The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-07

sections in. regard to where to buy
drain tile. Now there are tile factories
In the South, but i do not propose to
do their advertising for them. There
is a growing demand for tiles and
those who are making them should
advertise so that our readers will
know where TO get them.
Doesn't it really take a white lilac
longer TO bloom than the purple?" In
the South no lilacs will bloom as they
do in the North. Climate is against
Them. Lilacs in the South should be
budded on privet stock, and then care
must be taken to keep the privet stock
from %sproutin" and smOthering the
lilac. The white lilac will bloom just
as early as the purple.
am perfectly ready at all times to
acknowledge when i make a mistake.
and Prof. Keitt n A.. b. c.. have
shown plainly that i was wrong in
figuring the whole 1928 pounds as
meal, when it should be meal and
hulls. OF course, the farmer would be
better off in selling his seed for 1888
and buying meal at $27, for he woulo
then get the 1,72S pounds Of meal for
his ton OF seed. / am glad that my at
tention has been called to this, for il
there is any one thing i dislike. it is
to give advice to a farmer.
with rye growing on land to go in
cotton. at what stage Of growth should
the rye be turned under?" Turn it
under as soon as it is time to prepare
the land for cotton. without regard to
the growth made. Rye that is sown
to bc turned under should be turned
before it runs into head, as it will then
decay rapidly. while later it will not.
The and you say made As bushels OF
oats and a ton of pea hay last sum-
mer before sowing the rye. Hence, it
seems to be in fairly good condition,
and l would urn the rye early and
the land, fertilizing broadcast
and planting the cotton on the level,
and work rapidly with weeder and Gull
tivator and perfectly level. Cotton
roots run far and wide across the rows
and If only fertiAzed under the cotton,
the roots are soon foraging in poorer
soil.
From southwestern North Carolina:
81 wish to mix fertilizers for early
garden peas, Irish and sweet potatoes.
What shall il be-" For early garden
peas. o will not need as high a
grade of complete fertilizer, nor as
much as for potatoes. A mixture OF
400 pounds of acid phosphate, 40
pounds Of muriate Of potash and 90
pounds OF nitrate Of soda an acre will
be sufficient. as the peas. being le-
gume. are able to get nitrogen from
the air, and the nitrate is simply tc
give them an early send-off. For Irisf
and sweet potatoes. I know nothing
better than the mixture I have Otter
given. 1t is 800 pounds Of acid phos
phate. 100 pounds of nitrate Of soda
coo pounds Of fish-scrap and 4O'
AN - -- T-.-Y
potatoes. use 1000 to 1900 pounds al
acre. n on sweet potatoes, so
pounds an acre. both in the furrow
and well mixed with the soil befor
planting.
II have a piece OF crawfish bottor
land" writes a farmer. Last Decem
Der broad-casted 500 pounds of air
slaked lime an acre and plowed it III
der four inches deep. Let it lie ii
November last n turned it eigk
inches deep. Part is now in oats, an
want to make corn on the remaindei
What method Of cultivation and whs
FERTILIZER should / use? In the fir.
place, you made "a mistake in applyin
too small a dressing of lime to amour
TO much In sweeteninE the land. The
you plowed ii under, which should NJ
have been done. 1t should have bee
narrowed in lightly so that in sinkin,
as 1t will. it would have affected a
h soil. Then YOU bottom land yo
say Is crawfshy. This means that
needs drainage. Now on land of tn;
nature until 1t can be we'll drained.
would bed for corn and plant on IL
oeos and cultivate shallowly, sti
maintaining the beds with water-fu,
rows between to assist in the drain
age. On drained land l would new,
plant on beds. but always on the ley<
and would cultivate perfectly lew
A. 70 the fertilization, l can only e
y . general way that you will mai
no mistake II you apply a liberal dres
ing OF Thomas phosphate and pota.
~ d corn, say 400. pounds
Tnomas phosphate and. 80 pounds