The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-30


will stand. Then as soon as you can
take n bunch and wiring 1t. and when
you can wiring no sap to the twist,
put II In tho barn and let 1t alone.
If 1t heats. let it heat. and II will cure
all right but II you go to turning IL
1 to cool 1t you will let in the germs Of
mold and will have moldy hay.
/ You can try some in the silo. run
ming it through the machine rs fast as
cut and hauled. running 1t alternately
corn and peas. But in my opinion you
Will Have better silage with corn
alone. If tho peas are put In the silo
it Will be better to let them get to the
Same mature stage as for hay.
would endeavor to mix the corn and
peas all along rather than make lay
crs of each in tho silo.
Pasture for Cows.
Halifax County: please tell mo what
is the best grass to SOW on n high
land place of eight acres for pas
turc for mich COWS only. This land
is such as will mako fifty bushels of
corn an acre. l turned under n fair
crop of crimson clover III the spring.
and now have a good crop of cowpeas
on 1t. j put GOO pounds of Thomas
phosphate on II per aero when 1 put
the peas in, and now want to use more
phosphate on the land when l turn
under the peas. l want to make
pasture for three good mich COWS only.
1t is n gray, close white soil. but, of
course, the turning under of clover
and peas makes it lighter and loose.
Whatever YOU suggest goes with me.
and has always proven correct /
wish YOU could live forever"
l hope to live forever, my friend,
but not in this poor frail body. which
ut times feels the approach of old age.
AS YOU intend to turn the peas under.
ii win be well to add more Of the
Thomas phosphate, as much. on ac-
count of getting more lime in the
land as for the phosphate itself. But
after what you have already applied
| would reduce the amount to 800
pounds of the Thomas phosphate. and
add twenty pounds OF muriate OF pot
ash on land of that character.
Break the land very thoroughly and
harrow till YOU get n fine seed bed.
Sow a mixture of ten pounds of
orchard grass, ten pounds of Randall
grass Oall meadow fcscue) and five
pounds of red top. Then, after sowing
the grass seed SOW eight or ten
pounds of Alsike clover seed. which
Will not stay we'll mixed with the
lighter grass seed. Then brush all in
with smoothing harrow. Let the
grass get we'll established before turn
ing tho cows on ii, and then keep the
grass good by an annual top dressing
of bone meal. and If weeds show, run
the mower over them. and spread the
| droppinss to prevent rank turfs of
grass. The eight acres should make
an abundance of pasturage for three
COWS
Lining.
Thanks for your advice about
bermuda grass Please tell me what
is the best time ana method of put
ting lime on stiff bottom land" The
time of the year makes little differ
encc Lime should be applied after
plowng the land. and then narrowed
in. so that il will sink through. and
affect the whole soil. Lime is best APP
piled when a good amount of vcgeta-
ton has been turned under 1t can
be spread with shovcls from n wagon
but more uniformly and better with
a sprcadcr made for the purpose. some
what after the style OF wheat drill
Another: Would YOU recommend
lime on land for sowing grass seed
ana how much per acre, and whether
ground limestone. burnt rock lime or
shell lime, and tell where caa buy Il
to best advantagc?' Whether YOU
should use lime will depend on wheth-
Ter Your land needs lime. We would
not use lime rs a fertilizer for grass
or any other crop. but as Il means for
lsweetcning an acid soil II your land
needs lime, il Will be we'll TO use il he
lime. either stone or shell use 900
pounds an acre. OF ground rock, use
q ton 10 two tons an acre. / cannot
give business addresses here. Send an
addressed and s:2mocd envelope ard I.
will tel! YOU Of some lime burners
Edgecombe County. y. g: II have
read your columns in The Times Dis
patch. ana have saved them all from
the FIRST, pasting them In a book for
that purpose. | have more than one
large farm. and am building up the
land with leeumes, and intend TO win
ter feed beef cattle extensively. and at
same time get larger crops. without
using commercial fertilizers except
phoSpnato and potash. Would like to
be referred TO some one for plans by
which can build the most convenient
large cattle barns. shall use silos
too. Oh my large farms have been
planting peas q good many Years This
fall am increasing with the leeurnes
and viii have Owe! 300 acres in clover
"nd vctch, using the Farnogcrln cX-
tcnsIveIy. and shall increase every
year TN all my land viii grow clover
wei. With the price Of labor we 1nust
PIGMENTS. have used disk blows for
years and have bought one OF the deep.
ulling machines TO break my land
even deeper and turn under clovers
etc BY your advice several years ago
bought Roger pea thrcxher. and it
has done excellent work. and / order
cd a Keystone pea harvester. but there
"erc so many ahead OF me that can
rot get II IN time this season shall
certainly continue to read what Won
write. and hope soon to get my land
INTO Il high state Of cultivation and pro-
ducion. have been inclined to take
so much from the long letter OF our
friend TO show that there is n wave
81 agricultural Improvement sweeping
over the Old North State. ana is fast
putting North Carolina into the iron,
rank Of the Southern States In Farm
development Edgccomb" has boastcd
mat she has the best cotton county In
The south, ana has shown the figures
Tor 1t. ana now thcrc is Il spirit shroad
mere Tor diversified farming ana stool,
raising. II is hard to tell where Edge
conhe viii stop. Virginia must waite
up or North Carolina will get so far
mead That she cannot catch nm <-c,,.