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A, 752 (4) What Farmers Want to Know Dy W-F. MASSEY r I Do Not Know THERE are a great many things. I do 'not '.know.: Bometimeskr can hunt up printed information ' from some one - who ;knows better: than I ed. after -the soil is warm where the vine is to grow. . bia quinata is one of the best ever.-.' green . perennial climbers. v I - have never had the Antigonon to. thrive in a shadyT olace." . Give it full sun; .. Iti do. but at times -I am stuck and: do raalces . a large tuber arid . will stand. not know where I to iook, as wnen .a tne winter in-your section, u cuvwcu man asks me how to skin a porpoise with manure,- and it is one and render the oil and cure the hide. ; prettiest fall-blooming vines. I have to say that I have seen; pot- ; . " .' .. '. ' '. ' ,' "." poises I many a ' time playing in the . ; ; Mixing a Fertilizer ocean, but never saw. one skinned or, . rntn nil and T reallv know less ."PLEAbfc. give about ''porpoises - than do -about 1 chicken raising, and that is very little. r ( . '.' ;:; .,the.progressive farmer. to prevent transferring any infection; to remain by heavy manurmjr inA Blight smarts in usually, at the bios- ; fertilization," - An - undisturbed w soms, probably carried on the feet of will grow faster than a transplant bees, and 'grows downward. If you. one, and if I were going to use root watch the first signs of the shrivel- I would never use one" more than one ing bark next the tips of the shoots ' year old. 2 Cut asparagus right down and cut out ahead of At before the on the crown of the root, taking.- and right bacteria have; extended far, you can no to injure other shoots just start The Ake- save a great deal that is now. lost:, .; & Shoots v'coming from weak -: ' - - - - t :.,-V :v: w- Vk? be spindling. 4 V ' c " , , . . A . Better, sell them and not try to keen uchoi u4uuiv . - u;.oui jgiuw.a late crop. In n.1 of: the MrAM4thinkmpftpiabtin?my 38 and ly:croprish',Gobblers to rfake till :. . j ... laA- v Sweet potatoes :- shnuu u. winter - crop auu . ivr uw- ayi uiK ; - t n- j v -... riln - uc seed i When Is best time to" plant ? V':0,: constructed "2. wnen is iu v -h5uSe:witK deadened Walls ; and m7 Wypu h,l upepo me a formula for tnivifii: cTiaII triart i5iMtVi arid nTiris- ' phate and cottonseed meal for tobac co, v cotton, Irish V potatoes r and soy beans." . Better leaveVout the marl. - If your land needs lime; then use a ton of the I mat variety 0 . . . a. i - - - v. . i.vjwcdt rnpw o-rt U it necessarv to stake raso-' - 5-,--mg,'t-Attr that 50 is it necessary, to siaxc rasp dearreefr i.btrTi .ntnrk v:t.i. . Jt Vnderccndgioh5 that would suit . Agricultural Salt "1 HAVE four tons of. agricultural ' marl an acretafter plowing and har - salt which I intended to mix with row it unwell. Never mix lime in any form with materials like cotton seed meal and acid phosphate. After liming the land well you can mix the acid ' phosphate and cottonseed meal and make as good a fertilizer as we Chlorine is poisonous to plants, and can. now get if the mixture is made of , of the English sparrow? ' r soda is "not used by plants to any ex- equal, parts of each. This catT be . 1. This I have answered elsewh tent, except perhaps by plants "that cottonseed; meal for corn, but was disappointed in getting the meal. Can I use1 the salt by the side of the corn, - and how. much per acre?" . i - Common salt i5' chloride of sodium, best and longest bearing? "4. berries? How many canes grow in 2c hill and how dispose ox-thevV.js!-pcj.; rest: - fc -, k -' '-'5. In pruning grapes,, do' you con- , h'tei KCiM tiiiue cutting back to the crotch and- :, ; PUIDS Atter. IJIooiIUng make new arms? , - , : , 'llJILLthe seed that grow on hya . Tell me how and when to ;cmths:6me'up if .nlantpH? spray tne nusK tomatoes .to ae s troy . wouia. you take the bulbs uo nnw tne worm mat gets msiuc tuc iiuski v "7. At what age should the : a ma- rylli Johnsonii bloom? "8. Can you tell us how to get ridv or sum- ere. erow on the-seasnore -If I had the four" ton's I . might " put it theavily where' I wanted to kill something, but" I' would not use it as a fertilizer. I had rather say how little than to say how