The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30


Tho best SOW bean for the South IS
the Tall Yellow SOY. This MiS'u 49, .
,,eas will hold up the peas ana -. ,
the harvesting more easy "h"
jI.g rather easier. 700.
Several PARTIES have written ASKING
,h.r. tbcv can get the sweet potato
Known as Niger Choker. some one
IN Alabama sent me this potato years
o..O. but ] nave not grown II 1oT years.
II is a very dry potato. dark req skih
and White flesh, and some VINO ilKe q
potato OF that sort arc askln'. LOT ~
ANY one who has it can get saie FToo-
ably by advertising in The ProSTess':e
Farmer.
On crimson clover, to be turned TOT
corn In spring, will It pay 10 use
Thomas phOsphate?' Yes, ana IL VIII
nav also to haul out the farm anu
as fast as made and spread 1t on
clover. Their Is no better way %
make corn economically than by feed
ing good forage n applying the re-
sulting manure to the clover TOT corn.
The lime in the Thomas phosphate
will be in good shape for the corn II
applied now.
The late crop Of Irish potatoes Is
attaining great Importance. and ! nave
read Of crops about Norfolk OF 1OO
barrels an acre. One man Of my ac-
ouaintancc planted a peck OF pota-
toes and dug 3 bushels. and all around
in this favorable fall season there is
no reason why the Southern farmers
should not grow their winter potatoes,
even Ii they have to buy the cold
storage seed. The Norfolk crops OF
100 barrels an acre sold for $2.Io
per barrel. a big figure compared with
cotton at 8 cents.
What is the best fertilizer for sweet
potatoes, and what is the earliest
DOtatO?" Sweet potatoes will gener
ally do best with q fertilizer mOder-
ntely supplied with nitrogen and high
in p%hOsphOric acid and potash. A
good application will be 100 pounds
OF nitrate of soda. 500 pounds Of acid
phosphate and 40 pounds Of high
grade sulphate Of potash an acre. APP
piled in the furrOw and bedded on.
man or, as some call it. the Southern
Queen. 1t is not as good quality as
the Norton Yam or other OF the South
ern vans n also is apt to grow toe
large. But coming early it can be
sold half-grOwn very we'll.
Ear l get a good stand of red clover
on a run-Out alfalfa field Probably
you can by disking the land we'll and
sowing the seed in February and then
rolling the lane to press the earth to
the seed. But as 0 are in eastern
North Carolina ! fear that red clover
will not do very we'll. You may get 8
good stand and have 1t die out in sum.
mer. What l would do with the run.
out alfalfa would be to break the lan(
we'll and grow a crop Of corn on i
with peas sown among the corn. TIL,
peas will grow pretty rank on sucl
land and after the corn is cut an,
shocked the pea can be moved 70
nay n the stubble disked and sowet
to crimson clover. Turn this unde
and SOW to peas again for hay an,
fertilize them well with Thomas phos
phatc and after h cas- are cut 20
can prepare the land and seed
alfalfa again W ith a good prospect Q
success.
II send YOU some tablets that hay
been sent to me as good for rhcuma
tisul. Please analyze them and te
me II they are good" In the fir.
place I am not a analytical chemi!
and have no laboratory. 1t woul
cost a chemist fully SIS to make
tcIlpIcNS Analysis Oh the tablets, an
he, Of course, would charge YOU
good deal more. My advice is to /
all patent medicines alone. If yo
are sick and need helm. consult a goo
doctor. The best remedy I have trie
for rheumatism is to pay attention
my diet. Eat plenty OF fresh, fru:
eat little meat. drink little tea
cOfec and no spirits at all. Then W
can gradually get rid Of the uric ac
that causes the rheumatism. TIL,
sleep with q window Vel I sic,
all the year u with two windo,
wide open in my bedroom. There
nothing like pure air to help any or
have had rheumatism and do n
have 1t now. Medicines will ney
cure 1t unless you live right, and if "
need medicine. take 1t on the ADV
Of a doctor only and do not wa.
money on Quacks.
Value Of Rotation for Tobacco.
There is a notion too prevail,
among farmers that O rotation is
tended to rest" the land. Many c
Inn H.