The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-28


elusive planting OF fine variety Of
this. referred him TO n young farmer
! (then young). w. T. Turner, of Alton.
as man from whom he could get seed
Meeting this same. dairyman short
time ago. he said: I'VE are still get
ting that corn. and Turner is doubtless
selling thousand or more bushels an
fnuaily in our section, for find that
we must get the Virginia seed every
year TO Keep up the type of corn We
want for tho 81 This Albcmarle
corn is Of the same deep and broad
grain YOU mention as finding among
Your Eureka, and il has been kept
pure in that valley, and is as good
an ersilage corn as any I have ever
seen, and use IL for that purpose
Bui You can by care. year after year.
breed corn to fixed type by selec-
ton after the crossing. But 1t takes
years of selection to get the corn all
TO come true to type, and preserver-
ance is needed
Tomatoes ind bordeaux Mixture.
FROM Albcmarle County: please
give me the ingredients and proper
lions OF same for the Bordeaux mix
ture Would it he as well TO use Paris
green instead of the lead arsenatc. or
would the Bordeaux mixture make Tho
Paris green ineifcctiveH am thinking
OF using the mixture on tomatoes which
are not healthy and vigorous but
stlnsy IN appearance. Their color is
good but they seem dwarfed. VIII the
mixture help them?"
horoeaNX mixture is n funeicide and
~ keeps plants healthy by wardinE off
the diseases that are apt to attack
I them' We add TO II either Paris green
OF lead arsenate as n poison to insect
enemies. The mixture Will prevent the
leaf blight and most of the rots in to-
ma and, with the poison it will
destroy ia
tack tomatoes. and the boil worms that
get into the fruit. and the tobacco
worms that eat the leaves. There are
! inherent proportions used in making
the mixture according as the strength
/ may ne desired. ! generally use the
o-o-'V formula. This is made as fol-
lows: Stake five pounds of lime in
cask. and, when slaked add water
enough 10 make it twenty-five gallons
In another cask hang five pounds of
copper sulphate in Il -four sack in bot
water. as ii will dissolve more quickly
IN inns way Then add water enough
10 make this twenty-five gallons Then
pour the TWO together into n third
cask slowly. stirring all the time 10
get II we'll mixed. Now strain into tho
sprayer and ii is ready TO use. and
should be used freshly made or
course. YOU can make small GUAM
tity in the same proportions think
II probable that the cool weather has
had dwarfng influence on your
plants. and that if you scatter about
tablespoonful OF nitrate of soda
around each plant il will have n slim
uiatinS effect and start the plants off
in growth.
Lime and Limestone.
is not ground limestone a better
/ form OF limo TO apply TO the land than
burnt hme" Limestone is the nat
urai carbonate Of lime. Burnt lime al
/ lowed TO get completely air slaied is
carbonate, too. and in n much more
| hnely comminuted state than il is pos
! slhle TO grind the rock Hence in
/ uisng lime to restore the sweetness
/ of the soil, the slaked burnt lime viii
act more quickly, and smaller
amount VIII be needed than OF the
natural rock pulverized. The action
OF the ground rock Will depend very
| largely on the fncness of the pulyeri-
zation Where well pulverizcd rock or
! oyster shells can be had for 81 ton
1 II VIII be cheaper TO use than the
nurnt lime. If used far more heavily
! Hence. II is largely n matter of cost
| Where n good grade Of burnt lime can
be mad for SO a ton unslaked would
I prefer II 10 the ground rock for a
good rock lime will Stake more than
twice its bulk, and on soil positively
acid' would prefer to use the slaked
! lime rather than the ground lime
stone Half n ton of sla<cd burnt
lime is fairly good application an
acre while ton TO TWO tons is COM
monty advised for the ground rock.
Ground Rock and Manure.
we ar" constantly advised not to
mix lime in manure, as II will drive off
the ammonia will ground limestone
have tho same effect" No. The ground
rock VIII not damage the manure. but
al the same time il will not have any
eHect IN preserving the manure from
IN
the manure than so much sand have
used plaster, the sulphate Of lime as q
preventative TO the manure My prac-
ice was TO coat the cutters in the
stable thickly with plaster every morn
ing after the manure was cleaned out
men inns went out the next morning
wei! mixed in the manure and with
moisture enough to set up a chemical
action Dry plaster will do no good
hut plaster kept moist. and well mixed
In the manure. will through chemical
action make the ammonia into 4 non
,olatlle suiphate. and thus prevent its
TOSS from the manure Burnt lime
mixed in the manure would have tbc
opposite effect II would mako Tho
volatile carbonate OF ammonia. and
inns would, OF course, escape into the
air.
Spreading Lime.
w nat is the best way to snyoad
iime?' Years ago. before we had any
machines made especially for this mr.
pose usually staked ont the ground
roughly IN acres and then marked the
wagon BODY the number OF bushels II,
41eId and usually found that the amount
W+hte" per acre, or twcnty-h I've
bushels would be az much as n good
team could haul on plowcd land II
was easy then for tho men TO spread
me lime At The proper rate from the
wagons with shovels But now thai
We nave lime spreaders. made some
uat after The fashion OF a wheat drill.
spreacer has the ADVANTAGE that /, can
De used on windy day when 1t would
DE- hard TO spread hy hand. and IL
spreads IL FAR more uniformly. Where
."ife areas are 10 he lined 1t will paw
Se' 'n" lime sprcader on a small
scale, spread Win shoyels fro,, -
g wagon. Wv
Il -me is annllea ON land N 10