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,768 (4) . f : . -I'M u wy wm n m mtm a. . What Farmers Want to Know By W. F. MASSEY onion in. early September thinly, 'and when they are the size of a goosequill transplant them., in ' rows 16 inches apart, for ripening the following sum mer y You can grow celery plants, to set in August and early September for the winter crop. out the use of -the cultures, for their spil is. so completely inoculated with the clover bacteria thaj the best 1 culture will not have effect enough tl make it pay, . - . ' Book on Violet Culture per cent of , potash; In moist and "strong " land " about " Norfolk- you can You can t"a book on violet culture the usual orice. but it should sell well written by Prof. Galloway, of the De- in Norfolk Black raspberries should- partment of Agriculture, and publish- do well. Keeping Onions ed by A. T.' De La Hare, 238 West 37th St., New York City. - M Velvet Grass SEVERAL correspondents have sent( me samples of a light grayish grass; wun a very large wuwm uu. - , . . . . .... r u is Holcus lanatus, velvet grass. Here late crop on same land. When should in Maryland it is considered merely the peas be turned under ?, . Weed that is bitter and unpalatable to I think that. it would have been cattle. Southward it seems to acquire better to have sowed the peas on an- better duality, and I have heard that other piece of : land. for the potatoes, in T.nni!iana if i valued for hav. Mv ana let tne oeas alter potatoes mature own opinion is that we nave an aoun- oeiore turning unaer. out no uouui . . . , f 1 Til 1 1 il dance of better grasses and do not tne peas turnea unaer wiucip mc Fall Potatoes After Peas A CORRESPONDENT "writes: "I weeks ago and now have peas 12 inch es high on the land. Want to plant "1 HAVE a - fine ' lot . of onions and ; Would fjke to ;know ,how best to keep them." J ' ' "Cure the onions'well in' the sun,but do not let rain ifalLon them, v Then store them in the coolest place you have and spread them out thinly. 'A dry ":'clflIa7haTXan be. made totally dark will answer. ; In . winter keep them only a little above the freezing point; 'In fact a slight .freezing will. do no harm, but heat must be avoided. (; Early! ripened onions are very; hard to keep througn the hot weather, and if cold storage is at hand it would be well to use it. If they get to sweating, they may rot, and any moisture should at once be dried off by stirring, them up and sunning. need it anywhere. . I ou via not Read uoseiy I NOTICE that you saywi should -aise enough Irish potatoes for heme use and for seed next spring. I was under the impression that if the first crop of potatoes is planted next year .they will not make satisfactory yield." . . You arc perfectly riplt-injour im- prsssion. The early crop of potatoes, if you managed to keep- them over winter, would 'be-, so -'.weakened by '.sprou ting- and having, sp'routs rubbed off, that they. will make'yery podr seed. iuf have' advised is' to, plant a' late crop of theiarly varieties in July.; Tlue 'ill f asily keep without sprout- ng in .vinter and hot only make bet'' tcr potatoes for' home use than the early ones, butfwill;make" the Ibest of seed for spring planting. : . ... crop even on the same land. You in- Inoculation for Leeume Crops tend to plant some reach mow pota toes as well as some early ones.; In your section I would plant the" Peach Blows the middle of July arid the early ones between that and August. There- A FIRM engaged in the production of laboratory cultures of the vari ous forms of bacteria growing on the roots"of the various legumes writes : . Alfalfa Turning Yellow AN APRH,$ I sowed three acres of alfalfa, using 5,500 ' pdunds of ground limestotie an r acre and 300 ponn'ls qf 15 per cent acid phosphate. Have, a fine stand about six'l.inches high :md it is turnirig':yelloWi I have ordered (he application of 200 pounds . - . e' i . '. i ': ' . THE BUSINESS FARMER'S CALENDAR: FIVE THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK AND NEXT GET the stubble land planted at toon at possible, preferably to a legume crop. .:.''::.;; j',,1" y. ' 2. Don't fail to plan for a goodly acreage of fall Irish potatoes. Aim at plenty for the family and in some cases a surplus for the market. ;:-..y. . V-'.;: ::,':;;'r:-,?;',:;v. 3. Dont wait too late to make side applications of fertilizers. Inthe Lower. South it is already too late for cotton, but applications to the late corn when it is two to four feet high may yet be made. ." : 4. -iiow'-' that the rush ' of f work is somewhat less acute, plan an all-idiypicnic party for the family inviting some of the neighbors to join you. ' ' r' ,A, Vv-'";..