JULY SUGGESTIONS FO?, TO- '
. BACCO GROWERS i ;
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Fight Worms Will Arsenate of Lead
. and Dust GunHwr " Priming'.. To "
bacco Py - a' ".'.J P'l"
TOBACCO should be cultivated as
rapidly as possible,' hecanse it is a;
fast growing cropland docs not pay
for late cultivation. Frequently if
tobacco is cut-,
:iiya t e d too late
it -' make it
" take the s ec on d "
: ', growth, -which
i makes it hard to
7 cure : hd-wever; it-
' is essential that it '
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tensively. during' -;
the. , growing per-
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MR. MOSS
On account of the lato plantiagr
horn worms are likely to do consider- -able
damage. ; The "second or August
crop worms arethe'ones that do the -most
damage, nltHstliardly proba
ble that theqjwjcrop -...will , be
ready to harvest this year ahead of x
them, l ne scarcity oi laoor renders
it impossible :tpipick-Jthem off by
hand, consequently" now is the time
to prepare for : them." , A good ' dost -gun
with a fan at least eight: inches
in diameter, and powdered arsenate
of lead, with a careful man to operate
;v the gun, can kiU more worms :.tbaa :a :
dozen or more men will pick off. In
ordering the powdered- arsenate of
lead, specify the ktndi to be used on "
tobacco. v ,."V " -v :
- From three to16iurfp
powdered lead "will; bfeSTiSicient;; for
an acre, dependmgr.q;n.eife' tkt
tobacco. If a i waterj ;spfa,is used,
three to four pounds of thet powder
ed lead, or-fourtoTsi':pbdsof..the
paste form of lead, to 100 gallons of
water, should be used but itiseasv,
ier to apply the poison ; with a : dust -cun.
Paris green at the rate of one
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FOR WORTH CAROLINA BOYS MID GIRLS
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BOYS At SHORT COURSE, JLTPGUST, 1918, STUDYING BEEP CATT1.B
THE Summer Short Course m Agriculture for North Carolina farm
boys -and fixis Will, be, held at the College of Agriculture and
Engineering Wst Raleigh, August 21-24. The whole college and
it qutpment will be ait the service of these young. Short. Course stu
dents for four days. - . '
No bey will ever become a good farmer and no girl will ever become
an efficient housekeeper unless be or she comes into contact with im
' proved methods and ideas, and we are sure that any wide-awake' farm
boy or girl who attends this Short Course will carry home ideas which
will mere than pay for the trip. ;
We. hope no North Carolina farmer will keep an ambitious child, at
home on the ground that he or she can't be spared from work for this
trip. The inspiration and the information the youngster will get will
be worth more then, his or her service at . home. And nobody ever loses
by following the rule of keeping forever on the trail of new ideas. As
friend said to us the other day? wl have never subscribed for a paper,
bought a" book, attended a . tarmers -short course, farmers' institute,
or a meeting of sny Local Union that did not pay a handsome dividend'
on the time and money invested. I am always looking for ideas that'
can be put into operation on my own farm, and I always find them."
And so it is with the Short Course." Send on your boys and girls.
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per acre,. or even heavier, .with, no
danger of burning the leaf, -
The tobacco grower should deci
before he tops his tobacco upon the'
method he is oing to; use in harvest-
ing his crop, that is, whether he will
cut the entire stalk or "prime -the
leaves off as they mature. In some -experiments-
recently conducted ' atv
the-Branch Experiment ' Station - at.
Oxford, N." C, covering a period of"
four years, the average yield was :
240J4 pounds per acre more for. the
primed tobacco than when the tobac- '
co was harvested by cutting the en-. .
tire-stalk. The average difference in
value was $49.03 per acre more for the
primed tobacco than for the cut. Un-
der, the present market conditions, it
should not. take much argument to, ;
convince the tobacco grower that it
will pay hint to harvest his crop, by
priming the leaves as they mature.
For detailed information concerning
' this experiment write the North Car
olina Experiment Station for its bul-'
letin on harvesting tobacco by prim-)
'ing compared .with cutting the stalk.
- If the tobacco is going to be har
vested by priming it should be topped
from two to' four leaves higher; than '
if the plant is to be cut, i The bottom,"
leaves shonlti be primed off and cured
as soon as they begin to turn yellow. 5;
E. G. MOSS: "
to out and a half pounds per acre: badly, while arsenate of lead can be
has been known to bom the tobacco used at the rate of five to six pounds
THE CLANNISH SPIRIT
"Men certaialy do hmxig toetherr" ac-' -cording
to Brown, who. is quoted in Tlt-Blta, a h
"For instance, I have a friend who lives ;
, in a suburb where many wealthy tolks llva.
.Recently he had a motor accident at a lone- :
ly spot on the road, where he found it im- ;V;
. possible to reach a telephone to notify his
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"Now, It happened that ho was happily .',
married, very domesticatetl, and not accus-'ls
tomed to staying out at night. So at mid-
niffht his wif teecame vry nervous. ,Slj';:;
dispaiched the following telegram to five ot,
her husband's best friends in the city: "JacX
luum't come ' hom, Am worried. Is be: '
areendlnx th nlsht with yo?" i
rgoon after this her hwhand arrived home
: and explaiaed the cause of - his delay. While .
he was talking boy brought tn five answers
to lie telegrams, all worded practically, as.'
follows: Yes; Jacfc Is sveadlns the Wht
wiVk me. " , - . v , ,
HaMest- Yomr Cornfield. Crops
lion dollars, an average of near
ly one hundred dollars a year
for each corn growing fanner.
This loss can be turned into
orof it by using a corn binder to
harvest the corn crop at the
Every field of com produces left standing in the field. Two
two crops one of grain which "thirds of it is lost whenthe corn
is always harvested, and one of is shocked and hauled in to be
hay, which is usually wasted. fed in winter. Along with the
The hay crop coiisisteofc ,fer"
cnii, j i u a " tHiypr thnt thfi r.nrn has taken
oiaiivo, icaves auu :nusas, txuu. - " , - . , luti vesi uie uum uw ni uic
runs from one to three tons to yui VA , EZTZ : A aui,ru right time and then running it
the acre if cut at the time the p about $3000 for every hun-, tnrough a husker and shredder,
ears are ripe. It then has about drej bushels of corn har- This treatment provides a sup
the same feeding value as up- vested. plyof palatable, nourishing ma
land hay that sells for $16.00 a . The total loss to American terial for winter feeding of
ton. farmers every year from these stock. It lessens the cost and
This feeding value is almost two sources is estimated at lightens the labor of the corn
totally lost when the stalks are V- more than three hundred mil- harvest It produces a large
Deerjng, McCcfmic!c, Miiwaulcee, or Osborne
; "-SCom Binder
amount of fertilizer which the
sofl needs, and which helps to
insure larger, better crops in
the future, r
It is really easier and cheaper
to get aU the money out of ypur.
corn crop than it is to get only
part of it. The remedy is in.
your own hands. Here are the
machines that will turn the trick.
All you need to do is to write
the nearest branch house and
you'll get information and ac-
tion at once. , .
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McCormick
Huslier and SKreddeT
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international Harvester Company of America
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