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THE PK0C.1ESSIVE FARMER 432 (4) By XV. F. MAOSEY eastern! .rt'thi) v " Virginia sends me a stalk of His w;-- VI waterlons ri- t t.'- -nere prepare their-oalchM i "-s . Veen' solid and brittle and without "4.8by 8 feet and ...-." ..:--:-'... ; i .i.:.i r Put a 6od peck of stable m.... -u eiery;;: it is as tine;as ; i nave, ever : a .ff i an the market. -If our friendgrows Z-li:" I r 45 10 rot till the on manure in 2wt Pnf fltnp f nr Northern Markets apeaker- For the-earliest; the Earltelery like this he "should He able. to -Sn!?-.-.handful of i'DLEASE tell me the best variety of. Cuthljett and for black,: Gregg...For mosiof the: celery on the market is of -SfJ L , a d Piant ln April. r-croa-,rrtatrps to crow-for- the -m;-- t r l .i4."Apii :4.i,a ..Air -A-t.u- f"cyininl two- good-n1nrite-:.7T ni- , - swLu uittwvu c-w" - newDerries ior nome. use. viaiik nus iuc scu-uiaiiuiuiK vancucs, aim iucsc ...j .- r.; jti.o i Northern markets, . - . ; . ' iin and : for' market. 'tucretia None of the -boutnern yam-varieties YiwA Au -. trnorf as anv faheh suit the taste ot me iNun uciuriiiai-' pecans hrst-class celery made with the self- Aii.i.- V? 1 ine way, . . m .1 i. r .u::." xtu . ......v ... ....... ' M . - . .. . , AS tne melons spt-fhit . J -kets. ine uesi iui suipptus w , : . . blanching sorts. Uet French-grown are Big Stem Jersey and Gold Skin. D..w iLcL LAla : seed.of the Giant Pascal or other NcVaMyss Peach PatliAr ITncflfA ArlviPP ereen'sort and blanch it with soil and A -WRITER in: ah exchange tells" of y0u will have good celery, and good clover over, the whole patch for winter cover. Growing Grapes ! ..r.,. ..,..-,., ..'. KrAn vt v n ' i n H rrnn'nT note 1 ..... ..."iLa'..' HAT vm'knW.ahniit the W1 W4" " tcicry is now so atarte uu uic max- Neva7MySs . peach. So , far as .S;,?t same acre the oats ketsthat any one producing a really ;pR0M Alabama:. "1 am -cnntptnrvU lu -mc ian ,uvi fvm .iv uu - eooa article use tne siaiK our.irienu u : . --"a- w . .... . . .. , f . . r . v . "".-A? srvwing oi graoes for tli teva Myss, Jiayiy. -jNfn,, Kiicnic of. - . ,.market ana would like to have snm. the original Mayflower, o . . - , --advice as, to the culture.' Anv inW sav?" . w .T H .r-rs ""V! : V v - - QmbU12 F ants . mation in reeard to their n:," :i , writer attriDUtes it an to tne sail. , . . . - . ,;,,Ui...Mf r . " vTuauuil we can see difference getween .What do vou 1.' The Neva Mvss is simply the May- f lower with a fancy name. This has been positively proved. T i.Mi: i tirnirvao cnmA. T 17 A CT7 miiA ,ma nnmae " lt V d l1", C IC, Will De aOOreCiatpH " thing that if a part of the land had : r-Some rapid growing, climbing, an- ,JSLC! JP well packed grapes been left without the. salt the cropnual vines. We want to cover an old "lom- your. section should be made a would have been as feood or , better, porch, and must get roots or seed. J";g. terPnse Slnce you can put And the writer winds up saying that Where can.we get them?" V.y-. tt9 "K .attmPt too Sense and salt are all that is, needed You can grow the Moon-flower ?7tJv vu ule, hlS? sandy soil . Lu ioc 9rA infect, with little to erow crons " But the ooor oeas trot, from seed. This beloncrs to the morn- s to vane mites How shall I get rid of them?" no credit, and the salt very probably ing glory family, but blooms . very L . Fumigating for Mites VT HAVE a small greenhouse and I-;..- . .' . .... get r Get some tobacco stems and damp- en them slightly. Make a small nre on the floor of shavings or paper and place the tobacco stems on them to smoulder and burn, but never - let them blaze. Let the house fill densely with the smoke. Repeat the fumiga tion every 10 days to keep them down. Lime and Limestone ?T CAN buy ground limestone for $1.60 per son delivered and burnt lime for 65 cents a barrel delivered. Which would be best to use?" At these prices 1. would certainly .use the ground limestone liberally. You will need twice as much per acre as of the lime, but you can afford to use it at rate of two tons an acre or. more. Lime . or limestone is very largely a matter of cost, and where limestone is so cneap use it uy an