The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-28
FARMERS ADVISED
ON FEBRUARY jobs
BY r. w. Shoffner and H. B. James
N. C. State College

February is good time to do
some of the odd jobs around the
house and on the farm while the
weather is too rough to permit a
great deal Of field work. The fol-
lowing suggestions are for field
crops and livestock.
ID Reselect and shell seed corn.
(2) Topdress permanent pastures
with lime and phosphate. CD Seed
grasses and legumes for new per-
manent pasture on carefully pre-
pared seed bed. 90 PIEDMONT:
Seed spring meadow mixtures.
90 Seed spring oats and Italian
rye grass for late spring grazing.
(6 PIEDMONT: If Lespedeza is
to be seeded on top of the ground,
complete seeding. 60 Set kudzu
crowns on waste or badly eroded
land. (8)COASTAL PLAIN: Apply
6-8-6 fertilizer for Irish potatoes at
the rate of 1900 to 1,700 pounds
per acre. (9)COASTAL PLAIN:
Plant Irish potatoes. QWCOASTAL
PLAIN: Break land not in cover
crops. I'D Disk the soil, not in
cover crops, where tobacco is to
be planted SO that all vegetation
may be decaying. Q2) PIED
MONT: Prepare insect-tight plant
beds; make fum1gation type beds,
if P. D. B. is to De used for blue
mold control. (13) PIEDMONT:
Use regular 1873 tobacco plant
bed fertilizer at the rate of two
pounds per square yard. Work
thoroughly into the top two or three
inches of soil. CID PIEDMONT:
Seed tobacco plant beds. G5)
MOUNTAINS: Burn off and pre-
pare seed beds and SOW Burley
tobacco seed.
Cd Use a 6-8-6 fertilizer 10 days
before planting vegetables ca
TIDEWATER AREA: Plant beets
carrots, cauliflower, wrinkle peas,
Irish potatoes, radishes, and tur-
nips. (3) COASTAL PLAIN AND
PIEDMONT: Plant cabbage, kale,
lettuce, oninos, mustard, and
spinach. ~ COASTAL PLAIN:
Set lettuce in fertile, we'll prepar-
ed soil. (5) Plant asparagus, straw
berries, dewberries, blackberries,
and grapes for a better garden.
60 Make a hotbed or coldframe
for early vegetables and flowers.
CD Prune trees, bush fruits, and
bunch grapes. 90 Spray fruit
trees, roses, and diseased shrubs
with 1ime-sulphur. (9) Use an oil
emulsion spray on trees and shrubs
that have security or oyster shell
scale. (1O) Apply the first spring
application of 4-4-5O Bordeaux
spray to strawberries as soon as
new growth starts. Oily Fertilize
shade trees, lawns and shrubs with
manure.
Cd Treat workstock for internal
parasites. (see County Agent "a
When horses and mules are work.
ing, increase grain. 90 Feed mares
in foal a balanced ration which
includes an abundance of minerals
and proteins. (4) Use small grains
and winter legumes for temporary
pasture. 80 Dock and castrate
lambs when one to two weeks old.
(6) See that the young cattle get
plenty of good legume hay. Cd
Full feed market hogs for late
March and April marketing. 90
After the home pork supply is
cured, wash it in warm water to
remove the curing mixture; hang
the cured pieces to drain tor
day or two; smoke, if desired;
and wrap each piece carefully in
heavy paper, sack, and hang up.
Cd Feed quality feed to chicks
and breeders, as well as to layers.
ca Do not permit Matching eggs
to freeze or become severely
chilled. 60 Clean poultry houses
and Gull loafers.
~ Nail up and paint new bee
hives. Clean and repair old equip
ment. (2) PIEDMONT: Plant pines
to reclaim idle land, stop erosion,
and conserve water. Plant locust
or cedar for fence posts. (3)
COASTAL PLAIN: Rake or pillow
firebreaks to furnish pine straw
for stables and strawberrie fields,
and afford fire protection to the
woods. a. Prune selected pine
trees to produce quality timber.
20 Sow lespedeza and other crops
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