The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-24

the MANURE, DIS II Will set
from the all hu, If you intend Il
the manuring Will be all right for 3
hned crop following. Bat as The
clover is With oats, | assume that
gov intend the crop for hay. Inc
clover will do more fixing Of nitrogen
without the manure than Win II, loI
it VIII take the SUPPLY az
hand in the manure and you VIII Set
u larger growth of hay, but not So
much extra nitrogen liked in the sou.
is Thomas basic Stag the am
thing as Thomas phosphate: / nave
been told to use half Thomas phoS-
Dhate and half agricultural lime FOR
wheat. How would this do for wheat
or oats?" Yes, basic phosphate and
Thomas phosphate and basic Stag are
all names for the same tnlng. IL IS
a by-product in the basic method Of
making steel, the lime being used to
extract the phosphorus from the iron
SO hat steel can be made. The Stag
from the furnace contains the phos-
phorus and is ground up and sold as
q fertilizer. 1t carries about forty
pounds of free lime in each 100
pounds. AS I have often written on
this page we do not use lime DIS a
fertilizer. The Thomas phosphate
alone will make a fairly good wheat
III 'tL oA IN S1'$ 80 =
q sufficient amount Of nitrogen and
potash. On sandy soil, which is never
Il first-claSs wheat soil. YOU should use
III potash with the phosphate, say
400 pounds Of the Thomas phosphate
and twenty-five pounds Of muriate Of
potash per acre If your land is acid
and needs lime, buy the fresh I'M
slaked lime, and never the sc-caIled
agricultural lime, which is simply the
Slaked refuse from the kilns. Get
fresh lump lime in bulk in carloads.
and Stake 1t for yourself, and you
| will have more than twice the bull
that you paid freight on. Freighting
on the water.
Noting what you say about pea
threshers," writes Il friend, Il assume
hat you prefer the Roger machine
to the Il made by Tharp & Sexton,
, Of Salisbury, Maryland. Am ! right?'
That depends entirely on the purpose
Of the farmer In growing peas. II
you want TO make hay, then the best
machine | have ever see used for
~threShinG the peas from the cured
hay is the Roger. II you want to
grow peas solely for seed. n return
all else to the soil for its improve
ment. the Tharp & Sexton harvester
Is the best J know Of. This machine
IS now manufactured on royalty by
the keystone Company Of York,
Pennsylvania, for the Salisbury Com
panv, and they now call 4 the Key
stone pea harvester. With peas
planted IN rows and let stand Till ripe,
ii Will gather them as fast as a pair
Of mules al draw it, and will thresh
and fan h peas as 1t goes. | have
seen Doth these work. J
went to tennessee especially 10 see
the Roger machine in operation, and
| saw it thresh peas from the hay al
rate of half a hushel a minute bI
DE watch. ana hardly q broken pee
in the measure. I have followed tht
pea harvester in the field. ana ] know
that it will do all that the maker:
claim for it. The difference between
the machines is that Il is "a threshcl
of the mown hay. while the other is
a harvester and gathers and cleans
out the peas as fast as twenty darkie;
could do it by hand. Which Will ht
best for any particular buyer, vii
depend. as ] have said, on whether b
wants to make hay OF merely to raise
seed and leave all the rest on tn
land. yhe thresIler and gasoline pow
er cost more, Of curse. than tn
machine pulled by a. pair of mules
Rot are excellent I'm thtir u,S