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1 Mv; 7; ' ! 'V, ' -V - 1 ru ; I if '.' r ; ' . ' , 11 ' "" ' ' 1 ' 1 ret er to it. x ou scan maKe a ; strong uesi cbrti in:the;ield 5 decoction of tobacco stems iri. boilings wire gras? and he admitted Water, and. after coojing UseTit a, a that' this was true. vThe: wire trrV, What lrmers Want io Know ?spray :oh; the plants; - you, can r get r hid simply, made him Vprk faster and ' tobacco :dust and use that freely on - more : frequently and had furnished thpm. You can; destroy them: more little badly needed organic derav ; a. . . t , '4'r, . . ......... :. ; .. -.1. . quickly by gelling frjom th 1 H.-1 . September were caught by the only,. piowing. They; make: better shapd vx' , ' - , , . . - , ' ;; ; A' - Ws 1?arrow- 7,;, - frost we have had in October; on the ; roots by having V - -ri:?w and then the Mt,23rd: v lt "t all vbutitnipped the beans and destroyed ots, arid they; should the bloom; " Since that we have haji , UO aS high as vS formerly.the prac-' . . : . " .-J Mm 111 IM II l.L 1. kJU U t W mrmmm n . V 1 r in T w n r 1 tf-V M m 1 will make all r:iLrJv, " " -v.v , 7 , uu KePl clean weather.' warm enough for July, and tice. An ordinary sweep but for thatjone; frost "would probably have gotten some beans from this but for tnatone:frostould probably ; the hill neede,: grass. ;'rtOO. iar as i.can sec, uexe wu uwi v ji Aiiay tyain i iwouia tollow this better plant the last crop the middle Augst-4''-Wc..",4id ..; have beans on ?3$htl table .from earlier planting up to October. -2i"";'-;: ;'".'"'. - 1 ?s One effect of the late fall is curious. ""'y.- yOne'' of. my double hollyhock plants, which" blpomed full in, eariy summer. any abnormal conditions in the pota-' with ' smothering - crops ; of peas and cet next summer. It looks as clover. :'f?l;?t-;: tbt r e will b"e no surplus of old; 1 ' '" ; ;a;fair chance an late plan?ng.ut;iHs,evide planting snap-beans the first of Sep- , .'n- ., : to maTKet tember is here too risky and we had r r v aKC5pect; . ? - though tbl The conditions for keeping Irish oo of them the b6st: frt all respects: The , progressive Farmer posted on the; Peraturebu nearest I know to be best, is iMtt,nrnts. r r . tins upper rieamont section 01 ANorui. fta'Kfv nrnfitahl market - That is the r4 "V"1 pscn Carolina "- , - ;r Vv etc." Laroiina. ,v .:::,...-i'aiy it looses, this far ahead. I may. ' .i,. -f :: . ' . . - i t r , a uv. v.i-aauiliuii mt iv r ri 11 11 ir in There are Varieties; are a great many. very ,hrte, Kav. th ih an i?e this' ooinion biit if so" I 1 "WM KeP' 5;of;stfawberneirbut not;orte; T - ;irtrV tn"WeinthA readers of The tat9es L?otal darkness and, a tem 'Hi. L. . mI. 1 m a m 4- i 1 1j nni i rxtr 4 tl iittS 9UUI-UU a new vam ,itiu, o aivvy f 1 - ni Jl-UJr -ry:i bloom the first of November, I have' yanery canea W . ... J . - never before ; seen a hollyhock 7in .ior tne nome garaei wpanM3 ... ; HUt Ura$$ in uaraen - bloom at this time in-the fall. : " .SnOUia plant earivv i"iu-sctou aiiu - .j - . . , - , " v. V ' v , . .. ' v ?."vwlr - . . r . - . ofAttincr rid nf r.oco or nut crrass in -fir.. '...14.1, ' j : o- o - r- : . -7 . j .: ai wim puic siiaw una J lll.ll ' - .J.I.J : J '' q-.i .. f.U,t. J.avp itton' late ;vaneues. - i woum . suggest, a5 as .any, the Early perature but .little ;abcrve the freezing point. ; In; your- normal ' winter thi tr : can be. done by; merely' putting them in - neap ana covering well with earth.; But in a winter like the last one it will be better to cover them er and over them and"; thenvwith earth, A spot V-. vjv tiua (vauil IIIC 1 '! m ml : the Large"' White Lima so commonly grown: in the North I am pot ur- prised at the small crop, for they will i?; ! J'iiA v V.C not make tne crop in tne aouin tnat . they do in the. Nbrth arid Thave long -.' ago quit" planting them and always plant the small lima, pur Southern ;': butter ; bean ' This summer I have ithern on a"bout 60 feet of Wire fence. -We had all We could possibly consume; , . ;gren, and gathered -over a bushel of ripe ones in the hull which will malc6 enough to lasius all winter. ' ;;-:: . ; : : ;. ; ; .The saltif y U 