The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-09

w. F. Massey. rot in dry weather.
1t is not apparently one OF tho fungus
diseases. but is induced by drought II
you had means for regularly irrigating
the tomatoes there would be little tin
rot But no amount of spraying will
check 1t under droughty conditions.
still the tomatoes should be sprayed
with bordeaux mixture to prevent the
leaf blight and other rots. The big
tobacco worms and the boil worms can
be killed by putting a pound Of lead
arsenate in thirty gallons of the Bor-
deaux. The boil worm eats into the
tomato and the tobacco worm eats the
leaves
Corn Suckers.
my corn is starting full of suckers
What should l do% Let them alone
In my boyhood 1T was regular job to
sucker corn" But | got to thinking
over the matter and ] came to the
conclusion that the pulling off of the
fuckers did as much harm as letting
them grow, and L stopped II and have
not pulled suckers for many years in
the corn field, and have found that
suckers often make good ears. and
certainly the fodder is Increased and
10 damage seems to be done to the
crop. The Southern Prolific corns are
very APT TO make good many suckers.
but let them grow, and never waste
time and labor pulling them.
DhF SioSeEs
How would 1t do to SOW Bur Glover
among the corn at last working?" Bur
clover. Medicago denticulata, is a sort
of annual alfalfa IT Is peculiarly a
Southern plant, and better adapted to
> the warm sandy soils OF the Southern
Atlantic Coast section than to Virginia
uplands 1t is easily winter killed in
tho colder sections. It makes a very
fair soil-improving crop where 1t sue
ceeds we'll. but Is Of little value as
forage. l would not advise its use in
/ Virginia except in the warmest south l.
eastern section. where II may have
. some value. once in the soil II will
i reseed Itself awd come again the next
i fall. One advantage is that IL will
/ inoculate the land for alfalfa. since.
II sown in the bur. II Will carry the
incubation with the seed. For sowing
among corn peas or crimson clover
! Is far better.
Consult Your Experiment station.
Almost daily get letters from farm :
crs asking advice in regard TO some
disease that has appeared in roots or
tops OF their crops. 1 cannot usually
tell what the disease may be from a
crude description, and only micro
scop!c examination would enable any
one 10 advise. There ARE experiment
stations In every State, and when "A
disease appears on crops you should
send specimens at once to the station.
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thci! state. and are ready and anxious
10 do so And yet IL is rare that a
i farmer thinks OF asking help from the
station In his State Every farmer
mailing list Of his station, SO that he
4 viii get all the bulletins they publish.
ana in these he Will often ind just
ID what he wants TO know.
An Old Fake.
Il AN agent is around in this county
selling q straw berry plant that grows
U III & bush form and making berries I
the top. He says it is being largely
grown in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Is II a fake II certainly is 1t /.
- doubtless the old plant called straw
berry-raspberry. a perfectly worthless
i thing, and the agent simply told a false
a. hood when he said that il is extern
sirely grown in North Carolina. I
never buy fruit trees or plants from a
III travelling agent, for even when they
are travelling for a responsible nursery,
they must sell for larger prices than
you can get the same from a nursery
direct. Then. too. there are often men
such as YOU mention who are selling
81 all sorts OF humbugs and telling Won
= derful tales about them, and II Is al
ways safe to turn down one of these
Years ago ! was about to buy some
fruit trees and a man In the neigh
& borhood was selling trees for nur-
serJ and wanted me to buy from him.
Fl tOiu MIN tnal ! WAS personally
: Guainted with the leading nurseries,
II and knew just where / could get GER
81 tain things best | told him to take
my list and price il and / would send
s. It to the nursery l intended to buy
from and have them price il for me I
q did SO. and he brought his list, and
y when l showed him mine he said that
evidently / could buy the trees as
! cheap as he could. His prices were
about double what / bought the trees
frr- Il
= liable nursery when YOU want plants
80 or trees.
notice what is said in The Sunday
- Times Dispatch about the Pamunkey
= Valley. / have often wondered why
such fertile section right near Rich :
> mond has not been opened up TO Rich :
mond. l was on the beautiful farm OF
- Afr. j. B. Ennis last summer.
That land grows corn, as an Ohio
VI man said. equal to the Miami Valley In
- Ohio. Then on aIr. Enniss's place is a
beautiful natural lake surrounded by
splendid trees. and an extension OF the
= trolley line from Fair Oaks, fourteer
miles, would not only open this section
TO Richmond, but the lake would make
beautiful summer resort for picnic
81 parties. Here is a body OF land az
fine $ in any other part of Virginia,
= and great deal OF 1t running back to
bushes, and that within twenty miles
= OF Richmond.
Getting Alfalfa Started.
II have a piece OF land that had not
been plowed for ten years 1 plowed
1t deeply and disked 1t fine and sowed
81 TO oats. Will Il not be best to SOW
~ cowpeas on the oats stubble as a
Il preparation for sowing Alfalfa this
fall? Should use lime? I intend to
inoculate the seed with the Farmogerm
culture" Doubtless it will be best
ta sow the peas at once. rebreaking
Il Che oats stubble thoroughly. Then
T. harrow in when the peas are turned
= under. ton OF slaked lime an acre,
or two tons Of ground limestone. Let
me peas get fairly mature before
turning them, and run a disk harrow