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823 (4) THE PROGRESSIVE What Farmers Want to Know Dy W. F. MASSEY v. the? sHarff- aloncr; tht -sidfiSiA-i-.-cheabArshrink: -ntdwt v r. . . - - - - -- ..- viis, . alio rftnvt ."and rood silo is. the. kind used larcrelv-.tiehteir than with u ' crami ,w . " - t r uuoTi Why Not Read the Paper? buy the seed, but 1 do not thinK tney , , . are in commerce at all. It grows very T AM- daily - getting-letters asking Tth!ck,yh- i HVe bn every waste 1 about the cultivation of the late spot but is regaraed only as a weed, crop of , Irish potatoes, how to .de-- No one here sows any of it. stroy nut grass and how to grow . - horse radish. I have recently told on Propagating Dewberries this page all I know about these things, and the subscribers do not "T WISH some information in re seem to read the paper. . , 1 gard to the propagation of dew . . berries by rooting the tips." . Pinch the young canes when about bv the dairvinen in north Ohio. These of this kind j . s0 . - .w WVC1CQ With 4 d n B . ii these hoons. and as wood does not in feet in nmot j o . l"aQ , . auu a, ieet high. ; are made with wooden hoops "made of cement' wash on the outside a J two or three iayefs of half-inchi stuff ed with boiled oil everv three, inches wide and yellow pine side, will last a long time R flooriner is nailed to the inside of wrn1d nVvr tnU -:i Cut I o - - - "-..- v i v uinut, cb d 11(1 sTTHiliai. - u-.- a- .j -- - smaller $500 More a Year for the Average South ern Farmer WE MUST NEVER CONCLUDE THAT WE KNOW IT ALL By PROF. W. F; MASSEY Blister Bugs THE farmer who comes to the in all other: professions study ever . I rrmr1iiinn-' that fie knrvwft nil : ttiincr 'ha'4- iV ,.ki:t. j i. . V' thiner that is miMitWot k.. cr - - tar v uiijiii.ii iiu f i n a aa u - there is to be learned about in their two feet long and they will . branch.. farming stands a much poorer chance that they knew it all. ' -Ui-iior. ten now iu ucbuuy mc men in . iaie jmy vor fcariy. vugust; of improving his . income than the But- many farmers imagine ti, . 1 bugs on potatoes,-not the Col-. cover these tips with soil and each mah who - realizes . that ' there is a there is nothing in the oubHwi orado beetle but, the old blister bugs, one will make a plant. But you can ffreat deal for all 0f us yet to learn, perience of other farmed .1 ' which do not seem to mind rans make better .olarits from, cuttinsrs of : ,i,a jc on -m Uf ctnAnf: - ta t, : WIU De a ;cu Qd Wb;rt ?he,r0(!tS- Cuttmf. f t? naJl H any one kriew all about the soil ignorant disdain for what they call Cut a good cedar brush and whip inches long: are made of the roots in uA..u::a u4. u 'hhok farmf ' cau them out. I have driven them out in the fall and buried in boxes of sand :--"V.-IT: "I f Z? "ai.any uu lur inciK.iiig piuuictuic viups, uicic "r: v v uscu icarnea about mak-e nne nianrs nnn nerrer ones. . . . ' . . . t -A 7 . . .. , nd,. iniiaeliirq f trrt b mtn f Vi o nitiiM a WI1CI1 Dill in Tirl D r I hAtr ! i. - 1 auj 1111 vjiigaiiuiu. iuv uaiuii, kjl ; - r vjr via mi nj Qg swarms and they will keep going and in winter, -and planted in spring in rt. Q.al . ' . 1 4 . . 1 4 1 41 1 . WUU1U UC UU 1 Ul tllCl . U9C 1U1 CA" -. . . . v.v vy . m auil dllU TnP rows and cultivated, and by fall they . Let Cantaloupe Vines Alone wuuiu uc nu iuruier, use iw iiic ca- ui mc auu ana tne im- perimerit station, no further use for provement of crops become worthless n V nt f rasppcmeS are the crops we grow and the best treat- practical farmers, when in fact they grown in same way. ment to give them. We are learning are far less practical than the men TAtMAAAK n.ii ' mpre about; these things every year, who would help them in the books lOmatOeS KOtting r We know a ereat deal now which was and bulletins. The station invest,. VT HAVE one-fourth acre in.canta-i- loupes now setting fruit and still nlnniYiinor nrnfiiselv WiTl.it tend tf make the melons ripen , earlier to "HT'IfAT is the cause of tomatoes not known , before the stations were tors measure and weigh accurately cinch the tins of the vines?" "V rotting? They seem to be all set to work making their, researches, everything, while the farmer who Better not interfere with the growth ngnt nil aDout time ior tnem 10 , And the work of the stations has - guesses of the vines. I have never seen any ripen, and then they begin to rot inmade it'possible for the teaching of at' everythmg. lie guesses at the good results from pruning the vines the centre." ' . agriculture and the sciences