The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-09

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". 4. Massey. like To know what
fertilizer 10 use on the wheat You
should have let the land remain set
lied from the July blowing BY re-
blowing it YOU are making conditions
less favorable to wheat All that was
needed was 10 keep the land worked
over with sprinc-tooth harrow or
disk and set the surface fine 1t is
costly way 10 raise wheat. If YOU had
turned the clover for corn in the
srrins. YOU would have had something
to paw for tho fallow The best thing
YOU can use Will he 400 pounds OF acid
iichcn on Apple Trees.
II am sending YOU some moss that is
growing on my apple trees and seem
10 be damasing them. What is the
cause|' Tho plant is not moss. but
lichon Certain Very low forms or
green plants called alCae grow on the
bark and the lichen lives on these II
is more nearly allied 10 fungus and
moulds than TO moss Scrape the
trunks Of the trees and whitewash
them
Green Worms Lettuce.
Mathews County: "A little green
worm attacked my lettuce plants and
ate them up How can prevent them
this season? In one article you men
toned phiuc Where can buy this.
and in what quantity is it sold and
how used? Ny lettuce plants seem 10
turn yellow and lose their leaves. What
shall / do for them" one of the most
handy things about the garden is one
Of the cheap tin spraycrs or atomi2ers.
Though | have q large spraying ma
chine. l use tho little tin one very
frequently. one spraying with aphne
settled the green worms on lettuce
plants for me You can get aphnc
from any Of Tho large secdsmen. ! be-
lieve it costs about 81 quart in tin
cans But a quart goes a long way in
the hand spraycr, as it is diluted with
forty parts OF water. There is some
deficiency in the soil where your let
tuce Is sown Ecttcr water with a
level tablespoonful Of nitrate of soda
dissolved in two gallons of water
Grass for Name.
Richmond: Please toll mo what
the Enclosed grass Is" 1t is Panicum
Crus-Gaili. BARNARD grass. "a very com
mon annual grass that a Western
scotsman has been booming under the
name OF "Billion-dollar grass" and
claiming it is 10 lie the greatest Of hay
makers. There is no doubt that il
Viii make a good deal Of hay sown on
strong land
crn>s for Lowinnds.
Halifax County: II have a body OF
creek lowlunds very subject to over
now Land sandy in places and i'm
Please Inform me what grasses are
best Tor hay | had thought of tim
othy, red top and meadow fescuc Can
SOW II next SPRING.
In sowing grasses for hay il is al
ways best TO sow the varieties that
come il at same season. The meadow
fescue is excellent, but earlier than
tire timothy Tile timothy and red top
associate we'll together. and If sowed
timothy / would, in Your section. SOW
only timothy and red top But try
part or The land in the following mix
ture. kali meadow fescue tall meadow
oats grass ana perennial rye grass
len pounds each Of the FIRST two and
H\e pounds OF III" rye grass an acre.
These Wlll give YOU earlier hay Chan
the timothy ANA ,cd top, and / believe
heavier crop, and VIII last longer in
Your section. Better SOW the grass
this fall
Crimson Glover in the Lower ConSt.
We had terrible storm, and ] am
al loss about q winter cover crop.
The corn is flat on the ground and the
SOIL drifteG over IL. Mould rye or Grim
son cloNer grow suwn broadcast: for !
cannot get horse through tn the
crop such as il Is Is gathered. though
almost ruined Then / have some low
ground that l w6rt 10 gut in pasture
Can SOW II 10 oats and burr clover
and cut the oats Tor hay. and then
nave an abundance handy? VIII
need 10 lime The land? Had it in oats
iol!o"ed by peas. and paSturcd til,
peas with hogs The storm has left
US IN bad shape, will not save any hay
or long feed" Your section ana los,.
cin North Carolina haVe had a sac
e@peience TINS fan, You can SOW
INe over the down corn and then SOW
CRIMSON clover seed at rate of nftccr
Iourds an acre, and ! think both VII
E!oW without amy preparation. Tn,
clover certainly WIN Then Won r4,
sow the oats where the peas have beei
pastutcc of. aua cut Them for hay. an,
lh%u make cuttings Of III. runniu-
stems - the Bermuda, which YOU cal
roots. though the true roots arc oul
~ the joints The running stems an,
Jointcd ike other stems, and 40 root
have joints. Plant tho cuttings j,
Lha!!ow ilrrows two feet apart am
cover and they Will soon spread ove
the ground Then # yojI SOW som
Canada blue grass tpoa compossa
al! over The land ana run smooth
is harrow oye:, you Viii have a goo
pasture ni&'rre. as The Blue gras
"A Keep sieen in winter when TN
Slrmuda IS brown Lime viii prob
ABLY help your land
Lining AEnin.
Ihere seems 70 he 10 cud to tn
Queries shout lime which ! have trie
more tlan once 70 explain pleas
advise ue the best way 10 lime sou
lana, best time 10 use H. quautity {
use best lime and what 8, Shout
cost For imWodiate effect i'm svce,
sniIg aciu soll the burnt lime slaked ,
powder is best This may be cithc
stone lime or oyster SHELL limo hay
found the best time 20 lime lana /, !
tnc spring when turning under Glove
toE corn. spread the lime after pillow
ing the land and harrow il lu I'M