Thursday, June 11, 1908.
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Cash Without Cotton.
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Messrs. Editors: I did not know
that there was a demand for potato
slips. I had just fed about what I
had left over. Could have furnished
bout thirty bushels.
I think I can sell what hay (pea
vine) I have on hand at $1.00 with
out advertising. Have only about
500 bales to let go, and some 400
bushels of corn. I sold last year $1,
686 worth of corn, hay and oats
without hauling it off to market.
I usually plant old oats, say from
two to thre years old.- I had rather
ilant old seed than new.
T. C. SHERWOOD.
Marion Co., S. C.
Do We Want Big Ears or Big Yields?
Messrs. Editors: I have only been
reading your paper since January
1st, having followed Professor Mas
sey to it from The Practical Farmer.
I like the paper in every way; in
fact, I consider it one of the very
best. It is clean, practical, and
wholesome.
By the way, have you noticed that
a certain farm paper is offering cash
prizes for the twelve biggest ears
of corn? Nothing is said about yield
per acre. I have seen fields that
Tvrmiri nnt have averaeed over fifteen
bushels of shelled corn per acre mat
would have furnished a dozen very
fine ears irom some iavorea spot.
Such prize contests make1 me awfully
tired; more so than the talk about
'rnirnilintirifr" rnm.
JOHN B. LEWIS.
Norfolk Co., Va.
How to -Sow 'Millet With Grain Drill.
Messrs. Editors: For the benefit
of Jas. F. Weir, whose inquiry I note
in your paper, I will say that millet
seed may be sown very nicely with
the fertilizer attachment of an ordi
nary grain drill in the following
manner; If he wishes to sow one
half bushel of milletfper acre, regu
late the drill to sow 200 pounds fer
tilizer per acre; then thoroughly mix
one-half bushel .of seed with nine
pecks of acid phosphate, put it in
fertilizer box of drill arid, go ahead.
If he wishes to sow three pecks of
seed per acre, mix that amount with
eight pecks of phosphate, always re
membering that it takes approxi
mately eleven pecks ot phosphate to
weigh 2 00 pounds.
Do not mix seed and fertilizer un
til ready to sow, and do ' not use a
fertilizer with more than 2 6r 3 per
cent of potash in it or the seed will
be injured. Probably dry sand could
be used instead of phosphate. I have
often sowed turnip seed in this way
with the best of results, mixing three
pounds of turnip seed with 200
' Pounds of acid phosphate for" an acre.
Have also used the common 282
mixture in this way" with good re
results. JOHN B. LEWIS.
Norfolk Co. Va.
Mixing Rosin and Strychnine for
Hawks.
Messrs. Editors: Replying to an
inquiry from the Uraha Poultry
Farm, I will say that ordinary fresh
pine rosin may be obtained in a few
minutes by "bleeding" a pine tree.
Mix a half-teaspoonful of this turpen
tine with ten cents worth of strych
nine. Catch each biddie of the brood
hawks are bothering, blow under
throat, and put a drop in the place
you blow down or feathers away,
then close up on it. It lasts, and one
chick will be the last one for that
hawk. S. Li. ROSE.
Duplin Co., N. C.
Cultivation of Tobacco.
Messrs. Editors: Some of our to
bacco "farmers ought to telf some
thing in The Progressive Farmer
about how they cultivate their tobac
cp as well as corn' and cotton. There
are lots of farmers in The Progres
sive Farmer territory that never
planted or saw a field of cotton. To
bacco is them oney crop of a good
many farmers..
I plant my tobacco, check and
work it both ways, running the
cultivator. By this way it saves hoe
work and labor.
I broadcast my manure over the
land, especially on the thin spots, to
bring them up, and I find this to be
a good plan, as it helps the land
more. Where one has not got a' ma
nure sureader it pays to cut the ma
nure up fine with sharp grubbing
hoes. S. P. POOL.
Granville Co., N. C.
Use Shropshire Ram With Native
Ewes.
Messrs. Editors: A reader at
Newberry, S. ' C, has purchased
some native ewes and wishes advice
as to what breed of ram he should
get to mate with them.
We recommend the Shropshire
to cross on native ewes, as rams of
that breed are very prepotent, are
hardy and are generally well wool
ed, therefore are very apt to get
strong, stocky, heavy wooled lambs.
A. L. FRENCH.
To Get Rid of Sweet Gum Roots.
Messrs. Editors: I noticed in your
valuable paper that Mr. W. H. Harris
asked how to get rid of sweet gum
roots. I have had some experience
in that line. Pile anything around
the tree or sapling sufficient to make
a fire to burn the bark all off the
tree next to the ground. He will find
that few will sprout. This can be
done at any time of the year.
W. A. GARDNER.
' Do you want to make some good
honest money and get your pay every
night? Write a line (a postal card
will do) to Special Circulation Man
ager of The Progressive Farmer, Ra
leigh, N. C, and he will tell you
how. Worth looking into.
MANY SINGLE ISSUES WORTH $5.
Messrs. Editors: I have never been so enthusiastic as at
present with farming, though raised practically in the corn patch
and cotton field. I am putting Tho Progressive Farmer's advice
concerning preparation and cultivation of crops . into practice,
and I am not hoping, but expecting, good results; I do honest
ly believe that many single issues are worth $5 to any practical
farmer. I have planted the same number of acres to corn, cot
ton and peanuts as last year, but I expect to treble the quantity.
Of course, I shall not credit all the increase to the teachings of
The Progressive Farmer, as the land is in better condition than
it was last year; bu it is only fair to say at least one-third must
be credited to. the information derived from the reading of your
Paper. Yours respectfully, W. M. BATEMAN. -
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