Show FARM QUESTION BOX BOXby by byED byED ED W MITCHELL Farm AdvISor General Electric Station Q Have OU Information on the grossing grO of flax and cotton A 11 ere ero Is not much in the form forn of free thet will give you youa a general Idea o 0 these subjects because n in t st of them bem do de I 1 sped specs I 1 pl pi DO as s a or problems For anon let me refer reler refert you to t ti e a in tl tI e 0 pal lic library Q Where may I get a sOIl made A Take D a two you pou d can aan pie to your our count county ferns bureau office for es test lug TI e a test et will So Ie whether the soil is io add acid or alkaline rich in inorganic organic ma matter tier or not b t tha that t Is h bout about all Add Sin e a and con pleto fertilizer to your soil and then hen plant t ev r you ou vent t to grow Q Can you gIve me a spray for formula mula for preventIng apple bIos blos sours from settIng fr It A Add D a little excess EI to the pink or caly away I hat will burn tl e a foliage also but It w ii 11 recover Any seed and fertilizer dealer can caD supply It Q I ast year my head lett Ice grew fast and was tender but not very firm The stalk gre grew through tI tie e head heId 31 aid d soon went vent to seed Whit can I do about ti is A When lettuce is 10 mature it will send up a seed In spite of all one can do the only thing to do I is to toh h harvest and sell ell the crop wl wi en It is 10 ripe and ready There Thero are corn com led factors affecting tl II o e early see e ling but most of tl em are tern tem perot re no and r which are beyond our control Select elect vane varle tic ties and strains that form a good solid I c d Watch ti 1 e a culture t get lIet a fat fast growth th at tl 1 e c start oart and check It wl wi en lie tl a head beDd is 10 well formed Q My sOIl his qUite i 1 lot of clay Ind Indis IS on to tot of a sunny hIll hIllWI hillWI WI at k n nd of vegetables co 0 Id 3 ou ad advise vl e gro growing Ing A try fry to 10 work a 10 lot of I u u r us I to toti ti II t t s it 11 t to s It up a little a d tI us increase its Ita Water holding holdina capacity Start will the more common vegetables lettuce red rad o onlo s carrots boots t and tomatoes oe urT Then to en when you get lIet around to It Q If I punt my small apple and nd I peach trees after rabbits have havethe the che veil at the bark bar barkwill will that save them A Pain Paint t helps helpa repel mice and rabbits but half Inch m h eh wire guards are Bre bettor better After tl tI e a damage is ie done ti 1 a 0 only remedy I le to bridge graft from root to the tr above the girdled area Brea or start a now nw trunk I from D a sprout prout coming out below tl e a girdle bu but t above tho original bud or graft |