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1408 (4) What Farmers Want to Know By W. F. MASSEY' wonderfully well -when supplemented vith 'acid phosphate. But the drie?d ; " sheep; ."manure does not give much bul!c' of humus-ffia'-.ing material and seems too inert to answer the pur-' pose. The question now is, "How am I to maintain the humus in my soil and get the best results from the com mercial fertilizers?" 7 One cannot get a home garden too rich, provided the plant -foods in the c:i t-a nrnnrtv Vo 1o n rpA Rut in a The Home Isarden sandy soil the production' depends THE reduction of the vegetable rgeiy on me aoimy o mc .u. Inoculating With Bur (W Refuse r. tft ul WANT to sow alfalfa in the fall some will be bored into as usual. and my neighbors say I can inocu late it with my bur clover dirt. I say he is wrong. Am I right?" No, you are not right, but your 1 prouucim u. . Tf : pass through dry weather, and while neighbour , Scatter the refuse from crf ' with favorable seasons we can get bu'cloveron the land after preparing -et th ng from farming, or even & for alfalfa and harrow it in to prevent 7r f . t' the soil is rapidly getting less able to the sun from striking it. Unproductive Pecan Trees is limited and we cannot use the means that can be used on larger areas for the increase of the riumus content. We have to depend on the sustafrfa drouth and must have the hirnus maintained. I tried the city street sweepings several years ago, but they did riot seem to fill the bill NORTH Carolina: "I have a seefl- - a 1 .Tvinor for garden manure, but in the pfes, . tr vMr$ old. which 1 ft, the manures used and the making- . - , ' . . ""- r' .1 r u cW-of comoosts from the waste -material-; r . . .; r duces very rew nuw. x nave .f Tn ... ; ings.Aave attainea greater vaiue, lor vised to plant another pecan tree, "u. i' r. ey are largely rotted. Ieaves; from fU M- An . Wn'iild this wncrc uckhiK i wc ictuulB "n'-- It. f M.; cnntA U3C t-J 111 vu est every available accumulation -or"c '"j ' .- :il i,,:, f .? . . j x rfu horse -droppings. They will furnish pro ad 1 make any difference? ; -. city manure is cuuiidiicu- jui uwhius' . it xi.. j:a..u;. : k s A f . J . i - t n some orsramc matter andat ii me iimtuuji ia wi . m aavance, ana manure is - Drougni - ., -. pollen in the staminate flowers, the ; from New York in carloads of about make catkins, while there are plenty of pis-. 30 tons. and over. It is often hard for ture, and henc will give better re- tillate flowers, it might do some good, the owner of a kitchen garden-to get S S j to have a more perfect flOwenrig tree what he needs. " 'l lu-'lJ : Z Urillg Out 13 Ulill iuc pi UUUV.HVU xjit. much on le main- . 1 -.f ; j i"c uLvjiau;,mfluui, at. t v. toning ot. the humus content oi tne on it wS f of which wiieble it to retain the . t- . t 1 : it. i.- r nearby, cut as i Know .noinmg u . . Mv-o-ardn-i About nne-fnurth of r, j "f "il L-Z the character of the flowers I -would . an 1 rre For vears I was able to buy u f V ucpc""I " ;av that the best thine to do will be ?n acre. ,pr years i was atie to ouy . lhe fertilizers used but on th say tnat tne Dest .ining io uo. wu u. . . o stabl manure at an aver- r t, bearing tree of fine nuts. Plants for Shady Places of late the price has not only soared mn;tf., ann hpnee dissolve the fer but every stable has been contracted tiijzers better. Of course on a farm one can Juse alternate pieces of land for, the vegetable crops and grow clover and peas to maintain - the hu- But where one has only-the one bit of ground that he must de pend tipon for fresh vegetables, he soil is fertile and is kept clean". I think about the best use you lzer. dens. for ahead. This puts a garden owner at a disadvantage. . Of course I could ee.t more than I want from 'the local COUTHERN Georeia : "What; kind t; 'vAri- Wmiir; "tf'(' 1 n '11 T i . m. . - - . IIiU. ot grass or nowers snouia i piar.t, a ton ,n carlots. : But what could the in a shady place? Our garden lies owner of a quarter of an acre do along a sidewalk on which two water with 30 to 35 tons of manure? Hence n;n ' i,A '.hm,t- W 'Jrert oaks shade an area of 20x70 feet. The I had to turn to commercial fertil- 9nft:P9ti.. anH the nroductive ca- " l- f ' i x . T pacity of the soil depends largely on For a time one can do very well its ability to retain moisture in drouth. ran make