Saturday. August 17. 1912.
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ORCHARD AND GARDEN
riv Minoa oi uro wincr. inrnios.
F IRST, I put the land - In proper.
- condition. " I find, especially on
poor land, that the more grass and
weeds I can turn under the better.
A few years ago' I took a piece 6f
very. "poor land, really tod poor to
fool with.,' I planted: it" in cowpeas,
did. not pick' a pea but turned them
under the next spring; - Then came
a crop of grass and '-weeds, I plowed
them under and let stand until there ;
came another,- and plowed Ithem un
der. offhand on until August. Then
the. vines, and picking my beans I
do the same way. I have done most
of the. work with a hoe and garden
rake. ' Another thing I will tell you,
I have found it best to always catch
the wrinkles going towards your hus
band's earB by asking him to' plow
your garden and he will plow it with
a good humor, and try to keep in a
good humor, too; and everything will
be plowed nice r and', quiet and he
won't ; break ; half as many of your
. plants down. - -. , .
I am glad ' to say that I can' cook
I laid-off tows 30. inches apart,: putv nine different kinds of .vegetables
400 -pounds of phosphate rper acre,
and planted : in the drill and culti
vated about like I would cotton; and
this poor land made as fine turnips
as anyone would wish. Old land is
better for turnips than fresh land" if
you,: will plow under a rlot of vege
tation before planting. - The common
turnip must be planted on a small
out of a small garden and my butter
beans will come on after; awhile.
Besides, I have some that are not to
beT cooked.
V Now farmers, , let me describe to
you how .your farm looks not in trim:
Needing bushes cut, branches dress
ed, ditches cut, fence corners cleaned
and with the ends of the "rows knee-
bed. When big nough to. work, go high in cockle-burs and other weeds,
around" them with a- scratched then It-looks just like a house with every-
hoe them . leaving one in a hill, just thing torn upside down, with not a
a . hoe's width apart, then plow or bed made up, a floor swept, nor a
scratch, putting all the dirt to. them dish washed, and every garment
that ihej will stand. .In -.about ten needing washing. : -
, ; MRS.-O. OLIVER.:
Duck Hill, Miss.
Be Careful With Nitrate of Soda.
MR. Eugene Fant" says' that he
'washed one nitrate of soda
sack and left it to soak in five inches
of water in a common washtub. In a
- day or two he found four dead Indian
Runner ducks, one. hen and one tur
key. They had drunk but of the tub.
Livestock might have done the same f
thing with the same result: Nitrate
of soda is poisonous and should ,be
handled and stored with care.
Dr. C. A. Cary. recommends large
doses of ... quick-acting 1 :: purgatives -for
animals that have taken ni
trate, of soda. Among those that may
.be used are. raw linseed oil, sulphate
of soda and epsom salts. Where the
animal has partaken of quite .large
quantities" of nitrate of sbda, or when -prompt
treatment is not resorted -to
in the case of smaller quantities, he
states that it is often impossible to
use effective treatment. ;
''Prevention is better than' cure."
PLANT FOODS NEEDED FOR
BIG WHEAT YIELDS
. " Wheat requires Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash. The
Nitrogen to grow the strawthe Phosphoric Acid and Potash to
grow the Grain, r
The fertilizer must be mixed in jut the right proportions,
so as not to give too rank a growth of straw or light a yield of
grain. " 7 . "... ... .:, - N-.; v " v V .
VIRGINIA
CAROLINA
HIGH GRADE
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Are the fertilizers for those who want big crops. They have
produced, more big wheat yields than any other fertilizers, .
V v For the formulas are made by men who know what food the
wheat crop requires and the needs of Southern soils. They are
mixed to feed the right food at the right time in the right pro
' portions. kYr. 5'-: - - - , v; " ' : '
If you haven't received your copy of the latest Virginia-Carolina
Year Book or Almanac, ask your fertilizer dealer for one, or
write to nearest sales office and a copy will be mailed you FREE.
days take a heel sweep and shovel,
plow them- out" good. . As, ar ule this
will do them." .This is my . method
for old poor; land.
r Where , the land, is reasonably
good, I plant in corn early in, the
spring, then, in Angust I run a fur
row in the middle, put in my 'phos
!hater throw two'furrows on ; it, and
lant. Afterwards I cut the corn off,
fork the turnips. This , way I have
lada extra fine turnips.' ; r '
v Rutabagas will grow under these
.ethods, except they must be plant
i very flat, and work the dirt to
,hem byl decrees. ; ; .
I I succeeded in growing carrots and
parsnips under the turnip method. ,
i - J. N. HALL.,
( Corona, Ala. '
A Louisiana Garden. .
. ........ . ...
I HAVE been a Teader of The Pro
. . gressive Farmer for 12 months.
t like it fine.- I am a farmer's wife.
I make a garden ; every year this
year I 'had one-quarter of an acre in
a garden. " I .raised parsnips, celery,
carrots; & pepper-grass, , onions, . pole -' :J1 ;
mikmeionsfl8watS Attend the State Farmers' Convention
beans,; , cucumbers, radishes, beets, T . WANT to say to my brother far-,
tomatnftfi nlrra. nennera ' TrlRh not.a -X f mers . that the Farmers'. Annual
SALES OFFICES
. Richmond, Va.
