The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-21
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof. w. F. MASSEY

phate and potash and it will grow
with YOU. for the finest field saw last
year was down in Your section. and
| amy land in Tidewater will grow Grim
son clover IL you keep at il regularly
and get tho soil inoculated The time
is coming when Virginia farmer will
\ he ashamed TO admit that his land is
/ poor. ii he has had the control Of it
\ for any length of time. Your land is
/ poor because YOU keep it poor by poor
! farming. That is simply the truth
about poor land all over the State and
all over tho South. II is poor because
YOU do not farm it in the proper man
ner to get it rich. Crimson clover III
winter and cowpeas in summer. with
live stock TO eat the pea hay and make
manure. Will soon make the land bet ;
ter, till YOU will not acknowledge that
Your land Is too poor to grow clover.
Practice n good rotation of crops. and
lime Your land about once in six years.
ana grow plenty OF peas and clover and
feed stock. SO that YOU will have the
manure. One Of my neighbors. who
deNotes his large farm mainly to grow
ing forage and corn. fed last winter
so steers and sold them a few days
ago for 10 cents n pound on the hoof.
getting over 100000 for them. And
the thousands of loads OF manure he
litdhtS VIII 20 h5Ck on the i3nu to
make more peas and clover and grass
and corn. and Notwithstanding all this
feeding he has still corn TO sell His
lAnd was formerly poor. but is no
longer Some form OF live stock feed
ing Is At the very foundation OF all
rational farm Improvement The man
who complains that clover needs ma
nure is generally the one-crop man
who keeps his land poor and ignores
live stock.
Fcrtiiizing Corn.
VIII II pay 10 apply 100 pounds OF
nitrate Of soda an acre down the
nddles in the corn" have often
said that | have never found IL 10 be
proitable to depend on commercial fer
tllizers 10 produce the corn crop-that
Is. 10 depend on complete fertilizer
mixture. or one containing a due per-
centacc OF nitrogen. OF course. such
n fertilizer Will increase the corn crop
but II check plant is reserved in the
same land without the fertilizer, il
VIII usually be found that the increased
crop cost a fair market price for all
obtained over that without the fer
tilzer. AZ the present price OF nitrate
Of soda. the application of 100 pounds
an acre would cost about S325 an acre.
and do not believe that il would in
crease the crop that much
The best way 10 get nitrogen for the
corn crop is 10 always have winter
cover OF crimson clover or red clover
10 turn for the crop, and on this. the
previous winter. spread all the farm
manure rs fast as made. The corn
crop is the place on a grain farm where
the manure can he most profitably
used. not only for the corn. but FOR the
small grain that should follow il in the
fan. for by that time the residue OF
the manure and the decayed clover sod
VIII be in ths best possible condition
for the wheat or winter oats crop
The farmer who farms his land
properly IN a good rotation. and grows
plenty Of legume forage and feeds il
TO stcck. AND carefully saves and APP
plies INC manure. Will never need 10
T bug an ounce OF nitrogen on a grain
farm. As he can get All that is needed
( from the clover, peas and The manure
made. The greatest food need OF most
OF our old cultivated soils is for phos-
+ phorUs IN the form OF phoSphoric acid
WIKI proper rotation OF crops and
the getting OF the soil we'll stocked
I with dccaying organic matter. our red
clay up!nnds viii never need an appli-
/ cation ~ potash. and even on the lower
/ lands in part ~ the Underwater section
alons the rivers that rise in the noun
! tains II has been proven that appli-
i cations of potash are needless Pro-
fcssor stubbs found that iii gloucester
\ II gave no profitable results to use
7 potash M 4 fertilizer, since the soil is
. B 3.,t.
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