Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-09

QUESTION: How should l lime
and fertilize my cotton for best
results?
ANSWER: II depends on the
location of your farm and its hist
DRY of fertilization. A series of soil
tests would be your best bet. How
ever, lime should be applied to
keep the acidity of the soil be-
tween PHI 60 and 6.5. Generally,
500 to 700 pounds of fertilizer per
acre is recommended for the
Coastal Plain. and COO to 500
pounds per acre in the Piedmont.
IN the Coastal Plain. use 5-lO-5
or i-l0-6 in rotations with nom
legume crops. In this instance,
4-l2-4 should be used in the Pied
mont. In the Coastal Plain, use
5-lO-lO in rotations with legumes
for hay, peanuts. or on soils of
high organic matter. Piedmont
farmers should use 4-l2-8 or
5-l0-1O. Coastal Plain farmers
planting cotton in rotations with
lesumes for seed or turned, or on
soils of high organic matter should
use 3-9-9. Piedmont farmers
should use 3-12-6.
QUESTION: What chance has
the farmer got in knowing wheth-
or he is getting the full market
value for his cotton?
ANSWER: Have samples tested
free by the Smith-Doxey CHASING
Service. If you want TO know as
much about your cotton as the
man who buys it, all you have to
40 is request that your ginner send
samples to Raleigh where a staff
of experts will classify them.
QUESTION: Why do "wilt-resist-
ant tomatoes wilt!
ANSWER: There are two differ
ent. widely occurring wilt diseases
of tomato in North Carolina
fuSarium wilt and bacterial wilt,
the latter often known as Gran
vile wilt. Several tomato varieties
are resistant TO fuSarium wilt, but
no commercial varieties have vet
been developed that are resistant
to bacterial wilt. A second possible
reason why your 'wilt-reSistant"
tomato plants wilt is that they.
like many other varieties, are only
moderately resistant.
QUESTIONS: Will camCllias and
aZaleaS grow in full sunshine?
ANSWER: Yes. But Il location
in semi-shadc, such as afforded
under pines. is moro desirable.
Too much shade. however. makes
the plants spindling and open and
they will develop few flowers.
QUESTION: Why is the fall Of
the year known as The Bcckecp-
erS New Year,"
ANSWER: Because il is the time
Of the year that the bcckccpc.
must prepare his bees and. hives
for the winter or lose rs invest
mcnt? The wise bcckeCDC- makes
sure each colony goes into the
winter with Cd good. active
queen. GU plenty of bees. and
CD APPLE storCS-5O-6O pounds OF
honey. $40 inch deep combs or 4
full shallow super placed on top
Of the brood chamber. If there is
not enough honey IN The hive. sup
PIGMENT the bees diet with SUGAR
syrup.
QUESTION: How much does the
average dairy farmers feed supply
cost in relation 10 producing any
given quantity of milk?
ANSWER: II is generally acrc-
ed that farmers feed cost repre-
Scnts about onc-haIf the expense
OF producing 100 pounds OF milk.
Hay. Stag" ana pasture arc t's
best and cheapest leeds for a ra,r,
COW. Il will. cost aruroximatclv $
moro Der Cr.' .-" month to fcet
q LOCO pound COW producing o..
pounds Of ! per cent milk daily
when she receives only Unite
rougnago 1o-I5 pounds daily OF
hay. OF 10 pounds Of hay and -
pounds of silagcJ than when she
receives au abundance O. rough
age go pounds OF hay daily. OF
20 pounds of hay and so pounds
of silagc.
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