The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-13

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&aA ~IWS@ been right n q
SSS3A eXXEH rapid The implc-
". r. MASSEY. ncnts to Keep
grass from starting are tho slant
tooth smoothing harrow and the
weeder
Run the harrow over just before
the corn comes Up. and break the crust
and Kill the Young terminating grass.
Then as soon as the corn is up run the
harrow over again. and then use the
weeder till tile corn is eight or
ton inches high With these iinple-
ments, ono cnn get over rapidly even
III a rainy season between showers.
while neglected the grass Will get
we'll ahead Of the one-horsc plows.
and then 1t may be necessary TO cover
/; Follow the wceder with a two
horse cultivator ami cultivate tho corn
raridly and shallow and level.
WAS in 4 corn field last wear where
the owner said he had gone over the
neld eleven times. and could not pos
sihly have done this with one horse
piows And the result OF this rapid
and shallow cultivation was that he
not only mad a big corn crop but the
land had been stirred so often and 50
shallow that all tho weeds and grass
seed in reach Of the influence Of the
rain and sunshine had been germinat-
cd and destroyed. and the field at
corn cutting was absolutely clean OF
grass Had lie laid the crop by with
turning pillow and big furrow, he
would have brought ny more seed, and
the field would have been grassy, FOR
night alongside Of his Held was a corn
field treated in tho old style. and laid
by with pillow. and the grass then was
almost Nh TO the ears Of corn, and OF
course. had robbed the corn of food
and moisture. and a small crop was
the result What we need in the south
is more horse power and less waste
Of human labor.
How Not to DO u.
passed on the railroad day OF so
ago tho demonstration farm of the
polavar, Railroad Company III the
lower end ofpclawarc. ON this farm
under The management Of the Penn
sylyania Railroad Company. there have
been some very interesting and use
full experiments MADE Eut saw one
that struck me as a good example Of
how not To do II.
There was q young peach orchard
and all among IL was a growth of rye.
above which the tops or tho trees woro
just showing. That erowth Of rye
mas been all during the recent drought
pumping the water from tn" soil that
the trees bacly ncoccd. II was all
right TO Ia q the I'VE Sown there as
a winter cover but il should have
heen ploWcd under carly in the spring
and the land then well cultivated.
The growth OF these trees will he
scriously checked hy this rank growth
of rye left TO mature among them.
Tho growth OF the ~. during the dor
man, state of the trees IN winter iid
no harm But as soon as the trc,
buds swelled, the rye should bc turncc
under, and clean cultivation made t.
encourage the growth OF Tho trees
Peaches nj best are short lived. ana
should have The very hest of Guilt.
walton. and a lower growing and more
valuable crop for the winter would
have been crimson clover. which would
have increased the nitrogen in the soil
and made . far better growth in tho
trees II turned under early.
sweet Potatoes.
What variety OF sweet potatoes
viii give the Lar Sest and most profit :
ahlc vro9?" The heaviest troopers o,
any sweet POTATOES have @var grown
arc the iaymun. known also as South
ern queen. and tho Peabody. But neither
Of them arc OF the best quality ana
could hardly he sale To b., the most
profitable. If YOU want sweet po,a
toes 10 ship North, YOU must grow
what the Northern people want, the
dry yellow potato Ike tho Big stem
Jersey and Gold skin For a home
market in the South the soft ana
swceter yam varieties are best. ana
the best Of tAcsc. in my opinion, are
the Norton..Nam and the Nancy Sail
Tor home use. in tho great sweet po-
lato section OF the Eastern shore II
Virginia. wnerc they grow immcus,
quantities of the dry. yellow potatoes