The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-14
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof. w. F. MASSEY

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Early cabbage plants from seed sowr
) in September can now be set two OF
three inches apart in frame and pro
tected in winter in very cold weathc,
with cotton cloth cover Later stronr
plants can be set in open burrows run
ming east and west. setting the plants
so as TO cover tho STEMS and they VIII
usually winter we'll / treat later sown
lettuce III tho same way for spring
heading.
Bulbs OF tulips, hyacinths and narcis-
sus should now be- planted for the
spring bloom. With frames and glass
YOU can set the bulbs thickly In the
frame such as Roman hyacinths. paper
white narctssus and others. and also
pansies from seed sown in July. Roman
hyacinths and paper white narcissus
may be planted in the open ground if
you wait till the coil gets cold in late
November. Planted early, these will
start to grow at once. and will not get
! injured.
Parsnips. satisfy ana carrots I let
remain where they grew. and take
( them up as needed
Anthracnosc in Cotton.
southampton County: Please tell me
what is the matter with the cotton 1
send YOU. l have thirty three acres
like the sample sent" Your cotton has
been attacked by II very destructive
| disease known anthracnose 1t is
| very widespread In South Carolina, and
! have had numerous samples sent me
| from North Carolina, all of which were
grown from seed obtained in South
! Carolina. generally what is called the
Half and Half cotton. You can do
| nothing for the cotton. but next spring
get seed from healthy field and do
not plant the same land in cotton again
next year. The disease Is carried by
| the seed. and the way to keep clear Of
IL Is to plant only seed from fields that
are clean and healthy. Don't get any
! seed from South Carolina
Sowing Wheat and Oats.
II have n field OF gray sandy soil.
| with clay subsoil. which was sown to
grass last spring. but the drought
| ruined the grass. and | have had it
| well plowed and propose to SOW II TO
wheat What fertilizer should l use?
Have thought Of using 400 pounds OF
acid phosphate. If any other is needed
please state. Another field has been
in peas. and the best OF them cut for
hay. and the lighter ones will be
turned under. ] want 10 SOW this field
| in oats and crimson clover. What fer
| tilizer shall / use here?" On the field
| fallowed for wheat ] would disk and
harrow with spike harrow till the sur
| face Is smooth and the blowing COM
| pncted BY tramping of teams Then.
after the first white frost. drill five
pecks of wheat per acre and 900 pounds
pounds OF tho muriate of potash an
| acre. Treat the oats land in the same
way. and use the same fertilizer, but
do not delay the sowing, for the sooner
these are in the ground now the better.
/ Curing soy Beans for Hay.
please tell me If you cure soy beans
in tho same way you do cowpeas. 1t
! seems that the seed will all be lost il
the pods arc left to mature" The Tall
Yellow soy beans when grown IN rows,
can be cut with corn binder and set
up to cure like corn. When broadcast.
cut them as soon the lower leaves
begin 10 turn yellow. and then wilt
them in the same way advised for COW
peas. and cure in cocks until the wiring
ing test shows that they can go into
the barn. Get them in before the leaves
get crisp.
Linn ncnns
Please give me full directions as to
the cultivation Of Lima beans from the
planting of the seed" This is hardly
the season 10 take up this matter 1t
VIII be fully discussed In my garden
notes when the proper season comes.
/ viii say here. however. that the
Large White Lima beans are never so
productive in the South as the Small
Lima. the buttcrbean OF the South. and
10 my taste the butterbean is better
than thE Large Lima There IS one
type OF the Large Lima, however, that
does very we'll in the South This is
the thick seeded or Potato Lima, known
also as Dreers Lima. Then there are
various sorts Of bush Lima beans The
Henderson is OF the small Lima type.
and il very productive bean. Then
the best OF the large seeded varieties
OF the bush habit Is the Fordhook Bush
Lima.
This belongs TO the potato lima
class. and makes large pods and i'm
mense beans, and have found II Very
productive. Mine have been bearing
profusely all summer and now. the last
OF September. are still white with
bloom and fun OF young pods. AS 10
methods Of planting and training the
climbing sorts and growing the Bush
varieties, win have more TO say at
the proper season
Planting Irish Potntoes In the Fall.
am Eth being asked by several
what think OF planting early Irish
potatoes III the late fall. The only ad-
vantage that can be made Is that the
planting is gotten out OF the way OF
the rush OF carly spring work. have
tried II. planting in late November and
december, and In every instance, in
North Carolina, the potatoes came up at
an untiInely dat. and were caught by
frost. There is danger OF this enough
from the early spring planting, and
there Is atill more danger from late
: fail planting. Even IN the sections 4
| good deal further South there Is the
same trouble ! vas Shown In March
a plot Of potatoes ia North Florida,
} which were planted Ia December. and
tho owner told me they had been frozen
} down twice. and tho owner and both
agreed that they WOULD hardly make
half a crop. Had they been planted in
early February the chances are that
; 1T tho time / saw them. in that eli
mate the middle Of March they would
have been in bloom and beginning TO
: make potatoes
Roll Worms in Sweet Corn
Last year planted the Golden Ban
} tam corn, and made Il complete failure.
r The cara were very small and the boil
! worms ate up nearly the whole car
: This year ] tried the Cory, and hardly.
8 had :, worm in I'm ear Why IS this?
4, Is one variety of sweet corn more liable
Il to the attacks of tho boil worm than