of that cround will be . to ,;(i, u;U: a (iv. u Stable -manure fortified with acid plant it in shrubbery blooming at dif- constant cultivation is burning out the phosphate will do it but, when that ferent seasons. You can grow any of humus and the sandy, soil is getting cannot be had one must get the nu- the Chinese Azaleas and Camellias, less able to stand 'drouths.' The dried mus in some other forrri. Magnolia Fuscata, and Banana manures made in Chicago stock yards - . Shrub, Oleanders pink and white, and stock cars seemed to be promis--- - Growinj? RoieS and the ordinary Soireas. Deutzias in cr Uprpfnni tKic enrinn T Hotor. . and Forsythias of the Northern gar- mined to try the dried sheep manure QEVERAL of our women corre- and used it at the rate of 1,600 pounds sponaenis asKeu mc io give tn -u- an acre with the help of a 200-pound cle on the propagation and growing sack of 16 per cent acid phosphate f roses and the wood ashes during the win- pEORGIA: "I have bought a farm ter from one fire. So far the result There are many species and varie with a nice meadow on it, but the has been disappointing. "It is evi- ties of roses and the various bullrushes are getting the better of dent that for some crops like lettuce kinds need. different treatment. Some it. Please tell me how to get rid of I have too little available nitrogen. It are evergreen and bloom continuous- is evident that in the preparing of ly on the young shoots. Others ot the sheep manure there has been a the more hardy kinds- like the Re large loss of . nitrogen and I have not montants, the Ramblers and numer-: had the rapid development of early ous others are deciduous and are vegetables expected. Ordinary stable : grown from the ripened wood while manure applied in the fall and turned the everblooming sorts like the tea such a case the thing to do , is to uner 'n ne spring has usually done roses and the Hybrid Teas and Bour- drain the land. Then plow the whole growth dawn, lime it and -prepare the soil and sow a mixture of good grasses. A mixture" of meadow " fes cue 10 pounds, ta:ll meadow oat grass 10 pounds, red top 5 -pounds -for-a-n-acre. Bullrushes demand wet soil and the draining will banish theirs . A Wet Meadow them' I suppose what you call a meadow is a piece of low ground cov ered by native wild grasses and that the soil is so wet that the bull- rushes are getting possession. In Worms in Tomatoes pEORGIA: "Please tell -me how to V destroy the worms in tomatoe's. My tomatoes are as large as rhens'? eggs and the worms are eatingholes inthem." : - : " j - V ' Yes," the cotton boll worm eats info some tomatoes every season till the green corn comes and then they pre fer corn or cotton bolls. You could dust them with calcium arsenate, but one does not like to apply poison directly to fruit that is to be' eaten. Then you will not eat the tomatoes the worms have bitten and to get the arsenate they must bite the fruit. So I think that it'Ts six of one and a hatf dozen of the other. Dust the silks of corn lightly with calcium arsenate to destroy the worms before they get into the sugar corn ears and then take the chances with the tomatoes as I do. INDEX TO THIS ISSUE Alfalfa, How to Succeed With.......... 29 ; Automobile, Has Purpose, Make It - Serve 8 Automobile, How. I Made It Pay 8 Automobile, Testing by Ledger 8 Automobile Helps to Better Rural Life 8 Beauty and Profit, Farming for Both... 6 Bee. Yard", August in the.. 17 Bible, More, and Less ."Bubble','...,... 18. Gaiitting Hints V..."..- 22 ..Calvej, Present Their Sucking Each- r Other ..;..v... . 3 Car, How I Mtide Mine ' Pay . ............. 8 Children, Are You Condemning, to . One-teacher School? 19 Clover, Bur;irioculating With Refuse. . 4 Xreek Bank Problem How tfi Solve.-.. 3 Drudgery vs. System and . Labor Savers 22 24 19 Legislature and Taxation Problems...'. 18. Legumes, Fertilizers for.,.. 27 Livestock Percherons 16 Machinery, Use ad Care of in August 12 Meadow, Wet, 4 Neighbors, Which Ones Are You Like? 24" Nitrpgen, Commercial, Profitable, Leg umes More Economical 3 Orchard and Garden Notes . 26. Order Eafly,' Seed, Lime, Fertilizers and Supplies ..v.......'.."...:...,........ 18 Pecan Trees Unproductive............... 