The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22

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zation are not all. however. because
different plants use different parts of
the soil, SO crops must be rotated to
help build UP the soil and while max
ing a crop conserve food in the soil.
Remember that it is the treatment OF
the SOIL that makes the crop. No
better way to build up The soil than
natural fertilization by turning under
ieguminous crops. In every ton OF
leSume hay there is SO worth Of fer
tllizer. In a ton of pea-vine hay there
is So worth of nitrogen and YOU pay
more than that for it when you buy
it in commercial fertilizers.
Mr.. Newman was followed by a
discussion of commercial fertilizers by
Mr.. t. b. Parker, of the State De-
partment of Agriculture. Mr.. Parker
said that he wanted to impress his
hearers with the fact that they must
know their own farms; that there are
hundreds Of ways in which they can
improve their farms by studying them.
We should expect good returns from
what we put in the soil and should
know why when it is otherwise. In
the matter of fertilizers we have been
depending on the dealers who know
nothing about our individual farms
to tell US what to put in our soils.
Each farmer should study his farm,
read up on fertilization, make tests
and in this wa ask his farm what it
needs. Book farming is all right
and there should not be so much
sneering at printed Instructions and
information about farming. The bull
letins issued free to the farmers are
written experiences of those who have
had success, and there is no reason
why opinions on paper should hurt
the opinions. We must experiment
with fertilizer on our individual farms
to find out what is needed in the soil.
In the matter of fertilizing soil first
comes deep plowing; second is
legumes plowed under; third is gscen
cover crops; fourth is stable
and last commercial fertilizer. Com
mercial fertilizers will pay if prop
erly used but, the other means of
fertilization all come first. In going
into a detailed discussion of the
various chemicals used in commercial
fertilizers, there use, etc, Mr.. Parker
used charts showing results in ex-
perimentS made to find out what
various soils needed, etc, and in ex-
planning how farmers may mix there
own fertilizers. which is recommend
ed. a demonstration Of mixing was
given and the saving in cost shown
The application Of the fertilizers at
different intervals during the growth
of the crop was advocated.
While Mr.. Newman and Mr.. Par
ker were holding forth in the big
! AUDITORIUM, MIS-. sue v. f1OilON til, Vi
GoldsborO, widely known as an in
stitute lecturer. and Mr.. j. S. Jeffrey,
who has charge Of the State poultry
experimental station at the A. & M
College, were speaking to the ladies at
their meeting place. Mrs. Hollowell
talked on the care of the infant and
emphasized the fact that the first five
years of a child's life determines what
it will be during the remainder OF
its life, both physically and mentally
Fer this reason mothers should have
knowledge Of the care Of infants. A
mothers love is not all sufficient in
the care of the child; she should pre-
pare for motherhood and know what
she is about. The 275 mothers pres
ent were asked if the o a moth
er's magazine and it was found that
only three are 0 doing so. Mrs.
HolloweIl then pointed out that al
most every farmer in the other
audience is taking some farm maya
zine and showed how much more i'm
portant it was that a mother have
knowledge Of the care Of her children
than it is that the farmer have knoW1-
edge of the care Of his live stock, etc.
The mothers were also urged to train
their children as helpers IN the home
from their youth up.
Mfr. Jeffrey talked to the ladies
about their poultry, telling them how
they may get best results from their
feed, the best Of dressing
their poultry for market; the import
ance of keeping good breeds. their
care. etc. The necessity Of keepins
down lice and mites and the determin-
ing by experiments Of what ration, il
addition to the natural feeding re-
sources of The farm. are necessary to
get good results were emphasized.
In the afternoon Mrs. HOllowel
spoke to the ladies for a short time
en- bread making and the nutritive
value of food, while Mr.. Newman talk
ed to the men about corn culture and
the selection of seed corn, going into
detail with regard to the latter and
explainingAthe Importance of selecting
the seed while the corn is still in the
field, etc. The men and women Their
held a joint meeting which was ad-
dressed by Mrs. Hollowell and Mr.
Jeffrey. At this meeting, Mr.. job