The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-23

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RS$ESsHS IS, s&&Es&H mill the hot ana
E{SfM Ess,S sHSs24&&$2SH Try weather III July
h#@A SSSY7&&{$S and August. ana
ktHSetSM ,SsA XS3ss$H now there IL very
gksS3sas2SSalnn1t6&SS&&&i ittlc clover IN
W. r. Massey. spots. II put lime
on these spots. harrow II In and then
i'm TWO or three weeks SOW clover seed
with :liumonatcd fertilizer. VIII the
lime drive OF the ammonia
You can harrow in the lime on the
hare spots or lime all over and brush
:; in with = smoothing harrow. apply
ing n good amount Of acid phosphate
and SOW the clover seed at once. |
would not use the ammoniated fertii-
rizcr at all. But SOW the clover seed
as early as practicable. for if you let
II stand for several weeks YOU Will be
srather late TO get stand of clover
Fly early sowing you may perhaps re-
pair the bare spots.
Curing Sorghum
Caroline County: Il have about five
acres in sorghum just beginning to
tasscl: is this good roughage for
-,n!lch COWS and beef cattle? What is
the time to cut it? Can 1t be stack ed
outside without injury? Mrs
wishes to know if YOU have a good
recipe for canning string beans and
corn" Cut the sorghum when fairly
we'll Inaturc1, and set it in shocks, ~
ing the tops of the shocks we'll: then
keep them erect, and 1t will keep all
'-right till used up, and will make good
roughaEc If cut mp for feeding. 1t
will not dry out like corn stoVer. but
will keep juicy. and it is best 10 let IT
stand in shocks rather than in large
stacks. / am not an expert in can
ming. You can get bulletin of Home
Canning on application TO the Secre-
~
II. c. we put string beans in strong
brine in the fall. in stone jars. and
then can take them out and soak over
might in fresh water and they cook
like fresh beans.
Potato Blight.
I'VE planted Green Mountain pota-
toes the first OF July, and used 1000
pounds an acre of a special potato
fertilizer from Richmond They arc on
good. sandy land. They are very slen-
der in the stalk and yellow, and seem
10 have some disease, as some OF the
leaves are dying"
You should have sprayed the potatoes
with Bordeaux mixture TO keep the
foliage good and prevent the blight
good may still be done perhaps by
spraying You can get the prepared
dry Bordeaux in Richmond from the
same firm who sold YOU the fertilizer
and can ztd water and spray at once.
But with these tliShts y IS always best
10 prevent Them than 70 Try 10 cure
then Go not SNOW what The special
te-.ili=er you used contains. and thera
az NAM sold : specials that are not
altogether specially adapted 20 The
tyop.
Onion, and Strawberries.
Campbell County; Please inform me-
through yoc- department. - The Tines
zu.d The best :o- strawberries. W-1at
IS The -or-ec: name Of what are com
monty called salad onions. Tho kind
that increases IN clusters = the roots
aud in midsummer produces lunches
Of sets on tops? These seem 10 b. the
earliez, variety in the market, but do
not become really onions Roots and
tops used for frying before other
varieties come in"
one OF the mos; unsatisfactory ques
tons THAI come to INC is just what you
ask. To advise intelligently In regard
10 the fertilization OF any crop 'hc
present condition OF the soil should be
taken into account To advise q fer
tilizcr for any particular crop on land
thar / know nothing about. is too much
like quackcry. and can only say that
for onions on :. good, sandy soil | have
found III" following good formula.
ana il is equally good FOR Strawberries.
applied after the iruitiEs season, to
get strong growth OF crowns for am
other season. Acid phosphate, ?O0
pounds: nitrate of soda. 100 pounds;
cottonseed meal, 800 pounds and sui
phatc OF potash. 900 pounds, 10 make q
ton Use this at rate OF coo pounds
AN acre I know Of no onion such as
YOU describe. | know the yellow potato
onion that increases at the root. hut ii
makes no sets on top. | know an
sets. and is known as top onions The
earliest green onion l know is tn" Nor
folk Queen plant sets OF these In
September and often have them ready
for use or punching in late February
! mink YOU have gotten two sorts al
onions mixed III Your Tread. plant now
tho sets of the yellow potato onion ant
use the side offsets in spring after th'
Queen onions over.
You can easily get scts ~ the TOT
onions from seedsnen, but they ar.
not very early. so far as have noted
They are not fine onion by AN!
means and do not grow them TIN
Queen Is white mild and early. TIN
potato onion. the only ono that GROW
clusters at tho roots. makes In addi
ton 70 small Offsets ripe onions o
large size and good quality The to
sets make rank and strong onion
There ie n clustering plant Of tn
onion family called shallot This ca
stand in same place from year TO yea
and The Offsets pulled
Soil for Inorulnting soil.
Il have some land on whicn crimso
clover has been grown with success
wish 10 use some Of the soil frof
this for inoculating other land Ho,
much shall / use an acre ana ho,v ?
II matters little how much SOL YOU US.
4 barrel IN acre Is about the avcrae
amount used II should lie harrowo
in at once 70 prevent the sun fror
killing the bacteria.
The Queen Onion
Is the Norfolk Queen onlou be,
ter onion than the white Pearl am
which is the larger and the DE.
keeper through the winter? hay
used the Waite Pearl. but have nev,
Seen the Norfolk Queen" The onio
sold IN Norfolk under the naIno
Queen Is not the Queen OF the Norti
ern catalogues II is very similar
the Pearl inst a large aud .-,it.,