The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-01

Haze two COWS and a horse. Will IL
nav TO build a silo?" think not.
The s1na!les. practical silo would hold
five times as much ensilage as two
COWS would need. With SO few cows
The best plan is to keep them up and
cut green stuff to feed them in the
stable. ard then grow plenty Of sugar
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cellar to store them in.
Instead of heal causing weevils in
peas heat is one OF the best means for
destroying them. The weevii lays the
Eggs in green peas as they grow and
the larvae enter the peas. If the peas
when ripe are subjected to q heat Of
f45 degrees for an hour, the larvae
in the peas can be killed. If they
emerge, the hisul1de OF carbon is the
best means for destroying them.
When peas are stored In the fall a lot
Of the napthaline moth balls can be
mixed among them, and will general
ly prevent the Matching OF the weevils
into mature form, for the larvae go
int the pupa state inside the peas and
come out perfect insects, the eggs
being LAID only in the green pea N b
pods. WeeSil-eaten peas will often
grow, but very weakly.
Nil. Springer evidently thinks hat
sun-dTied grass is hay. Letting grass
or peas or clover lie in the sun will
certainly dry it and bleach it, but it
will not be as good hay as could have
been made from the same material II
handled properly. The less sun we
get or hay the sweeter and better the
hay VIII be. In curing peavines for
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and green in color when cured. II
they are let lie in the sun till dry,
the leaves will be lost and the hay will
be only q lot Of stems and the best
part, the leaves. will be lost. Curing
In cock and barn is the way to make
real hay; curing in the sun makes dry
material Of a great e. less value. I
have made peavine hay many years
and never had any spoiled. and l get 1t
into windrOw and cock as rapidly as
possible and into the barn while the
leaves arc still limp. The result is
sweet hay and not dried stems. Rain
may darken peavine hay but will not
amag it az it will clover.
AS Mr.. WOrden says, buckwheat
will make a considerable mass Of
humns, but cowpeas sown at the same
time will make more and will do what
the buckWheat will not, Ak nitrogen
from the air. cannot see the advan-
tage Of growing q non-leguminous
summer crop when we can grow the
legume crop to better advantage.
Crimson clover and Cowhorn turnips
are all right. Ny friend Bob Seeds,
of Pennsylvania. has had great sue
cess with the combination on his hill
farm on the SusQuehanna. Bob tells
"A story that on one occasion he was
waiting at the railroad station on the
opposite side OF the river and a NAL
sitting near him aid that he pitied the
mar who had to cultivate the hills
across the river. Yes said Seeds
he is to be pitied, but I happen Il
know that the man who c~ultivates tina
farm is selling the soil on it for SIS
a barrel The man looked at him 90;
a while and said stranger, l an
something of IA liar myself, but thu
beats me- Seeds was actually sell
ing his inocuIated soil to others 70
inoculating their and for crimson
lover.
What do you think Of oyster shell
lime as compared with other lime t,
use as a fertilizer?" have W.
used any sort Of lime as a fertilizer
but as a reagent to restore the sweet
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mote the nitrification Of organic mat
ter in the soil. For these purposes tn
purer the lime the better. Much lime
stone is low in lime carbonate, and ha
large percentages of magnesia. an
magnesia is to some extent a food TO
plants. We prefer when lining I
have a pure lime. and oyster shell
are the purest form Of lime carbonate
The shells When burned to lime yer
rapidly go hack to a carbonate in al
making, n freshly burned shell lin
will double in bulk in shaking. There
fore. get the fresh lime and make TIL
advantage in f~reighting, for if you pa
a good price for the slaked lime tn
dealer gets the advantage of the swell
ing and o pay the freight on water
1t depends on a farmers location a
to whether he should use stone O
shell lime. Good fresh lime will slak
over two bushels to one, and where
can be freighted more cheaply tina
the she'll lime It is better to use i
But never buy what is called "agr
culture lime n always buy fres
and UnSlakod lime Whom vou uaY