The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-03

you "oOIc lose it. You might n,ako
ouulpost OF the behring's and the
80 manure, with a lot OF black
eartn from the forest and maka -
article that would do Some gond az
tne corn spread broadcast. Emf |
spread the ashes on the corn 1anS
oniy, but not on potatoes for ~ !
asnes would make them moro lahie
TO De scaDby. Never mix ashes ~
lime with manure But after fhe -
nure is On the land you can ada iH ~
ashes. and the soil will absorh ~
ammonia set free. '
Lime As a Fertilizer.
w have nine acres II
growth new ground and q numhar -
acres IN German clover, which will all
De planted to corn this sDrinr W.
are Xxi Of using oyster shall
lime, like sample enclosed. We CON
get TINS delivered at our depot for S.
per ton Sacked. Will this do the corn
any good as a fertilizer. or would II
be best to wait and use II on noo
!aiiow when sown to ~clover?' Lime
Is not used as a fertilizer. or course.
plants do use some lime as food
put there is hardly any cultivated soil
there is hardly any cultivated soil
ina does not already contain all the
l,H I'm needed as plant food. The lime
Will have a good effect on the corn if
the soil is acid and needs lime. and
In any event with new ground and
turning under crimson clover (please
do not call it German, for it is moi
any more German than American)
lime will be certainly useful. I have
always found that the best place ia
apply lime is after turning a sod for
corn. Then harrow it in we'll and
use from 1000 to 1000 pounds an
acre.
please tell us the best early snaps.
beets and Irish potatoes to plant, and
when to plant?" The Black valen-
tine and Burpeo's Green Pod String
less are the hest early snap beans. in
my opinion. These must not be plant
ed till frost is over. I always take a
little risk, and plant about the 10th
Of April, making little ridges east and
west, and planting the earliest on the
south side Of the ridge as a shelter
from cold winds. Beets I am nov
glass. Outdoors I plant them the lat.
} ter part of February I use the Bas
sano, but the market gardeners, VIII
must have q dark, red beet and small
top for punching, use the Egyptian
as the Bassano has a big top and Il
: light in color, though Of fine quality
: Eclipse is also good. The Irish Cob
bier is the best early irish potato i
3 you make ure to get a pure stock
S for there i much mixture on the mar
e ket
II followed your advice last sum
mer in working my corn, and foun'
it the best way to make corn. Nov
e l want to know something about pea
p nuts, as this is q peanut country.
have some~land which was in peanut
r in 1912, which 1 wish to plant i
v Spanish peanuts this year. Whic
d would be best to use, 16 per cent aci
phosphate or a 1914 fertilizer?
n grew very good peanuts and very fe
ls pops. Then as to cultivating, is tn
d plow? I have had them turn yello
h on sandy land, when q heavy raj
n came after the %cultivator.. Do you az
d wise shallow or deep blowing? Do
d it injure them to break the roots
" the middles? 1 noticed last July
It. blowing the last time the roots clio,
v ged the pillow like corn roots. Plea:
10 rtply." T mixture Of 10 per cel
sc patoash is simply acid phosphate 81
Sc potash. The best fertilizer for peanu
I'd is 500 pounds OF Thomas phospha
rs (Basic slag), fifty pounds OF mira
IL of soda and fifty pounds Of muriate
ne potash an acre. The Thomas pho
plate carries nearly SO per cent
,u lime, and that will tend to sweeten t
ad soil for the nuts, and will also r
nd lease some potash that may be IN
of insoluble state in the soil, for it
k. lack OF potash that causes pops.
eSt is an INJURY tc peanuts OF corn elm
1b 20 tear the roots. The roots are fee
,ts ing the plants, and, OF course, t
ca peanuts or the corn will suffer frc
Nv broken roots. Use the cultivator r
shallow all the time, but make t
I'M first breaking Of the soil deep. Ne>
I'D use q pillow in the cultivation OF q
he crop, but cultivate shallow and lev
.en ana keep a niulcn oi iooSe ooli ~ . .
lat SURFACE All the Iilnt, 70 picFohN :
"a evaporation of moisture.
old
EGG PRODUCERS.