The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20

war has not affected very much the
price OF seed, or should not do ca
" nile france has always taken .
great zeal Of the crude oil and made
It into olive oil, she should not make
the lack OF this cost the farmers in
one year the large sum Of $4,000
whlch is $40 per ton on 1000. 900 tons
VI seeu: II were farmer and could
not AFFORD to keep the cotton seed
till they went up to a normal nrica I
Wou'o apply them to my winter grain
crops, anG not sell at the present
prices Why should we rob our lands
III tnat way! No one denies that such
pracuce is great waste The oil
applied to the land does the crop no
good, and each ton has at least forty
seven gallons and will average more
than that per ton Of seed. ANALYSIS
shows that some feed yield more than
oO gallons per ton. This SO gallons
or OIL is thrown away when the seed
are applied to the soil. If farmers
could get the small mills for pressing
this out and then sell it, they would
nave the same value so far as fer
tillz1ng the land goes and would realize
from TINS source very good income,
too. There are mills on the market
for cold pressing" the oil from the
SEED. Communities could invest in
these inexpensive machines and make
them very profitable
Fertilizers For Winter Grain CrOps.
1t is customary to recommend a
fertilizer for winter grains composed
only of acid phosphate and potash,
and apply all the nitrogen in the
spring. This would not be as success
full as to apply fertilizer Of the for
mula, 10-2-3, or some like
formula. the nitrogen being supplied
from cotton seed meal, bone meal
tankage or some other slowly avail
able source, and then put the top
dressing on in the spring If lime is
applied to the land in the fall, it will
be possible to reduce slightly the
potash in the formula. It would pay
seed are applied, for the reason th,.t
they have not enough phosphorus to
supply the needs Of the plant
It I were to apply cotton seed
to my winter grain crop I
would use for a formula the following
materials and amounts per acre: Cot
ton seed, 500 pounds; acid phosphate
225 pounds, and ground limestone, 500
pounds-mOre limestone if practicable
This would help us to bridge over the
hard times brought on by the war,
and would make us q heavy yield Of
grain next spring.
The Question of Pasture.
Our good friend should reconsider
with reference to the Bermuda grass
as it is the very best southern pasture
grass. There is no pasture in the
country superior to the Bermuda pas
ture Of the South. If we have a nor
NAL rainfall, there will be enough
grass on each acre to keep up at least
five cows, and If the land is rich six,
and even seven COWS, can be kept
per acre. This, Of course, is a calcu-
foods are to be given, especially if the
cattle are in milking The Bermuda
will be green from April 1 till No
vember Is in most of our Southern
climate. Winter rye grass could be
sown and narrowed in and the pas
ture kept green all winter. The rye
grass should be sown about October
10 to Is, depending on the rainfall
and the season.
Will Winter Grain Grazing Hurt Pigs
All the small grain crops make good
grazing for hogs, and some people let
them Craze the oats after it heads out,
though this practice is very eXtrava-
CANT, because the hogs waste so much
of the oats.~If large areas are planted
in these crops, which are to make
grain next spring, it would not be OBJ
jectionable to let hogs Craze them. II
the hogs begin to root in the field,
would take them out. The best crop
for hogs, when it is to be used for
no other purpose than grazing, is the
dwarf Essex rape. Hogs seem never
to root this up and it has a very high
food value. / would plant it II [ were
planting primarily for winter pas
ture for hogs.
The Proper Feed for Cows.
This correspondent has quite va
riety of foodstuffs for cattle and needs
only to feed it in the right proportion
and the right form. For instance,
feed the corn only when it Is ground
into meal. A combination OF feeds is
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