The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-18

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Undressing FOr Wheat.-"Which
is the best top-dressing for wheat.
agricultural lime or nitrate OF soda:
| You evidently seem to consider lime
as a manure. We use lime as a
means for sweetening an acid SOIL
for releasing insoluable potash in the
soil and for promoting the nitrifica-
ton of organic decay. Your Wheat
may be benefited by a dressing OF nj
trate of soda If the growth Is weak and
the color pale. but where wheat Is
growing strongly and has a good color,
it might do more harm than good by
making the straw too heavy and so
liable to lodge. But do not top-dress
with lime. Lime is used When needed
| on plowed land and narrowed in.
Crimson Rambler Rose Mildews.-
| This rose is very liable to mildew. II
must be praye regularly to prevent
IT. Stake s pounds Of lime and 8
pounds of sulphur together In a cover
ed barrel. Then dissolve . pounds Of
copper sulphate and add this and
water enough to make 80 gallons. Use
this for spraying before the leaves
OPEN. and once or twice aftefward
till the buds develop. .Of course you
can divide the mixture and d the
QTOpOTIlONdto amount OF water ICr
spraying o. a small scale.
Turning Under Rye would al
ways turn und er rye when not more
than knee-high Or less. Turned I'M
grow till headed, the straw is very
slower to deconpose. and is much
harder 20 turn under.
| SoBte F4ower-GarJen Notes.
I have read with some interest
what Mrs. p. G. Reade says about her
gardening. I do not think that she
need fear to use manure literally, and
some fertilizer, too, in the shape OF
phosphate and potash to balance the
manure Ny garden-fIower garden
and vegetable, too.-Was covered all
over last yea with stable manure
brought from New York City by rail.
and a similar cover has been given it
this spring. In addition TO this. I shall
use acid phosphate at rate OF 1000
pounds an acre and sulphate Of pot
ash at rate Of zoo pounds an acre. The
stable manure promotes vigorous
growth while the mineral elements
tend to the production OF fruits and
flowers. Mrs. Rea need not fear
that getting the soil rich will increase
the insects. for insects prefer to attack
stunted plants.
Instead Of planting, as she says, as
early as possible, it Is far better with
some things to plant late i'll the season.
Sow pansy seed IN late August in a
rich border. and as soon as large
enough to handle, transplant them in
beds about 6 or 8 nch apart. They
are perfectly hardy and will come
through the winter all right. and will
bloom we'll before the weather gets
too hot for them, for the flowers run
down very small in hot weather. I
seVed my pansy seed last fall, and
|some of them / transplant into a cold
frame covered with class sashes. These
are now (March 15) nearly in bloom.
The remainder were set on q sunny
border and Will come into bloom in
April.
Sweet peas should be sown in Octo-
Der, for they, too, Will live through
the winter and bloom hf1e the
weather suits them. I did not get
mine sown this season till January,
but they are all right. though ! would
have preferred to have sown them il
the fall, for we must get the flowers
before h hot weather If we get good
ones, but last fall the weather was 50
dry that I deferred the sowing until
the soil was frozen, and I had to wait
till January TO get it in the right
shape.
Phlox Drunmond soWn in Septem-
Der will come through the winter all
right and will bloom all summer
Carnations are not very
good house plants. They demand cool
treatment and aerial moisture that can
rarely be had in the dwelling. But as
Mrs. Reade says, plants that have been
grown outdoors from little plants set
in the spring. can be lifted in the
early fall and set in boxes and placed
in a sunny window in an uaheated
snowy beddine plants. I always leave
min in the beds where they grew as
room and Will give q good many flow.
ers.
Cannas are now among the naoS4