The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-03


EszsESssaS ssAsSxt&SSSn nkSS&8 farmers by such n
". T.. Massey. dcmonstration."T The
only book on alfalfa is The Book of
Alfalfa" by +. ID. Coburn, secretary of
the Kansas Board of Agriculture. II is
published by the Orange Judd Co., of
New York City, and costs about s.,
probably. You can get a bulletin oil
alfalfa by applying to the Secretary of
agriculture, Washington. u. c. Per-
haps the Virginia Experiment Station.
Blacksburg, Va. may have bulletins.
too. on this subject.
Sudnn Grass.
do you know anything about the
sudan grass, which ! see grows as
strongly as Johnson grass and does
not become pest. and can be cut
three times?' l know nothing about
the Sudan grass but the reports that
co,ne from the experiments by the De-
partment of Agriculture. / do not think
that the seed is Yet in commerce. but
! have heard that small amounts are
being distributed for trial by the
Secretary of Agriculture. You can
learn of this by applying TO the Secrc-
tary OF Agriculture, Washington, d. C.
Estimating Yield.
In a field of corn planted in rows
four feet nine inches apart and stalk
every twelve inches in the rows, and
every stalk makes an car, how many
bushels will there be on an acre?'
Really. ! cannot say. There are cars
and ears of corn, some large and some
small There might be over 100 bushels
of ears. and in small ears there would
be less. Such questions cannot be an
swered unless ono knew the weight of
the average ear. 1t would be far bet
ter to plant the corn in rows nearer
together and make moro room in the
rows Tor the corn. After a good many
experiments l have found that corn in
rows four feet apart and two feet in
the rows. Will make more corn than
any other distances have tried Then
too. corn must be unusually we'll bred
if every stalk makes an ear. have
seen IT bred in that way, but the ave
rage cornfield will have 10 per cent
or more with no ears
Dual Purpose Cows.
! have heretofore had some thing to
say in regard to what so many are
fond of calling dual purpose cows that
is, cows that Will give some milk and
also raiso fine veal calves or beef ami
mails But the effort to combine two
such distinct characters in one animal
usually fails. Dr. Taft Butler in the
progressive Farmer, SAYS on this mat
ter 1T may be set down ms a fact
froid which no man should stray, that
II does not pay 10 milk and feed a poo,
dairT COW. even if she does produce
mas If farmer is Interested in
dairy PRODUCTS he cannot afford to- sac
rihce milk for the sake of making biz,
calves. lie should keep Il breed that
mas t"en Tor generations bred to tho
best dairy type, and which will rive
him the most profit from the dairy.
The calves, OF course. will not be
great veals, nor make beef stock. but
lie cannot afford TO lose $50 worth OF
a u
On Tie other hand. the man whose
interest is in beef should keen the
breed that hes. suits his pastures. and
mas nccn bred to the best beef ty,,e.
THIS IL entirely different from the
hnii! type, and the two cannot he
comoinec TO the best in one animal.
Lc pccH nan can afford TO ignore the
oa'rF PRODUCTS. while the da:rymnn
can afford 10 ignore lcef calves. We
Lar every row and then of dairy
man who has deep milking short
horns. In that case. they have been
bred away from the beef type into n
dairy tyne and may he excellent dairy
animals. but to the same extent they
are poorer beef stock. You cannot
get the dairy type and still keep the
pest peer type. and n specialist in
tyre that has beeh. bred for his
specially
Wheat Preparation.
think that YOU uniformly advise
oeep blowing and preparation for
crops Why, then do you advise shall
low Trcparstion for the wheat crop?"
II The dlsking was done on land that
mad not been previously we'll broken
the same season, I would not advise il
but consider the condition OF the son
where fallow is broken early in sum.
i"er for wheat. and the land kept
narrowed the remainder OF the sea
son. You then have thu ideal condi-
ton for wheat, n well broken soil early
IN the season. and given time for set
tiing, the best safeguard against win
te' killing of wheat
Now when we plow q piece OF land
deeply for corn in the spring and cul-
tivate tho crop well. shallow and
level, during the summer. We thor
nave the same condition in tho soil
as tnat produced by the long summe,
ia!low. with its expense without .
crop. Then, as in the case of the fall
To-" We would not replow late in tho
season so. in preparing the land aftc,
c"tlint' off the corn, all that is needed
is ihe nning Of the surface. If wa.
preparing a failow for the wheat
would certainly blow deeply. ant
would p!ow early in summer. but get.
ung the same conditions in the sol
through the plo"ing for. and the cul
tNation Of. I. hocd crop like corn OF
tobacco, il would be damaging to til,
wheat crop 10 pillow deeply in the fall
The shallow prepa ration Of the corr
or tobacco land for wheat, therefore
does not mean that deep breaking O
the soil is not desirable but the tim,
Of the breaking is the important mat
ter
And the same is true Of the winte,
oats crop that is put in after a hoec
crop. More winter killing is due Il
rough ard Loose preparation for thi.
crop Than any other cause In Wiz
ginia the sowing should he in Septem
bel always, and, as The oats go IL
earlier than wheat the preparation
should be likewise early
More About Fertilizers
II am Interested in what YOU sa,
abomt fertilizers and would like I,
know what you would use 10 max
an SEE fertilizer. ana Whether w
can mix fertilizers 10 better advant
age AT homer"
To make the low grade S-2-2 ferti
iizer. YOU can mix 769 pounds OF /
per cent acid phosphate. Afty pound
Of nitrate of soda. $40 pounds of flsl
scrap. and eighty pounds of murat