The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-25

adapted to this section ," TIE 80
,olhe ola blackberry plants and prune
ene roots and replant them. Then
make cuttings of the long roots aho,,t
8 inches long. Bury them in an 80
Dox Of sand for the winter ana -
carry spring a piece of land
wen and plant the cuttings in shallow
burrows about six inches apart and
cover. They Will all grow, and will
MAKE good plants by the fall. The
oesI strawberry | know is the Chesa-
peake. There may be some rather
larger, but this is large enough and
never makes the rough coxcombe Der
RES tina some large berries make
put the berries are all uniformly large
ana conlcal in shape. Whether a
strawberry is adapted to any particu-
lar section can only be ascertained by
actual trlal. Berries that are excellent
IN n section sometimes fail in 9TH
ers, but so far as l have heard. the
chesapeake succeeds everywhere.
Treatment for Alfalfa,
After subsoiling, Inning and an
plying acid phosphate, l sowed alfalfa
seed, treated with farmogerm as YOU
advised, and now / have a fine stand
OF alfalfa. Pleas tell me what to
do to keep it along?" Nothing more
is needed just now But watch the
alfalfa in the spring, and, if it should
IuiIi yellOW, HOW IL on at once. 1t
sometimes does this, no one knows
why, but if not mown off at once. it
Will die out. But if it grows all right
watch 1t, and when you see new
shoots starting from the base Of the
plants. then is the time to make the
first moving. Some advise waiting to
see the blooms. But pay no attention
to the blooming, but make sure that
the crop is moWn before the young
| shoots at the case of the niantC 0ot
tall enough to be caught by the NOW
er, for they are to make the next cut
ting, and if you defer the moving till
they get tall enough to catch, you
will AVE a smaller moving the next
time. There may be some bloom OF
there may not. when the alfalfa is
ready to cut. Then every spring give
; it a dressing of acid phosphate and
potash about the usual 10-5 mixture
At rate Of 800 to 400 pounds az
acre.
PaSpaIum Grass.
, 4 have seen it stated that paspalun
, grass is a wonderful hay maker. Do
, you know anything about its value?'
: There are a humble of species Of pas
palum, some worthless and Others
! fairly good. There was recently az
effort to Doom the paspalum dilata
: tum, but it seems to have ceased. l
is a fairly good grass, but we have
! other grasses that are Of greater value
in this part Of the country. The pas
!, palum ~platycaule, which l mentioned
? to another correspondent, might hav'
some value as a pasture grass in tn
warmer corner Of the State, but Their,
: the Bermuda is better. III fact, tn
S paspalums have not taken with GU
O farmers to any extent. Timothy, re-
top, Randall grass (meadOw fescue)
J. and some others like tall meadow
e oats grass are better for hay and 70
pasture. Orchard grass and blue
e grass are worth more than all tn
s paspalums. In fact, for general pas
Y ture o in Virginia, l doubt tina
e there is any grass better than orchar
it grass. But for hay, | do not car
e to have orchard grass. 1t comes a
d a catching season, and must be cut a
IS soon as the heads are out, or 1t lose
re value rapidly. But for pasture. It
S, hard to beat.
q Rusty Strawberries.
= Il have a nice strawberry patch, bu
:. last winter the plants turned red an
rusty, and did not look thrifty, and
notice that they are doing the sam
this fall. Will you please advise m
what to dO?" 1t may be that Tn
,e strawberries are merely taking Q
l. their winter form and disposing {
,e old foliage. The regular strawberr
Is L IuSl Is d O1SCI0S lld
As plants in the growing season. TT
rs first symptom is tn" formation Of pul
w pie spots on the leaves, which grae
I'd ually increase in size, and becoH
m brown. The spores pass the winter Q
ly the leaves. Some varieties are MOI
re subject to it han others. But yol
rust appears in the fall and winte
IN and l assume is simply the Resin
stage of the plants if they are gree
and healthy in For tn
rust disease, spraying with Bordeal
in mixture in early spring and aga
lis when the first blooms show. will chee
cd if. But it is never best to keep an @
s. strawberry bed. never let one MAJ
more than two crops, and then tul
ne il under. planting new be every "a
al so as to have one iii partial crop ar
SC one in full crop. 1t is better TO plaI
Sc new bed than to try TO KEEP an g
an one clean. If our plants frulted We
To and kept green in summer | fafd
If think there is anything the matt