The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-11

lskss-aassG- far advanced as to
W. IT, MASSEY. he bursting, YOU
Viii hnd it hard 10 keep them IN any
way TO have cabbascs keep VOL
they should be lust fairly heading bv
The nrst Of December
ia iact ] have had them head very
VOL after burNiug wien not hard
headed when stored Here Keep
them BY merely turning the head
down where il grows with Inc hcnd
towards the north, ana then piling
the SOL over the stem and lower part
OF the head. ana leaving the TOP ox-
posed Cabbagcs that have been head
ca so Ions as TO be bursting will not
heep very long IN any way. Probably
inc best WAY for YOU viii be to pun
The cabhaEes ANA set them clo.. to-
icther in "A furrow made deep enough
10 take in the entire stem Then
throw furrow to them. and Dacl,
another row alongSide in same wa
Then make q shelter OF green pine
houEhs over them, and they Will do
very wcll for some time But, as /
have said. for winter Keeping have
Inc cabhaGes head later or not earlier
then the last Of this month would
hardly advise planting onion sets this
late.
Selling Cowpen Hay.
Is therc good demand for balcd
CoWpea hay. and what is the average
pice Per tom There should be q
without baling, on every farm i'm tho
South, II the owner Ia farninl, right
Eowpea hay is one OF the things a
good farmer should never sell You
cannot improve your lana by merely
growing cowpeaS. You must usn
them either as manure direct or by
feeding them to stock ana making ma
nure for the LAND. You can Empower
jsh your land fast with peas as
with any other crop IL YOU grow and
sell them off the land
What the demand may he In Your
section | cannot say, but if was buy
inn hay and some farmer was unwisc
enough 10 sell hay, ] would rather
pay $50 a ton for cowpea hay than
SIS ton for timothy grass hay for
feeding cows Then YOU ask If IT is
difficult TO cure. This shows that
YOU have not grown It, Cowpcas are
not difficult 10 cure, as I have already
described in these columns and viii
again III the proper season. There
Il general opinion that thcy arc
hard To cure, while the fact is that
they are ~ easily cured as amy hay IL
You simply let them cure. and 40 not
monkey with all sorts OF frames or
stakes or sCanolds TO spoil them.
have cured ccwpea hay for many year.
and never had any difficulty in curing
the crop bright and sweet without
stakes frames on scaffoldS But when
YOU grow cowpcas and propose to
INA NJ hay OF Iiclll, 40 not pale them,
for then YOU Will be tempted to sell
the hay. and you VIII he parting with
the hest thing YOU can grow for the
Improvement OF your land. but al
ways remember that the mere grow
ing OF peas viii never improve your
land. They must be used on the land
If they are 10 give YOU any improve
Inent in the soil. While IL is not
necessary that every farmer should
be stociSman. or every farm "A
stock farm, sim some live stock feed
ing lies at The Very Foundation Of soil
Improvement, and while it is perfect
j% possible, with the leguinc crops
and mineral fertilizers to maintain
and Increase the productiVcness of the
soil, IL cannot be done as cConomically
as by using thc leguinc crops for
feeding stock and making manure To
return to the soil that grew tho lo-
aumes Ana right here comes the
following letter.
Grape Vine: cumming.
inc yoa". ..r"o;JiI;ss Ia "' NV .., SoInr
mis- year were The admiration OF ali
my friends. But after the drought
last summer they eXudod a lot OF gum
THIS came from the joints. though
1hey had not been trimmed in any
way. j have never before seen gum
on grape vines The vines are at my
back DOOR on 4 hill, but ! give them
The waste water, and they are near
Tie Migrant they get much more.
.nanured them with woodhouse refuse.
PLEASE tell mo through The Times
Dispatch what is the matter"
suspec, that ne vines nave been
Dunctued by some one OF the grape
insects, and the puuctures have
caused the gummine hardly think
that IT win do them serious harm.
There is a gray beetle that came
from the west, which at times does
some injury to vines hy laying its
eggs il the shoots Bctter not give
100 much water J haVc number OF
itne vines ana ! meyer think az water
INC nom During tnc early part Of
the season they usually cot plenty
OF water, but In the ripcning season
am eiad FOR the grapes 10 have q
drought
Green Manurinr.
Is II not better to make nav Of
all the legune crops such AIS pens and
clover, than 10 use them us srccu mia
'lure. as 80 many writers adviser lave
answered this question in ofleet above
{ have also referred to THIS matter
several times have never been ahlo
- see The wisdom or pront III turn
ing down in the soil 1, valuable food
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