The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-30
Progressive Farmer.)

is fs.a, off it? Is it not just as hard
q ~ and and harder on Q to
Oh = growing weeds instead OF
nu.tbing Iaho seq
1trrraA and may get tired LOO, u
80 80 same crops year after year. corn
,, alternate year Is ratner d snol,
eFs't hut if the alternate years
b,d oaas and clover on n, ever .aal
10. r,rat;on would result IN heavier
s"''' arors Let the rest year be IN
com ai6ed bv a good application or
Pc nbosnbate and potash. Make
- ga into hay and feed them 10
S+,.1l +, nlake manure ana sow Grover
o. he nau stubble, and put the ma
90 an his clover during the winter
anl turn all for corn. linen SO"
@i among the corn, and II VIII pay
r,o, 10 follow With small gram ana.
~" and clover again before gong
back to corn. me pes. May
,and j. to keep it hard at work grow
a.. .nr .omething to help it and the
'a+fra bptween the grain crops.
To Destroy Moles.
v,Y can. get a pint can Of carbon
hi,pIDhide for about 20 cents. Punch
boIas here and there along the mole
r1ne md pour in a teaspoonful Of the
Hand and cover. Keep this up as
fast as YOU find new runs. l nave
cleaned 81 garden in this way. Keep
the liquid away from IRE ana me
fumes will not explode.
Buy a Portable Forge.
"ran some one tel me nov to make
q blacksmith's forge till something
norfaof can be %installed?" To make
= forge. YOU will have to buy a bel
lows, and it would be just as well to
buy one Of the cheap portable FORCES
that you can get from any dealer IN
agricultural implements. To make an
ordinary brick forge, you must nave
the bellows, and o a not make
one cheaply, and the old-fashioned
bellows will cost as much. or more,
than a portable forge.
Worms Boring MuskTnelons.
This is probably the melon worm.
Eudioptis h~yalineata. The only eff
fectiye means is to spray with Bor-
dpaux mixture in which 5 ounces Of
Paris green has been added to SO
gallons, or l pound of lead ~arsenate
to 80 gallons of water. The mature
insect is a white moth with dark
edges on the wings.
Sowing Peas.
81" want to SOW peas to follow with
wheat How is the best way to SOW
in rows or broadcaSt?" The best way
to SOW peas is to pillow and prepare
the land we'll and drill them in with
a wheat drill set to SOY two bushels
OF wheat an acre. This puts them all
in at i uniform depth and they VIII
grow far better than if soWed
broadcast and narrowed in
Yield OF Peas.
What is a fair crop Of peas Oh
iand that Will make five barrels OF
corn an acre." There is no crop
grown more dependent On the
u-al thai or To rin1I @hnr nnyEnaaC 40
far as I have noticed, the New Era
and the Unknown will make the
heaviest crop, sometimes as much as
twenty-five bushels. The Black may
make fifteen bushels in a good sea
son, or five bushels in a less favorable
one.
Late Irish Potatoes in Mississippi.
You can of course, grow a second
crop from the early one by spreading
the potatoes out on the ground after
cutting them in halves and covering
them quickly with pine straw n
Keep 1t moist till they show signs
OF %sprouting, but the best seed will
De that which has been held over in
cold storage You al get these IN
Richmond, Va. and probably else
where in the South. Plant on level.
ioamy soil in deep furrow. Cover
very lightly at first till the start,
ana then work the soil to them as
they grow, till level. Then cultivate
perfectly level and shallow, the OBJ
Ject beang to retain moisture. l
always hill up early potatoes. as we
want the warmth of the early sun.
out / never hill the late ones. but
Keep a dust blanket on the ground
oy rapid and frequent shallow cult
Faton to retain the moisture. A dead
crop of crimson clover that has been
aIio"ed to fully matur On the land
IS the best preparation. Then give
tnem a good application of acid phos-
pnate and potash.
Red Spider and Blight.
Is there any remedy for the RED
spider? Last summer my tomatoes
ana nearly everything else biighted.
/ suppose from the spider. and they
are beginning again" / hardly think
sour trouble is from the red spider,
LOT That insect only m in hot and
oFy weather. l am using a new spray