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THE PUOGRESSIVE FARMtR gives you some humus-making ma " terial, but all the ...'plant food in the carie came from the soil, and it add nothing but organic decay to the soil Sow peas and they will get you nitro gen from the air and better organic matter than the cane. ' Cane exhausts land if you ripen the crop and take it off, but not when turned under. 276 (4) . ' 7Y TPfcaf Farmers Want to Know " V ' DyW.F.MASSEY product. ' - A station investigator weighs carefully everything... Acid phosphate may be so used as to bring, injury to the soil, and has been used so, but properly used it is an efficient means for soil improvement and is a n( the hest carriers of the most . ' . .Anti'ii nlan food in our older sous. . c.-nrv fWript every ettort to gei a pcricyujr sundry yuenes . j , T . , rnM,le, Last summer : . .. ...... JUL 2i ROM-South-Carolina:Up- w . i m rim v . . a r n a n n i i i iir jiwftia ftw r. utucasivi 7 7 . i -Urt tnnr hntter beans than A1Fi:t:fl rrA rlaimprl to be Cobblers. Serradella in making Hwi rnnld use 1' V ww-- w A 1 J r m 4 m 4 past tew years iney gruw u, samples entirely pure vuiw. - ,a w;ii rlo to me strong, but do not bear well.; Have Gr0ers should watch their crops and -fShSJ tried acid phosphate but not much out every plant showing wh.te thes ! or j- eMresh shells potash. How are dahlia plants sold g if w!sh to grow a late and burn hero i to 'and?f . ly the florists propagated? Is there seed ' p pure. . ' rS.Vr on any way to prevent the worms get- ,. . v.rv miAtDt that we do not :.vv..v, - :s ago I had no aimcuuy. southeastern Maryland, wnere au me . ,,,,.... j ,j ?n . m?re butter beans than xllibit ere claimed .to be Cobb tan ; 1 ,0u xhaW T7R0M Arkansas: I am sendin. serradella as a forage plant. What do you "think of it?" Serradella, Ornithopus sativa, is a legume that has been boost u.. ' fy l Rnshes Ihavepre- 14 is very evident that we ao no of ihe'Se so-called Indian shell banks, some because of. its ability ta groi SeTtw S It covered acres of land five feet or on very, poor sand. We hav in Z tmg4 a CVery Spnng lf at Fe He old to som e of his- South many better legumes in c . and the serradella will not add any thing of value. . " and stretching white cotton strings xm them." , " , The best Lima bean for the South ' is the small- Lima or butter bean. nr Potato Lima is better, and the test of these is the bunch form known as Fordhook. ' I think that in k garden where you have used ma results and more cheaply than by burning them. V There is no doubt that the finely Properly Used Acid Phosphate Does l3t?:$X. ' Not Injure Land wliile one man took a crravel screen The Large White Lima is always un- rROM Virginia: "Is acid phosphate and screened the rotten shells and , Productive here. The thick seeded T injurious to land? Some say that it 'hauled the fine portion heavily-on his. . r t imi ic Kpttpr and the i.:n uirri ttiaf'-am hpn. land, and he claimed that he got good ficial to the soil? I have tried it on peas alone and also with potash, but 1 1 ' 1. ...til. ynnL. a garacn wiicic j(u uiv jvu couia see nu cucci, wimc iuc swap- ihws v uvuw tv. hure freely you can grow the Limas jngs around , an old house showed ground shells will answer for liming Wltn acm nuymai:f w iiiwiiio. WOnaeriUliy. Jiavc sown ll yu ma- iiiu wucu uscu iwiyc v iiiujv. i phosphate perhaps will be better by nure, put .out with a spreader, but heavily, as burnt lime. If I had the Reason of the lime it carries, and manure without the phosphate did same problem you have and had the then add some potash. If you can get. hardwood ashes use these treeiy With the acid phosphate. Dahlias are propagated by the flor ists by bringing the old roots into a warm greenhouse in winter, and then making cuttings of the green bhoots with an eye at the base of the shoot; To make small roots tor mailing .they growthem a whole Reason in three-inch pots packed in frames on coal ashes. " I keep the sparrows away from my garden by shooting them every time they put in an appearance, and they have learned to stay away. The ' worms that ; attack the squashes - and cantaloupes in - the J5outh are what are known as pickle worms in' the North, where they at tack cucumbers mainly, and can be prevented by spraying with Bor deaux mixture in which a pound, and a half of lead arsenate is mixed to 50 gallons of the Bordeaux. This will not only prevent the worms but will prevent the blighting of the foliage. HERE'S TO THE CORN CLUB BOYS! . Navy Beans Again FROM North Carolina : J'Please give me directions for the cultivation and harvesting of Navy "beans and tell me if they will grow at a profit here." f:r I have already told another corre spondent that he can grow some just as he would grow snap's or string beans for home use, but in your cli mate you cannot make a commercial success with them as is done North, as there will be too many damaged beans and too many weevils in them. Southern Second Crop Potato Seed Prove Best I HAVE for many years insisted that our late fall crop of early potatoes, either second crop from the early crop or cold storage seed planted late, made t ne Dest seea"t or ourpiant ing. But as a rule the experiment stations have given the preference to Northern-grown seed. . It is interesting, therefore, to note that Southern-grown seed have beat en the Northern on their own ground. Potatoes sent from Accomac County, Va., to Maine and planted there made 20 barrels an acre more than the Maine seed, arid I have before me a ' letter of the Maine grower making this statement. The Department of .Agriculture had some of these same Virginia potatoes planted in western New lYork and Maine, and they re port that those planted in Maine made 377 bushels of prime and 69 'of, culls per acfewhile the Maine-grown seed alongside in the same soil made 337 prime and 92 culls jer acre. In western New York the potatoes were subjected to such severe drouth that . it was not considered proper to make ' a comparison. The Maine yields given were actual acre yields, not plots arid estimates. This summer the Depart ' ment proposes to plant on its experi " mental grounds in Maine seed grown l.rom last year's Virginia seed, as well as seed direct from Virginia and