The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-14

--;rtar varieties. DIS Thy --- /
"ii,'' tban the Northern sprans
and az a rule, no oats VIII pc a3
100 soun in the spring mere -
they had been soHn IN the Ian
Good corn Crop-lf you nave Dc
,o,, should have, a crop Oh
lever growing on the land that Is -
- n1anted TO corn, / would not DE III
~ hurry about turning II unde'.
Fight in sight Of where ] write IS d
large field that last year was II ~
son clover. It was allowed 70 sIoS
ill dead before the land was proved
THAT field made a fine crop OF COOKE
prolifc corn. We always have time
enough to make a corn crop a1tef thi9
clover ripens. and by that time II mas
done all thai it can possibly 90 Io'
the Improvement of the sou. MI
Collier. in Talbot county, MafEiahu'
made nearly 100 bushels OF corn per
acre over his entire field, with noun
ing but a crimson clover sod and some
lime narrowed in. This was on land
that formerly made % bushels of corr
an acre in a good season. When l
get letters from the southern 1aTmers
askin for a formula for corn l gen
orally say use a sod of crimson clover
and make corn cheaper. Then de-
termine. after deep breaking OF the
land. 70 cultivate the corn shallow,
rapidly and eve and keep the turn
ing pillow and the big shovel pillow, out
Of the corn field. Ride over it With
two horses to the cultiyator and work
the corn rapidly.
Crimson Clover for Cotton.-Where
| there is q crimson clover sod for cot
! ron. it must be broken earlier than for
corn, of curse, or as soon as a lew
red blooms are seen here and there.
Then having the organic decay broad
cast, put the pho1Tnate and potash
broadcast, for cotton, like corn. runs
far and wide by fruiting time, and the
! feeding roots will get away from a
little dribble in the rows. Do not be
afraid to use a good fertilizer mixture
in a liberal way on the cotton. II
will pay better there than on the corn.
But cultivate the cotton IN me same
rapid and shallow and level way ad-
vised for the corn. II you plant on
the level and run a slant-tooth har-
row over before the cotton comes up
SO that there will be no crust to cnech
it, and then use the weeder both ways
after it is up you may rest SATISFIED
that even il the weather turns off wet
you can keep the grass down and will
not have to put a pillow III to cover
the grass. The man who always has
crimson clover to turn for corn OF
cotton is in the line of improvement
and Will soon have a rich farm. he
will feed his c~OttOnseed meal that he
gets in exchange for seed, along with
the corn slower and the peavine hay,
and he will have n to put on the
clover to go in corn, and will be able
to raise a big crop Of small grain
after the corn, and then peas and
clover again to get ready for another
cotton crop bigger than the last one
; Start this year with the detern1ina-
ton to farm and not merely to plan'
! cotton.
!. in the Truck Field.-The early Irisl
potato crop should be IN the grOunt
south of Virginia, and north OF this M
time should be lost in preparing tn
: land and planting. We can Away:
get cleaner potatoes by turning under
: some green growth, as the Sigh
: /acidity is a check to the growth of tn
scab fungus. But the crimson Glove
50 valuable for corr and cotton viii
; have made too small a growth to turf
: for the early potatoes, and it is bette
: to SOW rye early in the fall on the lane
intended for the potatoes. If sivel
= time to make Il strong fal! growth b
g sowing in September. the rye vii
9 make a fine lot Of organic matter t
turn for the potatoes. Then. use
~high-grade commercial fertilizer in tn
burrows, as s~tablemanure, ever if yo
} a plenty, will be apt TO encourag
the scab. Plant the iate-crop seed Q
the ~second-crop and avoid the Main
seed potatoes that have brought tn
= black-leg disease to the South. Lat
! potatoes that have been grown fror
y cold storage seed the previous ia
!. make the best possible seed. The
y l, 200 pounds an acre of a high-grad
II fertilizer is none too much for tn
early potato crop. This Is one Gro
~ that ] always 1as-by with a furrow I
& Qnaja csTC fSr no va Mt ,ha 1no.E+
the spring sunshine to warm up tn
soil, and It does best when the potatoe
g are ridged. But late potatoes / plal
, in deep fur-oHs and cultivate level an
:, shallow to retain moisture.
ut -
lie nh earl, eahto~ce tha4
Id tha fall viii rnw h. grav;,a go.
- should be cultivated Rapidly. Wbe