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the honey flow. If the spring honey
flow fails we may expect few or no
swarms. Last spring the celd, wet
weather at time of fruit bloom and
later, cut off nearly all our nectar
and 1 hail but two swarms from 14
colonies.
So the late swarming possibly
comes from a belated Inclination to
make up for the spring failure, for
swarming may come with any honey
flow. In the North they have what
they call "buckwheat swarms” which
come out with the flowing of that
crop.
And yet, I am more disposed to ex
plain this unusual phenomenon In
another way. I can't see that we
have Just at this time, any special
honey flow to induce swarming, but,
in going over my bee yard, I do find
an empty hive in which there are
no dead bees, but a full stock of emp
ty combs.
My conclusion, then, is that the
bees of that particular hive were
starving and sought relief in flight.
They had no stores to carry with
them in the usual way, and when 1
put them in a new hive they still had
nothing to eat and came out. If I
had only known and given them a
comb of honey and brood, or put one
In the old hive in time, all might
have been well. I simply had neg
lected to look after my bees as 1
should have done and hence their
strange condmct.
T. C. KARNS.
Powell Station, Tenn.
★ FRUIT. TRUCK ^ VEGETABLES ★
KHITT CAN HE GROWN IN MIM
SISSIPPI.
It Is frequently stated we Just
ran t raise fruit In this part of the
South like we used to and as for ap
ples, we nre told they just will not
grow in this climate.
The editor has received two bas
kets of fruit this summer from Mr.
J it Storment, that was raised this
year Just in the outskirts of Stark
vllle. Peaches, plums and apples of
severul varieties, each and all large,
smooth, clean and free from blemish
or worms Mr. Storment's orchard
looks vigorous and healthy and his
fruit is of first-class quality. The
reason? Why. he takes Intelligent
care of the orchard as you do of
your cotton crop and he prevents
fungus and insect damages by spray
ing.
SKLKf'T HKKI> POTATOES NOW.
Mcmm. Editors: Now Is the time
to select your spring seed potatoes If
you have not already done so. If we
have a second-crop patch of our
own, we can select seed at harvest.
Select only from hills that show no
trace of blight, scab, or any disease.
I select also from hills that contain
the largest number of uniform, sal
able tubers. I have found such
hills to be better for seed than hills
that contain one or two very large
tubers, or a large number of small
ones
I also street my seed from hills
that were mulch grown. I have found
by several experimental tests that
mulch-grown tubers are better for
seed. Why so I am unable to tell,
unless the mulch keeps the soil at a
uniform degree of heat and moisture
time enabling the tubers to obtain
greater vitality. 1 know hill-select
ed, mulch-grown seed gives much
larger yield of salable potatoes than
those selected front the mixed-up
mass of scab-infected, blight-infect
ed tubers In the bln.
On one test 1 found the yield of
hill-selected, mulch-grown seed to
give at rate of 27 bushels more pota
toes per acre than the best bin-select
ed tubers. Of the hill-selected seed
I got only 1-3 bushel out of each 100
bushels that were scabby, while the
bin-selected seed contained 8 out of
100 bushels that were scabby. The
bin-selected seed gave 10 per cent
unsalable tubers, while the hill
selected only gave 1 1-3 per cent un
salable tubers.
If we haven't a patch of our own,
get some neighbor who has, to select
them for us. It is better to pay
them |2.50 per bushel than to plant
Northern-grown seed or the badly
mixed lot of seed carelessly selected
from the bin.
W. C. CROOK.
Henderson Co., Tenn
WHEN TO SET STRAWBERRIES.
I wish to put out a few straw
berries this fall, and want you
to write me when to set them
out, how to prepare the land,
the best fertilizer to use, and
how to cultivate them, etc. The
only place I have to put them is
sandy, loamy land. M. W. FL
(Answer by Prof. W. F. Massey.)
The best time to set strawberry
plants will be in November. The
land should be well prepared, and
the plants set in rows 4 feet apart
and 15 inches in the rows, setting
them not too deep and not too shal
low, but with the roots well covered,
and the buds well above ground. A
mixture of 9 parts acid phosphate, 1
part nitrate of soda, 0 parts cotton
seed meal and 4 parts sulphate of
potash used at rate of 1,000 pounds
per ac re will make good strawber-'
ries. Lady Thompson is a good early 1
berry, and Chesapeake is the best '
main crop.
-. i
Cotton Between Truck Hows.
