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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OP OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. Volume XVIII. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1903. Number 10. AGRICULTURE HARRY FARMER'S TALKS. CXIV. Editor of The Progressive farmer: "Trouble has begun in the garden. Cut worms are cutting the cabbage, tomatoes and other plants." This is the wail that has gone up from nearly every gardener. The cardeners are not by themselves in having this trouble. The worms do not spare the field crops. Long years aro when the branches and ponds were iit drained and the toads could tdUc almost anywhere, we did not have so many worms because the toads kept them well cleaned up. As tho cut worm is a nocturnal or night moving insect it is necessary to have a night-moving destroyer. GETTING RID OF CUT WORMS. Where a garden has a board fence around it and some boards or chucks lying on the ground,toads can be car ried to it and one toad will destroy nore worms in a week than the most diligent person. "We had some Ply moth Keek chickens that ate up our loads and we have not been able to im our place stocked like it was a 0 w years 'ago. Blue birds are good voi:u d -trovers. And every one 1 d ! place some boxes about the jrar.I. n -it of the reach of cats (and tn-cMod-fa.M-d boys, too, if possible) Ilir dioj.j to build in. Some writers n :!: v-oriM say that they raise tin- i' tr.idi and that by keeping the ' ad 1 . -s ;lnd other trash well ,- d that they will give but lit " tioull,. Others advocate using ''"-"i. hut the trouble about that is : : H'-nly every farmer has some : -!!,- chickens running in his gar ' !l il they do not eat the poison !a v wdl -;t the dead worms and get 5""m.. s that it is not practical FHITISO THE BILL BUG. r of the Experiment Sta- " !l -MM-sted that we take some VliinN "," t'irpei:tine and mix it with : 1 ; x'i:-t. about one pint of the spir- T" peek of sawdust, and put 'ii. d to pivvt.llt tj10 biu bug V,!' ,".ving the corn. We want- j.' '" ,rv ,IK renifuly, also to use some th. ' " ;Ul1 1:U1( 1laster in about proportion for the- same r1'" with a view of killing g. hut ii ;tT 1,1 iuiig' xnem on. ii " alt mixed with the manure for . ,in" Put in the hill will some- it wl -I11 V"nt thc' 'vorms from killinff ule vy young. An old remedy for them in black bottom lands is white sand or road dust. We have often seen this used successfully for bud worms. This insect rarely trou bles corn on up-lands, especially sandy soil. A FINAL WORD ABOUT THE INTEREST LAW PROPOSITION We concluded not to say anything more on the interest matter, but we will say to our friend John McDowell that at the present rate it is hard for business men to borrow money on bankable paper, even United States bonds. If he will notice, the rate in New York runs from 4 to C per cent. There is very little demand at pres ent for stocks or bonds. The cause of this is, all of the money is being used in industries that pay a larger per cent, even though there is more risk. We do not regard this as a bad state of affairs; it shows a remarka ble development along industrial lines. If those who write about money being so easy to be had will give their addresses, we can put them in correspondence with parties who will give them thc best of bankable paper and get them G per cent for all their money. HARRY FARMER. Sugar Cane or Sorghum for Stock. Farmers will soon be planting for age feed for horses, mules and cattle. There is nothing better as feed for horses, mules and cattle than cane. Two acres of good land planted in sorghum cane is equal to twenty bar rels of corn. Plant in rows 32 to 4 feet apart, eight to ten inches in the drill. Chop out as you would cotton one to two stalks in hill. Cultivate as you would cotton or corn. One gallon of clean seed will plant an acre. Cut the cane down after the seed and blade have matured. Put up in shocks as you would corn by binding a tight cord around the top just below heads so as to keep the rain water out. It will keep in this condition all winter and will be as bright and fresh as the day you cut it. Haul to the barn as you need it. Ten to twelve good size stalks is enough for one mule. Cut the cane with cutter, four tovsix inches long for feeding. You need not feed any grain to your stock while feeding the cane and seed. Mules, horses and cat tle will stay fat all the winter fed on the cane, fodder and seed. The cane does not scour stock. Horses . and mules keep fat on it while at work, with two or three ears of corn. H. S. JONES. Wyatt, Wake Co., N. C. The Cold Snap