The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-19

Is 1t necessary to wait for a freeze
before | shred my corn stover SO
mat II will keep" No. Shred il
men Well cured and dry. but not
Nheh there is any external moisture
on 1t from ain or dew.
several correspondents send me
Sdihples OF a large broNn-headed
Clover which they find growing wild
This is Trifolium rehexum or b,,fralo
cover, a native plant in the South.
NhereNer this or the little gray rab.
plt7teCte clover grows the soil will he
found a~bundantly inocujated for
crimson clover.
Will It pay TO put ground lime
stone on the black prairie land
lhey are using ground phosphate rock
on the black prairie soil with won
oerlhl effect. Yes, L think that it
VIII pay to put lime or limestone on
the black prairie soil. SO far as /
nave observed. this soil is usually
underiaid by white lime rock. but the
soil is a vegetable accumulation and
lime viii act we'll on it. am not
surprised that the pulveriZed phos-
phate rock acts we'll there, for the
soil is well supplied with humus and
the humic acids will bring the phos-
phate into availability.
An Arkansas correspondent has
600 busheI Of corn to house in crib
and the Weevils are already after it.
Wants to know how TO prevent dam
age. II the corn could be put in
close bins, YOU can put a pint of
carbon bisulphide for each leo bushels
IN Tin T2n on ton tn Gown nr1
shut. it up and the fumes will sink
trough the corn and kill the weevils.
But in a crib this is hardly feasible.
The best you can do under the con
ditions viii be to get a big lot of
moth balls that are sold Very cheap
ly and scatter them literally Trough
the corn as it is stored. Seedsmen
use these To keep insects out of their
seed bins.
What kind Of rape is best? When
should the seed be sowed and how,
in rows or broadcast? What fertilizer
to USE" Sow the Dwarf Essex rape
any time in September. Sow in rows
and cultivate once Or twice. FertiiiZe
it possible with stable manur or with
a fertilizer high in nitrogen. The
rape will last a good while during the
fall and winter for hogs to Craze on
You can turn them on as soon as the
plants are we'll developed. Then you
| can SOW again in late February and
have a fine crop for spring use. Sow
about five pounds an acre. OF course,
YOU can SOW it broadcast. but you
will get q better growth in rows. and
soWed broadcast. it will take ten
pounds an acre.
"When is the time to SOW cabbage
seedefor spring heading: SOW seed
of the Early Wakefield about the
middle of September. run out furfoW
three feet apart and fill them with
-sood4rotten manure. List on these
and make the ridges sharp and run
ming east and west. AS soon as the
plants are strong set them low down
on the north side of the ridges and
deep enough to cover the entire stem
Set in this way they will be protected
fromAthe morning sun Wnen frozen
and will be kept dormant. while II
set on the south side, as many plant
| them. they will get to growing in the
warm spells and will suffer on return
of cold and YOU will lose far more
on the south side OF the ridges thar
on the north side. Level the grounC
down early in spring and apply q
side-cressing of nitrate of soda a
rate of $50 pounds an acre and cult
vate well and rapidly and you vii
get good heads in April.
w here can I get any printed mat
ter treating of soil analysis Sol
ANALYSIS is treated in books OF
che mistry, and it can only be Gone
in a. we'll equipped chemical Iabora
tory by a skilled chemist. An anafy
sis OF your soil by d chemist woulf
cost d good deal. and a hundred Zee
away the soil may have a very differ
an+ comnosition. I had at Raleigh il
. half-acre garden four distinct type
OF soil and A chemical analysis o.
one type would not answer Tor an
other. Then. too. after an analysis !
made YOU simply know what the sol
contains. but nothing as to the aNaii
ability OF the plant foo IN 1t, and $
- the needs of your soil IL