connect- a.cVS of cataloupes or watermelons. There are several fungous rots that ed therewith, and preparing men for at tne est time of the moon to plant J attack tomatoes which can be pre,- further investigations for the in- or, narve.st guesses at the best meth- Himalflvfl Rprrv vented b regular and repeated spray- crease 0f our knowledge. The man ?as tor imProying the soil or making Himalaya cerry , ing with Bordeaux mixture, but the who thinks he knows it all will soon ""Pavement M ' plants. In fact, he is 'T AM much interested in the Hima- blossom end rot is thought to be see his neighbors making more than ? y impra cal and a Sesser 1 laya berry, and intend to plant an caused by dry weather, and spraying he does if they are earnest students. ratner than a student, acre of them. Where .can the plants does not seem to prevent it. I have The man who knows itr an nev. The Farmer Who Gues.ed Instead of be had, and when should Iplant? had it every. year when the weather attends the farmers institutes. ; ; . Knew U&ff At : ner . e I rif n hrvnf fll firltlfY fhio .o Hw 444- nntrA m4- f4.A1 f hip uvvivi oiww auuui. pauiiug iuw 19 ulJ' uut nave uui uuutvu any 1.1110 blackberry for commercial -purposes, summer, for we have been having "rw IZIIZTa att.ended ?n in" ; One" of 'the largest growers of small constant rains, and now if it does get JtJ(ai! lZa i2 u " " Z r 5""e in a great aairy section ot .4 fruit plants in the United States says, dry I have an irrigating pipe over my 2 ief. the ph?.s." 0 ;h? .mooi?1 mor5 Pennsylvania. There were some ex- after renewed ri9U that tne HSma- arAn A ntn inHenenrlent r tne e ' Cndl?l0n f hlS SOll, and cellcilt lectures made by men skilled laya berry is worthless. I hear of rain. I have not seen a rotten to some who find it good, but I do not mato yet, and picked my first ripe know of any one growing them for one June 12. market. - sticks in the old ruts,-and wonders why there is no money in farming. The Know-it-all It Doomed to Failure Tomato leaf Blight Dahlias and Roses in dairy' work, and demonstrations given in various Ways. After the morning session a man came to me HfA en?M "T fima mri TiorA Jnct trt THE man who is a student and is am- hear what you men Jiad to say. I can X bitious to increase the fertility of beat aU my neighbors, for I sell more "WE HAVE pruned our dahlias to m.s,5011 an mase Digger crops, ana milk than any of them i toid h,ml Wne stalk, but the wet weather t0 the most economical was glad t0 hear of his success and fe t nietnoas ot doing this ana increasing askrd him if Ke knew hnw much milk VpHE lower leaves of my tomatoes trouble is extending up the stalks, fear they will bloom too early. How nis Profits wiirget information from he got for a dollar's worth of feed, How canI stnn it?" ' snnnld tnev ne treated? We ,,erl tKe every source attainable. He will have1 whether he knew that everv cow in - - MaWM'VrAVV kl VWVM W V V V W V . J " J . . . t ma auuicsa uuctcu iui iuc uuticiuis The trouble doubtless is the fungus tobacco decoction you advised on our nJs aaaress enterea xpr tne Duiietins his- herd was a profitable cow or a known as Cladosoprium fulvum, or roses . and" they are doing fine, but oi experiment station. He will mere boarder. He replied, "I .never Jeaf blight. Had you sprayed the to- some of the finest ones are showing pt te monthly list from the Agricul- look Into those things ; I grow all my matoes earlier you could have pre- signs of mildew. What shall we do 1 Uepartm,ent at W ashi ngton, ancl roughage and some grain, and buy tTneA ;t Cn'mvitKT nnW ,,;ii lUieV will watch tor every bulletin the De- cftme crrain feed and oret the milk." I its spread. Always spray tomatoes I am now cutting back all ; the dah- KrT5nJ issues iorarmers inat may asked Wm how long a merchant every ten days from the time they lias that show flower buds, cutting . u. "cip lo nc wm auena me would continue in business who never 9f Cot 4-J11 fruit Je fiarlir mnmfl u-i... t. -u -u " insuiutes ana mane notes ot.au mat This will prevent the blight and most ing the budsA This will cause branch- ,nte;ests him,- and will be always of the fruit rots. - ing, and the later flowers will be ready to consult with his county de- . more abundant and better than the . "onstrator and to test the methods J MA tVUA tlb WAWAAAtJ VUUb , VV1UV AAA V summer. To prevent mildew on same time he will be a student of his knew what his stock cost nor wheth er he was selling at a profit or not and who never took an account of stock. I told him that he knew