The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-04

eng" spray before the growth
starts with BOreaux mixture. Then
after the blooms fall, spray again,
md repeat every ten days till the
fruit is half grown or more.
bought some vetch seed last fail
t3t did not get them Sown, will they
b. good for mex fall? Are two-year-
old pumpkin seed?" If tho vetch
seed were fresh last fall, they are still
good. The tw~o-yeaI-old pumpkin
seed viii usually make more pump
.iu4 and less vine than fresh seed.
They are good for several years.
Lately you advised growing grain
IL an orchard" writes a. friend, but
want To say that It will not do
have never advised growing grain
in an orchard, but have always ad-
.iscd against il. You are after the
wrong man. a peach orchard should
bc we'll cultivated every summer till
July and then sown to peas or GRIM
son clover to be turned the next
spring. Lata cultivation Is bad, as
the tress should be allowed to ripen
thcii growth after the first Of JULY.
What are a~nthracnOse. rust and
black-root? Are they all the same?
No. They are different low-grade
plants that live on other plants, as
they MAKE no green matter for them
selves. They are fungi. but different
species. The anthracnoSe on cotton
attacks the green Dolls and prevents
their mat urinc. The rust attacks the
leaves. There is, however, "a good
deal that is called red rust in cotton
that is simply the work OF little in
sects. red spiders or mites, that make
their webs on the under-side OF the
leaycS and suck the life from the
ieaf. These are troublesome mainly
in dry weather, as rains will DESTROY
them.
\ farmer writes: Il have been
hearing all my life about fly III wheat
/ have IA nice piece of wheat and my
~brighborS say 1T has fly in it,. rs
there any such thing, and what is
the effect of it?' HI Hcssian fiy
is certainly Il real thing and very de.
strictirc to wheat. If you see deai
leaves through your wheat. it is prob.
able thai 1hc lily has been there. Take
one - the dead plants or any near.
by and cut open the base Of the stalk
aud YOU viii find q Lii tile brown thins
ike u lax seed. This is the winter
resting or pupS stage of the fly. These
viii hatch ont perfect flies in tn,
spring which will lay eggs and tn,
mage"t will go on killing the whea
~ tho spring. Too early sowing us
ually catches the fly. Never SOW
wi'cat antil after Il white frost. the
Twill generally escape the fly.
= re@dcr asks: "ilaNe + gotten YOU
doctrine right-;hat land should b
Well disked and not plowed for corn
What Kind and how much plant foo
shall we use to get a hundred bushe
erop| No, you have never rea
anything from ME saying that Ian
SHOULD simply be disked for corn.
should be ~ deeply broker and a
well prepared for corn as for an
crop grown. Then what fertilizc
YOU will need tn make 100 bushels a
acre L cannot say. IL your land
strong and YOU have q crop Of Glove
81 Il turn under. you may profitab]
tise SOME paosphate and potash, pei
h:.hS. Rut whether you can max
100 bushels OF corn an acre, neithe
| nor any one else can predict.
N"ur land is poor and deficient in OF
game decay, l do not think tina: al
application of commercial f~ertiliZG
VIII make 100 buShslS an acre. Ian
does not get poor all at once and
Is not going to get rich suddenly, an
" takes more things than fertilizer
make 100 bushels Ar acre.
\ Subscriber writes: 'I,epresent:
tive Of u Chicago house is here an
Is cndeavOring to organize a sto,
company 10 nut up u canning factO
- cost $500. with n capacity
1000 cans daily What do yC
mini OF it," ] think that as
rdle it is wise to fight very shy
promoters from Chicago, who a
more after selling the outfit at q L
price than making the canning ia
tory a success. Ii you want to sta
- canncry. do not "a with q stran
er who wants To start it for you; 4
these sharpers will windl YOU. e
get the best information from me
the business who ave these in su
ccssful operation and they can t
YOU what 1t costs, INT you can get t
machinery cheaper from manufactu
.rs III Baltimore, the headquarters
w. canning business. than fro