4 r.rices, Fertilizer, Increasing; How "about Cott6n?.. 19 Products, Farm, Working Up Near Home 18 Roses, Growing Them 4 Eggs, How to Put Down Excursion, Agricultural, How About One? Fairs, Community, Last Call for. Farmer, His Road and Motor.... Games Teaching Observation Garden, the Home Grass, Sudan, Too Fast for Cowpeas.. Hay, New, Feed Sparingly Health Talk Keeping Well in August. Hens, When They Lay Home Grounds, Beautifying 19 1 24 4 3 3 24 28 21 School, Getting Ready "for Fall Open- . ing of 49 Shady Places, Plants for 4 Suggestions, Farm, for August 10 Suggestion's, Timely ...r.;... 24 'Jitney' Pays Its Board. .:, "The Marshes of Glynn"..; 19 Ticks Still Taking Toll.. 3 Tobacco Market Opens in South Car- ' olina 28 Tomatoes"," Worms in 4 Veterinary Problems-Care in Hand ling Hogs v. , 3 Work, August, in Georgia....... 14 Work in the Piedmont for August.... 27 ; THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER bons afe"bestrrooled from the green shoots. . The time, for the rooting WH also differ. For growing roses to per fection?: the Tea roses and Hybrid Teas and the Remontants, it is essen tial to have a strong clay loam. The hardy Ramblers and the rampant prairie roses will thrive in a sandy soil and any of them will live after a fashion in sandy soil, but will never attain the growth and-foamy they do in a clay soil. To root the usual everbloomin Teas andx Hybrid Teas the best time i? in August "and September. Take a shoot that has ju-st made a flower and make cuttings of three buds. Cut right under the lower bud and half an inch above the upper one. Leave the whole leaf attached to the top bud for if that leaf is lost the cut ting will be of little value. Now fill a pah with clean sharp sand. Make it into a loblolly state with water, and. insert the cuttings thickly in this and keep in a window that is half shaded. ' Keep the sand moist and the cuttings will "show short white roots in about four weeks. Then pot them in small two and one-half to three inch pots and pack them closely in a frame, and, if possible, on a layer of coal ashes to prevent the roots from getting out. Carry over winter in : thesepats protected with glass sashes' and you will have fine little plants jfor the garden in the spring. ,Then remember that a rich soil is needed for good growth and bloom and r whether your oil is sandy or clay keep, it mulched with rotten manure. Frqrn the Ramblers like the Crifnson itamble'r,; Dorothy Perkins and the White Rambler make cut tings in the late fall after the wood ripens. Make them of the same sea son's growth. Cut right under the lower bud and an inch above the top one and make them about eight to ten inches long. , Tie them in bundles and bury them in the garden upside down. In spring take up the cuttings and set them in a row for cultivation the first season. Set them- six inches apart in the row and set them so that only the too bud is above the ground and pack the soil tight to them. Of course you can set a cutting right where it is to remain, but you can get better plants by putting them where they can get a season's cultivation, and in the fall move them where wanted to remain. The Banksia roses, both white and yellow, the first roses to appear in spring, and only to be grown in the South, are best grown from layers. Take a shoot that can be bent to the groundand of last year's growth. In spring make a sloping cut nearly half way through. Now bend this , to the ground and bury the cut, and tie the remaining part of the shoot to a stake, to hold it in position. Roots will be formed at. the cut and in the fall you will have a good plant that can be cut from the vine and planted elsewhere. - . The Hybrid Tea roses will always bloom bettef if budded on the Ma netti rose stock and florists, as a rule, grow all their roses for winter forc ing on this stock. ' But the amateur must be:. continually on the watch or the rampant Manetti will sprout and smother the good rase out. But the budding on stocks or pots is a matter that demand, skill .and a green house. ', '.. " RALEIGH, N. p- BIRMINGHAM, ALA. fifwVf1 MEMPHI8. TENN. . Randolph Blot. DALVA8.TEXAS SIBUBnicr COMMUNICATIONS BEOABDINO ADVBBTI OB STIIISCBIPTIONS SHOULD BE AD''" TO OFFICE NEABEST THE BEADEB , EN i1 uN. THE POSTOFFICE AT BIBMIGHAM. ' lgj9 DEB THE ACT OF CONGBESS OF MABLn Ona year .. Si i months 'SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .11.00 Two your . w5 ." Three years $1.59 1.(10
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