-;-' ; - 5. Xet all -future cultivations be shallow, the im being to kill Weeds, and grass and save moisture, at ; the same time doing the least possible injury to the roots of the growing crops. v ; I have never, seen it profitable to use artificial inoculation for' the an nual crimsoii clover, where-anv f u" generations., ;I have used artificial cultures with fine effect on soil where that particular type of legume has not been. grown, but. on soil where red clover has . been grown; since the oldest inhabitant does , not : remem ber, the artificial cultures may have some noticeable , effect, but not cenoughno make it pa to use them All the true ' clovers, such as red clov er, alsike,' white clover and r-ku foot clbver, all of; the Trifoliiim genus will inoculate the soil for each other' Where I! live all our soils are, when left out of cultivation in the fall, soon .cpvered'with a winter growth of the annual, rabbit-foot clover, which on rich soil malces a really heavy growth. And here the crimson clover grows on . the poorest of old sandy ridges in a: wonderful way without any artifi cial inoculation. i Farmers in any section who farm right will never need to buy nitrogen for, the ordinary farm crops so long as they maintain . and increase the or ganic decay in their soil and get it well inoculated for the legumes they grow, arid always grow and use the legumes as often as practicable. But - when the,;humus is maintained and the soil kept sweet and the legumes, come in frequently on the land, I do not believe that, it will pay" to keep addiner the bacteria for cvprv Wiimp --o crop planted. It, is the man who takes off the land every legume crop and returns nothing to the land that pro produced if and hence starves out the, legumes in his soil who will have to resort : to the cultures to get thetn back temporarily. fore the? pes should be turned under, the first of Jdly, after disking; them J down well. : '. , -; ' : ..: .' - ' Dusty AlfalfaHay pucauon or on pounas T ' j: a"Z r . - . "ami-iAi r-n.i nntrfi urrvr u hum . u.raro of soda on the three acres. W"r.r" - :Z-.'S'. TV" ! v i i ! i 200 pounds' of acid phos- V"?1 pnate. Uave also told them to clip' it an4 cure. it good; ajd-then comes a, the alfalfa and leave it on the land ?uSt;;Jfhave1t 4 Is there anything else that can be !n . 5lfalf? c,?1tiwagon done to save it?'" ' ads and will soon cut again. t " I have fourid that when young alfal, I'rbbabiy. th-dtt fa gets to turning yellow the clipping" of it with the mower will result in its u7 uul " -1 ' uu'wjii' w lL i. t crisn and will crumble, you will not comine out crreen from. the base. I tri!)V d"r O"1 ' - . . . hardly think the nitrate of soda' was ?:Mm needed, but it will do no harm. Fertilizers and Fillers have: dusty hay. Alfalfa, like - clover and peas; should be mainly, cured in the windrow and cpck.'aiid go into the bam before the leaves get crisp, and tr mrvrur ''V the final curirig wjllbe done in the JN BUYING . commercial fertilizer y . hay, has.;the leaVes bright 7'lg grCfi a green-in color'when perfectly dry and sand and other worthies filler then Jiave to. haul it to the farms. The . . . ." ,. , ;f. !.. ; members of our excharifife would likev -e . -,y,V ? i f ; Tn 1 1 tti in i TP T n l c iinnorptinn w n o r ..3--., : ........ .v .. v some of the Florida potato growers Growing, Cabbage rlants tor oale and bone,; 600 pounds of cottonseed meal and 800' pounds of acid phos phate. Would this be a good mixture for potatoes' in ' our-Norfolk section? I always read your page with great pleasure, and profit, and often hear "TJERE in Mississippi,: when should f AI sow cabbage, seed to majce plants for fall setting, also onion seed? What other seed can I sowfor fall plant ing?" -. ( . If you mean' cabbage plants for set- ntlipr cnit: of it .What fin vnu tfiinlf tiriff and headinsf in the late fall for of Rhubarb as a crop here? Do you ,wntr. us,e, the .seed of the late varie know if black raspberries will do vtellies like the Late Flat Dutch should here?" ' K . " be sowed the first of July in your sec- - . . - . . 