much to use an acre. . ' ' Transplanting Root Crops TS IT a good practice to transplant A beets, carrots and turnips?" . We usually get more plants of: these in the rows, and thinning is needed. Then rather than throw, away ' the thinnings of beets and -carrots I: would transplant them, I have known ; rutabaga turnips to thrive from trans planting, but never knew if tried, with ; the ordinary flat turnips. But I 'did once,' see a: man transplant radishes and they , grew. As a rule" I would prefer to use plenty of. seed and get a good stand. If I failed to get a uni form stand I would transplant from the thick spots to the vacancies, j THE BUSINESS ' FARMER'S CALENDAR: FIVE THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK AND NET DRY weather is no excuse for. stopping ' the cultivators. Keep -them, going, running shallow, and you will be surprised at the way the crops stand the drouth. t -2. If dry weather or any other cause has kept the stuhhle'land from being planted to a second crop, let this be the first job to have attention as soon as rain comes. - 3. Over the lower South and the Southwest, dry weather has' in1, many cases prevented the setting of potato slips. This is another, ' job that should have immediate attention as soon as the ground is in shape. Plants may be put out as late as 'jhe first of August in the lower South. ' -"' ' ? ' -. ' ' '' 4. Plan occasional picnics, fishing parties or ball 'games. Such simple and wholesome amusements do much to keep the young folks ' in love with the country. ' . - - 5. Keep up the fight on the boll weevil wherever the pest is pres ent, picking and destroying, punctured squares. 7- leave them in the erounH all mer?" , - .. Under proper management the hy acinth seed will grow, but it will take patient work and time to get bloom ing bulbs from the seed. Better leave that, to the' Dutch. I take up my hya cinths, narcissus .and tulips when the tops are about two-thirds turned yel low, cut the: tops; and foots and put .the .hyacinths in boxes of dry saad to cure and, then store the different va rieties in paper ' sacks in the cellar till fall. , ;.v Growing Peanuts used in varyingamounts on the crops : named-. ' . : ' ;" :' Peru Shahon Pea Trif olium Arvense 'DLEASE give me through . The f T AM sending a plant. , Please tell Progressive Farmer all the infor- me its valuers a soil improver formation you can in regard to the or pasture. It seems to be a legume Peru Shahori pea." and I found it on a very . poor spot. I have heretofore, I believe, told Will crimson clover, grow where this . all that is needed to be known about -does? When should .this plant be this plant. Peru Shahon is simply a K sowed?'; It was on land where cot- . new name coined tor a very . old t plant, the Yard4ong bean. This is Ddlichos Sesquipedalis, a native of ; the West Indies, and remarkable only for the length of its pods. It has no . advantage as a forage crop over or dinary cowpeas.-' In f act, I would give the'cowpeas the preference, arid cer ' tainly would not pay $4 a pound for the so-called Peru Shahon. ton grew, last year and must "have started in the fall." . , : This is a true annuaLclover, Trifor ium arvense called Rabbit Toofe 2. We throw furrows to,;,' early po tatoes to get!' the advantage of - the early warmth.' We cultivate late ones flat to retain the moisture in the soil. 3. "The Hicks Everbearing. ;AV ' 4. It is necessary to stake the black cap varieties," while the. red ones can usually do very well without support. Cut out the old caries as soon as the fruiHs off and then let tvo or three new canes grow and keep all-overs ' hoed " out; -..V ,;; S " '1 -: . 5. year. : v . 6. ; Spray -IT SEEMS j that 'with one accord, . 1 farmers threatetfed with boll wee vilHhis season have" determined that peanuts aresthe crop to take the place pt cotton.: the. strange thing is that whenever anythirig threatens the cot- ,tori crop all the growers want anoth- er cron'to.taVi if-s nlarc ac a nn-rrnn ' plarit ' They "seem ,-:tb' utterly fail to . understand that there are hundreds of thousands of prosperous farmers who neverTsaW-:: a -cottons plant and yet make "a living arid money from grow-? ing wheat, corn; bats,- 'legumes and ; livestock. Men' who farm - with these grain crops: and maintain the fertility of their soil withlegumes- and their use in iccuiug aim luuiu mc uiauun. 