The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03

dS&as49 feet apart each
SaASy@SE& way and let them
No. y 1Ias..s take their natural
growth and tum-
BILE on the ground. Where one is
engaged in the production of fine speci-
mems for the home market or In n home
garden. IL will pay 10 take some trou-
BILE In training them. In small gar
den one can plant closer and make
things neater by proper training. and
can certainly get finer fruits. There
Is smother great advantage in the gar
den in training plants up. and this is
that where they tumble on the ground
1t is almost Impossible to Keep them
clean after they cover the ground. for
the erer-present crab grass Will en-
relop the whole ana often cuts the
later crop short.
Where the plants are trained up, we
can keep the grass down In my gar
den set the plants in rows three feet
apart and two feet apart in the rows.
This would be entirely too close il the
plants were allowed to fall over on
the ground. ] set stakes sin feet tall
to each plant and tie the main stem to
the stake loosely TO allow for growth.
Then all the side shoots or suckers are
regularly pinched off and the plants
trained up 10 single stem. Tying
must he attended to as the plants grow
in height. and when they reach the.
top of the stake | pinch out the tip.
This method involves good deal OF
work, for the suckers will persist in
shooting out and must be kept pinched
out continually But, having the
ground clear. one can keep the weeds
and grass hoed out and the plot clean.
This is the way I grow the early ones.
Then by sowing some seed the last OF
May, I raise some late plants TO take
the place OF the early ones. and as these
grow late and can he kept clean till
after the worst season for crab grass
is over. ] usually give them more room
and let them fall on the ground. for
at that time in the summer the boil
worms are generally over, and we can
get a larger crop from letting the
plants take their natural habit.
Bermuda Grass.
Tn under the Blue Ridge a CORE
spondent writes: 81 hear so much
about the value Of Bermuda grass as
a pasture that | want to try field in
It, and would like TO know when to
SOW the seed7' There is no doubt
abou, the great value OF Bermuda in
Its proper locality. but that is not in
your section. Bermuda is OF the great
est value as pasture grass in the
warm, sandy soils of the Eastern sec
ton and farther South. hut in your
section ! would never advise its use.
You can grow other grasses better, and
grasses that do not thrive so vel! in
the sections where Bermuda Is most
at home Bermuda is a sun-loNing
grass. and likes warm soil and hot
sun. and the cool nights in Your sec
uon would not be SO favorable to II
Then we do not grow Bermuda from
SEED | suppose that the seed may
be had imported from India, but in this
country It seeds very little. and is
commonly grown by planting cuttings
of the running stems in the spring
in shallow burrows about two feet
apart, and 1t soon runs. over the whole
soil
In Your section YOU can make bet
ter permanent pasture with liberal
seeding OF orchard grass red top ana
kentucky blue grass. for | have done
this in a similar part OF the State. The
big tussocks that the orchard grass
makes and the red top Will shelter the
slower starting blue grass, and II tire
pasture is topdressed with bone meal
in spring, and dressing OF lime is
brushed i'll with n smoothing harrow
once in six years, YOU will soon have
n pasture entirely of blue grass. Blue
grass is native TO limestone soils. and
on any Of the red clay soils Of the
Piedmont section OF Virginia it can
ne made to grow finely if lining is
coca sonally given, for. as have said,
] have done IL.
And right down here in the coast
country. where ! live, and on sandy
soil. we grow blue. grass rs dense as
II ever grew in 'IIentrcky. by using
JOINeIlZGu oyster Snt!1S islElll atlbSS
the road from Where write this. on
sandy ridge, there is now a growth
of Kentucky blue grass that would
tengle your feet TO try to walk through
it Keep the soil fertile and apply
some lime AT intervals. and you can
maintain blue grass sod anywhere
in Virginia.
soja Bcnn..
Are the mammoth yellow sofa beans
better than COW peas They DO seem
to have somewhat higher feeding value,
but a. soil improVcrs there is little, If
any, difference betwe>-. them and COW
peas But a hay crop I am sure
that n mixture OF half sofa beans, or
soy beans they are now commonly
called. Will ba better Than either alone.
The tail-growing SOY beans by their
erect habit, viii hold up The peas of
the ground and make the crop more
easily harvested. and where forage is
the object l would advise this mix
ture
HucL heat.
u have never sown any buckwhea;.
hut wish to sow some How much
seed should be sown an acre." II YOU
intend TO SOW buckwheat for the grain
the middle % July IS early enough II
can be sowu on stubble fields from
which the winter grain has hecn rcaped
or after any crop mat is OFF the land
In early summer How much seed
should be sown All acre VIII DEPEND
somewhat or the character Of the soil
On land Of moderate fertility SOW one
bushel OF seed an acre ON strong Land
SOW three pecks OF seed
3uckwheat IS often sown merely for
bee pasture By the bee Keepers. and
in that case sowings VIII ne made
from early spring iii August so as 20
have the blooms run through tho sen
son. But when soWn for grain the
middle Of July is early enough
Buckwheat Is now very commonly
used In Maryland and Delaware a : a
nurse croy for crimson clover The
bucitwhear is drilled 81 and the clover
seed then sown and brushed in ight-
~. The buckwheat starts RAPIDLY and
furnishes Just the amount Of shade IN.
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