The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-04
WHAT FARMERS WANT TO KNOW,
Prof. Massey in Progressive Farmerl

Would it do any harm to mix 81
wounds of nitrate of soda with eacn
Rushel of cottonseed in planting? l
wnally plant a bushel of seed an
acre. it might not hurt the SEED,
INIT there is some risk; but that
amoun of nitrate put in with the
aeed might be largely wasted before
e plants could use it Better put
n alongside the plants after they are
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Fneat Timber as q CrOp.-A North
tGnnlina farmer wants to Know IL II
.wHIEbe right for him to cut timber to
nav Indebtedness, as he has some nice
NRk and pine timber. Of course at
wU nay if it is done in the proper
Forestry does not mean
~erely letting the trees stand, u
~sExeating them as a crop to be mar
yrESted when ready and the grown
snf the future crop taken care OF. A
ya7ece of woodland properly marketed
"d8the brush removed to- prevent
EEYes, and the young growth or valu-,
able kinds encouraged and worthless
stuff removed, can be made a regu-
lar source of income, and land that
S too steep for proper cultivation can
: ame proftably kept in forest and made
Aw LEY WE'LL OOO w "OS S
Rperman into your woods to cut and
Zzsh as he pleases, but get the State
Forester to see the woods and plan
: me harvesting of the trees that
!. Ehsuld be marketed. Treat the for
tGk as one of your best crops. If the
gwspuntains of Western North Carolina
EAad been under proper forestry for
tHAe past fifty years they would have
aNzne more for the people than the
way they nave been treated, and there
wDuId not have been so many disas-
ErDns floods as have occurred of recent
years
Thomas Phosphate Agafn.-"They
charge from 81 to $3.50 more for a
~ uof Thomas phosphate that is
~aranteed IL per cent than for acid
RA0sphate of Is per cent. Is there
~ything more of value in the
+ Tz1Dmas phosphate besides the phos-
Hleric acid?" Yes, there is about 40
sounds of free lime in every 100
sounds of the Thomas phosphate, and
uO that extent it tends to sweeten the
soil, while acid phosphate, by max
ING lime sulphate in the soil that does
MT sweenten it as the carbonate does,
r6hs the soil of the lime and causes
RE1d1ty. Then for phosphoric acid
alone the II per cent is worth a dol
lar a ton more than the 16 per cent,
WUvided they are equally available,
z but they are not exactly so; for so
: mr. as the immediate effect of phos-
Rn0ric acid is concerned, the 16 per
p EEt acid phosphate will act rather
DDre quickly than the II per cent
TAOmas, but the whole effect on the
M1 will be better from the Thomas
phosphate.
When to Cut NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AZ European stations nave shown that
Vne timber cut in summer is more
liable to fungus rot than when cut
nm fall and winter. Timber cut in
The fall seems to contain substances
IN the sap u~nfavorable to the growth
Nf b rot fungus.
a Mixture for Summer SPRAYING
Ten years ago at the North Carolina
Station I used a s~elf-boiled lime sui
gphur mixture to which l added two
pounds of copper sulphate for spray
ing peach trees in leaf, and found it
good. Chemists then ridiculed the
mixture. Now Professor Waite, the
pathologist of the Department of Ag-
~rIcu1ture, has published experiments
show that my old formula is the
hest, as it does no harm to leaves or
EFTft and protects from all fungus at
tacks. 1t has taken the experts Of
b Department of Agriculture ten
year to find that I was right. The
Eixture is 10 pounds lime, 10 pounds
sulphur and 80 gallons of water, to
(which add 2 pounds of copper sui
Ehate. They have also found That
the same ~lime-sulphur in which 3
B0unds of iron sulphate is added is
excellent. l intend t. use the self
Boiled lime7sulphur with copper sui
Rhate this summer on tomatoes and
either garden truck to prevent blight
nj the leaves and rot in the fruit. Tie
Bordeaux mixture cannot be used on
peach trees when in leaf, as it takes
the leaves off, but thu ~self-boiled. that
~ the lime and sulphur together and
11R combination made by the heat
AT the shaking lime. will do no harm,
and will prevent the leaf curl in the
peach, and will have a good influence
IN preventing the rot of the fruit.
Tomatoes and Canning.-In Mary
land the popular tomato with canning
MOuses is the Stone. It seems to fill
Rae bills so well that the packers and
Zne farmers do not care, to look fur
ther. l believe the Gamers are pay
ing about So a ton for the crop this
sumemr. With high culture on good
land, ten to twelve tons can be made
DE- acre, but SO far as I have observ-
ed, the general average is not over
Eur or five tons, if that much. There
rs some profit in a good crop, even at
Zne Gamers prices; but there is no
NERm in a crop of four tons, or ever
NRs, as some make less. But the
~8rerage farmer grows tomatoes just
E the average farmer grows any
emp. Tt is reported that crops of Is
Eams an acre are sometimes made in
Indiana. but I think the statement
viii bear some salt. Ten tons IN acre
NJ an excellent crop on good land.
Where the tomatoes are grown on a
lSmall scale, and canned on the farm,