The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-15

When in doing this deep breaking,
stop short Of the gullies and leave a
hard rim around them, which to a
great extent will keep tho water out
or them. Then. il there are broken
rocks on the land. use them for MAX
ing dams st intervals across the Gull
lies, or drive stakes across them and
pack sods above tho stakes TO make
dams that VIII catch the silt. Then If
You have plenty OF Bermuda or wire
grass throw n lot of that into the gull
lies, on honeysuolS1e or straw, or in
fact amy material that will catch and
hold the silt.
On q large wheat farm in North
ern Alabama l found. that the owner
had about cured all the gullics and
red gals on the farm by simply keep
4 ing them filled with wheat straw.
But to stop washing on our red hill
sides the deep breaking and subsoil-
/ ing is the most important step, and
| then the maintenance OF a sod between
I hoed crops
The great aversion that Southern
/ farmers have had for grass and q sod
! has been the cause of more gullies
/ tina nanythinS else. The hills in tho
! cotton country and lined all over with
/ weed grown ridges made to check the
! TOW OF water, and IN many cases there
\ SO called terraces gather u strong head
OF water and do more damage than
\ would be done without them.
! The best preventive of sullies is
! deep breaking OF the land for head
/ crops, and getting st back IN grass
/ as soon as possible, SO that there is
always sod to turn when the land
Is to be put in hoed crops. This filing
the soil with fbrous material, aided
pE ieFei and shallow cultivation Of the
hoed crops. SO that no valleys are
formed to gather head OF water,
VIII do more to prevent gullies than
made
Il let my land rest every alternate
year Is that not better than CON
slant cultivation?"
OF course. 1T is better thnn cropping
1T every year. But 40 you imagine
| that the land Is resting when II ia LET
he ana grow up in weeds and grass?
Nature does not allow land to rest II
YOU 90 not put something better there
she Will put the weeds and grass. for |
nature abhors bare land Turn an old |
Held out. which YOU think is exhausted |
ana nature at once covers IL with |,
pFoomsedge, and among tho broom |
scdgc tho wind blows the plne seed |
ana pine thicllet grows up. and wear
AFTER year the long tap root of tho |
pines pumps up the mineral matter |
from below where the scratch OF the |
oid shallow blowing went, and deposits /
II In the fallen leaves till a new soil |
Is formed on the old field
Your letting land rest n season gives
nature the chance To do n little Of her
own method or reconstruction of tho |
SOIL But YOU can take Il hint from |
nature and Improve on her processes |
ana set the same result In a few
years that she takes a generation To
do.
That In. get the lnnd into syste |
matte rotation of crops and instead OF |
letting land rest, keep 1t hard at worl, |
growing something that will help the |
SOL bet"een the sale crops. The weeds |
and grass that YOU let grow do re- |
turn some organic decay TO the soil |
nut peas and clover Will do more OF that
ana WIN also get nitrogen from thu
AR Tor YOU. for which You have IN |
pay high price when bought in n |
itf tih1er ~ crop OF peas OH the land |
while resting VIII put more nitrogen |!
into the soil than YOU can buy in a |
ton OF good fertilizer.
we 90 not rotate crops to rest the |
iah"' soil does not get tired 1t gets
starved sometimes Tor lack of food |
ana we use o. rotation in order TO pro
woe at least part of the food needed |
Just what tho rotation shall bc viii !
depend on what is the chief money |
crop OF Tho farm. for that should al I
ways nave the most favorable position
IN the rotation This matter of cron
.T'tl'oh Is OF vital Importance To Viz |
GINA farmers in NIL sections and we
VIII get back to tho subject moro thon |
once. ''"''
II intend to plant 2 late orop ., |
lrlsh potatoes, using cold storage |
SEQ can get in Richmond irish |
"".'eas ana Bliss Triumph for the
same price. want 10 grow the no
'atoeS Tor my local market which |
"oI should I plant ana how?
would plant the IRISH cobblcr for
~ not only batter potato than
me Triumph, but 1t has a white sttn
L a. N,rGth
way8 sell better than q red ono
Some Gnr,cn Notes
The latest sensation in the lin. -,
SINAI! fruits is The overbearInc st,.,r,
Derry. hays two varieties Of these
the Superb and Americus AS 7 h,,n
Just planted tho Americus caI'ro,
speak OF its quality, hut it is very
mighty Endorsed by those who h.v. /
iiuited IT, The superb is'well worthy I
OF its name for i is really Il beautiful
an" "rHGous berry. IT Is the sweetest
straw Merry / have ever grown or tast-
ed. Last summer 1t frnitod ronfin
u"osN al through the season in dry
SANDY soil. and was fun of fruit when
frost came. 1t viii make n very val
uapIe addition to the family garden
IN" as fali cropper should be profit-
ople 70 the mnrkct gardener
Another everbearing plant OF thu
small fruit family is the st. Rerls |
i"Spoerry rms IS purplish red
perry which givos fairly good cron
~ spring on the last seasons canes
\ ana nears good fall crop on tho
shoots OF the Same season. II WINS
Hu.,lunE last fan well into October.
Then In the line OF blackberries we
nav remarkably strong grower ana
i"ie iruiter in the Nanticole blaci{-
Derry sent out by w i. Allen. OF sails
bUfE' Md This is an enormous bearer
"a 5000 fruits. and carries the black
berry season TAR beyond any o,lo, =;
me late season Last fan / ate on tho
same day In October fruit of the Su
/ perm strawberry the st. Regis rasp-
/ Derry and the Nanticohe blackberry.
( u is true that at that time the blaclj,
cries We're getting small and scanty.
DEt blackberry that gives fruit long
ing nay
Here and there arc vegetables of
mahy sorts that have been handed
Gown ~ certain families. and thought
20 De OF extra quality by the growers.
some NcnTs ago II friend sent mo ,,L.t