The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-17

4 last winter ! sowed
tG l.zASs 81 turnips. The tops
;SSS 49, rSS grew kneo high
" Sand turned yellow
ikaa g.sESs saaud died. Have been
Unable to find any
sss,s..ssss one who could tell
i. the reason What
w is the natter
Ss5SgSgsi = 3.sSs:S9tiss:s You have been
". L. Massey. feeding chat garden
with stable manure only. and 1T has
COTTON dedcient in phosphorus and
potassium. The tops grew large be-
caUse " thu excess OF nitrogen. but
thcie was not enough OF tho mineral
matters to maintain growth and make
turnips. on my garden use manure
freely. ana then every spring add a
mlNture 10 per cont potash and per
cent phosphoric acid at a rate Of 400
pounds gn acre. and in this way get a
balanced fertilizer. and turnips and all
other crops grow veil. Manuring a
garden with only stable manure will
a,t aga excess Of nitrogen. and not
enough ~ the other matters to main
tain growth Next spring give the
garden tho heavy dressing OF acid
phosphate and potash and leave out
1he manure for one reason and note the
eject and ! think YOU will find that
] am right
The growers usually prepare tho
land IN January, run out deep burrows
FIVE feet apart and ill them half-fun
of New York stable manure. This is
Let lie 10 set somewhat rotted by plant
ing time At planting time they apply
il the burrows about 1000 pounds an
acre 81 fertilizer analyzing per cent
ammonia, per cent phosphorlc acid
and per cent potash They bed Oh
this and slightly 1stten in the beds and
drill NE seed in q continuous row. Then
;fter stand Is secured ana the plants
IL rough leaf. they thin out TO
twu ants IN n Hill, twenty inches
apart .ua MS they start 10 run scatter
sm-l handful OF nitrate Of soda
around each hill and cultivate clean as
long IS they can get through. The
crop is often followed by late Irish
POTATOES, and some sow crimson
clover all over the cucumber patch for
winter cover. and grow no late crop.
What au acre Will produce is far moro
than Is generals sold. since the mar
kct is apt TO drop before they arc
all gathered. But with good culture
au acre VIII make 1000 bushels. but If
you sell 500 bushels VOW will do we'll
Here the cukes are sold to buyers at
the station or shipped in carloads by
The p-odUce exchange that has its tray.
cling agents taxing order for carloadsN
some large growers, who can ship in
carloads, ship their cukes, but most of
The growers sell ut the stations. They
plant various strains Of the White
Spine cucumber
a Firm Rotation.
Piedmont. y G: 4 have some land
OF mellow clay ANA some sand, cleared
IA 1911 and cultivated in corn in 1919.
followed by wheat Yield about six
bushels en acre. Sow 90 to peas. which
! propose 10 turn under In TWO or
three weeks and SOW TO crimson clover
and rye 10 I've turned Tor corn and
cotton next spring Can get ground
phosphate rock for $3.50 q ton /. o. b.
BIT Pleasant Tenn Would this bc
advisable, and what amount TO use
an acre another field, cleared At
same TING, was Ho- cultivated till this
spf'Hc when 1t was planted to corn
and / expect to follow with wheat.
good plan for the rotation OF this land
VIII be appreciated.' on new land. and
after peas and clover, you can uso
inc ground r6cl phosphate probably
j would -nopt three-ncld or three
year rotation ana instead of wheat
would SOW oats altogether as winter
grain til | cot the land into better
heart for wheat, Tor 1T does not pay
70 grow six bushels Of wheat an acre.
ana Your land can bc brought UP to
making profitable crops Starting with
corn. / would SOW peas among the
corn NJ last working Cut the corn
at maturity and cure -sn shacks and
then n the peas aIt not rank. disk
them down and make the soil as nno
aS possible and sow two bushels OF