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92 (4) . 7 4M What Farmers Want to Know By W. F. MASSEY greenhouse or 1 a frame ' under glass. . Arbor vitae trees grow easily from cut tings "about the size of your hand set in boxes of sand in the fall and kept m a cool greenhouse or a wind6w. The American arbor vitae is a poor tree for the South. The Chinese is much better and grows easily from cuttings gr seed. Once More Weevils in Grain D. Tmin are ground fine and mixed in vinegar to iiuiomoju Mr keep or sell: .Never let norserauisu siy -WHEN shall I gather and how keep in the ground over one season It is ; then YV rutabaga turnips?" t its oes t ine u - - HAy hun readi The Progressive . . .. j -. t, grow nne roots. i , rarmer jot years, urn rmvc vi ..... e r - wanted to ask how to get corn rid of Varieties of wapes weevils." UPPER Piedmont North Carolina: You have not read the paper very "I have just bought a farm here and closely or you would have seen that wish to plant several hundred grape- we have told how to kill weevils in vines Please tell me the best varieties grain many, many times. The corn to plant." must be put in a bin that can be rinsed. ud tisrht. Then cet some carbon CMEN dphide. "It .usually .costs about 25 n . j i jU, o4 nut in hpans grow irUil aim tup mem ainj pwi- x-- and cover with enough earth to pre vent 'hard freezing from penetrating to them. Cantaloupes and Cucumbers "pAN J plant cucumbers and canta loupes near each other without their mixing? Yes. I plant them side by side in my Salem. Plant in rows 10 feet cents a pint. Pour a pint in a pan for in the rows with strong cross-pieces at top garden and get good melons and good t' and 8 feet 'in the rows. Set posts 100 bushels of grain. Set the pan on cucumbers, and good seed oi both iney . . t cross-pieces at top of the corn and close bin up. It are of different genera ana ao not cros fegt and stretch three w;res wiU evaporate rapidly and the fumes as many imagine. f rom middle and ends of the cross-piece, will sink through corn and kill all in- Train up one cane the first season to sects in it. Keep all fire, even a cigar, Horseradish stakes. Then build the trellis and cut the away, as the fumes will explode. When . cane back to five feet, the height of the all has evaporated, open up and air. "VLJILL horseradish do well here? posts. Train a cane in each direction on sj0 damage will be done to the corn. " Certainly it will if properly planted the middle wire. Stop this at four feet, jjiis is the same for weevils in beans and grown. It is grown from root cut- The next year this cane will fruit and arm peas. tings These are sold by seedsmen. They the fruiting shoots will hang over the are cut sloping at the lower end to pre- outer wires and the fruit hang under. rjjJ Mot Pmng the Trees vent planting cuttings upside down. A Then grow two more canes for the next . good place for them is in heavily enrich- season, and in the spring prune the old A RKANSAS: "Please tell me what to ed ground set in early cabbage, runcn cane DacK ro xnese ana muniun uus re- xtl Q jor my freeSt j planted them a newdi sysicm ycdi diici jrccii. holes in the row between the cabbage plants and drop the cuttings in. Then after the cabbage are cut the horseradish takes the ground for the remainder of the season. Dig it after frost and trim off the side roots into cuttings such as Fertilizer on Corn " THAT do you think of 2HJO pounds year ago and the apples and apricots have grown long switches. I did not cut them back when they were planted. Without seeing the trees I would of 16 per cent acid phosphate and say that probably the long growths , n. t m ... t J U m 1 -I Ka i4- hnlr von nlanted nnd hurv them in the eround pounds of per cent cottonseea maue buui ua wuuw ut SlP Plg ?or planting The main roots neal It planting time, followed by 1,000 nearly one half, cutting to a good bud. until spring xor pianui g. pounds of nitrate of soda as side dress- Then cut out one of two interfering. tug when corn is waist high? In some shoots, ana any water sprouts tnat ap tlaces in this field corn dies badlv when peared in the center of the apple trees about eight inches high. What causes it?" cut out entirely, and keep them out PUREBRED LIVESTOCK BERKSHIRES HILLCREST FARM BERKSHIRES SPECIAL SALE OF Young Outstanding Boars BERKSHIRES again led at the 1921 Inter national Livestock Kxrositlon at Chicago, win ning the Grand Championship Barrow and Grand Championship Carcass over all breeds, and these Berkshire were EPOCHAL breeding. HILLCREST EPOCHAL 4TH Is one of the outstanding boars today, with great bone type and quality. We are offering for February sale some of the best herd prospects In young boars by this great sire and out of very large aged sows, we ever bred, at a special price of $24, registered and crated. HILLCREST FARM, CLARKSVILLE, VA. DUROC-JERSEYS International Headquarters for DURGC HOGS SIZE QUALITY BREEDING All animals have been given the Double Treatment to immune against cholera. Home of WiUetta Woodlawn King (Little Daddy) the International Grand Champion Boar And his Big Brother, Daddy Long Legs Grand Champion Boar, 1921, Tri- . State Fair, Memphis, Tenn. 1921, Inter-State Fair, Chattanooga, Tenn. We offer For Sa'e, Bred Gilts and Sows. Service Boars and l'igs. Satisfaction Guaran teed. Write for Pres and other information to NANTAHALA FARMS, Arcadia, Ga. HOLSTEINS t 1 . K nOimS HERD Accredited COWS HAVE YEARLY RECORDS Heifers are tested for the year as they come In. Since 1902 the herd has been built up for ' PRODUCTION and TYPE. The blood of KING SEOIS dominates the herd. ,. BULLrCALVES FCH SALE I0SEPH A. TURNER, Mgr., Dept. F., Hollis, Va, I think that at the present price of corn, every bushel the fertilizer makes will cost a third more than it will sell for. I have never found that it pays to depend on fertilizer to make corn. You should always have a clover sod to turn for corn, and on this use the farm ma- nure. i hen you can grow corn econom ically and improve the land for the