The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-03
Prof. Massey's Views
PROGRESSIVE Farmer.)

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Seed Of Motifs Excelsior n Pre-
MUM Gem peas sown in deep burrows
in August will make a good crop OF
peas in the fall. 1t is best to SOW
them in deep burrows and cover light
" and ss they grow work the soil
to them till level. SO as TO get the
roots down in moist soil.
am asked: Should the Spanish
peanuts be huued for planting: l
cannot say positively. l have grown
none but the large White virginia
nuts, but have heard that peanut
" soak the Spanish nuts and
plant them in the hulls. perhaps
some peanut grower can tell US.
To a correspondent who wrote that
he has gotten his and too rich 10
make peas, l wrote, he had better
rent some thin land nearby and plant
peas in rows for seed, and plant late
in July, as the late planting makes
more seed and less vine tina early
planting. On thin land with some
acad phosphate and potash, he can
make seed peas
What shall l do to destroy cabbage
Ice!" Get some tobacco dust from
the smoking tobacco factory n dust
b plants Over with it. II you use to-
bacoo dust heavily a. q fertilizer no
h cabbaxes before planting, you will
not have any lice, for they hatch in
the ground and a is h one
specific against all forms OF plant lice.
A friend writes: II have a seven
year-old Scuppernong vine that makes
some bloom, but never any grapes.
What viii make it bear" The Soup
pernong very commonly makes inn
perfect flowers m needs a staminate
plant near it to set its bloom. II you
viii get q wild barren muscadine vine
and plant near your Scuppernong, l
think that it will fruit, after the wild
4 gets to blooming.
One reader wishes to know what
advantage crimson clover has over
bur clover. ! greatly prefer crimson
clover. 1t gets as much nitrogen
from the air and makes a heavier
Erowth of organic matter for the soil,
and II you need it for hay, it will make
. splendid crop sown with winter oats,
while the bur clover is of little value
for hay. I consider a crop of GRIM
son lover Of greater value in soil inn
prOvement than bur clover.
Where can I get crimson clover seed
and at what price?" The new crop
Of crimson clover seed will not be on
the market till about the first Of Au-
gust, and What the price will be de-
ponds on the crop. All the seed now
to be ~ is imported seed held over
from last fall, and this is of doubtful
value and I would not buy it. Any
Of the leading seedsmen can supply
thu NON O00d vUhnn thou rriy Con
temDer is the general time for SOW
ing In the South.
A farmer 8 for information il
regard to the culture Of white tabl.
peas: Are they as profitable to grow
a. the field varieties, and should tn
seed be inoculated ?" I suppose h,
There Is NJ difference in the cultur,
Of this for seed than hat of any o
the cowpea family. Simply plant il
rVws and cultivate a. you would sna]
beAnA They usually sell higher thai
tho varieties sown for forage.
hardly think that any soil in tn
South needs incubation for peas.
have used on my orr 500 pound
ef 3-S-3 fertilizer" writes a friend
What else should 1 apply, now tina
tho corn is q DOT high?" You hav
used all the fertilizer that can be use
p~rof1tably, and I doubt that even tha
WIN pay. The way to grow ehea
corn is to have a winter cover {
crimson clover and to grow plenty {
forage and feed 1t and spread tn
Anure on the clover in winter an
turn 1t for corn. You cannot max
cheap coTnby depending on complet
fertilizers to make it, especially a 10
grade hat has a good deal Of san
filler in 1t. Liberal use Of commerce;
fertilizers pays better on cotton an
tOb4ccO than on corn.
From Warren county, North Care
lima: II sowed early in March re
clover on rye. Got a good stand. b,