The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21
Prof. Massey's Views

toni bv mixing other things with It.
\ mixture of and soy beans
is excellent. You can set all the car
bonaceous feed you want IN corn anu
corn stoyer. Some mix these Things
in peas with the idea Of making the
hav more easily cured, and 1t does
nothing Of the sort. IN fact as |
have often said, there is no hay more
easily cured than cowpea hay II you
simply let it cure and do not monkey
with all sorts of things to spoil II.
Il am intending to SOW Mammoth
Yellow SOY beans with cOWpeaS, ana d
friend says that they Will be ripe ana
shatter off before the peas are reaus
to now Your friend must have re
ferred to the Ito sam, the early yeIloW
soy Jean. The Mammoth Yellow SOY
is as late as any of the cowpeas usual
ly sown. In fact, l think that II
would associate better with the n
known or Wonderful which IS the
latest pea. SoWn with the Whlppoor-
will. the Mammoth soy would not pc
ready to cut as soon as the peas VIII
be, but the Ito San will come IN very
| well with the WhippoorW1l1 pea ana !
suppose hat your soSs
would suit perhaps with the Black OF
Clay peas.
Farm on the Earth, Not in the Moon.
The moon superstition is hard to
down. A North Carolinian writes: Il
would like to have it in book form or
almanac for hanly reference, the best
time to plant corn, Irish potatoes,
beans, peas, etc. My good woman is
looking up her beans to plant tOmOr-
row, Good Friday, while | think dark
nights would be best. It is an Old
custom to plant on Good Friday, and
l am doubtful that some Of these old
customs are not h best. | have an
almanac for handy reference, the best
that to plant in Twin days will pro-
duce little forage or grain, but recon-
mends the crab, fish and scorpion
days. We old clod-hoppers have all
these things to worry over. | would
like Mr.. Massey to tell us in book
form or almanac what he knows
about the moon"
Well what | know about the moon
is hat h circulates around the earth
about 240, 900 miles away, and we see
her in different shapes at various
times according to her position. The
sun lights up the part we see and we
set the reflection. But a bean in the
ground would not know whether the
moon was lark or bright, and the
stage Of the moon has nothing or
CdIln 10 no WITH Ile SUCCESS VI lllt
crop. DO you duty, and prepare tht
LAND well and get the best seed ane
do lot expect your wife to look VI
the seed and plant them for you t
eat vegetables, but do that yourself
and cultivate them yourself. Manur'
the land we'll, prepare it we'll ant
plant the seed at such time rs tn
particular plant is best suited to, 70
one kind of seed needs more heat il
he coil than onnfhar and the onn6i
t ton Of the soil and weather is all tina
Q need to consider. l never in m,
life knew at any time where the sign
were, whether in the twins, the fish
l the crab or the scorpion, all of Whic,
5 is pure nonsense.
: I suppose hat our friend found tn
- remarks in n of the patent medicin
almanacs which cater to people VIII
: are ready to swallow any Of their no
trums, and they know that folks VIII
take their medicines also have fait
in the moon n the signs, and it
bad enough to have faith in these an
worse to nave faith in the stuff thes
fellows sell you. The almanac Thu
= advises you about the signs for plan
ing Is a poor almanac, for it is Gel
% tain to wan to sell you some vile col
- cOctions. Get a first-class almana
a one without that awful figure of tt
man with his insides showing and tt
:. crabs and fish and twins and goa
"a prancing around him, all of which
a pure ~tomfOolery, and has nothing
~ do with planting or reaping. Goo
!" farmers and good gardeners new
think about the moon nor the sign
but simply do their duty to the Sc
- and the cultivation Of the crops, al
?. as a rule, h men who consult Il
- moon and the signs are the men wi
- are farming badly and complaint
that their land is poor, while the
y. with their old superstitions. are thin
or ing more ahOut tho moon and sta
than about the proper rotation
al crops and the preparation Of the SO
er The sun and the rain will make t
al COPS if you do your duty to the S