'now. m use and will be through the' winter; The roots are. of u fair average "size now;; but really; will ; r i not stop growing till the weather gets j yt- the reaiwiriter cold;; Boiled and made TVv-V into cakes and fried, they make. a very,: t ! ms$T$& good imitarion;for oyster fritters; THE BUSINESS FARMER'S CALENDAR: FIVE THINGS TO . DO THIS WEEK AND NEXT B a;3is ;g? .Alff- t. v. V. ' s Figs, Die in Winter "I HAVE some fig bushes on the east . side of my. barn. They die down every winter and spring up in the sprihg and set fruit, but it never rip ens, as it is grown tod late. How can I manage . them ? " ; , 1 v You.cannot grow "figs in the interior Jn art elevafe'd section like Granville County," N. G.;. without winter protec tion. I have grpwn figs by the bushel in a ; very''' cold locality in northern Maryland; but little south of the Pennsylvania line,"where we had zero an(J below every, winter. My bushes These will carry- you through the; The Progressive farmer bimply t .the fall after the leaves fell the bush E WORKING : out your plant for next year with reference to crops and livestock to be girown 'n4,fertilixera and implements ' needed. . - ''. . - :K',.-,U'-.---:-.;---r ;r. ;''.. : . 2. See if you cannot devise a better and more-satisfactory method of keeping your records and accounts than you have heretof ore used. ; 3. Don't leave; the scattering cotton in the fields another week; getit, out without delay.:.;. " ':' ' ' ' ' ' 4. 'iKe'epll stored cotton' perfectly dry,'else the loss from expos ure will more' than offset any. increase in price. 5; Be making plans to terrace all your rolling fields this fall and winter, and likewise to drain all wet spots that should he producing good crops. ' hills to such ; an extent, them 'to sprouting. as to start T1 .: C ' a A u jW X. 1. 11 m X. mmaiti A KAlrn s- 1 " s -ifsA h i r coring season. inen ii you want not auuw u ,w .giuw auuvc giuunu. -fi " lhAl.rMnl.nnid acofch kalfc niants Ij. i" Ux..V, tV, tt0, f Tho Hifhnilf-v in n-iocf nbrpc ic that ';.;---:; c-'; are; now - as large as ordinary collar ds, ;tKi' snmmM and into late fall, cet people let the garden run to weeds in and ;witli: a-little more -; frost they will: some of theTrogressn'e and set them the fall andthe nut grass ripens seed . . pc in excellent conamon lor greens: in sPring' and keep i the, blossoms oft M .;' .. Theh we have tlfepinachtbo till best of greens, and plenty pf leeks to last till the green onions are teady in spfing.! - :V - ; :y ' ; abundantly, and there are a thousand. plants grown; from the seed to every. Kudzn Plants frost." Theri next soring let them make tne ipririg cfoiahd plant a new bed 'r6f ; them and turn under these'af- -terfruiting', for they will' not amount to much later if let bear full in spring. es were; cleared of the surplus shoots that are apt to grow in a mass in the center, and any old stunted wood re moved. Then the branches were gath ered. ins four bunches and spread on. the ground. A 'bean pole or similar one commgjrom he nuts. If the gar-,stick was laia;aCross: each bunch and mm f4 h ; THOSE who have Kudzu plants for r sale should - advertise them in The ; Progressive Farmer, ajs inquiries are coming in from parties "who" wish to buy for planting. ; - Why Not Rcao the Paper? ; 4UY COLLARDS .are bothered with lice and Lincoln bugs. I have den is kept absolutely clean all" the year round there, will be no chance , for. nut grass or' any other weed. If the nut grass is not allowed to make green leaves above ground the roots will so6n perish." This is no theory but a fact, for I have done it in my pegged fast i to the ground. Then the earth was piled-over the whole thick ly, making a mound-like, four-pointed star, In the spring they are taken up and cleared .of the carth and the young figs that were set in the fall soon swell out and make the early ahd'best crop, i tin l it turner':. fc mte;. l-;ci,.. IfHV;;,': :tl(l;-; Will Have to Sell Sweet PotaUes L by the Yard ji ...u:.t. . i i - f . uwu gdiucu, w uiv.ii was a ucu 01 nut - ,.1,1 r:nn anv sort in k I sifnnlv nnt ,!W you can . set up, cut-down corn - , Sr -vw w t them to grow, and ' that js the only way; to keep a ' garden. . Nut grass kept the latter pretty well picked off, but -can find no remedy for the lice. Have tried ashes - and - lime without success.: -My collards Jast, year were chbed 'off tndav will Ka'4W nmr 1 .. .... I t'll .".. J V. -i 1. " vv 1 HAVE a lot: :of sWeet potatoes ;im? and vdo not ..let a l. planted on light sandy soil which VPPVr w,eed beat. yoti. " ; v 8Xc.w;.watermcions... . A ?r -r . : vines nave grown -cwejl.; ana aenseiyv . - i: a t t ... cbver t grouhd,1ut 'iniggm t0 be ,n potatoes there is practically one good "mc in,s r v; I , :; ; . , N potato in'a' hjll and;then.a lot 6f long? i You are a long way; behind time roots.', It looks as though I will have now," Every, season for years, time When I mowed arid tarkefWjni ha- Ts to sell -them by the 'yard instead of.: and again, I. have told -oif this page got agreat deal of the wire grass in 1 the bushel.'- " v " ' how to prevent and destroy . the; the hay; If I feed this hay and put J Evidently; there is a ; deficiency .iri v aphides or plant lice of all kinds, ' the manure on other fields that are phosphoric Ucid and potash- itil the - whether, on "cabbages, collafds or 'any ' n.ot. infested, will 'the wire grass comet . .-'ri.:.'.;':n'' other . Dlanf.-:whether preen trrav 'm- fN-im tVi ca5 v 1 suf aiiu yiwiijr , wi 11111 uil. XHO 13 j , 1 ' .. . -. 0. , 0. v ov-vu . fitnvr''fliiVlf1v' orniftirf the bushes ana t tie it iti at the i'top.t The only danger r in this is that the field mice may har .;.bor the;e "and bark the trees'. Figs do better here near "the salt water and also in , North -Carolina than they do : . ' ,.'.:;.: . , ; :;; of v16 r-- : Bermuda dr Witt "Grass 'VChcsapek'r thef'grbw,.to large size T PT ATTT?n 1'c and sddbm get hurt while a mile or. "T PLANTED peas m a field where tw into; tKv ffet killed to the , there is. a great deal of wire grass. Vrounrf v : -O ; , i ;- shown by the vigorous growth of the ; black, but people keep coming , with vines ana tne scarcity 01 tne potatoes. uy h"-1 jwi, appar- Sweet potatoes, . and Irish, too, are; tntJ because they do not read the largely starch, in the sweet potato to, paper." a 7" considerable ." extent changed, to 1 Tf you had used tobacco stems or t M ClOU U C. IRMINGHAM, ALA. lis w! Har.tt st DALLAS) it"9 6Uughtr Bldo. "MEMPHIS, TENN. Randolph Bldi. V ;: ;j V sugar It is the nature, of the plant tobacco dust liberally in the manuring 'lq&iiy'f store starch in 'roots after supply- of , the ground for. the collards, there lhofMii n8 the needs of the too growth, as a' would have been few nr nnn mm. ;M';L!ire tnere IS not enniicrVi nf fVi." tv rnm- ;.t- plcte the job of supplying top growth - '2? root formation, the roots are the I do not think there is much danger frpm the seed, for the Bermuda or X7irA "frrocr. 1 1!j.i.1. t -. . ' a ".. 6.aoa iuatt.es nine u any seea . .trrRTisiKO north of Arizona You also aV if communications btoabding ..S bssbd mituiid. yi Qu a SO asK t oa BUB8CBIWI0NS SHOULD BE j.DAl mere is any way to get rid of w re toofjicb .mtuw grass. Ul course it is n ncf J S mm twtr act nw r.nNORESS OF lIABt- - vated fields, but really it acts - as a stimulus to exertion.; Last year J; was on a jarm near me with a friend who owned it. We were looking ihrrrh - - - "- i tuture need of the plant. ;-The potash . out, for they come from the ground Fjsynorus are . essential tio tne m tne- nrst place. Then if lice are makinCT atin ctnr!n o(efn H;,iv, .... . vuiu vu uv uiani. me oniv miner tn h e cu , , . .c 4.u . r, "o r vvi uciu, ana, ne snowed me a o '3 ' . 9C?.!! :sP' W-'WftM ith Bermuda or f--vVJ UA ivuauu., inrw. wire grass, and iv-aac cupy mis aown wnere you, ca PES THE ACT OF CONGBESS OF yBscRirrioM rates: On year' $1.00 Six moothi .,.1....'.; .60 Thrst monUu . .' . , . ' .25 ' ti SO Two yeart w Three yew 3.00 Fire y" 1 OUR TWO BEST. SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS 4 On. old robecribw and one n.?S"S?W!S . a S k e d me tl ow tn a t t ' toceUier. all for S3.' :' rj. rid of the petstv il showedFhim that the ' ' at.t. urmsmTPTioNa -stop, when ,y0 ,
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