The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-05

made with ginseng has been made by
these mon. If tho crop was so won
derfully profitable they would keep II
to themselves rather than set every
one to growing it and reduce their
profits. My advice is to let these crops
alone.
Spraying for Tobacco Worms.
II have been busting Paris green
+. over my tobacco with Il pepper box
but it Is slow and laborious l have
now a spraying apparatus and wish
instructions as to spraying and what
to USE" 1 would prefer lead arsenate
to Paris green, as Less apt to injurc
the leaves Then dry dust only
goes OH top the leaf, while the big
worms go underneath. / would use
a spray OF one pound OF lead arsenate
in thirty gallons of water, and then
would spray thoroughly under and
over the leaves. The lead arsenate
can be bought in pound bottles or jars
lii paste. and II readily mikes with
water far more than Paris green. and
is less apt to injure the foliage
The same spray is used TO destroy
tho Colorado potato huge. and this
morning l got a letter from lady al
Bedford who wants me TO tell her at
once how to destroy the potato bugs,
and she would have an Immediate re-
instead OF moro initials.
Filling IL Silo.
From Fluvanna County: e, am in
a position 10 build a siIo. but do not
feel able TO buy the cutter and power,
and would Hike TO know IL the Stag
VIII keep we'll il the corn Is put in
whole and care taken to pack II down
close, and In taking out 10 use a hay
knife. This means work, know, but
! am willing to do this to get the sue
cuient feed for the COWS In winter.
once heard this matter discussed at a
farmers institute. and IL was said that
the s!lage was Just as sood as when
the corn was cut, but harder to gel it
out" havo seen ensilage made by
packing the corn in whole, and never
saw any irst- class silage made in that
way AS rule I think that there
VIII be enough damaged silaGe TO pay
for cutter IN a silo OF any large
size. Then the getting out Will be
job that man will try but once,
think. l have made thousands of tons
OF ensllage. but never tried putting
the corn in whole, and from what l
have seen in the hands or others who
stored whole corn, i would not care
to undertake 1t. Taking the risk OF
damage and the great labor of getting
t'' S4IhSt cNl ludl nSu
rather borrow the money and get the
machinery needed to do the work
right. The uncut corn will keep after
fashion. but do not care TO have
the job of taking out the Shiny stuff.
The hay knife may help or we'll
sharpened spade may be used, but If
labor has any value 1t will soon pay
for the machinery. / intend shortly to
tel! how 10 make a cheap silo
Root Crops.
From Mec;ilenburg: 1T has not
been convenient for me TO build a silo
yet. but want succulent feed for my
cows and planted some mangel wurzel
seed. but they have not come up we'll
June and make the CROP" Certainly
YOU can. Early June will be time
enough TO make mangels or sugar
bceis either. Sow plenty of seed and
thin out when stand is secured so
that they Will stand not less than six
inches apart, for the mangels grow
very large. Then you will find that
II costs three times much to grow
ton OF mansel 1t docs TO grow
a ton OF corn. and the feeding and
storing OF the beets costs more than
putting the corn'in the silo and feed
ing it out \ ton OF beets may be
just as fms feed a 5 n ton Of eneNage,
but having a silo. YOU can make the
silase far more cheaply than the beots.
Roo; crops are popular in England,
where they cannot grow our great for
age crop. Indian corn. but here the
s!lo and the corn are far superior to
the beets as an economical feed,
Cowpens.
Which is it you call cowpeas, the
spcclllod pea or the black?" Cowpeas
IS the name given in general to the
whole class OF plants grown in the
South under the name of peas These
have various names. as Black. Black
eye. Clay, Iron. calico, Whippoorw!ll
Unknown and a host OF others. and
they all belong TO the class denom!-
mated cOwpeas. Botanically. the sort
known ms Blackeye is the true species
from which all the others have varied.
about from one species TO another, hut
1t IS now generally admitted that the
name is Nigna CatianG. and In common
language we include every variety
known under the general name Of COW
peas, while they are not really a pea
at all. but more related to the beans.
Fertilizers and Corn.
What formula OF fertilizer mix
turr would you advise as n side dress
ing for corn? | gave II 500 pounds
OF $50 a. planting time You can
not make cheap corn by depending on
commercial fertilizer to make it. ana
when YOU do use fertilizer YOU make a
mistake in putting il all on the row
with the corn, for corn roots run all
over the ground, and soon get away
from that In the furrow. and are for
sGinS in poorer soil abandoned the
use Of commercial fertilizers on corn
years ago, as / found IT did not pay.
You can, Of course. increase the crop
by applying fertilizer. bat # YOU viii
Keep part az the field rs check with
out the fertilizer. you will ind ,sat
the Increase in the crop has cost you
a pretty fair market price for the
corn
The way to make cheap corn is to
practice good rotation OF crops, and
7 always have a winter cover OF Grim
\ son clover on the land 10 turn under
IN spring FOR the corn Down In Ala
oama Nh Clarendon Davis has broueh,
up an old cotton plantation TO making
/ thirty i've bushels Of wheat and sew
. cuty bushels OF corn an a,.rc and D..