The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-21


deaux mixture before the disease APP
pears. will prevent #. and sprayed
now the fresh leaves will come out all
right. But With only n few roses the
making OF the Bordeaux mixture is
troublesome. There is an article made
by tho Aphine Company, of Madison.
~ J.. called fungine. which is handy
for this class of diseases 1t costs
about 81 quart. but when diluted
goes a long way. Prevention is al
ways better than cure in all the dis
cases OF plants and animals. Spray
ing before the m!ldew appears will
save the roses and keep the foliage in
good health. Bordeaux mixture makes
the roses look unsightly from cover
ing them with the blue mixture, and
clear liquid is better.
Spanish Peanuts.
Should Spanish peanuts be hulled
for planting, or can they be planted
in tho hulls?" have never grown
the Spanish nuts. but always tho
large white Virginia nuts. which
have always shelled. / have been in
tice to soak the Spanish nuts. and
plant them in the hulls. Some OF our
large growers of these nuts can prob
ably tell us the best practice for
know that this class OF peanuts Is
being very largely planted in cur best
peanut sections. In fact, few sea-
sons ago in the country around Peters
burg I saw more of these than others.
Low Grade Fertilizers.
y have bought from an excellent man
here. q dealer, n fertilizer with the
following analysis: available phos-
phoric acid, S per cent; ammonia,
per cent and potash, per cent. and
would like to know its value and how
much sand was used In it?" This is
the usual low grade S-2-2 fertilizer.
Some of our friends seem to think
that because | have told them that the
plant food in such low grade fer
tiiiber really costs more than In n
high grade and that large amount
of filler must be used in making this
grade. that there is fraud in the MAX
ing OF this. Now, there is no fraud at
all II is simply that the manufac-
turers are compelled by the farmers to
make a fertilizer TO sell AZ low price
per ton. Now. how much filler was
used in this sample cannot say. That
would depend on the materials used.
] can make a mixture of 1880 pounds
that will contain all the plant food
in a ton of the s2-2 fertilizer. This
would call for T20 pounds OF filler
10 make II weigh & ton. Farmers buy
this low grade fertilizer because they
fail TO realize that it is the plant food
in the fertilizer that they need, and,
in order TO get n mixture ut low
price per ton. they buy this ana pay
for sackinG and frciChting the useless
filler The makers are not TO blame
but the farmers. who imagine that a
low price means cheapness. whcn. in
fact, the plant food needed VIII cost
less In a hish-gradc mixture that
needs no filler. The remedy is To buy
the best materials and make your own
mixture to suit Your soil and crops.
Pear Hight.
~ want TO know something about
spraying have some young pear
trees on which the young shoots are
turning black and dying. What shall
do?" No amount of spraying will do
any good TO the pear trees. They are
affected by a bacterial disease that
starts in with the blossoms in spring
by the bacteria being carried there by
the bees and other insects. and they
Grow down between tho bark and the
wood and destroy the branch as they
grow. Spraying Will not affect them
as they are inside the shoots. This
is what is commonly known as IRE
blight. The ..orly thing that can he
done Is to- cat oft the blackencd
shoots ahead OF the blight into sound
wood Have n weak solution OF car
bol!c acid nj hand, and dip the BLADE
OF the knife IN II every time YOU make
cut TO prevent carrying the bnctoria
10 sound wood Cut out at once and
You Will stop further blight. and there
will be no more this season. but let
alone and the whole limb will be de-
stroyed. The same trouble gets on
apple trees. but seldom does more harm
on them by killing the small twigs.
Fertilizer for Tobacco.
Il have read where YOU advise for
tobacco formula composed OF 900
pounds OF acid phosphate. loG pounds
OF nitrate of soda, 600 pounds pure
dried blood 400 pounds high grade
sulphate Of potash TO make ton, and
10 Use 500 to 100 pounds an ncre.
Could not cottonsccd meal he substi-
tuted for the dried blood2" Yes, b,t;
81 Will not make as fine grade Of
tobacco, because II would increase the
rhosphoric acid and potash. and in all
my experiments made with bright,
yellow tobacco. found that any ex-
cess Of phosphoric acid tended TO make
thing. papery leaves and big stems
You can get higher quality OF leaf
by using the dried blood though cot
tonseed meal WILL furnish the nitrogen.
hut not IN the Same amount rs the
blood. | have never found any or
ganic nitrogen equal 10 that from dried
blood for tobacco man in North
Carolina got this formula from me
and had it mixed for him nv a ferlil-
izer arm, and they used kainit instead
of The high grade sulphate and spoiled
his tobacco And doubtless did q pur-
posely TO cause him 10 stop buying the
materials for mixing his own. If you
mix fertilizer. DO ii at home with the
hest materials you can get Kninit
is a poor source OF potash for tobacco.
rs II contains too much chlorine, and
will keep the leaf green late ana
make the tobacco burn badly
Lime on Tobncco.
VIII lining have a good effect on
tobacco?" That depends on what sort
OF tobacco you grow, and whether you
are simply after weight or quality
saw al n farmers institute In Mary
land year or so ago sample Of
tobacco on which the grower had used
$500 pounds OF lime an acre. II was
a very dark and heavy and coarse
grade OF shipping leaf. Very poor
stun IN my opinion. Another man hac