The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-29

t83RaB34Efs SfjII2d3W swamp iands,
.N}85 8f22fss$4&j VIII mako It better
- application than
e& ~ S$8Hlacid p II o p II 4 e.
1sA e Mixed with stablc
sozs.eSsassksss802tsSAsm manure, IL greatly
massey increases the cf-
'cctiveness OF the manure.
But applied on a soil that is de-
ictent In tunus or vegetable decay
u VIII be II long time in coming Into
use DR.. Hopkins has found II valuable
on tho black prairie soils OF Illinois
ana lac advocates It's use. But there
tho conditions are such that II soon be-
"oncs available, as tho black prairie
soils abound Ia humus like our black
swamp soils.
Cultivation OF AlnIcns
Can you tell mo anything in regard
- the proper treatment of azaleas
Lave some planted in my lawn md
want TO CIV" them tho bnst possible
treatment what Kind OF manure is
best for them You do not say what
Kind OF nzul"as sou have. Most of
tho Chin"s" varieties tina: are 70 snowy
IA the grccnhouscs arc not hardy
thcre arc several varieties of these,
however. which arc hardy as far notrh
IS New York CITY Tho large white
variety. Alba, and tho purple. phoene-
cia. and the dwarf reddish purple one
Amoena. aro hardy and Amocna makes
mo OF the prctt!est Of beds ON the
lawn. with tho tall Alba IN tho mid
dlc Then there arc the Chinese and
Japanese hardy sorts. ana tho native
ones Of our woods. None o. tho a2a-
l"as WIN abide n soil with lime in IT
Tho best soil for them IS tho black
peaty soil, srch ~ Is found In our
southern cypress swamps. md leaf mold
from! tho forest but no animal man
rrcs should be used. Tho hardy var;e-
ties ~ the Chinese azaleas are ever
prccp, but tho native ones ARC largely
dnciduous y moist and half shady
sltuatiOu suits them very we'll. ana in
tho level. moist soil Of Eastern North
carolina almost any o. the chinese
Varieties arc hardy but only tho
urcc / have named would stand tho
winter at Richmond.
Growing Mushrooms.
How long does ii gcnerally take
IRON. The time d bed IS spawned till
'ho crop appears? spawned . small
pcd hVc weeks age. when The tcinper;t-
ture ia the bed was 90, and the cellar
temperature WAS - The bod remains
ma, temperature ana tho cellar has do
elincd TO 50. The spawu has started
nicely. but have not put on the cas-
ing yet"
Ny practice has been 10 let the heat
81 the manure decline 10 So before put
Ting the spawn IN Then, "a soon as
he epawn has run ia IL inc spider web
growth. cover with AN inch ol more
~ hue garden soil. Usually 1t takes
SIX weeks To start the crop Every
ono. 80 far as have observed fails
once or twice III growing mushrooms.
and then suddenly YOU get the hang
uf 1t ana find it easy 10 grow them.
hUNc grown them III all sorts OF places.
under tho benches in 81 greenhouse. in
pit made 80. tho purpose, and on
compost heaps IN tho open ground III
tho fan, aUd / have grown finer ones
outdoors than anywhere else. In fact.
! think that q bed made two-thirds
horse droppines and onc-thlrd finely
chopped -rass-sodS is better than one
or manure aloae. And the best spawn
{ have ever used Was found under tho
horse-,iroppings ~ an old pasture
lsut ammonia il = hydride - nitro
zen. and only So per cent nitrogen. and
IL is nitrogen sc want rather Than
ammonia Plants do not use ammonia
I'LL IL has been changed into q nitrat"
by tho soil bacteria. But Why bug
nitrogen? over every acre on your
farm there IS nitrogen enough to last
Tor 100000 years If no more was added.
and il is constantly kept up II YOU
have a winter cover Of crimson clover
on your land IL Will give you moro
nitrogen thau * in "A ton OF tho low
grade fertilizers so commonly used by
farmers in the South. Why buy what
YOU can get free, ANA n same limo be-
Increasing the huinUs content III your
soil? Practice good rotation of crops
and always havc a sod - turn for NOur
corn. and YOU will not need TO bother
about the percentage of ammonia in
= fertilizer Then. too, Your rcd land
has IN II enough potash 10 last FOR
hundreds and thousands Of years. and
sou can got the use Of IL as fast as
, l,N "a
and by getting tho soil stocked with
organic decay. do not know the
nanurial needs Of Your land further
lEan that nearly all OF our cultivated
soils need phosphorus, and this leaves
us to some combination Of phos phorous,
generally rs phosphoric acid. as all that
NC need 10 buy ii we farm right on
tho rcd lands. But Your potaEh is ia
an insolublc state. ana YOU have no
clover. suppose. from your query. Then
You sec that YOU need TO buy What
YOU need not buy If you farmcd right.
y mixture Of ! 900 pounds of acid phos-
yhatc, 800 pounds OF fish scrap or cot
ton seed meal and 500 pounds OF
muriatc OF potash will make u ton OF
good corn fertilizer, and il Will in
crease the crop If applied literally.
and the Increase Will cost nearly rs
much as IL is worth, while, II you had
The clover YOU would not need To bug
alNNnlUS but tIt 'i'iu bii'S plihtt' - i''i''-
ing money for what you can get free
is not good farming, ana the man WHO
farms right in "a good rotation and uses
the lcguinc crops need never ON land
such as yours To buy any fertilizer
but phosphoric acid, either the dis
solved form or the ground rock.
Cotton tnthrncnosr.
'Will ii he safe to use seed from
GOOD. perfect balls from a field that
was affected by the anthracnosc or
boll-rot this year,
In all the cotton growing section of
Virginia there has hccn Il great deal of
complaint of the prevalence of this
disease this summer. IL is II disease
IL.