Messrs. Editors: Are you fully
aware of the discovery our truckers
have made? They have found out
that they can run a furrow between
two rows of vegetables and plant a
row of cotton and when the truck
crop is gathered their cotton is
ready to be cultivated, and has ample
time to mature. I am told some 500
acres of such cotton is planted for
the first lime in this county, and fin
er cotton can’t be found anywhere
than we can show. I have seen much
of it and can bear testimony to the
fact. It is a very big thing for the
truckers. B. O. WORTH.
Wilmington, N. C.
Hauer Kraut.
A mistake made by most people in
making kraut is the use of too much
Ufklt Tlw» I’oucal n Ciwl ch ah 1rl h a •>
Bix- or eight-gallon jar, for a wooden
vcBBel does not preserve the kraut so
well.
Select good sound cabbage, wash
arid chop line as for cooking and to
every gallon of chopped cabbage add
1 heaping tablespoon of salt. These
should be put into the jar alternately
—a layer of chopped cabbage and a
sprinkle of salt.
Whon the jar is well filled, cover
with a nice new board that will just
lit inside the jar. and weight down.
The farmer may have grapes all
winter by packing a late variety in
sawdust and storing in a cool pla'ce.
All must be perfectly sound and be
handled carefully.—T. C. Karns.
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BACK
9PO fHE
SOIL
You Have Preyed on the Soil Long Enough!
It is time to pay back something to it. What shall it be? Will you give
back soluble, concentrated food, or will you “buy bulk” in big bags of
low-grade, badly-balanced plant food? If you can’t break yourself of the
“same old brand’’ habit, buy some Potash — real, soluble, high-gpde
plant food — to mix with the old brand.
Ask your dealer to carry Potash in stack—
we will sell him, or you, a carload or a ton
\\ rite for prices, and for our new pamphlet on Fall Fertilizers, telling you how to
improve the old brands and how to mix better ones at home for less money. It will pay
you to do it, for _„ _
Potash Pays
(jLRMAN KALI WORKS, Continental Building, Baltimore, Md.
PEARS FOR PRESERVES
at 80 eta per bu. (Freight prepaid.) Order now.
»■ V. MOXSOM. I. F D MO. 2, WEST POINT. MISS.
SEEDS
We have a full stock of the following
seeds, and will be glad to quote prices
an application : Alfalfa Seed, Crimson
Clover Seed, AlsykeClov*r Seed, Dwarf
Essex Rape, Hairy Vetch, Barley, Rye,
Fulcaster Wheat, Red May Wheat, Red
Rust Proof Oats and Winter Turf Oats.
Addresa
tfilson Feed Store, Greenwood, Miss.
FALL SEEDS c™p
Crimson Clover, $2.50 peck; $9.00 per
au., of 60 lbs., f.o.b. Starkville, Vetch,
Ry*v Red R. P. Oats, Wheat. Write
for prices, stating quantity wanted.
R. K. & F. L. Wieu. Starkville. Miss, i
LOUISIANA RUST PROOF OATS.
The kind that will not rust. For sale at $1.00
per bushel.
NATHAN K. KNOX. - - - Hope Villa, La.
Arctic Grace Great for hay and Winter grazing.
HI It U If HI add a few clean seed for sale at $1 00
a bu.; 10 bu. at 90c: 25 at 75c Sow in Fall. Will
net drown or freeze out Circular with order. Buy
now. A, L. Roper, Adairtville, Go.
Harvest Your Cow Peas With the
THARP & SEXTON
Pea and Bean Harvester and Thresher
Write for descriptive circulars.
Tharp & Sexton, • . Salisbury, Md.
“ONE FOR ALL,” No. 1
Wool Grease, Arsenate of Lead, Lime and
Sulphur. Both a Contact and Poison
Spray. An Insecticide and Fungicide.
Positively the Only Thing Needed for all Pests or Fungus
A tonic for vegetation. Sisk trees made well;
old trees rejuvenated to youthful vigor better
foliage: larger and more abundant fruit. Neither
sucking or chewing insects nor fungus will attack 1
wood that has One For All” upon it After ane
fall spraying nodorman t spraying will be needed.
Spraying confined to the growuig season. Scale
exterminated. Positive evidence from practical
growers furnished upon application.
Prices, F. O. B. New York
Barrels, 425 lbs.05c. per lb.
K libls., 200 lbs.05'A "
100 lbs..06
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2* of broken peas; leaves vines
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