The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-15

~ Ss&2ssgsA are out the ha!
". r. .Iassey. deteriorates rapid
" IN value. and will not stand nnc
wait on you like timothy Will. EN-
periments. too. have shown that tn,
timothy hay has the highest feedins
value when cut in bloom, but that the
crop Is heaviest when cut Just as the
seed are forming
Though the fall OF the year Is gen
orally the best time to sow grass ]
would not hesitate TO sow In the
spring.
II have Il field rather deficient in
humus brunswick County,. and It oc
ours to me that perhaps velvet beans
would be good crop for the MAX
ing OF humus. Will they do we'll this
far northg'
Velvet beans will not mature seed
north OF the southeastern corner OF
North Carolina. But they Will mako
County, Va. In your section they
would hardly get into bloom before
October.
I believe that FOR Virginia tho COW
pea is the best summer crop, followed
by crimson clover for n winter cover.
It takes. few seed as compared with
peas to plant an acre OF velvet beans.
for planted IN rows six feet apart
they Will cover the whole ground. But
an immature crop of the beans I hard
~ think would be equal to a matured
crop OF peas.
What plant food is there IN tobacco
stems. and when does II become avail
nble?"
Tobacco stems contain about 2.s5 per
cent OF nitrogen, SIS per cent Of
potash and a very small percentage of
phosphorio acid. They make better
Fertilizer than stable mature, but. of
q
Of Decay to render the plant food avail
able, though there is some OF the nitro
gen IN tho stems that becomes avail
able at once. since IT is in tho form
Of the nitrate OF potash.
will tomatoes produce we'll
where seed are SOW in the rows where
the plants are TO remain as they will
when started in Il hotbed and trans
planted"
No. The roots of such plants will he
shallow and they will be moro sub
jeot TO tho changes OF the weather
from wet TO dry than plants that have
been transplanted and set deeper at
each transplantng so that they do
velop n stronger and deeper root
system. While good crops OF toma
toes may be grown on any soil that
IS fertile enough they always make 4
heavier crop on a clay loan than on
a sandy soil. But in any situation we
get stronger plants by transplnnting
once or moro before finally setting
them out
A number OF correspondents have
sent me specimens OF the little creep
Ing yellow clover. TrifOlium, procum
hens, also known ms hop clover, and
they want to know Its value. This
clover has been spread all over Nir
Einia by being mixed in rod clover
seed. In fact, IL is sometimes inten-
ttonally used as an adulterNnt, as the
seed can be had very cheaply In Eu-
rope. The late Peter Henderson once
told mo that no knew of one scotsman
who had imported several tons Of this
clover to mix in rod clover seed It
IS. OF course. a legume and has some
value. but We have so many better
clovers that !, Is best 20 treat this
as n weed II makes Some show in
the spring but soon disappears
What is the best method OF destroy
Ing tho green worms on cahhaGes?'
Spray Thorn with ono pound Of lend
arsenate in thirty gallons Of water.
Some use Paris green, but the lend
arsenate is safer, as II does not in
3ure the leaves AS the cabbage head
forms from TIE inside bud. there is
no danger in using the poisons ON it.
Prethrum powder, commonly sold as
Persian Insect powder. is also good
81 st IS perfectly fresh. but II soon
get ii perfectly fresh It is desirable.
as IL is not at all poisonous to human
beings, II can ne busted over the
plants or mixed in 'Water' and sprayed.
have destroyed the worms n a garden
on n small scale by repeatedly busting
the plants over with air slakcd lime
in which n small quantity OF salt is
MIXED.
MY garden is dark, sandy soil, and
has been regularly manurcd. I former
j. grew fine cabbagcs, but now the
leaves turn yellow and fall and the
plants die. What shall ! DO TO prevent
this?"
Your soil has gotten infected with
the Fusarium blight disease, and there
IS nothing that VIII prevent IT, The
only thing to do is 10 plant cabbages
on other land Lining may have a
temporary effect in checking tho
blight. bat 1t soon returns, and no
amount oil spraying will have amy cf-
feet. The same disease attacks all
as caulifiower. Brussels sprouts and
kale. no remedy mas ever been dis
covered for it,
I'm Gloucester County. my early gar
den peas have been des troycd by the
green lily or louise How can / dc
stroy them."
After the plants have gotten com
there is nothing that can be done that
will not cost more than the crop is
worth. Some years ago I was hurried
~ called 10 30 down into tho truck r
ing section Of North Carolina to ad-
wise what TO 90 for the aphis Tho
grower ! visited had over 100 acres
in peas and about million aphidcs
on every plant told him tho crop
FOX that season was certainly lost, but
that If in the future nc would use
tobacco stems heavily broadcast on
the land before planting ala not
think he would be troubled with the
lice. That was tho end OF the green
pea louise III North Carolina trucI.
fields. The eggs OF the insects arc
carried over winter IN tne under
ground burrows of ants. and as they
hatch the ants carry them to the
plants, for the ants feed on the sweet
honey dew eXudation from tho aphides
which are commonly called ant COWS
But tobacco Is tho best rcpellant s.
the soil. and VIII prevent the matur-
ing of the insects. When green lice
or gray or black ones get on to on
roses or peach trees spraying wltr
strong tobacco decoction is the best