around fruit
trees help to keep out insects, and
would it iniure the growth of he
trees?' 1t would probably have 20
effect in keeping out insects, and
certainly would do no harm to the
trees. The only way TO keep down
the borer in peach trees is to go over
the trees spring and fall and where
gums is seen scrape lt~ef and cut
the worm out.
Sweet Potatoes.
The best soil is one more sand
than clay, and the best prepara-
ton for the crop is a crimson clover
sod turned under in full bloom and
ferl:liZed in the burrows with sou
pounds of acid phosphate, SO pounds
of %sulDnate of potash and IS pounds
of nitrate Of sod to give a start, the
which adorned mantels, punch bowl
and tables. Mrs. E. CT. Currin and
Mrs. w. K. Boyd helped in the enter
ainent Of the guests and presented
the to Mrs. Brown, who aSsited Mss
Long, Of Statesville, Mrs. John M
ningham, Frs. r. l.. Flowers and Mrs.
E. G. Brooks, welcomed them.
The mantels in the parlor were
covered with shower bouquets of white
roses and rich foliage and the effect
was inded petty. But nothing was
quite so petty as the dining DOM. SO
a~tistically decoated with pink and
| white sweet peas. The center eluny
lace mat in the center Of which was a
large bowl of the sweet peas. The
candlesticks with the pretty pink
shades. and the dainty bon bons, minis
and cakes IN the table carried out the
color scheme of the dining room per-
fectly. An ice course was served-the
guests, Misses Elise Minis, Anna Bran
son and Lila Wright assisting Mrs.
Brown. Though a resident of Durham
gut a short while Mrs. Brown has
made ever so nan friends, and has
beome on of the very charming ad-
| ition to Durham society. The tea
given yesterday afternoon was an evil
dence Of the rost of friends she has
made since coming here.