The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-03

get clean seed by sowing some winter
oats in spring.
Sowing Miilet with Pens.
will IL not make a better hay &c
SOW nillet with the cowpeas?" NO
The millet will ripen before the peas
are ready &c NOV, aud the hay will be
dangerous Tor horses. Why farmers
want TO mix things with the peas ]
cannot understand We grow pens FOX
their high protein composition, and
| we do not want TO reduce this by mix
4 Ing corn or sorghum or millet or any
|! other crop that is stronger in the
car hohydrates We can grow these
! better by themselves, and the pea n v
| Will be better With no mixture. Some
| imagine that sorghum or corn or
/ something else Will make tho peas
! more easily cured. But the fact IS
/ that there is no hay moro easily cured
/ than cowpens, II YOU simply lie; II
! cure. and do not go to all sorts OF
! contrivances 10 spoil it Cowpeas and
! clover and alfalfa should be partly
| cured in tho winrows and cocks and
! finished in the barn. and my of these
| will cure all right If simply let alone
| after it is in the harm.
Varieties of Figs.
Where can | get a good variety Of
! nSs? There seems to be only one sort
! grown here" | do not know Of any
nusery in this country which Keeps
| many varieties of figs. When / was
| experimenting with hgs at the North
| Carolina station, l got all the varie-
ties available from the South OF
| France aud from the English green
! houses. Figs are grown in some va
| riety in the nurseries in South Georgia
| and Florida and Louisiana. and by
getting the catalogues OF the VARIOUS
! Southern nurseries YOU can find what
varieties they grow. The Glen St
! Mary Nurseries in Florida may have
| them.
We are contemplating the starting
| OF cannery here. OF course not this
| season. but VIC want to learn all about
II. and SEQ If Their. cannot be con-
tracts made for the growing of toma-
! toes another season
There Is a man hc-e from Chicago
who offers TO supply everything needed
for hrst-class canning establishment
If we will get up the company. AS YOU
live in Il great canning section. We
would like to have your opinion in re-
gard to the profits of tomato canning
for Gamers and growers and what
would he a fair price to pay for the
tomatoes" In the first place / would
! say. fight shy of any man from Chica-
60 who wants to furnish you n canning
outfit These fellows have for years
now have turned their attention to
the canning business All these Chi
cago promoters are after is the price
/ they Will get for the outfit. and this
/ YOU may be sure Will be about two
| prices. IL not more. If YOU want to
/ start cannery. YOU can get more in
/ formation in regard to the proper cost
/ from firms in Baltimore, who manufac-
ture these things. Then, to make =
cnnnery FOR tomatoes success. YOU
must be able to contract for enough
! tomatoes TO keep the establishment
running through the season Any can
! ner of experience hcre--and there arc
! nifty or more of these in the county
where ] live--will tell YOU that the
prohts to the Gamer vary n great deal
being very little In some esasons. and,
as rule. only fair manufacturers
profit So far as l have observed the
profits of the growers are still sma Her.
Maryland packs moro tomatoes than
any other State, Delaware coming next
Almost every farmer on the Eastern
shore peninsula plants n field OF toma
toes FOR tho canning houses. The con
tract price for tho past two years has
been Slo per ton, which Is larger than
the price paid previously
Now. AT $40 a ton, there is fairly
good profit to the man who makes
there are few who do this. In fac;. In
this lower end OF the Shore do not
mink that the average crop is more
than four tons an acre. The stronger
clay loans Of the upper section will
make heavier crops than the sandy soils
OF this section but the average crop
Is ridiculously small. and the man who
makes but four tons or less an acre
mas no real profit at ali nj $40 per ton
FOR ] do not think tho crop can bc
grown and gathered for that cost And
yet there are hundreds who are doing
with many other crops grown by farm
ers. we IND men planting. cultivatine
and marketing crops that they know
under their conditions, will hardly nav
! them living wages
1t Ia the same with the tomato cror
rs with all other crops grown nv
rarmers Some skillful growers will
make large md profitable crops while
! others VIII run down the average
Prof W. W. Tracy. OF the Department
} OF Agriculture. stated that on n strong
=, clay loan he had made tomatoes a,
} the rate of thirty six tons an acre
and man In Massachusetts wrote me
that he could make forty tons an acre
nave never seen any such crops In
my own experience. but l do know
'hat the man who prepares his land
. Wen, fert'lizes we'll raises good strong
plants and cult!vates the crop prom,
eriy' should be able 10 average at leas,
ten tons almost anywhere
The trouble with many farmers i.
that they are always looking 10,
something cheap, and they buy low
priced seed. while n low price for vege
table seed is never I'm indication Of
; cheapness. There arc plenty of To
j meto growers who Will use tho see,
washed from the refuse OF the can
{ ninS houses. because they can get thes,
| at low price Some Of our leadin,
= Gamers prefer To buy the best seed
, ana give them 10 their growers. rathe
a IMAM nave them use the chca~ seed fo
! II pays them in superior product the,
II get. IL the tomato growers took mor,
pains and went 10 a little more ex
pehse in the production OF their plants
Il there would be far better crons an,
more proht 20 Gamers and growers
DriNing out in the country last week
: was AZ farmhouse when the farmo
p was setting his tomatoes. fio mad ;
e plot OF fully quarter OF an acre coy
p cred with plants sown thickly In row
:, not over hitecn inches apart and IN,
9 long -stemmed. crowded plants were be
ms pulled FOR setting in the field
W al.