The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15

given a wide range of new activity.
 Then too. there is always the irrespon- sible itinerant tree and plant vendar who will sell you anything, such gentry of course ought to be jailed like all other crooks. most of them seem to escape The purchases of any nursery stock has right to demand an lnSpec- ton tag from the seller and if this was always done, there would be less infestation. hut the busy public either don't know this or dicounts the import ance of it, consequently a large per cent of all trees and plants are diseased when set out. no one wants to buy diseased animal and will take precau- tion to avoid, yet buy plants, much more valuable with their eyes shut
 Plant Perennial Plants Now
 The Age Herald is asked every day some question relating to how and when to plant or set out every sort of plant, an effort is made to answer such inquiries through these columns or by personal letter, but it is important for those interested to keep up with this feature of the paper and thus profit by the answers to various inquiries, a great variety of perennial plants may be planted in December and January and it should be known that land prepara tion is an important factor in success and ought to be made some time be- fore the plants are to be set. Deep breaking of the soil 12 to IS inches is very desirable and there should be in corporated into the soil q liberal quantity of well decnyed animal manure. | complete list of desirable perenals is too long for these columns, but hardy pinks, sweet williams, canterbury bills, hollyhocks, delphiniums and daisies should not be overlooked, most peren- rials, in order to bloom successfully the first season, must be gotten in early.
 Early spring planting sometimes sue ceed but perenials as rule grow slowly and must be set easly in order to establish roots to sustain normal growth.
 Start The Flows Going
 There has been little fall blowing done up to the present time and ex- treme dry conditions in many sections have made it impossible to accomplish the job, but since the drouth has been broken in the driest placed by recent abundant rains, nothing should inter- fere with the much needed blowing. Every farmer knows the productive diff ference between land broken in the fall and that left until spring yet the fall blowing is often neglected through some excuse or another. This years crops, made in the driest season on record, has been a great object lesson to the southern farmer. Land that was thoroughly plowed in the fall of 1923 oftened produced profitable crops but where the land lay untouched until spring. failures were the general rule. It is now growing so late that many will not undertake any blowing before January or even much later and if next season is a dry one, which it may be, two failures in succession will be the result. It is certainly un- wise to assume that weather conditions for 1923 will be much different frQm 1924. What the southern farmer suf- fers mostly for is moisture during the hot months. Then why not conserve the winter and early spring rains by early breaking of the soil?
 Questions And Answers
 0. What variety of oats would be the best to SOW in December as earlier sowing could not be made on account of dry weather? Would it be all right to SOW orchard grass with the oats: w. *. Boaz, Ala.
 A. Any good type of native grown rust proof oats would be best ar such well known sorts as Appler, Fulghum and Texas rust proof. Orchard grass can be sown with any grain and at any time to advantage.
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