means and use it liberally. had nothing to do with the yield, large white flowers in the evening. Dealers with refuse salt on hand are It is a rapid grower and great bloom. Reeds, Pecans and Soy Beans HOW are the common reeds start ed where none naturally grow? Have never seen that they make any seed. What are the best pecans? When is the time to sow soja beans? When is the time to sow soy beans ?" ' There will be no difficulty in Start ing reeds on any moist land, by trans planting pieces of the underground running stems "that; sbmecall roots. The Van Deman and Stuart are as good as any pecans. The soja beans THE PORCH THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE HOUSE C V case before the city building commissioner for decision hinges on the ques tion whether a porch is part of a house. It is a technical point the offi cial is to decide, involving an interpretation of the municipal building code. Technicalities aside, however, the question almost answers itself, of course a porch is part of a house. In the modern house it is likely to be about the most important part for six or seven months of the year. - '-- Part of a house Ask an architect or a contractor. The modern man who plans a comfortable residence for himself designs the kind of porch he deems suitable to his comfort and dignity and when that is done gives secondary .thought to the rest of the house. , Jhe porch must be big enough to entertain on, big enough to eat on in reasonable weather; it must be screened for pro tection against insect pests. If one wishes for comfort de luxe he may give his porch a fireplace and defy cool evenings to drive him inside, The sleeping porch, too hat edged its way into our social consciousness in these latter days. U is also a big part of the house. - Doctors, prescribe and children cry for it. - ' - . ' Statistics indicate a general lowering death rate among Americans, rural and urban. One wonders whether the advent of the ubiquitous porch has had an appreciable influence in bringing about this result The gospel of fresh air owes some acknowledgment to this part of the house which lures men, women and children out of stuffy rooms and fills their lungs with fresh air. The porch knows no social caste; it is not a rich man's privilege alone. . The humblest home may possess it and, in fact usually does. More power, to it - "Cleveland Plain Dealer, urging the farmers to buy, and in fact- er. You can plant roots, of the Ma- and soy beans ' are the same thing. : are selling a great deal, and the con- deira vine, -and they, too will soon Sow from May till July. v ties to grow, the .Niagara and Dela ware :wilf probably , ay the best. The Niagara is the finest white grape, and the Delaware, though small in fruit and cluster, is of high- quality and popular in tne market, it is a red grape. Of black grapes, the Concord is the most popular. Some still plant the Champion, fcas it is early, but it is of such poor quality that when peo ple buy it thinking it is Concord they get disgusted and want no more black grapes. For an early black grape Moore's Early is better. Set the vines in rows 10 feet apart and.8 Jeet in the rows. The first sea son set. a good stake to each vine and train up a single cane, pinching out all other growth. Keep well cultivat ed and well fertilized during the sum mer and encourage a strong growth of the cane.. The' second year make the perma nent trellis. I prefer a modification of the Munsbn trellis, for horizontal training: is . better ' than the vertical. Set good stout posts of lasting wood midway between the vines in the rows ' and six t f eef? above - ground. Across the toplof , the. posts: bolt a piece; of 2x4 scantling, two and a half feet long, projecting equally on each , side. Stretch a galvanized wire along the top of the posts, and two other lines of wire "from the ends of the cross bar. This will give you three horizontal wires.; Cut the - canes to the height of v the middle wire and train out two arms in opposite direct ions alone this central wire. These are to ; be the. fruiting canes the fol- Peas for Hay ''TXTHAT is best to mix with peas to 7 Y make the best prop of hay?"1 4 ; The best mixture I , have tried is equal parts of peas and soy ' beans. We grow these legumes for their high protein content, . and the quality of the hay will be injured by mixing sor ghum, corn or millet with peas. We can get plenty of the carbonaceous feeds with these by themselves, but we need the. peas and beans to make the highest quality of hay, and any of the more carbonaceous plants will merely depreciate the feeding value . . of the hay. centrated lye folks ; are; trying to; get. cover the porch, and in , the; Cotton iowine vearl and at Ae spring prun tne larmers to use tneir torrn or soaa eit section tne roots can De ett in ing are each shortened, to four feet, to make compost, and many thous- the ground and will come again the rnf. .t,J- t, i,a h fruit ands of pounds of the stuff are being next season. One of the prettiest sold to farmers who had rather take climbers isv the Cardinal Climber, a the word of the dealer than to consult cross between the Cypress vine and their experiment station officers, who scarlet morning glory. This is grown The side shoots that bear the fruit hang over the outer; wires and the fruit is underneath, sheltered, from storms and the hot . sun. During that ' t-mn tnnrA arms could save them from throwing their from seed where it is wanted to grow. froni the top of the main cane to take money away. . . . s2mmert bright P(those fruitig and at . scarlet flowers. Thenthe Cypress ..-iz..4.uaAorrnkA vmeitse.fisagoodclmberandvery. tS .wiy constantly renew the ,1. 7 l tBe' lead,ng arms; - Clean cultivation and annual seed houses. fertilization will be need4 , . . ' r . .... QfMxsir ftho vie Averv 5?nrinGT With A Young Orchard T HAVE a young orchard which I have been cultivating two years in corn and potatoes.. I. wish to im prove the soil, but have been told that clover would injure the. trees. What would you advise I would never plant corn in a young Potato Beetles and Watermelons Bordeaux mixture before the buds "pLEASE tell how to destroy "the welL and again after . the j Woom ' r i-i. i t i t over to nrevent rot. Pinch the tips ui wumu pom win iu a. jruuug pULtllU UUgS UO lHSn potatoes. ! . ,7 three orchard, as it smothers the trees too tried Paris green and killed the bugs he ?,de shoots after .two .or tnr much and holds the land too late. The and-the potato tops too. Also tell kuncn?.s. are set. The fruit is pacKeu best thing for a young orchard is to me how to prepare a lWaterhaelori r": f onrpound, baskets -witn: covci - - , . s. . snipment. Varieties of Fruits and Nuts pROM North Carolina : ."What is plant it ' in some; early,, low-growing patch."-; tne best grape tor wine or grape vegetable crop that will be off the If you used pure; dry : Pans green ww ia ; vvuai aic we uesi yevausj v- wuuu a cnance iq ripen, inen sow an saieiy, but is mot .so safe '.as lead ar-v "'Ws rtu Tf ; vnil were in pastprn Nnrtk rarr- p-iflv 'V9ritw r( rmirnaxei r 'i Ial. r ' . . h . Arnt hv takinff hold Wltu ' r 7, .,,..., vwjr v vwiyvm, aim luiu suidic. . uuc puunus oi leau arsenate ; " , " Wnnld use iiud. x womu say mat - me ocupper- tnem unaer in September ancTsow.the, in , 30 gallons of water can be usedr nanas- in Pat" Vlt ; tiong is the best wine grape, but; it land in crimson clover.; In spring as a spray'assocm as the old beetles special pains not to rub the gi grapes - will not ripen for wine in your sec- turn under , the clover for, anothr are seen, crawling around and laying and soil .the delicate Pl0?n..'e m ui KiApc juitc me wuutuiu is vegetaDie crop likeisweet potatoes or eggs. -They do 'mot eat much but do wnicn maKes uicm mvv Cuaujrv.M5cu,,anu :oi,ms-: ciass-.-oi . cantaloupes,..- ana..- touow--.thesevwith-;' eat-some." an verv nA.nf thA'A tne maricei. - crimson, clover : again, .arid you will ed wilj mean hundreds prevented' '. : ; ' f tory rapidly .improve the soil; and' the from hatching. Then ; if -the young : ; Poiiyanna: The 9lad JLiShe op h o the .trees,- grapes the best wine grapes are lyes .and Delaware. The best single va : riety of strawberries is the Ches- V
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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