'to their land can grow; these same crops as profitably in the South as in the North and without any cotton, or can put cpUon into the, rotation and get what the boll wejevils do not. No one crop is going to make suc- cess where vbu fail with cotton, and .lis - A n A i. U A Cnrmaire frpt TO Yes, we renew the arms every ,feal farmin jhe,more r. independent , -. ; th'ey will be of the boll yreevu. in. wu"' x man who s a farmer in the best man- with - lead pound to 30 gallons of water and. er and a- . . . ai. i f v,o oot- i t . ... w . r vv ner uoes not iearinc vw clover from ts gray, downy heads. ; gallon of corn. syrup when the husk' tftrPmn MPn tf it i. a total loss, for Un sandv soil where 1 live it crows .'tis comolete- , ; - ; , .i.. t A - 1 1 : f . rr-. . . abundantly "and on rich land makes a dense growth It will inoculate the land for crimson clover, but as com pared with crimson clover for soil im provement it is not worth sowing. 4 In fact I do' not think that the seed are in commerce. It has always been very abundant here on every land or uncultivate'd - m Mm- m . in , the tall and , matures aDout the same time as crimsort clover and dies. Floral Inquiries ' UTHEN is the .best time to plant Cyclamen, and tell me how to plant and care for it? Will the Cardi nal climber do for an annual porch climber? ' What is the best perennial vine for a porch ? r Will the Antigo- olace?" T. HAVE . fine pear tree which is in- aying wun Diignt. riease tell me Pear Blight Cvclamen bloom onlv in earlv win l - . J 4 ' . . . ter. v The bulbs - are " planted in the " now lT Prevent ' early fall in pots suited' to the size of- As 1 have oftcn told in these col '.the bulbs; ;They, should, be watered --umns,-. the: only thing that can be care frilly, and "keep the water off the .'done for pear blight is to watch the ; ina nt VinlKa ' ' if na v' rn Via ' treeS and 6n the. first annMMtiCA rf ; flower'v stems; "X Alter biopmg they blight 6ut out ahead of it to sound toes? are- artea on ana started again next- wu. izi. aione, it win Keeps on. hbusp n wMcli . Ine Amaryllis Johnsonii should -v.i.-- c.'mnv ndnots be three years pld from the offset to, , v ,o:.tn Vnltivation of bloom. . - - , . ' . -i . . -i j him- 8. Keep a gun loaded and shoot .1 : ff with cotton, every flock that appears. .Only a few for peanuts are just as liable to flue-, days ago a man. asked me how it was win n; rotton. . . n .be no objection to any Smith takincr oeanuts into ' grainI was last year in a section ..where they plant, peanuts and corn, and corn and peanuts year after year, and the farmers are not as well ott.as a class as those in sections where no : one ever grew a peanut, but nave , farmed successfully with corn, wheat and clover. It; is not the crop that makes the farmer, "but the farmer who makes the-crop and with gooa rotative farming there is money to oc Vmadeiin anyorourencan ana tne oniy men wno " A ics i.v tt a. aays ago a man asked me how it was tuation in nrice ilways been very that the sparrows do not eat my peas. There can bl :ry-spot of waste I ; told him because I .'did not : give , ;e ? th?Sout places. U starts them a, chance. ' . , ,1 fcS r : . Some More Questions "J HAVE: about 200 three-year-old asparagus roots, which I wish -to transfer to' another "garden. How and when should I do it? 2. What is the correct way to cut asparagus 3. Why do some shoots igrow long and spindling? 4. What is the best way torstore early Irish potatoes? S. What is tne Dest.way to store sweet pdta 6. I have a concrete annle fall.. Thev:. need: a c temperature of growing down the -limb and may kill degrees temoeratur Cou r about 6ai egtcwat.might'There s t the entire .tree. , -Watchfulness' 'wilt E a SrSiS 'nZAMAi-rAnnM -'fiittnMr., than thi . save trp' tnt .a;.m ' :-4 ."-V Vi ? . . . . r i " v..'-' un lh'the one crOO. ' tliirtV:f eet and"ie-covered with -scar- bolic acid- at hand 1 and , din thV.tcW.i .til??, ,;r, : . . , V . damage; to., the cotton cr wno arc it.-- flibs-..nfsh
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