'tion.-But if you mean to grow plants i think ttiatthe onaamixturejou fcv y cabbage to set in the fall .you snould sow fefsey Wakefield " ;- "' - .v W. t tromrtne-nuaaie ,oi ocpicmucr io me - ana .10 oer cent aaa onosDnaie. .. inis , .. .i t ;, 1 ' will run about 5 per cent nitrogen, 5 . t , ; , . - 'per cent phosphoriG acid and nearly 1 ' r -You can sow seed of the Prwetaker 7"" s " M;,u7l f for spring heading, of nitrnppn. -T havft used and oreter' ".,Ji. -::-t.. si to"-' ;., . T.Ti , .: ... soon i-mr rnp. pariv 1 thp eniial mivtiire of cottonseed meal' . . . - . "Now here is a method whereby, by preparation now, the farmer need not worry about the source of ammonia for. his next year's cash crops. He-will not ' have to bother the Government to lurhish ships for the carrying of nitrates from South American' ports when the ships c are so vitally needed for the conduct of this war. , . . . Let the farmer' raise his own ni trates." , "And so say I, but what I object to is the effort of-someiof the parties en- gaged in the growing of these cul tures to "cause the farmers to believe that it is necessarv to use th ml- tures eyery .'time a legume crop is planted." If, is true that if a farmer uses a legume croo that ha plied witlr ' nitrogen through ' the agency of the cultures, and finds that he gets an increased crop of corn or 'cotton the next 'season and. then goes to work to. grow clean culture 'crops on the land,.till he.has. used up' all the added humus and has burnt out in the sunshine and starved out in the lack' of organic decay all the,; ad'ded bac teria, he will need to inoculate once more.-. . v I 'believe that in. the introduction of . a legume on soil where that legume has never been grown, the" artificial cultures are very-valuable,' provided the soil is not so acid as to kill thent. But where the soil is well Inoculated and a short rotation is systematica lly adhered to, and the legumes come in often on the land, which is kept sweet by an occasional imjng,-it-will not be profitable to buy the cultures thereaf ter for every legume crop planted.. I thoroughly believe that the farm-' ers shouldgrow . their -own nitrogen, ' arid. Tknow many who were doing so before the artificial cultures were introduced,- and are still doing so with- Everbearing Strawberries "T; AST spring I set a bed of the Ever . bearing strawberries. We picked off the first blossoms and let them bear after that, and we had berries till freezing weather. We covered the bed with hanure and straw, and this spring removed the straw and most of the manure. They made a luxuriant ries and thetf stopped, and now there are no, blossoms nor any prospect of any. What is. the' trouble? Can I remedy it?" This is just my experience with the everbearing strawberries. After mak ing a big early crop they go on a strike for weeks and do little later. I have, found that the way to treat them is to grow them as annuals. That is, plant a bed every spring from the runners made; the previous summer. Keep off the bloom till June and then let them bear till fall. Manure well and get the. early crop the next spring and then' turn the plants under for some later crop. The spring-planted bed will take their place, and the older ones are not worth keeping. 1T:..I ' . V. . RALEIGH, N. C. r v BIRMINGHAM. ALA. 119 W. Harpett si. MEMPHIS. TENN. DALLAS, TEXAS ' Randolph Bldg. Slaughter Bld. COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING - ADVEBTISma OR STIBSCBIPTIONS SHOULD BH TaT TO OFFICE NEAREST THE READEB. ENTERED THE P08T0FFICE AT BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. DER THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3. $1.59 2.00 3.00 50 " ' v SUBSCRIPTION RATES: . One ywr . 77,, ; ;i .$1.00 y Two yars 81x months .50 Three years ... Three montha .25 Five Tears ...... 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