fol lowing crops in the rotation. It would seem that you are intending to plant corn when they start. Insects on Cabbage Trucking Sections "I HAVE three acres in cabbage and 1 they are attacked by a white look ing insect, which I fear will spread over the - whole patch. Would like to know zvhat to do for them. As I am inter ested in trucking and consider my 400- where corn grew last year, and some died acre farm 0Q large for this business probably from bud worms. .What you need is systematic rotative farming and building tip the soil with legume crops. Growing Camphor and Magnolia Trees "TLEASE let me know how to grow seed of camphor and magnolia trees. I have sowed the seed time and again but they do not germinate. Can arbor vitae trees be grown Jrom cut tings? Can camphor be grown from cuttings?" As -I have before stated on this page, the magnolia and camphor seed must be cleaned and mixed in damp sand in a box ari'd buried until spring in the ground to keep them from dry ing. If they get perfectly dry they will not grow. Then you can sow and get thern to grow in the spring. Camphor can be grown from cuttings of the half-ripe wood in, the early fall in a have been thinking of locating elsewhere and would like advice on this." It is hard to advise in regard to an insect unless. I knew what the insect is. Send specimens to Prof. "W. J. Schoene, entomologist of the Experi ment Station, Blacksburg, Va. As to a location for trucking, you had best lo cate where there is an organized sell ing exchange or association such as at Norfolk, or on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where the most successful ex change has been in operation for years. Propagating Camellias "pLEASE tell in The Progressive Farmer how to propagate Camellia Japonica." I to'ld all this recently in The Pro gressive Farmer. Camellias can be grown from three-inch cuttings of the youngest mature wood with one leaf left at tip. When camellia flowers were fashionable JERSEYS VIRGINIA'S PREMIER REGISTER OF MERIT HERD We wish to announce that we have for sale the finest BULL CALVES we have ever had to offer in 14 years of breeding Jerseys. Age 7 to 10 months, and 2 yearlings. Also 6 good cows. Write for prices, including our special offer now. ' Mannsfield Hall Farm, Fredericksburg, Virginia. P $L - - . " - - . v '" ' 1 9 . ' THE I OG.IVE FARMER' rnany ears.agof: a .florist in-Baltimore had a large -lofty .greenhouse in which the. camellias, wereset out and attained tree-like iorm-Onfde bench in this cool house, for it was heated by an old fashioned brick flue, he kept thousands of cuttings constantly in sand. Now and then some rooted and were potted and the table kept" filled, for it may be a year in rooting. The camellia can be grown from layers. In the old greenhouse men tioned, board scaffolds Tvere built under the trees and the branches were layered ,in pots. The camellia can also be pro pagated by budding or whip grafting on seedling stocks grown from seed pro duced on the single flowered sorts like Warata. All the propagation must be done under glass. Little seedlings in four-inch pots can be whip grafted and the pots set on a damp moss bed in a close glass frame in the greenhouse There is more in the skill of the work man than the method. Growing Hollies From Seed "T)LEA$E tell me how to grow our v American holly from seed. I have often sowed the seed and they came up and flew away, as the birds gathered them. I think the holly is too much nea lected" J It is easy to grow hollies from the seed when you understand that the seed do not germinate until the second year. Wash the seed clean from the berries and put them in layers of sand in a box and bury the box outdoors until March, ,1923, and then sow them thinly in furrows and cover two inches. The second spring lift the little plants, giving them room to develop. They are better transplanted in the nursery ev ery second year until finally planted, as this causes them to make a mass oi lateral roots and they lift with a ball of earth and transplant more certainly. Growing Oleanders, Dahlias, and Cannas "WfE n about 32r2 degrees north latitude. Can we grow oleanders here? Also give me some directions as to when to plant dahlias, gladioli, and cannas." - Latitude does not always indicate climate. The cold runs further South in the Mississippi Valley than it does on this side of the Blue Ridge. Then interior situation and elevation above the sea makes climate. For instance, it sometimes .gets colder in Atlanta, Ga., than it does here in southeast Maryland near the ocean, because we are less than 50 feet elevation above the sea and near it; while Atlanta is in the interior and 1,500 feet above. If you have cold waves below 20 degrees you will have to protect oleanders. In southeastern North Carolina the oleanders thrive well. Dahlias and cannas often live out here in winter in the average winter , and did so last winter. In your section I would advise covering them heavily with pine straw. Then take them up. in spring and di vide for' replanting in May. When the tops are killed I bury them in pits a spade deep, cover thickly with pine straw and then mound the earth oyer like a sweet potato , bank. Gladioli should be lifted when the tops mature, the old corms broken off, and the little offsets that grow under the, new corms saved for sowing doWrt; four inches deep as soon as gathered, so that they will grow in the spring and make good sets for another season. The large bulbs can be planted in "March and later to keep up a succession of bloom. Plant them five inches deep as the new corms will form on. top of the old ones and the stems must, have enough hold in the ground to prevent the flower stalks from falling. jui Bf-w m t inn , LIME STORAGE -MOUSE Read on ptgk 20, -Mrf Perry's description of how -the farmers of bis; coitity bJved 1 . J-T ;-...) . r , n thirlime' storage problem.,, ', , : VU.l1u r BIRMINGHAM, rwm.,,. RALEIGH, N. C. H W.Hamnew ucuduiq, Trim nAll Aft. 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