The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21
Progressive Farmer.)

hand grows ~pcavines we'll but TlIl MOI
mako meas What is the ~trouble?'
Evidently a lack Of what IS heedtu
to make the seed, ~phosphorlc acl4
and potash. Use acid phosphate anu
pnfash literally on the peas n
feel sure they viii mature SEED.
What is the right time 10 cut al
faIfa p When bloom shows here and
there and you can find the second
growth starting at the base OF the
plants. cut before these young
shoots get tall enough TO be caught
~ the mower, for if they are cut the
next crop will be somewhat smaller.
What variety Of peanut is best for
hogs?" / hardly think that there is
any appreciabIe difference in the va
]rietics for this purpose. h Spanish
nuts grow closer TO the plant and can
be planted closer than large, white
shelled Vireinia nuts. These spread
more and the hogs will have to root
d little more to get them all. But |
do not know that this makes much
difference.
Velvet beans will doubtless make a
fine growth in the sand-hlll section OF
North Carolina, but it is doubtful that
they will mature seed there. Further
down the coast in Duplin they grow
them finely and consider them better
than peas. and for the further South
there is no question of the value OF
the crop. While they failed to ma
ture with me at Raleigh they certain
~ made Il wonderful growth and
seemed cas- TO cure.
Glover and pea hay are good, of
course, but / need some other sort TO
20 with these for horses, what shall
it be % on strong land you can SOW
Hungarian or Japanese millet and cut
it as soon as the heads are out, and
before any seed form. It will then
make a safe hay for horses and will
balance the peas and clover very we'll.
But, if the seed are allowed to ma
turo, the hay Will be dangerous for
horses. as the seed Will often cause
impaction III the intestines.
Like Dr.. Butler, | have had a great
many inquiries about the seeded rib
bon cane or Japanese cane as some
call it. It is all wrong to call this
Ribbon cane, for as DR.. Butler has
shown, this cane crows only from cut
tingS, Us it does not make seed north
Of the Tropics. / believe that the
seed of the true sugar cane is some
times imported into Louisiana to start
new nurseries for rattoons. But the
So-called Seeded Ribbon cane is sim
ply sorghum that has been in com
mon use for q generation in the South
Can [ SOW crimson or red clover ir
corn at laying-in?' You are ir
southern North Carolina and the
chances are that the crimson clover
sown at that time would not succeed
as it is too early. The time to sow i
1T your section is in September, and
had r0thnr I q Il Tho horoo ~ o-y;-
without any preparation among tn,
corn In September, than sowing Whel
laying-by. / nave had fine success
from sowing red Glove at the laying
by of corn in the Virginia mountai
country, and it might in a favorabl
season succeed with you, but tn
chances are against it.
| want to make a pa
ture of Bermuda grass. Cannot I q
his by saving the seed ?" Bermud
makes very little seed in your climat
and often one at all. You can bu
the imported seed and "a grow it b
sowing in May. But the best way
to get the running stems or roots s
some call them and drop them
shallow burrows and cover them an
they Will soon take possession of tt
ground. There is plenty Of the era,
in every waste spot around YOU. ar
II o simply have@it dug and spree
on the land and plowed under ar
rolled tight it will grow.
From Eastern North Carolina:
wrote to you about crimson clover la
year. as none had ever been grow
mere. You gave me the desired i
formation. and ! wish you could s
that beautiful field Of clover toda
When is the best time to turn it f
corn?' This letter is interesting b
cause | have time and again h;
to write that crimson cloy
would not grow in eastern coas,
North Carolina. and I was sure tn
were In error about it. In fact. IL
year the finest field Of clover | s.
was in that section. One excelle
corn grower says that he finds til
h best time to turn it under is
soon as a blossom shows here a
there Another very successful gro
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