The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-13

AsA W$ al hiila and 'h".
". =. Nassey. five shipping
melons, ard each melon should aver
asa - ccnts ma king about $500 Tor
me acre gross. ana h thinks the acre
should net $3.50, aud he wants my ideas
about il
II Is very pretty business TO count
ones chickens before they hatch but.
uufortunately. thcy do no; come up IL
Tue count Iu the nrst place, doubt
that YOU can get nve good shipping
melons rs an AVERAGE per hill, ana
very much doubt that YOU can set ali
average Of rs cents each. IL your fig
,ires were corresi IL would he folly u
stop al single aoro. Wo have mon
hare who ship hundreds Of car loads
Of Natermolons. and none Of thsm. :"
Far as know, ever made anywhere
Nenr si5e an acre. and IL owing on g
largo scale, they can make them more
cheaply than ono wlso has hut M acre.
Tcu VIII &c very we'll 10 clcar sloo m
acre on watcrrleions. Very early ones
may sell at - cents ~ the car load,
,ut 10 cents viii he nearer tho average
!or the season and you cen plant them
SxlO feet ana set more lills a. acre.
do not want TO discourage YOU hut
know that YOU are putting Your iifs-
nres too high t. realize.
Cotton In James tity County.
What IS tho usual price paid for
picking cotton" THIS section = at
tempting u revive cotton culture. 10
sou think thls is toe Ear north for sue
cessfll cotton growing ata or, OF
The cotton country. and 10 not know
the price now paid for picking. Form
trly it was 20 cents 100. out Of
late years tho scarcity OF labor has run
the price up far above this. ANA farm
crs sre lucky Il get II done for 20
,Gats. II cotton could 49, kept ~ TIC
present high price. 1t might puy -
grow cotton in James Oily. i5u; tax
ing the averaGe prices for ton yeGr-,
cannot see that cotton can be made
profitable IL YOUR county, believe
that Cirecnsvilie County is about as far
North in southeastern Virginia rs cot
on can bc made a money crop. Some
years sso, vh.n cotton had leon boost
% 20 g higA price, = farmer IN l'ittsNl-
Nania wrote T. me FOR advice ABOUT
rrovin g cotton there told him ,he
chances We're that ne would fail 10
make Il pay At all Ne replied that
they grew cotton IL ,,reensvi!ie ,oun-
ir II Tie same latitude, bit ] remind
ed hin that letitudt al uot always
make climate. but that elevation atnyc
the see controlled i more than letl-
tude IL our warm. sandy soil here
~ tee Southeastern corner OF Mary
iand ccttoN can oc grove. mot 10 one
could e'e. make u 2 commercial sue
Two .ear- ago they madc some cot
ton - Tie experiment farm 81 tN.
l'ennsylvaI!a Eailroad III tho lower
81 81 Delaware about ten mile.
ncTir 81 aere Suj i Wa i yer, snort
stable and 0'or croP. our cl!mat.
mere near Tie sea i. r-all. iuiIde. imam
>oui1 IL James Citl, though YOU arc
south Il Us small patches 81 cotton
were common a.: the Eastern shore III
~ boyhood, but 10 orc has ever tried
% make Il commercials. though
kno~ 2, ore very good crop ucr-
made two years ago iu North.,nntol!
'ouuty 2u; the grower has not -.
ieatoa IL I tAInk
Starting Poor Land Tor i,Iu.
Tobacco.
sruns"icls County: "Wiu you please
Tell me how YOU wculd start nov vI,i.
poor land t. Eet u Ia shape for ero,y
me aue-cured tobacco for iaI5-iC~ +,
Ncpends on what Character 81 land he
poor lane is II i Is Icd clay soil
- VIII not crow fpc Yellow tobacco
10 matter WHIT preparation YOU give.
~ ~ ~ Is gray. candy aol. YOU coo
prepare u Tor the growing or nriph,
go IN h't+, II YOU sow rye on II
"ho fcrtillza th~. fye, &C rs 10 1at
Eood growth, .an6" turn .h,s nnhnr 9
No spring When got over itne. bi.r
mo then apply about 100 Dound.
zero or 4 mixture made OF a0h .o,,,s
- aclo phosphate. 100 pu4nds 81 In
ate OF soda, 600 pouudo OF driad hloo,
H1id 700 pounds OF hiFh-Frad. snlnbn,o
~ potash 70 maize a ton Win ~. 49,.
Eanic mate: plcwcd under this vlll