The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-10

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We do not. as rule. get the corn and
fodder from the land till the last OF
November or December. Is that not
too late TO sow the seed you mention?
Give the analysis of tho acid phos
phate you suggest? What is tankagc.
and where can l get 1t, and what Is
Fescue and where to get It? Should
the ground be narrowed after the seed
are sown?" You surely cut and shock
corn before the last of November, and
the land can then be prepared, with
the exception OF the spots. on which
the shocks stand. 1t is the common
practice in all sections whore winter
grain or grass follows corn, TO pro-
pare and sow the land with the corn
shocks standing. You should get the
grass seed in during October. The
acid phosphate ! mentioned should be
the kind that has 16 per cent Of phos-
phoric acid available. Tankago is the
steamed and drief refuse from the
great sIaughterhouses of the West.
You can use cottonseed meal Instead
with as good effect. Tall Meadow
Fescue is 4 grass that is commonly
crown under the namc of Randall
grass IN Southwest Virginia. You can
get the fertilizer from any dealer in
fertilizers in Richmond or Baltimore.
You can get the grass seed mentioned
from any OF the leading seedsmen. l
cannot name any dealers here. After
tich In, xr-tf n
smoothing harrow, that is. harrow
with the teeth slantng backwards, and
if the soil Is dry, it will be good
thing to roll 1t TO press the soil to
the seed. You can SOW the mixture OF
seed with tho grass seed attachment to
drill.
Renting Lnnd. :.
"You have mentioned the Maryland
tenant system, in which tho tenant
gets all the hay and fodder and straw
free so long rs he feeds 1t on the farm.
What part OF the crops does the land
lord get? am thinking of trying this
plan, and would like to know more
about it,
The system, that has proved profitable
TO landowner and tenant alike was
started by merchant more than thirty
farming an estate OF nfty-six farms,
averaging go acres. and tho tenants
have made money, while the fertility
OF the land has been maintained and
improved The whole secret is that
all the clover (and the tenants are
compelled TO grow clover) and all the
fodder and straw are fed on the land.
and the farm gets the manure while
the tenants make the feeding OF stock
profitable TIE farms are cultivated
on < system that is put down in the
written contract. and no tenant is
"a 10
contract You can get full accoun,
of this system bl' asking the Secretary
Of Agriculture in Washington for
copy &C farmers bulletin entitled -
Tenant System and It's Results" The
landowner gets half the grain crops.
Lining for Wheat.
Bath County: How much lime should
I SOW TO the acre on wheat. and where
can ! buy il? Please reply in The
Times Dispatch" You seem TO think
That line is applied a fertilizer, but
II IS not used as fertilizer for wheat
or any other crop, but for restoring the
sweetness OF acid soil promoting the
n!triication OF organic decay in the soil.
and having effect on the mechanical
texture OF the soil, making \ heavy
soil looser and sandy soil more com
pact. Now. l do not know whether
your land needs lime, and you are tbs
only one who can find out Get some
Sips OF blue ltmps paper At a drug
store. Put a SLIP in sOtne wet soil and
let It remain In the soil half an hour
and II II has then turned pink 1t shows
hat the soil is acid and needs lime. II
YOU are turning under a pea stubble
or have broken n clover fallow for III,
wheat, II will answer TO spread ! 0OJ
pounds OF slaked lime an acre and har.
row II In before drilling the wheat
there are lime dealers at Rivcrton ant
stanton who can supply the lime. &c
The fresh lump lime and Stake IL fol
yourself to a powder, as the lime vii
more than double in bulk in shaking
and you save freight in getting III,
lump lime. You say nothing about In,
previous crops on the land, and hav
only 10 guess what they are. / bellev,
That the state is now preparing TO fur
nish ground limestone TO the farmer
cheaply, and YOU can learn Of this b,
writing TO the warden Of the penitcn
tiary. Richmond, Va. You can use tn
ground limestone at rate OF n ton al
acre safely, but for immediate encc
on the soil prefer the burnt lime.
Fertilizer I'm Fire.
Vance County, y. c.. II am mucl
interested in your correspondence i,
The Times Dispatch. ! think what yo
do not know about farming Is no
worth knowing. ] have three and
half tons OF 3-s-3 fertilizer in a lo
barn that was burned. The fertilize
WAS plieu III SOUu Dulk about fOu
sacks deep. But the fire was yer
hot. and l know much damage mus
have been done. and probably the an.
monia driven out by the heat ID
you think that this burnt fertilize
will do much good on corn? are In
bone and potash much hurt? Til
quantity and weight Gid not seem di
ninished. l tried some mixed one
third with cottonseed meal under cor.
and do not think II IS doing well"
You are entirely too nattcrinr.
do not know it all by great den
In fact. when was Il young man
had notion that knew a great dc;
more than / know now, for i have bo
10 unlearn great many things. an
FOUND out that many things ! though
that j knew were not so. And SO "
all, who have been students 81 IN
soil and crops year after year M
learning more, The mon who thin
they know All about farming arc 90,
orally the poorest farmers We nav
Tor the man who is studying his pr,
q "a I'm Enc.