The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-16

Then with corn as with co'ton go
orer With the smoothing harrow De-
rora i, comes I'D and then use the
weeder both ways rapidly ana you
will nor have to spend time ano LABOR
barring off and throwing back the SOIL
To cover grass in the rows Oe'a
riding two-horSe c~ultlVator anu ia
corn and cotton both o can 90 iioIe
work with one hand and a pair OF
MULES than three men can do each
with a mule and pillow, and can 90 tne
work better. and Q Will only nave
to use the single cultiVator ID the
finishing stages of the crop. Deep
breaking and thorough preparation OF
the soil before planting ana lhen
shallow and level cultivation shouiu
be the rule. The fertilizer being all
over the ground the wide-spreading
roots Of corn and cotton will be hnolng
il all the time While a little drlbble or
2-S-2 in the rows is soon left behind
and at the fruitage stage the cotton is
feeding in poor soil.
Where you have not, exchanged
SEED for meal and intend to use the
seed as marur do not put them unoer
the cotton where they will bother you
in getting a stand and sprOuting II
not killed beforehand. But put the
~cOttonseed in a furrow down the mid
dies. If they grow there o a Kill
them in the cultivation and it will be
rotten by the ~fruiting time and ready
to feed the roots.
Many ask how thick to plant corn.
l have found tina the best general
distance is in -four foot rows and 20
to "a inches in the rows. Then, do
not forget to SOW peas in the corn
ahead Of the last cultivation. o
will always make more corn with the
peas among it than without them. Ii
l were farming down in the Delta
lands of Mississippi, l would drop
commercial fertilizer out Of my farm
ing entirely and on hat soil would de-
pend on lime and pea and crimson
clover. l may be wrong, but without
any experience in that section, this is
the way it looks to me in regard to
that soil. If used any fertilizer at
all. it would be Thomas phosphate
only.
Now, this is merely a suggestion
from passing view. and as | have said
| ma be wrong, and if SO the South
crn stations q set me right. I be-
lleve that forage making and stock
feeding will do more there with some
use Of lime than any commercial fer
tliiZerS.
~ IN SupPOSS lAAd L dht oppcSCO
to the rational use of the commercial
fertilizers, for / am not. l am in
favor of a more liberal use Of them
where they can be made to pay, not
only IN the increase Of the crops di-
rect, but in the Improvement Of h
soil, will enable us to be more liberia.
Of our soils the use Of the legumes as
q means through their feeding of in
creasing the organic matter in the
soil, will enable US to be more liberia
With the fertilizers on the sale crops
If You want to use fertilizer for corr
put it on the crimson clover crop il
the shape Of acid phosphate Of
Thomas phosphate and potash and ge'
a heavier growth of the clover, for The
more clover you make the more corr
1t will give you, as the extra growth
of the clover will be getting all tn,
more nitrogen from the air.
AS the oats and wheat crops get tt
growing we'll l have found tina i
pays to top-dress with nitrate Of sod:
at a Of rs to 100 pounds an acre
always putting it on when the leave
are dry. Then you will, OF curse
follow the small grain with peas 70
hay, and If 0 ave not raised you
own peas. you a better secure
supply early, as the price is apt to ad
vance later.
But with the pea harvester nov
used every farmer can easily plan
some IN rows and gather them wit
: the machine economically.
A a man Is no more use than
dead one and takes up more ROOM
Ebert Hubbard.