The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-10
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E5sfssss!s.A ~ ;sas ssSsgs5 freely in the FUR
W. r. Massey rows it will make a
good fertilizer and will prevent the root
lice. Tobacco in some form is the
specific against all kinds OF plant lice
or aphis
Volunteer Oats.
From down III the Pamunkey coun-
try; i found few days ago stool
OF oats along the public road which
had seventy seven stalks. and count
ed mn average head that had fifty seven
seed. making a total OF 4.SS9 seed
Please say through The Times Dis
Patch if this Is unusual T., in Nirgnia.;
most OF the seed. but / got enough to
plan, some. and will experiment with
them and try my hand at improving
oats l am ono OF those who believe
that wonders can be done here In old
Virginia by more intensive farming and
Improvement in seed. / have been
away from the State for thirty-two
years and have just returned after
learning what Is done elsewhere, and
believe Virginia is still good coun-
try for industrious people" You are
certainly right as 10 the opportunity
for industrious ard studious farmers in
Virginia. AS regards the volunteer oats
You have found, the stool was GER
tainly very remarkable, and II the
oats arc of n good heavy grain IT Is
worth while to experiment with them.
But they may be chance product of
some Northern spring oats accidentally
scattered along the road and the
last mild winter favored them. But
in our usual winters most of the spring
oats will suffer be killed Still
there is no reason why you should not
experiment with the seed. Sow them
carefully in rows early in September
and then keep them clean OF weeds, and
by the spring YOU will be able to see
what they will do in the way of living
through the cold weather and stoolng
out they did by the roadside.
Hogs on Glover.
From Louisa County: Il have about
fifty hogs. which | wish to fatten for
market and am contemplating turning
them on clover field shortly. Now.
as a matter of agricultural economics.
the clover Is two and half feet high
or more. Would il be best 10 cut the
clover and give the hogs the second
growth. or would II be best to turn
them on the crop now? Would not
the hogs run over lot that they
would not use? OF course. shall
give them some corn" If YOU cut the
clover il will be some time before the
second growth is advanced enough to
amount to much for the hogs. would
turn them on at once. and you Will
md that they VIII cat most Of II, and
what may be ,ramped down Will only
be that much added to the soil. In
fact hardly think that II will be
the hot weather
Tobacco Yellow.
My tobacco, on which I use 500
pounds an acre of a ready made fer
tili2er. is not growing, and Is small
and yellow. | cultivated IL deep and
fiat VIII 1t do to use some nitrate
OF soda, and how much an acre." You
do not say what the fertilizer YOU
used had in IT, but with appica-
ton Of 500 pounds an acre il must
have been poor stuff If the tobacco
shows poorly An application OF
$50 pounds of nitrate OF soda Will
doubtless make a change in the crop.
Scatter Il out where the leaves reach.
and not up Ia the stems. for the feed
ing roots are ont in the soil as far
the leaves are above II. You should
always give more attention To what
the fertilizer contains and the sources
OF its ingredients than to any brand
name
Making Pasture.
Il have a small lot Enclosed. and
have applied 900 pounds OF Thomas
phosphate and sown to peas and scat
tered cuttings OF Bermuda grass in the
burrows as ii wge plowcd. want TO
get IL into a...pa.idecK for mare and
col, from time To time next year.
What shall | put there in the fall?'
suppose YOU mean what more grass
shall you add in the fall ! rather
suspect that the Bermuda grass Will
not do much this summer If II lives.
foi Bermuda is a sun-loving grass. and
does not thrive III the shade and you
have the peas there TO shade It. Sow
ine peas thickly is one OF the best
ways TO destroy Bermuda II II sur
wives you can cut tbs peas OF when
mature for hay, and in the fall SOW
seed OF Canada blue grass and Ken
lucky blue grass about ten pounds OF
each an acre. and brush them in light
y with a smoothing harrow These
grasses. with what Bermuda may he
left Will soon sod the land.
Trouble With WntcrmcIons.
20! have half an acre in watermclons,
and they are beginning to die around
the roots and lots OF little ants
AROUND the roots. which | think mus,
be the cause. Can YOU ten me the
cause and remedy think that 4
you will examine the roots YOU VIII
fud that the trouble IS from root lice
or aphidcs The presence Of the ants
would indicate that. for the ants are
very fond Of the sweet honcy-dew ex-
udation from tho plant lice. and they
take care Of their cpgs in winter and
carry them TO places where they can
feed But the ants DO not themselves
attack plants 1t may 90 some good
10 put tobacco dust from =; smoking
tobacco factory thickly around the
roots II would have been better 70
have had 81 there at planting time.
II you and no Ice ON the roots either
gray or black, then IL IS probable that
the trouble H. the starting Of the vii,
lisease. and fer that there is ro
remedy at all
Cricket ana nud worms
is the cricket responsible :or the
bud worm moth? have heard that
the cricket LAYS the eggs that make
There is not the slightest connection
between the cricket and the bud worm
Ciickets have no worm-iikc stage. but
grow by rnoulting like the grasshop
pers. The bud worm Is tho larva OF
moth This insect goes into the thirt
or pupa stage in the ground in In.
fall Late fall blowing Will expose
these TO the cold and VIII Kill a grcfr
many OF them. Then IN the spring Us,
kainit, heavily on the land. and tha
will dkstroy more. See that the lanC
IS well drained. for lack % drainaP'