The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-02


tion). and at what time would 1t
lime At sc a ton Is pretty costly The
shells at cents n bushel would be
about sl.e6 ton, and If YOU have
plenty OF wood and brush and labor
* might pay better 10 burn the shells.
or to get 3 power machine for grind
:nC them. Where live we get shells
N cargoes for cents a bushel for
road making, and At that price 1t
would pay any one 10 put up grind
Ing machine and grind, not only for
his own use. but for sale. Caulihowcr
plants are not quite as hardy as cab
bAge plants. and there is serious risk
Jf loss in winter IL The plants are set
N the usual way In the fall FOR cab
hayes. Last winter they would have
wintered outside very well. but we
cannot expect so mild winter again
soon. What Is needed In the trucking
section is more intensive work and
the use of glass more than is now done
The smaller truckers around lambcrts
Point near Norfolk. understand this
better than the larger truckers. and
are using glass more than others.
There is nothing that will pay better
in your section than plenty OF glass
sashes and frames one should have
about twice as many frames as sashes
in order TO use tho sashos economically
When was gardening in your section
l had 1000 snshes, and frames for
1000. In order 10 use these cconomi-
Cally planted six plants OF caulinower
under each sash in November. The
seed for these were sown in mid Sep
TENDER. The frames were very hcnvi-
~ manfred with old decaycd manure.
The space between the caulifowers
was filed in with the Tennis Ball let
tuce that heads closer than the Big
Boston. These were headed and sold
during the winter. and by the last of
February the caulilowcrs were get
ting up close To the glass They were
then hardened OFF gradually to the
open air, and the sashes removed to
the other frames the first OF March
for spotting out the tomato plants that
had been started in the greenhouse
These caullnowers headed finely in
April and May, and sold then for fancy
prices. The sashos cost s2.50o and the
crops of Cauliflower and lettuce sold
for moro than the sa shes cost. and |
had them TO nurse my tomato plants
100.
Now, the caulinowcrs will not bring
as high a price because OF the Florida
competition. but they Will eth pay well
grown In this way. and caulitlowers al
ways do better near the salt water
than they do inland. Now use sashcs
with two layers of glass. with a dead
air space between them, and these
:aShes. on we'll banked frame win
keep out any frost that we are apt to
have. even 10 zero. and We can grow
crops In the winter that cannot be
we'll grown under the single glazed
sashes. With these sashcs on sunken
frames with head room enough be-
lieve that we could head caul'nowcrs
in late winter easily. and there are
many other crops that can he grown
a same time. Intensive gardening
and the use Of glass viii be the great
st advance that could be made In our
trucking section. and finally the use
OF greenhouses for winter forcing as
is done so probably under worse wea-
ther conditions in the North
Flowing Under Crops.
From Nottoway county. "Win YOU
please state in Your articles in The
Times Dispatch whether anything is
\ lost by delaying to nlow under gIceu
\ crops until they become ripe and dry
and what IS LOST" Nothing is lost
but the water In GecL I. is far safer
To plow under a.ersNvih of anything
when ripe and dry thar when green
andy soil. the blowing under of a
heavy green growth may result in
such fermentation that the sol will
he made acid and unproductive till
lined. IF had rye on the land 7
would not let this mature, hut would
rlow in the early spring. when 8, is
not more than knee high for II viii
then, in the cool weather. decay be-
fore the weather gets hot. while II
,.
D. very slow in rottinE, and will In
terfere with tho moisture In the soil.
Crimson clover can be turned under
green IN cool weather. but II let re-
main Till dead and dry. Ii VIII have
done all that il can for YOU. and II
docs more OF TIC nitrogen liking in
The latter part OF its growth than at
: ny other time. Hence by waiting
: II 1t is dead we get all that the crop
could do. and there - siill time In
nost sections 10 make corn crop.
wniIe the turning under OF the ripe
Clover Will not sour the soil as the
rresa might Cowpcas are usually
sown, either for turning under or for
nay. II they are to be followed ny
inter grain, ii is far better to save
'..a crop as hay, and not turn them
under. for you can get the land In
litter shape for wheat by disking the
e.
! ass OF growth But If the peas are
q be turned under, 1t is safer and bet
j ;cr 10 let them get entirely ripe be
t3-e turning them. In fact, / would
never turn under any mass OF green
siGn in the heat OF summer
I.s~n Grass.
rom Nottoway again: Please tell
n good hardy evergreen lawn
g-ass mixture. which viii not have 10
b. watered and VIII keep green in the
aet OF summer as well as other
Il 4 mes No Bermuda Would also like
"A a. have a remedy for the black spo,
II ose leaves" There is no grass
wn thai VIII keep green in our
~ inner drough;s as well as at other
mes. unless literally watercd Ber-
iii ia, which you do not want is the
grass that luxuriates IN the sum
heat But 1t browns in winter. ot
Sc A mixture Of Perennial Rye
2. Red Top and Kentucky blue
ss w:ll come as near what you
~ ~ as any / would make II five
S l:lue grass two parts Red Top