The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-17

- '"ii" .ha' was Sown 10 cowpeaS last
year and mown for hay. have il now
planted in rows three feet apart alter
hatelE SOY beans and corn. Now
want to SOW cowpeas when the corn
is laid by. and then. If possible SOW
TO crimson clover. What variety of
better to NOW them before sowing the
clover. or to turn the vines UNDER
Sow an early pea like the Specified
Whippoorwill The main difficulty tina
see VIII he that the rows of SOY beans
shouid be cut out about the same time
that the corn will be mature enough
10 cut and shock for if the beans and
iater-sown peas are left together, the
beans VIII he ripe and unit for hay
when the peas should be cut But YOU
do not say anything about having used
any fertilizer on any of these crops.
ana IN your section of the state YOU
! VIII he rather late in getting the clover
/ m Tor IL the mountain country |
!. would prefer to SOW il in late July or
4 August Still. if the season is favor
able. IT may do very we'll sown in Sep
TENDER. ! would cut the corn and the
SOY beans and later NOV the peas. and
4 then disk the Stubblc well and SOW
the clover seed. after narrowing in. in
the disking. about 500 pounds OF acid
4 phosphate. or better. Thomas phos-
phate. as that carries 10 per cent of
/ lime and the lime will be an advan-
/ taSe TO the clover. If the beans are
4 iioA too lal advanced When rue corn
I is cut let them stand and NOV them
/ with the peas.
Insects and Crows.
Are there any plants In the garden
! or on the farm that are never attack
ed by insects? Is 1t best to kill crows
and English sparrows?"
4 III there are any plants in aultiya
i tion which are never attacked by Soma
! Sort OF insect have never discovered
them As to crows, Ii is n disputed
1 matter. Some of the best authorities
claim that the crow does more good
IMAM harm. But when great focks of
! them infcst the corniields in the fan
and tear open the husks ana MOI only
eat the corn. but leave the ears in
/ snch a shape that what they leave Is
I damaged by the weather. we cannot
help considering the crow AN enemy
I we can tar the seed corn in the spring
To prevent his pulling it, but we can
/ not 90 much against the great fall
7 locks "Ncept TO shoot them. Shoot the
Il English Sparrow at every opportunity
intiunntcd Farming.
j IN Midland, Va; Land that was in
\ corn last year ! cut and burnt the
stalks IN spring and let cattle run on
the field tin last Of June and then
break II and faliow TOR wheat in the
tail, using 100 pounds of S-2-2 fertilizer
ON tho wheat But | find wheat at
present prices rather an Improbable
crop Can YOU suggest better
Wen. ! knew that there was some
poor farming done in parts OF vir-
Einia, bat | had hardly realized that
TINS old plan was still followed To any
extent. Ia tho first place YOU let the
land stand after corn with no winter
crop on IL. and the rains washed away
"A GOOD deal Of nitrates from the soil
that would have been taken up and
used 10y a winter crop.
Thc carly blowing for corn and the
I cultivation of the crop In summer il
properly done. would have made YOU
IN" best fallow preparation for the
wheat crop, and YOU could have cut
INC corn on and cured ii IN shocks and
h"d q lot OF stoNcr TO feed in winter
and the land could then have been
hn'd ""ll with the disk harrow and
wheat sown instead Of waiting "A year
and working the ucld the next sum
mrr WIN no crop on II. and. or course
wheat will not be profitable Tor all
THIS work. Then the stalks left in
tho held were burned. and that much
organic matter destroyed THAT should
have gone into the manure
No, there is no proht in these days
III summer fallow for wheat Keen
ing 4 field. already deficient in humus
bare and exposed Ia the sun all sum
n"r without crop. s. good way to
nnally destroy all the beneficial bac-
toria IN the soil. and 10 reduce Ii 10
tho old dead mixture of sand ANA clav
instead of a living soil. You lost /,
whole wear with the wheat and spent
q summer in getting ready for ii work
Ing held with no crop on it That
l. an antiquatcd method that has lune
since ben abandoned LIS the best FARM
"rs, because of its expense. In these
DAYS one must he an an the year-round
farmer. lie must not have barr. land
wasting q ~ mi, ;,,.
, iner. lie must get in between sale crops
the important league crops. important
not only 10 the soil. but for the feed
ing or live stock ANA this feeding
Is every year more profitable on East
: crn farms. only yesterday h GOOD
farmer in my ncighborhood sold ITO
! hccvcs that he has fed the past win
tor, aud sold them for 10 cents n Mound
. i've weight at the station here about
/ >3o.o0O worth Of cattle. In nay fccdtnr
DAYS = could buy cattle in tho fan m
! Nirei'ia for cents a pound, and WAS
:. satisfied 10 make the hide and tallow
I Win tho manure for proht. but to-day
a there Il money in feeding good cattl,
o where man sells them on the hoof tor
4 o cents pound But you must ..t
/ out oi tn" old ru,s, grow plenty OF
+, forage and hay, and get the stock and
i always have clover sod - turn for
:, corn on which you have spread ha
manure during the winter, and III" co.n
q cultivation Viii prepare this for a grca,
5 wheat crop after the corn.
iiUt YOU used only 200 pounds II
SO fertilizer That is, you put on the
= wheat sixteen pounds Of phoaphoric
+" acid. four pounds or ammonia and four
: pounds Of potash AN acre, just enough
y t. cause the wheat TO grow strong
T. enough 10 rob tho land more of what
II already had in th"sc materials, and
u your son Is worse off for the grow
y Ing 81 tho wheat, while If the wheat
! hda followed corn that was gorwn on
n mhnured clover sod, the completed,
. o"eaNed organic matter lclt in tho sol
h "pdld hay" fod tn" wheat far NOR,
IMAM the little application Of a low
"A grade fertilizer. that is one fourth .,
!. more filler You are in the oldcs,
~ ~ IN. old ruts and If you want to grow
II Wheat prohtahly the sooner you e.,
"u' and 20 10 real farming, the better
& know at least one farmer. who habit.
al GatlS makes from forty Ia fnrt,y "a.