The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-05
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land in Middle or Southside Virginia
that Will produce even small crop
OF common red clover, and are much
is not too stiff clay, or too por-
Gus with sand, or is not boggy-we
mean me the extreme in each Instance.
We believe h any land in the above, sec
can be made to do SO by the use OF
little nome Trade E!orCre or some good
f fa,,nda :. Three or four hundred
produce a good crop on any land in
this section. We believe that the nit
rogen and other elements that return
&c the soil from each crop is worth
Slo to $50 per acra.
I'VE have had no trouble to con-
tinue growing. German clover after we
haNs gctten the land fertile enough to-
prcducr the first crop: 1t can be used
1t may be seeded with turnips, rape.
or other grass seeds, but most COM
'nonly at the last working OF the corn.
grain crops. it siieuld be seeded in the the
lstubble and then d!*ced and redisced
to get seed in If land has run to-
sether hard If not. a straight-ttooth
! best not TO fallow this land for clover
| unless IT is allowed to remain some
| time. as it does best on firm seed
| bed
Best Time for Seeding.
IN this latitude seeding might be
done from the Goth OF July to the lst
of October. Experience, however, has
lshown that about the LIST OF September
| Is the best time to seed, although we
nave had fine success with July seed
ling, provided there Is plenty of moIs-
ture in the soil and It is not followed
by a long dry spell. The advantage Of
Iseedlng in September is that the nights
are long, evaporation less, and we are
not so apt to have a drought, as this
a n ha I'LL l.,
drought than from any other cause.
THESE seed Will yegetate more quickly
i than most other seeds, and should not
4 be sown except after a good rain or
j soil, as we have known the seed to
j vegetate during dewy night and
perish the next day from the hot sun
land drying winds. We made many
y fail since taking, this precaution.
than seed when 1t is too dry
FOR a number of years we have
selected l0-acre field adjoining our
farm lot to be used entirely for spring
corn or any of the grain crops, but we
usually put in some rape. 50 that the
hogs may Craze 1t in the fall. After
cold weather sets in we keep off all
. When we begin to put in milch cows
: and little later we put In horses
r mules. sheep and hogs. Horses and
: mules are corned night and morning
4 and turned loose on this clover field
] They shed their winter coats rapidly
4 and keep in good condition, though
e amey are worked hard on the farm
. Thus we. save much hay and get on,
8 work animals in better condition thar
!. we could by any other system. They
I stay on the clover, wet or dry. and W.
have never known a case of bloat ii
! horses, mules or COWS. They are al
! lowed to feed on this growing Glove,
h until It dries up, about the middle O.
: June. During this period the horse!
! are fed no hay except at dinner. Al
: soon as the harness is taken on, the,
I want to go to tho clover field instea,
. of the stable.
: Cast spring, in addition to ten hea,
q of horses and mules. besides quite
: Iunber Of milch cows, We put hft,
Z logs on this pasture field. We CAV
Inc hogs corn twice u day, and the,
y gihned flesh rapidly. In May we sen
them off TO market and they sold 70
8 he cents per pound gross. The
Y \ ahnnt doubled their weight In the tw