The farmer and mechanic., 1911-07-11

before the frost The objection &c
sowing these crops in July is the prop
ability that September Will be, as II
usually is very dry monln-the
driest of the year. and the crop ma
therefore be cut off, except IN Iresii
or moist soils.
However. would always so"
speckled (whippoorwilD ana even
so-called unknown pea throughout
JULY, rather than let the land go with
out a crop The soy bean, L belleve'
stands heat and drought even better
than does the cOWpea and makes Il
very excellent hay. besides being an
excellent nitrogen gatherer ana SOIL
enricher.
Cut vines of the early varieties OF
swet potatoes tNancy Hall, etc. may
be still planted with reasonable pros
pect Of fair Yield. The Nancy Hall
and Triumph vines planted in my
garden July 1et and 10th. last year
gave potatoes for the table August
31st say. in seven weks
OF course next month will he the
time for pulling folled If there be
a right time TO pull; but now IS the
time to get ready to cut and cure the
cornstalks, blades a}d earsnin
shocks, to he later lwhth fully dry
shredded and stored away for winter
roughage.
The ground for the main crop Of
turnips should be made ready for
sowing during the last ten days OF
July and throughout the month OF
August Land We'll prepared, repeat
ed deep and close ploWings and mar
rowed fine early enough to get sever
al good rainfalls before sowing. is
half the battle for success in grow
ing turnips the other half being
nla of 2ci
nitrate Of soda. If you will SOW over
the young turniDs early in the morn
ing slaked lime and Paris green-l
TO 30-the flea beetles. often SO de
structive. will be kept away or killed
if they persist.
July in the Garden.
Early varieties of corn may yet be
planted-at venture, and tomatoes.
beans (snaps and dwarf limas) col
lards and Irish potatoes may be
planted. the last named during the
last week or the first week in August.
have nos much faith in second
crop Irish potatoes. When q crop
does hit it the tubers are so much
better than the spring crop that We
forget our failure and try it again
In my own experience the crop
fails somewhat oftener than it sue
ceeds. During the last four years I
made one good, full crop, One-haf
crop and two failures. II the ground
selected is old land well stocked with
hunus or is a deep. new soil or rich
bottom the chances for a good crop
of fall-planted Irish potatoes are
about even. But don't he induced to
rely on enliching the soil with hu-
mus in. the old form Of stable ma
nure unless the latter was thoroughly
rOtted months ago and thoroughly
with the soil. When for
est leaves or grain straw is avala bic
the chances for success will be great
ly increased by using such material
as q mulch. But, after all. very
dry September prolonged into Octo-
Der, may dash our hopes to the
ground
I am no great advocate Of turnips.
mangOlds and beets for cattle and
hogs. / think they are too deficient
in nutritiveness, and the yield is too
uncertain
Now is the approved time for "set
ting out Georgia cOllardS for use
next winter and early spring. Hard
workers (and some that do not hurt
themselves) are generally fond OF
cO1lards. and even the epicure viii
find the heart leaves of 4 well-frosted
Georgia cOllard hard to beat for pal
ativeness. The ground should be well
and deeply ploWed and literally ma
nured to insure success with this old
stand -byS-which is also splendid |
food for cattle horses, sheep, chick
ems, ducks and vhat-not.
r. J. REDDING
Griffin, Ga.