The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY

! Inc cotton about the FIRST picking Give
/ the cotton n good application OF "a
| home -Inadc fertilizer Of | 200 bounds
/ of acid phosphate. 900 pounds of cot
I tonsced meal and 200 pounds of muri-
ate of potash to make = ton. Use 800
I pounds an acre. half in tho burrows ami
/ half down tic nliddlcs at planting time.
/ for cotton roots run far and wide
/ across the rows. Then i'm Tho ran soy
! crimson clover seed In the cotton and
/ getting stand. spread all the manure
/ YOU can maH" on tn" clover and turn ii
/ Tor corn in the spring. ana SOW poas
among tho corn. cut tho corn off a,
! maturity and cur" II liz shocks. and
! ASK down tho poas and mako thu. soil
! in". and drill III oats IN Soptemf,cr.
, giving the oats some acid phosphate.
I After harvest break the oats stub
bic and SOW peas. ono busheI an acre.
and cut thcm for hay. and SOW crimson
clover on tho stubb!e and turn II for
cotton In the spring. using acid phDs-
[ phatc ana potash on til" cotton and
/ then repeat the rotation ,i.t vour
heavy land well drained. and auplv
iimc ono" iu each alternate round OF
; The rotation. or one" in SIX Years
, 'lhc best time to apply the lime viii
/ be when turning clover FOR corn. after
! blowing. You can probably get Shell
lime cheaper I'm Your section than stone.
limo, ana should bc able to get ii for
- ton delivered. Tn" best carly cot,
ton avn acquainted with is tho Sinn-
Ems. Which YOU can get IN Raieigh
In this round OF crops YOU can fer
/ tilize tho cotton Literally, and IL win
pay 10 do 30, but feed tho meas ana
fodder ana straw. and raise manure TO
20 on the clover for corn. and this
inanUring viii make corn more chcaD-
Is and better than fertilizer. ana vii!
make good crop az oats with only
ACID phosphate added ANA it may pay
better 10 use some acid phosphate on
IN" corn, but not a complete IniXtiire
Fertilizer for Corn Again
VIII the suano Analysing s-4-3 b,
= good application FOR corn""
Va The hrst place. as ] have often
said. you do not got guauo nos
Guano is II natural accumulation from
the cNcremcnt OF sea birds on the rain
less Islands OF South America We
do not get it nov, and tho goods used
ar" more properly called fertilizers.
anu not Guano. Now, If you read what
| have Just written above YOU Will
see That do not advisc tho depending
on complete fertilizer mixture to
Wais" corn. /; does not pay IL buy
nitrogen when YOU can get an aiund-
ancc ~ il free from the air. If you
tF"" plenty Of peas and clover
Corn mad" by the use Of "A co,nnl.t.
fertilizer mixture, or one containing
Aiiroueu cost, too much Tor tn, value
~ ~" crop. ana If VIC have a Inanurcl
clover sod for corn VIC can grow corn
far more cEcsply. know at least ono
!dr.;" farmer who claims that he makes
corn at q cost Of y cents a lushci
and know that lie makes grc,, crUnx
EHt d" never uses any fertilizer on tn.
corn. but always has - clover sod Ia
turn under FOR this crop You can
not grow corn ehenpiy by depending on
/ eo'nmfrciai fertilizer Ia make II. ana
I'm the best wheat growing sections a
farmer who farms right Will never
need 10 buy any fertilizer but acid
phosphate. ana that FOR tho wheat
Millions ~ hard-carned dollars arc
spent every year by our farmers I'm
'hH purchase OF nitrogen when they
could get far moro Of IL free by rood
r"tstiVc farming And | know many
wheat farmers WHO hj.vo acted on this
lp' years, and have seen theh' croDs
81 wheat and corn Increased Will,
they spent loss for fertilizers.
hakinG Powder rs n Fertilizer.
merchant writes: Il have several
cases ~ the Rough Rider Baking
( Powder that seem not Ia b. fresh
enough u soil 10 our trade, ana want
y use ~ a. Fertilizer. VIII yo,
'"!! me II II has any plant FOOD value
"'"! would 90 amy good in tn. soil
h''No so"n pasture for ny cows
90 't'. crimson clover and italian rye.
| grass. which is growing hcautiruliy
ana was Thinking that il thil would
nt Worth tho trublc or distributin,.
! could uSc II there. Is there awning
IN IT thht would damage Tho foliage
ha"lA% powders are made uf various
! materials. generally OF hcarhonatc or
SODA and cream of tartar in Tho hest
brands ono ! know is an acid mos
phatc, and would have some fertiiizinr
value but not - great amount What
I me brand you name is ! cannot say.
/ since nave no knowledge Of its In
gradients. The ordinary blcarbonate
OF soda powders would have little o.:
no effect II viii ut least do no harm
10 put the stuff ON the clover and grass
but rather suspect that you will sec
no effect from it,
Brussels sprouts.
Please give nc all the information
you cam about Brussels sprouts. wheth
er they can be grown successfully here,
ana At what time they VIII be rcadv
FOR MARKET brussels sprouts here
and southwark must be made late. FOR
any attempt TO get them early I'm tho
! fall Will usually fail In fact ,hev
arc not as good as thoy should be until
after frost, They should he ready for
market right now, or the last OF No
Vemhcr OF early December The seed
can be sown in june and the plants
transplanted later. like cubbagcs, ana
cultivated in the same way 50 THAI tho
| little heads viii grow on the stalks
aftcr the warm weather Is over They
do no. stand heat and drought we'll.
and should be grown where there IS
some chance for Keeping up the
moisture in the soil by artificial means.
| plant them III late July in rows two
and onc-half feet apart and about TWEEN
| ~ inches apart in the rows. They
need heavy mauuring, as well as plenty
OF water. The heads are ready To
gather in late November. and the plants
can be lifted and packed closely in
burrows ana protected with pine
bouShs til the crop is used. Bu, for
market. they should all be gathered as