Alexandria, V&,
Norfolk, Va.
Atlanta, ' Ga. O ,
Columbus, Ga. ::
Savannah. Ga.
Cincinnati. Ohio
Shreveport, La.
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SALES OFTICES
Charleston, S. C '
Columbia, S. C
Baltimore, Md.
Montgomery, Ala
Memphis, Tenn
Durham, N. C
Winston-Salem, N. C :
take a back seat.' I have seen old men
that had been in the hot sun to cut
wheat with a reap hook, and In. my-f
early days used the. old scythe with
its long sharp blade and five fingers,
a better tool, but ; called in" aH ther
strength of a strong man." I tpbhave
f railed out wheat over a log and. with
long sticks on a real scaffold and
rode horses around a ring, to tread
it outt 5 Next " was the old thresher
that threw it over the ground for
quite a distance. Now we have the
separator driven by gasoline power
and It comes out clean in sack. : We
don't have to Inhale so much of this
beloved dirt, as when we used to
clean it in the old Dutch fan and run
it by hand. -1 show the advance in
the harvest of wheat to illustrate how
our condition can yet be made better
along all lines. ,
G. T. TYSON.
tomatoes, okra, peppers, Irish pota,'
toes. My garden has averaged me $-2 State Convention Isto be held in Ral-,
a week the whole year besides wh5t?reili on August 27-29. v : ' .!
; I have attended the past seven
years and will be there again when.,
the, roll is called. '" Each time I am,
inspired to go home and do better
farming and less planting. This and
the f armors' institutes held - in my ,
the family used and-there are seven
in the family V
- Last year I had two hills-of Crow
der peas. I planted them and saved
all for seed and this spring I planted
f six, rows across thoj garden t and I
mm a a am J. - " m m . m
have sold f 3. 50 worth and saved seed .county. have caused the scales of ig-.
enough to plant an acre. -They are norance to., fall . somewhat from my
the 'finest table pea I ever used; plant eyes.
them in March and they bear until - : : It Js very strange that so few far-
Julyjp plant in July and they will
bear until ; frost ; "v. :'
j:r MRS. ALFORD MORGAN. ,"
. ; Albany, Ga. . : H .v-vr
S Another Woman's Garden.; : i? J
IFIND that gardening Is like house
V work . All you ladies know J Va
stitch in time saves nine," and the
same will work In the garden.; A , lick
in time will eaye nine and sometimes
more. , I have gardened this year like: Hall.
mers attend this annual convention
in; a State where 80 per cent of. the
population, is engaged, in tilling- the
soil. Living is cheap at the; A. & Mi ,
College. Rooms x are free and board
75 cents per day and .cheaper. Rail
road rates could be had if larger
numbers . would attend, , i i - " ?; . 1
It is worth something, too, to grasp
the hands of our, brothers that toil
under; the same' Southern sun and
break bread together In - the 1 Mess
I waa a man, I have kept down, all
grass and - weeds - and stirred the
ground once and twice a week, even
if iny little plants were 'not grassy.
I find stirring the ground will keep
the little .plants growing and now I
: Again appeal to you,r brothers,
toattend our convention; The. law
yers, the bankers, the editors, mail
carriers and mill men all meet, now
we too should meet. Governor Berk
ley, of ..Virginia, once said that he
have plenty of : vegetables .for the hoped there would be; no, printing
table and some 'for the hogs, out; of press In America for a hundred years,
a small garden. In grabbling my po- He saw . that to keep men ignorant
tatoes I stir the . top of, the ground was the way, to control them.. So long
and pull all little grass from between as we. are ignorant we will have to
Attend the General Farmers'.
Institute.
ALL of us attend these "car Insti
tutes" and local farmers' gath
erings, which is all right and as it
should be. They, are brought to our
very doors where we can't help but
feel v their missionary - spirit.; There
is, tho, . in every State every year a
general farmers' institute.
This one great central' attraction
should be attended by all means by
the very poorest and most ignorant
farmer as well as ; those more fortu
nate.' In a body like this there Is In
spiration in this "war we wage with
the soil.? Victory after victory wili
be recited In your hearing of how all
the successes, as well as reasons for
the failures are brought about by
practical ., farmers and field experts
of the highest class. The South Car
olina Annual Farmers' Institutes usu
aly meet in August and each farmer
furnishes his own bed clothes and
buys meal tickets three for SI and
is furnished rooms and beds ; free at
Clemson Agricultural College Bar
racks. V It, Is a; change from your
rugged routine at home and is time
well spent as a vital educational va
cation full" of . rest, instruction and
good will to every patriotic farmer.
: V, II. EUGENE PANT.
. - Seneca, S. C . " ' k'. , - '' ' ' : '.
I take., several agricultural papers, and
they are all rood, . but The Progressive Far
mer seems to be more enthusiastic,' cornea
"closer home" to me, And la well-nigh In
dispensable. II. Kemper Cooke, Gallivant
Ferry, 8. C. . v . ... ' :.
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of manure.' - .
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