The farmer and mechanic., 1912-03-12

IN base stag X varies from - |"
more than 20 per cent. That com
monty on the market is the Upper
cent article.
What spray should | use for the
little insect that eats the tur-
nip leaves into holes ?" This is prob
ably the pea beetle. Spray with one
IOund Of lead arsenate in thirty gal
Ions Of water.
will not rye make good feed if cut
;is soon in head In my expert
ence 1t makes a very poor feea l
tried it on my cows many years ago
and il would hardly maintain them
IL milk. Rye is about the poorest
forage grown.
lis there any danger in buying
Thomas phosphate" No. there is no
danger, but # your land is not we'll
supplied with humus or vegetable de-
cay, it will be somewhat slower in
action than acid phosphate. Where
there is crop turned under, Of
crimson clover for corn. the Thomas
phosphate will be a good application.
Should manure for hotbeds be per
fectiy fresh ?' Yes. it should be fresh
and should be piled and turned over
several times before putting it in the
btC SO as 70 get II nealeu Wen
through If there is little litter in
the manure, you can mix oak leaves
with it protitably- as they will get hot
ard hold the heat longer than the
manure without them.
Are the Norton Yam and the
Southern Queen the same sweet po-
tato?' No The Southern Queen is
name given by a New York seeds
wears 10 the sweet potato
commonly known in Virginia and
North Carolina as the Hayman. The
Norton Yam is a far better potato. but
the Hayman is early and the easiest
kept Of any sweet potato.
What age the earliest sweet pota-
toes that | can grow for the market ="
1 ne HaYman potato is about the ear
hest, but is not popular in the South
.rn markets. If YOU are going to
grow for Northern shipping YOU must
use the kinds they want, the Big Stem
Jersey and the Gold Skin. For the
home market in the South YOU should
grow the Norton Yam. Barpadoes or
Pumpkin Yam. The Nancy Hail is
getting popular too.
The japanese plum trees need the
same pruning that peach tree does.
cut out one-third of the growth of
a bud on the outside If the tree is in
cHned TO grow too upright, and to a
bud on the inside if too spreading
Thin out shoots that cross each other
and keep plenty of young shoots near
the center Of the tree to prevent the
limbs getting bare and all the fruit
WOOD out at the tips.
Now is the time to plan for a better
system Of farming. The old notion that
cotton does not fit into an improving
rotation of crops has been disproved
in the experience of many who have
gone to farming and have abandoned
ahe Old One-hOrSe cropping system
The men (and / know many OF them
Who are making two bales or more o1
cotton an acre are not doing it on the
Old planting system hut are farmins
III good rotation and making bis
crops of corn and oats and hay an(
feeding stock and putting the manure
on the land.
Has fine stand of crimson cloves
after peas last summer Is feedin.
carload Of beef cattle and will cove,
the land with manure and wants t,
know if Thomas phosphate will be ;
good application for corn. Yes. it will
under these conditions. Thinks ais,
Of putting one hundred pounds O
phosphate. | think this is needlessl
large amount for the upper Piedmon
section of North Carolina F'ift
pounds would be q great abundanc
and if part was left without the pot
Ssh IT might show that the soil doe
not need ii.
The best use to make of the gar,1e
seeds that the congressman send vo
is 10 Iced them TO the birds. That
what | do with them. l have alread
ordered and received my spring an
summer supply Of seed from a firm i
which | have the greatest contidenc,
anG rs | have no confidence in tn
seeds the congressman send and q
not need them anyway. the birds g
them. Then the packages they sen
ere so ridiculously small that the
amount to little if they were first elias
Several years ago ! made an argumel
against this seed distribution befol
the Committee Of Agriculture of tt