The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-12


ing spring give the grass dressing
of lime 1.ooo pounds of slaked lime
an acre or a ton OF pulverized lime
stone soil grass. Then every spring
| give the land a dressing of 800 pounds
of raw bone meal an acre. and YOU
| viii get grass and an increasing sod.
Any OF these red hills will sod with a
heavy coat OF blue grass IL you treat
them right.
Thcn tackle the gulleys as | have
! heretofore described by putting dams
in them at intervals to catch tho silt.
and throwing into them wire grass
| honeysuckle vines. straw or any ma
| terial of the sort to catch and hold the
wash. Treated In this way you can
| restore and maintain indefinitely n good
blue grass pasture, and 1t will be
worth all the work and expense.
l know hill lands near Baltimore that
have had this dressing of rawbouc
meal annually for sixty years or more,
and pastured all the time, and tho
grass grows more heavily than the
stock can keep down.
Then in maintaining and incrca sing
of the rank spots and the weeds and
brierS as soon as they start, and you
VIII have Il real pasture and not n
place called pasture, where no grass
grows.
OF course, there arc fine blue grass
pastures In some sections of Virginia,
where tho grass naturally comes in.
but. MS I have said. you can STAN and
maintain a blue grass pasture on any
of the red hills of the upper Piedmont
section, and. In fact. almost anywhere
in Virginia, by giving II tho proper
chance.
! 1.-Two in the sandy country OF the
coast region OF Southeast Maryland.
and on the snndiest Of land we grow
blue grass rs dense as in Kentucky,
with tho aid of manure and pulverized
oystor shells. Across the road in
front of my place. where | write this
is AN area OF land that has been held
for years for the sale of lots The blue
grass has been let grow year after
year uncut and to-day ono can hardly
walk through the dense growth and
never II seed was sown there inten-
tionally The seed. suppose came
from the manure formerly used on tho
land as n market garden. This is n
sandy ridge deep sand above the fiat
mere where my house stands In fact
as | have said. blue grass Will grow in
any section Of Virginia If you only give
IT the proper chance. ] made as tine a
sod of Kentucky blue grass on tho
hills of Albcmarle as ever urcw any
where, and therefore / know that it
can he done If YOU try to do IT,
Making Winter Pasture for IoEs
What is tho best thing to SOW this
summer Ia max pasture for hogs In
winter You are in the lower south
side region. There it will he easy on
Il good FERTILE piece Of land 10 make n
pasture that will carry the hogs
through the greater part Of tho winter.
SON peas on the land now and make
II crop of hay. Then break the pca
stubhlc in late August. ana put II in
100" order narrowing in mixture Of
| $40 pounds OF acid phosphate. 200
pounds of cottonsceh meal and nftv
rounds of muriatc of potash an acre
men SOW mixture of twelve pounds
OF crimson clover and eight pounds OF
Dwarf Essex rnpc. and brush the seed
in with smoothing harrow
Then let the crop grow and tho rono
get strong and sturdy and when the
weather gets cold Won can turn tho
hogs on II. They will eat the rapc
greedily. and If YOU have two ar more
i"ts fenced Off and sown in this way.
YOU can turn on the second lot as the
nrSt rape is eaten down and the clover
VIII then thrive and two or three LOT c
/ OF rape can hc eaten down during tho
winter and by the time the last one is
eaten the clover will he coming on and
thcy can 20 into il one lot after anoth
eF' ana rs they are eaten down in
spring YOU can put lot after lot in peas
for the summer pasture and b,cl ~
rape and clover In the fail
fnntcioupcs and Clover
am growing some cantcloupcs and
"atcrmclons FOR market this sumnc,
ana want TO take your advice and
not leave the land bare in winter How
shall do this" live in a grea, meIor
growing section and here the growers
ma no difficulty in getting q wintc,
cover on the land They merely SOY,
SEED OF Crimson clover all over the
melon fields as the fruit forms. and
whatever growth is made during ~,
season * a shelter TO the melons 4
very energetic friends of mine who il
Il large grower OF melons on his HON,
place hcusht a few years ago anothc,
small farm Of sixty acres With char.
"cle'lStlc energy, he plowcd the Who'll.
place and planted il in watcrmclous
Among these melons he sowed crimson
Clover and the next spring cut abou,
4Vp tons OF hay from the place u,
turned the Stubblc AT once and nlantaf
10 corn and got heavy crop of corn
anu tac three crops about paid for IN,
i"h'' which Went into clover again
soNh among the corn in late August
II" same practice Is followed her,
on fields Of tome toes. for every farnc,
mere plants fcli in tomatoes for IN,
canning factories. and clover sowr
among the tomatoes as they are being
sathcred, leaves the land with a splcu.
did winter cover
Some SON wheat with the clover If
ordcr t. get large crop of hay and .
crop more easily cured Than the Glove,
a!orc ] passed tllis morning a field
whcrc crop OF wheat and clover ia,
neen cut and he owner was plowinr
me stubble- asked II he was goine
20 pant II TO corn. He said: no. | an
gong u put COW peas ,hcrc for ano,hc,
nay crop with q good application OF
ac'd phosphate and potash. and hon.
10 get tht land back In clover this fal
10 lurn all under FOR corn next ve,r
"cttihg two hay crops and leaving =
winter cover on the land for it's i'm.
pr"Ncmcnt shows tho great value OF
INC quickly Known annual clover.
'nt OF Tie greatest advantages al
having crimson clover to turn fo, corr
rs mat even on he sandiest Of lima
corn on a crimson clover sod nryc,
hieS tut Keeps green 20 the ground
Ni'!n on sandy soil with only rsr.iliyn,
'p3!ied' the corn win often IRE 10 I'm,