The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
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INQUIRIES.

Sowing Grass Seed. A correspondent
wants to know the best time for oWing
grass seed but does not state the KIND Kind
Of grass desired to use. nor swhe ther IT is
toS be sown as main crop or. unde cover
crop. From the general condi tons rs o.
fclimate and soil IN the rnidd e8 sc Ion g
the State from which inquiry comes ~
! is my opinion that clover and orchard q: -
grass can be seeded In the fall Or late
sunni INN better tina n Wi til the wheat crop
IN the spring. II TO follow out this sug-
gestion the and should be most thorroug n
Nv prepared and worked with ha arrow ana r
roller until the seed bed Is perfect 'Ihen
I'm late August or the first d Us OF SEP
|Stember SOW for mix ed hay two and & one e
5half3bushels orchard grass and SIX qualr Ky.
common red clover. g This seed should be
sown3 with drill IL at chment for grass
seeding is reliable, and II not, by hand
and the drill sh Guild fold sowing Two
Spccks oats per acre and two hundred &to
-four hundred pounds plain g GIG pros
phat "a. u The drill hoes Will thus cover the
era g seed when delivering the y rtilizer'
and the thin seeding Of oats. The oats
are sown 4 TO cover the young grass, as
Il will do better8under; this slight shade,
especlally the fall should be very ~ .
and dry 8 sg IS !,
E TO the above quaint titles Of mixed seed
two AZ even three bushels of mel dow oat
"a = very properly be added, and II
this Isl done use four hundred pounds as
phosphate without fall But some VIII y y
say this.is seeding 1t an emo us COS :,
What is the differe nee Is he crop pays !.
Few people real tie ~ nat { hea Wy seealtls
and high culture will crowd three 70 10Y lll
l3tons 81 hay onto an acre instead Of
Ia one and a hal 6 tons as lis all too coH-
ION III our II rming. four CORE spond
1$tries this. secures q fair 81 and and VIII
5ton dress With stable manure the com-
Ing winter, a meadow Will he establlshte (. q
witch VIII pay we'll for rs cost, DOM
try. to spread intensive work like TINS
over moro area than can be handled N
| the8Very best mann err ],
Clover may be sown a. one p4t & Wouttu
use eight quarts per acre, orchard grass ass
ar m dow oat grass may alsoh be SOW y
. I'm 4 using about three bus hels each per
mere but / prefer the mixture. The oais
sown IS for cover Will be largely Killed Or
perhaps entirely dlsa ppear during '0lg winter WIN
| This sort OF seeding prod ces, q grass
tho first year. Timothy can rdly
| be RECOMMENDED for this dis Not Mess on
Especially strong SOILS N,s5i III 4.
Seeding awns. IN inquiry from Blu e. e.
Vile asks about seeding the lawn to grass ass
S1lhis was treated In issue of Augu ~,
Ibue VIM 30 further q scussed II the als-
cussion then given Is not Il adeluat e. Fl Nj.
The same correspo md ent q SKIS Sabou ,l tt
Il fg,ruit Trees, Age and ,inle of Setting,
etc. -Ibese questions are opportune - g
this season. The age at which nursery 81, J,
stock can. pe most properly tran p!antea
lidepends upon tho kind Of frpl II, and Wit
sorl,e Kinds on the methods Of spro pa gatlon.
Apple trees are both hu lied and 200, goo
grated in the nursery and the resultant
trees differ some in siren 9Th OF growth.
Tho budded tree grows of more rapidly
and is usually d strong tree at two Years =
and win be entirely too stron for proper
work at three years. The root-sra ed
tree tree, al 4 DO grown SUN clantly strong tH
make mo an excellent tree at two year but
often ii Is not SO grown and Is so!d e.
5 fbTea Years old. Older stock should not
Ia / planted 80 would always prefer q
two wear tree either grated or huddsd,
pencf,es are Sbpdded on Seeding peac,hlA y,
l the 4 nursery row at the close OF the
ffrst SUI summers growth The mex spring
the Ton is cut away and the bud DEVELOPS !.
M I, q IA dug and sold the foil fall.
snhns 5tha m,d has one YEARS growth and
tha ro IT. two years growth. Older trees