The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-15

when the oats are in good feeding
state?' The white towering clover is
just as dangerous as the crimson when
cut late. Better cut the crop when
the clover first blooms, without regard
to the condition of the oats.
PrizctnI<cr onions.
Il bought from Richmond seed
house two and one-half pounds OF
prizctaker onion seed and sowed them
thickly. expecting to thin out and
transplant the Trimmings. But l had
too many, and only got about half
OF them thinned and, of course the
/ thick grown ones have simply made
sets. Now, when should these be
! planted to make good ripe onions"
You can plant the sets in September,
las have elsewhere suggested. and
I they will make good green onions for
I punching in spring. but may be apt
( to run 10 seed if YOU try to make ripe
/ onions OF them. l have never tried the
/ dry sets of the Prizctakcr, but know
I that most onions grown from fall
/ planted sets are apt to run to seed. and
I | use sets only for growing carly green
I onions. except the potato onion. which
/ never seeds At all l grow the Prize
/ takers from seed sown under glass
/ in frames in January and Splantcd
/ in March or late February, and these
make large ripe onions, But they are
not good keepers. and should he sold
/ early. You can try the sets. and If
they do not run TO seed, they may
make good onions
| sundry Queries.
! From Southampton County: LAS a
reader OF The Times Dispatch I would
like to ask your advice on several sub
/ jccts..
!. We have some rock limo which
was slaked three months ago. Has
been under shelter. but the shelter
leaked, and the lime has gotten very
wet and sticky. Will this exposure
hurt the quality of the lime? What
is the "bcst way TO get II in condi-
tion to spread?
2 We wish to seed our orchard to
crimmson clover September LIST. 1t has
been broken, and we are narrowing
weekly. Has had no lime of any
amount for years How much would
YOU advise an acre? Have never grown
clover in this orchard, Just turned un-
der weed growth Was in pea nuts last
year. Would il be best to inoculate
the seed of the clover:
3 We wish TO SOW five acres in
crimson clover now III corn the middle
OF September. Land needs lime. How
much an acre and how applied?
/. This same five acres we wish 10
improve. Would YOU advise sowing
cowpeas after the clover? We have
was gathered by the clover will he
taken by the peas, rather than from
the air.
). At what age is a thrifty Duroc
Jersey boar ready for service ,"
!. The lime YOU have will by this
time be pretty well returned to the
natural carbonate state 1t will have
! lost its caustic character, but Will not
be any less valuable for appli cation to
the land, If YOU can get ii dried and
/ pulveriZed enought TO spread 1t. You
| cannot, of course. spread II in its wet
state. and ii must be dried, and when
dry II will he apt to be hard. and viii
need TO be pulvcri2cd in some way. 1t
is rather a troublesome job ! think.
but il can probably be beaten up fine
enough with shovels on a door II is
n condition / have never had 10 tackle.
. on land in your section, where YOU
have not had clover, il Will pay to
get Farmogerm and inoculate the
seed thought that our soil here was
lall pretty we'll inocUlated for coWpeaS.
I But this summer we have tried an arti-
fetal culture on Cowpcas and the diff
ference between the inoculatcd and
noniuoculatcd is now very marked.
Sow fifteen pounds of crimson clover
seed an acre and more will do no harm.
one OF my neighbors. who is a very
successful grower and always has a
dense growth OF this glover, SAYS that
il pays better TO SOW Nalf bushcl AN
acre, sowing peck each way. He Ger
tainly always has Il better stand than
any one else. But under good weather
conditions fifteen pounds will usually
give a good stand, if evenly distributed.
3, Sowing BRONSON clover where corn
Is now growing, and YOU think the
land needs lime means that 1T viii
be necessary 10 defer The sowing till
the corn is matured and cut and
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rounds Of lime an acre and disk IL in
lightly. and SOW the clover seed on the
freshly -disked soil In your section
YOU can SOW with n fair prospect up
to the tenth OF october. But earlier
viii he better. OF course.
In following crimson clover with
cowpeas il is true that the cowpeas
win use the nitrogen from the organic
decay left in the soil by the clover. and
Will hardly get as much from the all
as they would otherwise. But We put
the clover there To be used, and when
il is completely dccaycd and the or
Eanic nitrogen has passed into the
form OF nitrate, 1t will be easily
lcaChcd from the soil. and Wc should
get the use Of that nitrate Instead of
following the clover directly with peas,
J would prefer to turn il and plant TO
corn. and at last cultivation of The
corn, SOW the peas, and YOU viii get
the use OF the nitrogen in the corn
crop, and viii have the peas later To
DO some work for you and am sure
thnt, treated In This way, they will
acquire some aerial nitrogen. while YOU
viii get something in the corn crop
while Improving the soil In fact. the
sowing Of the peas directly after the
clover is turned down cannot fail 10
? he helpful TO the land through the
mass OF organic matter made. and
While the peas may get less nitrogen
from tho air. they will get some. and
there will Toe a great mass OF humus-
making material on the land.
boar OF good health viii 10
! willing to serve when quite young hut
: regard to his future should prevent the
u Owner from allowing him to run with
the sows TIL he is we'll developed and
fuzzy a year old Too early use vii
tend 20 stunt his growth and max,
L him less valuable breeder Even at
= one Year old ] would limit him in mum
bers OF services.
Intc CabbHges.
Where live u has been so intensel,
dry that we have not had q chance :,