The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-07

e& I; j@ then the pine :
ESNsA HA$Xk&& around that SPOT
have been turn
W. r. MASSEY. ms yellow and
dying 1 can hear the borers at work
and hnd the under bark honcycombcd
with borers. Is there any way 10 save
those stjll livins?' The damage was
doubtless done when the trees We're
cut last spring. and the top brush left
and the borers bred from this.
The only thing ] can suggest is to
Gu; out all the diseased trees. and
clean out all brush and burn the
whois Leaving GU; pine leaning
asa;rsi the living trees Viii always
start The borers. and leaving the top
brush III the woods will have the same
effect, Clean out all the sick trees
and burn. and j, may check the in
sects.
Root Lice.
You say that tobacco stems or dust
VIII kecp the root lice from corn or
cotton Please tell me where to get
the stems or dust. You can easily get
them from any Of the large smoking
tobacco factories in Richmond, or the
various manufacturing tobacco towns
IN North Carolina When was in
Raleigh C.. got them FROM the
American Tobacco Company factory at
Durham. but you can easily set them
in Richmond, | suppose. Some years
ago tn. dust WAS sold at SIP a ton.
What the price now is ] do not know,
SIS have not bought any recently
Stems can usually be had for less
money per ton.
Bearded mud bald Whent.
y would like 10 have Your opinion
and experience on the difference in
cropping value of bearded and bald
wheat. Some claim that the bearded
wheats are better than the bcardless
varieties. What little experience
have had with bearded wheat seemed
70 show that it is rather more prolific
than the heardlcss, but | would like
more information on this line do
not think that the wheat varieties
with awns or beard are more produc-
tive than those with awnless heads
In fact. III Il perfectly favorable sea
son l know several varieties of avn
less wheat that Will make heavier
crops than the hea rded varieties In
my experience the difference is mainly
In the greater safety of the bearded
wheats IN unfavorable weather. Heavy
rains when the wheat is blooming will
often damage the bal headed wheat
while doing little hurt TO the bearded
ones Then, too, the red and amber
wheats usually have u straw that Will
stand up better than that OF the White
ha Id headed wheat and there is far
less lodging. When | was young about
the only wheat grown in MARYLAND.
Virginia and North Carolina was the
old Bluc-stc white wheat This WAS
an awnless or bald wheat but il has
entre!N disappeared from cultivation.
and think that its gradual failure
was due more to the failure to prop
er!Y Gull the seed Than auythinr else
foi time n variety quite similar and
evidently bred from the Blue stem
called the BouEhton. was popular Rut
thls' too, has disappeared. and i'm the
nest wheat
almost every one SON ing varieties OF
the Mediterranean strains Thu. ola
oarh ied Mediterranean has improved
IN cultivation in Virginia and Mary
IAN" INTO a brighter amber wheat that
II more largely grown than anV other
Every variety OF wheat can he ken,
up TO higher state OF production bv
INC careful selection of seed and Tn.
SOWING Of only the heaviest grain. AS
nave tried 10 show III the practice. OF
land 81 w."
another advantase in the Medi,er.
faAe2h strains Of wheat is that rhev
ate 10 some extent less liable to rust
tAah tn hald-headed white wheais
ana th.s ~ course, IS crea, advant-
ast since the prevalence al rus, is
always followed bv shruni<on grain
The seneral practice OF all wIntcr.
WHeai srowcrs in using the bearded
varieties. shows t..t> there mas been
FOUND an adVartaac in uSins these
80 ie'i"S without beard
y. anu ms mas been the result
'""ee on the part o: the
~
'iop OF INC old Blue-stem
Year a,ier the civil War ], made an
-" -i'"th OF straw. but tho
"Ve So oaalN hhEhted by rain
S'aSe that the crop
s''',-'' ana cropped u for
"'t5 ;, me ios, lh Talbot
M III ''.',p' Ar' 9oldShoro made
!e'" WIN 'his wheat Of
-" haIl bushels an acre.
fHs "a re crops were made in
conn ,!es 81 INC Eastern
NH'H lHin' wnen me Blu"-s,em
=" II 'lHlr IL mas been sood
SINCE was engaged in
',iN o" !'Fte scale. but
g 81 "a = rf.r