that his market in Philadelphia required a certain standard of cream in tne - j y ,J VV i ties, for he will understand that no v standard. : Bugs and Young Melons WHAT will keep the bugs off of roses the Bordeaux mixture is effec- own 0l and Wl11 Pdeea.or every milk, and asked did he know that ev young melons ?" . tive, but it makes the bushes un- way arn .moreJof lts Pecuhan- ery cow in.his herd made milk up to The little striped or spotted beetles sightly, and it is better to use formal that attack the come through the vented from damag keeninc them covered any sort. I use very 'fine bone meal, be repeated till the fresh leaves come !earn how plants grow and take food and the cost of feed and get a tester plants just as they dehyde, 1 pint to 30 gallons of water. "!fu a"? ,ucf He began to think ana saia, x ground can be pre- I use this before any mildew appears, " wm every man s iarm. lieve you are right, and 1 haa dk. ing the plants by and thus prevent it. Where there is He will study the life of the plants study these things," and went on, uc with i dust nf nlreadv mildew' the snravinff should he uses to produce "his croos. will termined to keen a record of his cows and that repels the' bugs and helps . out f the plants. Spraying with lead ar- . senate, 1 pound to 30 gallons of water . and 2 pallons of molasses will kill Making a Silo from soil and air,- how they make to find out the value of the milk.of seed, and how he can improve their each cow. In fact, I believe that capacity for production by the best man started then to study his busi- known methods of selection, for he ness, realizing that he had been very un A vein rs A k.t 4 V. 1 . .1. .4.-4. ill. n . 4 . . . . i . 1 11 TT AnTt (ti vp niA vnitf nMninn rr tnem, ana this is aiso gooa to spray Vi4Vi ,m uhuujuiiu mat mcic is as mucn siacs in tnis m the plants after the fruit sets to de- 1 the advisability of building a silo to be gained by increasing the capac- But it is not strov the worms that cet into anta- undergrouna wnerc there is no dan- lty ot his plants as by the improve- to an institute to 1nune. ger of water rising in it. I would dig ment of his soil. Soil imorovement cain hv rnmin. for every man who comes SCOff Who reaujr some men are so IS feet and 8 feet in diameter and ce- and riant develooment ca hand in et 5n tneir hahit that no amount ot ment the walls. Will this be as well hand with the student farmer. lecturing will induce them to change as building it of .... lumber above We must nnderctand hot miokocs n J mi... A, itiii nrnree!nn. NUMBER of our 'subscribers ground? any profession depends on the knowl- 1 But I am glad to be able to say tnat have sent me samnles of the lit- Certainly it would not. It would edce a man iraina f Vi?e nfAr...!AH t, t :ai l nassine in tne ' - ----- 1 . .44 .. . . J-0 0""- w JIU1VJJIWU. L11C UttY'Ul U1SIUU1VV. " Rabbit Foot Glover tie gray-neaa clover, ipr name. 11 is B..ucdi mure 10 uig ine pit ino can can get to be a successful and South. Farmers all over tne ool Trifolium arvense, known also as and cement the walls, and then it useful physician who fails to study realizing the importance of study in Rabbit Foot clover. ;It is a native would not keep silage as well as a everv advance that i mad ;n tn:i nm.!M..n..,A d onvious that their plant, growing freely .in sandy soils, silo above ground, and it would be study and the needs of the human sons shall'have a better opportunity and being a legume has some value iar more aimcuit ana costly to hoist body in sickness and health. than they had, and hence they perhaps, but is generally regarded as the feed out than to throw it down No can can become a successful crowding the colleges of agriculture a weed. It is an annual, starting in from the silo outside. I once - used lawyer who fails to study the books with their boys, who will go forth as the fall and ripening in "summer like three large underground silos with written on law, or fails to keep up leaders in the great agricultural a .crimson clover, and where it grows cement walls, and found that the con- with the decisions of the courts, or vancement that is sweeping over the the soil wilt b.e found inoculated for stant condensation of the moisture fails to study the best methods to South, and will point the way towards Ixrimson clover. Some ask where to, on tne wau aamaged a great deal of present a case to court or jury. Men greater profits on every farm.
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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