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

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ssSsSsnssS4s, q - EA2YSM PREFER TO grow
~ SssfSH plants OF early cab
49, EsSsnseSf:8 bagc you must SOW
HSsss - yVkSsS& seed OF the early
srr-ssStSssQt% 50 NS8$S8 varieties. such ms
ss-s-iarSSSssfsssS&Ss2A Early jersey Wake
W. Il. Massey. iield Il, Charleston
Wal.ercid or Copenhagen Market cab
bagc The later varieties are all apt
10 RUN 20 seed when sown in the fail
The seed should he soNvn nov, during
this month, in Il good rich bed Then
YOU can either plant them in early
November whore they are tc stand, or
car transplant and protect Them for
spring setting. To winter them where
the cahhaccs are to be grown the soil
must be heavily MANFRED, and burrows
run ont east ana west three feet apart.
Tho plants arc set in these burrows as
winter protection, setting the plants
SO that the whole stem is covered. and
they stand about fifteen inches apart.
They will usually winter fairly we'll
in that way ii YOU do not want TO
set in the fall YOU can transplant the
plants into a cold frame. about two or
three inches apart all over tho bed.
and can have n cover Of cotton cloth
as winter protection. But the aim
must be TO keep the plants dormant
and not cover SO closely to start
them TO growing in winter and get
tender.
They should he fully exposed TO the
open air until the nights nre cold
enough to run down below twenty de-
grecs. Then put the cloth over them.
and open up in the sunshine. II you
have glass Sashos for the frames YOU
can sow the seed in the frame early
in January, ana raise about ms good
plants as from the fall sowing. These
will be far less apt to run 10 seed than
fn11 nj a which
will always run to seed in spring.
have no difficulty In winterinE cab
bagc plants in the open burrows But
| always grow some in the frames rs
q substitute if the winter proves too
hard for those outside.
FumiEnting II Smokchouse.
I'VE have n amokehousc about sixty
years old. or late the meat gets faint
ed very soon and the bugs and worms
bore into it constantly. we think
they were introduced in some Western
meat several years ago when our own
meat ran cut. How shall we fumiGate
the house," The mo completely Ell
fectivc means Tor fumigatinE to de-
stroy insects is with hydrocyanic acid
gas But this had better be done by
an expert, as the gas is very danger
Gus TO nhalc. You can fumiSatc tho
house by burning sulphur In it. Mako
a good fire and get good bed of Goals,
and then place an iron pan on the
Goals containing about a pound Of the
flowers OF sulphur. and burn 1t com
plctely up with the house entirely
closed. But | have always found that
il is easy TO keep insects out OF meat
that has been well cured and smoked
by wrapping ii in heavy paper an'
putting in cotton sacks dipped ii
whitcwash. Then the insects canno
get tat IT,
Lettuce. DiHckhcrricS and Dcwbcrrics
How hlany seed should | SOW tc
make lettuce plants enough for AZ
acre? Can blackberrios and dewberries
DE grown probably down here You
can see the methods uacd by the Nor
They generally plant on elevated beds
alou, six feet wide with alleys be-
tween, ] always plant on the level
PLANTED as is the practice around Nor
folk, ! suppose that il viii take 5000
20 30 COO plants TO set an acre. II IS
a!waTs wise 10 SOW plenty OF seed as
Ia, IS the cheapest part of the cui-
;--s yov can iely usually on getting
E' ~ more plants from an ounce
- se+i hu, 20 grow plants TO set an
go zrt have [ choice OF plants YOU
al ',@:t+- Ecw 3 pound ot seed You
T.pT hizckterries -nd dewherrtcs
- c-3-.t!T Or rL0re 50 thar straw
TIE e.srls~ H.arFes, b!ackberry
- rzfl.%si coming II right after
80 -=Tt+--lss- Eri> and Wilson Early
zso Tc--d
as: dewber-y IS tne Lucret!a
-, k:i::irr A4s,ir = me berry
= COS ,pt sfi2 w=i! Then we have
z-s--.sz,t-r varieties IKE we have Of
80 Nos-,!es To-cay, September T.
- -y ys-dsn blackberries from
%sr-tcoSs variety ana -ed rasp-
1+--@s ron ne s. Regis Durir 4
80 pss' week strawberries have been
1eiz.l!Hr = - cents = quart box or
or- market These are from the va
rlet,@= known as superb. Amerlcus
End Progressive
Aihrmnrlc rippin,.
West Virginia reader asks where
be can buy some As,emarle rippins
70 store FOR winter use Better write
10 MI Walter Whateley. Cro2e,. Va
VINO Is secretary of the Virginia Horti-
cultural Society. ana lives IN the heart
or mo pippin region, ara can give yo,
'He addresses Of growers there
Filling siic.
FairfaN County. 81 write - o, =,
sou can give me sou., inforuo,,on j.,
FeFnrd 10 hilng a silo. nave som.
tHsiIaSe corn ana about seven ac,n
% heavy growth Of cowpeas Ntl -,
ready for Tic siio nest week XIX
VIC cowpeas arc cut. TO what cyton
Shouin they hc allowed to drv on, q
rl'e BEFORE putting them in the SID
NoNid ike 70 lave YOU yisl, ~, ca,
October %. Have been rn.dt,,r ~, 49,,
articles in The Tlmcs-i,isnatrh
una a great deal iu them ina, iu,o,a,,
nc. as the time Is short. 7 ,,ovo CO..
bri"f reply Ia our frIaro ~,
ana promised noro here mo ,nn,rn,
hIlinE a Silo has hccu greatly i'm