The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13

10 keep lIltiIi Nv
they viii keep all right till you want
to pickle them.
How shall ! make a weak cider
vinegar strong" Put the barrel on
an elevation and let the clder GRIP
slowly into another cask, ana the eA-
roeure to the air will make 1t strong
". Better still, if let run Slowly
through a trough OF beech wood.
MI. r.. II. Thompson, Of Aurora.
\. c.. sends US q wonderfully fine par
rel Of his Irish potatoes, and SAID that
he had 2.100 barrels. If they were as
good as those sent as, they We're Ger
tainly very fine. One OF these great
potatoes makes a meal Tor my uahsh-
ter and myself.
How shall l keep WecNils out or
peas" If there are WeeVllS IN the
peas. they got in when green and Will
hatch out, and the only thing 10 90
is to put the peas in a close bin or
box and put a saucer OF carbon Dl-
sultide on top and cover the box' ana
the fumes will destroy the weeNils.
But you can keep them out 10y mixing
some moth balls among the peas n
hanging them up in sacks.
am doing some WhitewaShing to
my buildings with a spray pump. viii
it be all right to Whitewash the single
roofs?' Certainly it will. The coat
Of w~hitewash will not only protect
and prevent decay of the wood, but
it will make it, much harder for the
shingles to catch afire from sparks.
You IAN color the wash for the roof
any shade desired.
How shall ] get rio Of dodder that
covers my clover and grass" You
could have done it easily before it coy
erred the field. Whenever a little
patch of dodder is seen, talk a bunch
of straw and put it on it and set fire
to the straw. But after it has covered
the whole field, the only thing is to
plow it all under, and if the dOdder
seeds terminate with nothing on the
land to get hold Of, they will soon die.
In selecting seed from a prolific
corn which makes three ears on a
stalk, shall ] take the top ear, the
middle ear, or the bottom carr If
the object in selecting seed corn is
to reduce the height Of the plant and
TO get it into a better stature, l would
select the lowest ear next the ground,
but If you are satisfied with the stat
IRE Of the corn, select seed from the
most prolific stalks and take the best
N't MI IN pant a lNc vi IICic
ii grew.
How shall p a lettuce bed %
SoW e OF the Big Boston lettuce
early in August, and as soon as the
Llants are large enough, set them in
rows a foot apart and ten inches in
the rows in very heavily MANFRED soil,
and YOU can get good heads in the
fall. Then for winter, make a frame
with glass S3ShpS and SOW the seed in
iate August or early September anO
sci the plants in the frame, and wher
the nights get frosty put the sashes or
them and attend to airing daily ani
Watering them when needed, and yo,
can have good lettuce during the win.
ter?
In the flower garden the bulbs O
the o~ld-fashiOned white lily lLiliun
candiduTn) should be planted in Au
gust. This lily must make a rosett,
Of green leaves in the fall in order t.
bloom we'll the following season
Other bulbs are planted later and
viii tell about them in September
Seed Of Phlox Drummondi sown nov
will winter well and come into bloom
earlier than seed sown in the spring
Holiyhock seed should be sown in Au
gust to get good plants to winter owe
and bloom the next summer. Pans
Seeu can also De SOWn n the plant
either ~tranSplanted to beds in the ope,
ground for spring Towering or set il
cOld-frames under glass for earle
blooming.
AS Mr.. Niven says, too many peopl
plant a garden in the spring and tina
Is the end OF it. AS I nave often sale
| make my garden an all-the-year
round garden, and there is not a da
IN tho Vnor uyhnn u-o 80 ->Ak:-
some green vegetable from it. A
fast as an early crop is removed ] &c
something in its place either for lat
summer or fall and later for winte
use. Intensive manuring and inter
tive planting n cultivation pay be-
ter in 4 garden than on any other PAL
of the farm, and fresh vegetables a
h year round are easily had In til
South if the farmer will but make a
intelligent effort.
No man ever succeeds we'll in ar