and the Damage to Truck and Fruit. Wilmington, N. C, April 11. The Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers' Journal, in its issue of yesterday printed a symposium of opinions from many of the strawberry and vegetable growers in this district re garding the damage wrought by the cold snaj of a few7 days ago, and. edi torially says : "Although many of them place the loss at 20 and 25 per cent, we must nevertheless, think the first-named figures will cover" the greatest per cent of damage. This statement is predicated upon advices received up to the hour of going to press, and that being true the crop will be fully up to last year's aver age. The berries in the main were well strawed and covered, and thus protected, they suffered but little. Those bared to thc elements suffered considerably. The writer rode all the way from Goldsboro to Wilming ton yesterday, and talked with a number of growers at different sta tions,, and in almost every case it was ascertained that the damage is far below the first estimate. "The fields are all as white with blossoms as ever, and picking, pack ing and shipping has begun in earn est. Anywhere from fifteen to twen ty carloads will go forwTard by to day's express and refrigerator trains, and henceforth activity will be lively in shipping circles as long as there is a berry in sight." The Foundation Facts About Fertilizing Tobacco., The salient principles in the use of fertilizers for the tobacco crop may be summarized as follows: 1st. Apply fertilizers ,with refer ence to improvement of quality rath er than quantity, and never sacrifice quality of tobacco for quantity. 2d. Many things that produce marked increase in yield make tobac co of inferior quality. : 3d. Use concentrated fertilizers as the extraneous matter matter, not plant food, very often has the effect of making inferior tobacco. 4th. Tobacco-lands should not be cropped by plants that take out of the soil relatively much potash and little chlorine. 5th. Never apply any fertilizer to tobacco that contains much, if any, chlorine. Gth. Chlorine always causes tobac co to burn badly. 7th. Never apply common salt to tobacco lands. 8th. Do not furnish the potash of a tobacco fertilizer by means oi; mu riate of potash, as it produces a bad quality. 9th. Do not apply kainit to tobacco or tobacco lands, as it produces a bad quality of tobacco. 10th. Do not use . low-grade sul phate of potash in tobacco fertilizers, as it causes inferior quality in the tobacco. 11th. High-grade sulphate of pot ash always improved the quality of tobacco, and generally increased the yield. 12th. The tobacco having the best combustibility was' grown with car bonate of potash, but the cost of car bonate of potash often excludes its use. 13th. Never apply lime to land im mediately before planting it in to bacco. In fact, its bad effects upon curing will sometimes last for sev eral years. 14th. Phosphoric acid generally in creases the yield, but does not affect, the quality. 15th. Nitrogen produces in most cases an increased yield; but no marked effects on quality could be detected. 16th. Yard manure is not well adapted to tobacco, as it is apt to contain detrimental chlorine com pounds, and contains relatively too much nitrogen and too little phos phoric acid and potash. Having thus discussed the general principles affecting the productiori and fertilization of tlie tobacco crop, we think it may be well to conclude with two or three specific formulae for the fertilization of the crop. These .were tested in this State by one of the most intelligent, studious and successful growers, the "late Maj. R. L. Ragland, and may there fore be taken to be reliable. He tried six different, system of fertilization one year. On Plot No. 1 he applied 50 pounds of sulphate of ammonia, 80 pounds of dried blood, 50 pounds of sulphate of potash and 114 pounds of acid phosphate. This plot pro duced tobacco of the value of $131. 20. Plot No. 2, fertilized with 72 pounds of nitrate of soda, 80 pounds of dried blood, 120 pounds of sul phate of potash and 114 pounds of acid phosphate, produced tobacco of -the value of $127.90. Plot No. 3, fer tilized with 1G0 pounds of dried blood, 120 pounds of sulphate of pot ash and 114 pounds of acid phos phate, produced tobacco of the value of $146.G0. These three plots were the most successful of the six tested. He remarked that where driecTblood and nitrate of soda were used, in combination or separately, there was scarcely any field firing, much less than where no fertilizers were used. April Southern Planter.
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