The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-31
w. F.. Massey.

~ r. massey. planted. and the
offsets from these make green
onions to succeed the Queen The mid
die OF August viii make the first
sowing OF Norfolk Savoy spinach for
fall cutting, and again in September
for winter and early spring cutting
Green curlcd Scotch kale and Norfolk
curlcd kale are also sown in Scptem-
her. l am now trausplanting leeks
These. of course, We're sown in the
carly spring. They now go into open
burrows. and rs they start Off TO grow
again the soil is pulled in TO them
gradually and finally hilled up some.
the object being to have long white
shanks These being perfectly hardy
are pulled from the rows for use dur
ing The winter till the green onions
come in the spring.
Early Blood turnip bects may still
be sown and Danvers carrots. up 10
last of July, and these are left too
in the rows all winter. Early Milan
turnirs are sown in late August for fall
use. and later or early in September,
seed OF the Yellow Aberdeen turnip
are sown for winter use
EARLY in September. too. l SOW seed
OF the Chinese rose colored radishes.
These will be we'll mulched as the
weather gets cold with rough manure;
and keep solid most all winter.
Growing Seed Corn.
nave seed corn patch planted on
Tho ear-to-row plan Would YOU adj
And II this is done. may he certain
that all the ears have been fortified?
Would YOU advise me 10 use the ears
from the detasselcd rows only for
seed corn? There is another field of
corn across a lane. about thirty feet
away from my corn patch VIII the
pollen from this field reach my corn?'
The sole object Of planting rows for Sc
lected ears separately il to insure
crossing, since il has been found that
crossing within species is an inveo-
rating influence. To insure crossing
we remove the green tAssels from alter
nate rows 10 insure the fertilization by
the pollen from the remaining rows
and thus make the cross. OF course
YOU take seed from the detasseled
rows as these are the ones mainly
crossed But in Your case you will
have plenty of crossing from the field
only thirty feet away. If the pre-
Nailinc winds are from that field. ii
Viii surely polleni2e Your corn Corn
Viii cross q quarter of mile away
You will get a general mixture from
planting in this way. The fact is that
crossing is the rule in a corn field, and
Standardization is far less than cross
ing. Plant single corn plant away
from all other corn, and YOU will find
that II Will never make perfect ears
since most OF the pollen is blown away
and little falls directly on the silks of
the plant bearing the tassel. About
as good plan Tor general use is to
plant q seed plot away from all other
corn, and then, as the tassels appear
remove those from all barren stalks and
from all the stalks that do not come
somewhere near your ideal of n perfect
corn plant, so that the pollen will be
furnished only by the best plants By
following this up year after year and
selecting the best seed from the best
plants you can fin type OF corn that
VIII suit your conditions. Following
the ear-to-row plan year after year
YOU will soon be breeding in. ana in
more closely, ana YOU will get more
general crossing in the patch treated
as have suggested. But in your pres
ent patch, no matter how YOU detasscl
YOU viii have all sorts OF crossing.
Sowing Hairy Nctch
am planning TO put in some vetch
this year have never planted any
nor seen il planted. and would like to
know If YOU think il a safe crop for
novice 10 put in FIVE acres or would il
be safer 10 just try one acre? have
the latest United States bulletins and
gave gathered other information as to
how 10 handle it. and OF course, will
lnoculate il The land is generally
sandy. but some .slsy. ] have on hand
some acid pho&ph2tc, kainit and cot
tonseed meal VIII Il do TO mix these
Il. equal parts for the wheat crop this
fall2 used a fertilizer analyzing
$3.50 last fall on oats, ana made a
fairly good crop, but wish 10 know if
KANT is all right 10 use on grain"
II YOU get pure seed Of the hairy
vctch, and inoculstc them. there Will
be little doubt OF getting stand, II
YOU SOW mol less than half "a bu.hel OF
seed an acre This means "a consider
able outlay for seed for i've acres Then
II YOU want the Vetoh for hay YOU
oats with 1t. for unless IL has sorn..
grain crop To help hold il up viii all on
the ground and get damaged Under
meath Then If you arc Interested in
growing wheat for sale would adj
wise you 10 keep the Vctch of your
farm, for IL rcsceds the land Ger
tainly, and viii bc sure to get into
wheat and II is very hard 10 clean
vetch seed out Of wheat i do not
like kainit As q source for potash on
small! grain. Kainit has but twelve
pounds Of potash in 100 pounds while
InUliate OF potash has hfty pounds in
,he 100 pounds, and YOU only need to
buy about one-fourth az much To get
The potash needed Sandy land viii
never make heavy wheat crop, ana
should have the best possible chance.
what fertilizer YOU should use on the
wheat viii depend largely on the pre-
Vious treatment Of the soil If ii is
after corn that has been planted on
clover SOD ! would use simply a
good dressing Of acid phosphate and
potash, say 400 pounds Of acid phos-
phate and twenty pounds az ,lurlaie Of
potsh an acre or eiehty pounds OF
kanit Then notice YOU speak Of top
dressing with nitrate Of soda aftcr
using complete miMturc CONTAINING,
cotton seed meal This would be apt
TO give you tan ana weak straw ana
lodging In the wheat unless the land
IS very poor II tn, land intended for
wheat has had no peas OF other legune
on 1t then il may be well to make a
complete fertilizer mixture ana this
would 40 very well Acid phosphate
200 pounds, cottonseed meal 500
pounds and muriate Of potash 300
pounds 70 make ton. OF this use
300 pounds an acre
Trouble With Tomatoes.
young woman I'm q tomato club
writes: Il have planted fertilized,
sprayed and suckered my tomatoes ac-
cording TO The bets information There
are a good many fruit on the plants,
but they nre rouGh and one sided and