Maine. Many, stocks of the Irish Cobbler are badly , mixed withi Green Moun tain and other soVtsarid Mr. S. J. (Posteri, of Cape Charles, . who grew the seed in the above tests, is using BUT just now we are developing down home a hew declaration of indepen dence. We are not writing it, we are not speaking it -we are growing it But when we have finished it it will spell one hundred bushels of corn to every acre nlanted. And the heroes who are erowinff this new declaration of inde- ' . - pendence are the .Crn Club boys. j Ist year these boys made an average of 63 8.10 bushels of corn to the acre, while the balance of the State made 18. : In my opinion, the Boys' Corn Clubs are the most helpful organizations in the State. There is nothing high-sounding or spectacular about them. They do not pretend to compete with the Daughters of the American Revolution or the Sons of the Colonial Dames. There is just a plain, one gallused country boy standing with an ear of good seed corn in his hand, but to me this boyish figure looms large against the horizon, and is eloquent with the prophecy of a better day. For I devoutly believe that in him there is found another child of the bulrushes, destined to deliver his people out of their bondage for bread. So here in this metropolis of the nation, amid the beauty and splendor of this banquet scene, and to this distinguished company, I give the toast, " Here's to the Corn Club Boys, ,' May their tribe increase." From an address by Attorney General T. W. Bictiett before the North Carolina Society in New York City. Ball Lye as a Fertilizer . FROM North Carolina; , "We have on hand five cases of ball lye gone to pieces The company selling it has made good to us and says that it has a fertilizing value. How would it do to - mfxiyitfiTmnlire7?-: ; If the stuff is' really caustic potash it may have some value, but it is more probable that it is caustic soda and of no special use, It will do no harm, however, to mix it with stable manure, about 40 pounds to a ton of manure. just as well Is it possible to improve land, without manure?" -. When farmers use acid phosphate continuously and make no effort to maintain or iricrease the humus in the soil there is no doubt that the bac teria die out, being starved, and the soil is brought into such an acid con dition that the nitrifying bacteria cannot" survive. The effect of acid phosphate is not to make the land sour directly, but as Dr. Thome, of Ohiof suggests, it may be that the crops use . the phosphoric acid and set free the sulphuric acid arid this unites with the lime in the soil, making sul phate of lime instead of carbonate, and this does not maintain, the alka linity of the soil as the carbonate does, and the land becomes acid from being robbed of lime carbonate. The remedy is. liming and proper rotation of crops and the maintaining and in crease of the organic decay in the soil. You applied acid phosphate and , potash to peas, and did not find as rank growth as from old vivx otidpmgs iwu more nitrogen probably and that made a more luxu riant growth, which you mistook for a superior effect. If you had meas ured the difference in the' seed pro duct you would probably have found that the acid phosphate and potash beat the scrapings. At the Ohio Sta tion it was found that as little as 40 pounds of acid phosphate added to a ton of manure almost trebled its crop-making power. Simply estimat ing results by the eye is not the true way for calculating differences in old shell banks right at hand, I would screen out the finer parts and use this on the land at rate of three or four tons an acre. Growing Magnolias and Cedars FROM Mississippi: "How are mag nolia irees" grown; from cuttings or seed ? How are ; . cedar trees grown ? What makes -roses blight, and how may it. be prevented?" . Magnolia trees and the common red ( cedar are grown ' from seed. Roses : are often affected by mildew. Spray them with 2 per. dent solution of formaldehyde before any mildew shows arid repeat if any shows. Celery Gets Pithy DROM Virginia : "I have been grow ing celery on the same land for more than 10 years, applying stable manure .heavily each year. For the past two or three years I have had trouble from pithy and hollow stalks. Giant Pascal was most , affected. , I have Professor Beattie's book on cel ery, and he places a good " deal of stress on quality ofteed, recommend ing the foreign seed. Where can I the foreign seed?" ' 0ne thing that I suppose" has affect ed your celery is the constant use of stable manure-only. This has" given you in your strong valley land an ex cess of nitrogen, producing a rani? growth and tending to pithiness. You should add acid phosphate' heavily. It is true that the French seed, is the best. Any of the leading seed houses will sell you French-grown seed, if you insist on it, or you can get seed direct from Vilmor in Andrieu et cie, Rue Messagerie, Paris, France. Onions Again ITOtill gettirigietters-daily asking -about growing onions. I answer these, of course, but if those inter ested will turn back to the issue of The Progressive Farmer for August 1, 1914, they .will find what I have written about onions and more than I have time to write to each inquirer. Any reader who -files his papers can usually turn back and find what he wishes' to ask already answered. Green Manure v. AN A PIECE of poor, gullied land y I sowed cane last year and turned it under. Will, it be best to sow cane again or to sow peas? Some say that carie injures the land." . . ; ' Turning under a growth of cane , Grapes Mixing FROM"North Carolina : "If I grow a James, grape arid a Scuppernong on the same arbor, will they mix? If you were Using the seed to grow new vines it is probable that you will find that they have crossed. .But so far as. the fruit is concerned, tne James grape: .vine will make Jaffl... grapes v and . the : Scuppernong wu make Scuppernongs on the same a bor, Spring Wheat a Failure. FROM North Carolina: '.'Will it doj to sow wheat now as soon as u soil is fit?" " . , As I have already tojd another w quirer, no. You can sow it, of cou and it will" grow, but it will come head in the heat of midsummer, v ' in your climate, will make nothing straw. - w . ,
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