The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-25

maker. and makes {, great hay cron
wherc IT natures we'll. but is better
suited to more Southern conditions
iiad the peas. been sown early in June,
instead OF July. YOU would have prob
AMY maturcd the crop. but it is too
iatc pea to SOW here in July. | have
carefully considered the situation, ana
bclicre that the best thing yor can
do for tho land will be to chop tile
peas both ways with the disk harrow
and then pillow them under. and apply
1000 pounds of freshly slakcd limo an
acre aftcc the blowing. Then put the
land in good order with the harrows,
anc SOW the clover seed fifteen pounds
an acre. The green peas will mako
such 4 fermentation in the soil that
the lime will be necessary to prevent
souring the soil | am glad that you
iiko these articles, and wish that
could get the attention OF every Nir-
ginia farmer. Those who find these
columns helpful could do good by call
ing the attention OF their neighbor-
ing farmers to tho paper.
Results From Fertilizers.
Halifax COUNTY: 81 am watching 20
get results of my treatment of piece
clusions from the results. and wish
TO have your opinion This expert
mental piece is only one and quar-
ter acres. 1t had been fertilzed and
cultivated in tobacco. then seeded to
wheat, which was dressed with ma
nure in winter. and timothy ard mann
iaoth clover sown in spring. and no
timothy but n fair growth of clover.
which was made into hay. Thought
then to put II in alfalfa. and prepared
II we'll and applied sack of 22i pounds
OF muriate OF potash and 1,2O0 pounds
OF Basic Stag phosphate. AS l could
not get lime. | sowcd the land to Grim
al
nothing extraordinary. Cut this clover
for hay. and planted corn spring Of
1912. and the drought made the corn
nearly 4 failure. Corn was cut and put
in silo, and the land seeded to Il mix
ture of tall meadow oats grass. orchard
grass, herds grass and red clover
Having applied so much previously
/ gave the grass only a little bone
meal. No crop harvested from this
land has given evidence OF the heavy
application Of :nincral plant food, ana
my conclusion Is that no crop can con
sumo more than Il given amount or
mineral fertilizer, and that if more Is
applied than can he assimilated 1t be-
comes more or less unavailable, and
iot give results sufficient to pay
for the Investment, and that the only
profitable way TO use commercial fer
tilzcrs is to make moderate and fire.
qucnt applications. What is your
opnion?" I have tried to Gull out the
essential facts FROM your long letter.
1t seems to me that one thing is
shown, and this is that your land did
not need the potash. and chat the
heavy application OF Basic Stag, which
carried $50 pounds of free lime, would
have released all the potash needed,
from the abundant store that your soil
contains. Then YOU took a crop or
wheat OF, and then crop OF clover
hay was removed from the land. ana
IT was somewhat reduced when YOU
applied tho potash and phosphate. You
made good crop of the crimson
clover, and took that OF the land, ana
the clover carried off very consid-
cradle part OF tho mineral fertilizers
that had been used. and the corn was
practically failure Basic Stag Is
moro slow in becoming available in
tho soil than acid phosphate is. and
il seems to me that YOU got about all
YOU could expect from IT, and will nov
in the grass get the greater residual
effect Glover taken twice from the
land removed 4 large amount OF phos-
phoric acid. Then, too. one experiment
does not prove anything finally, for
the seasons interfere so ut times that
YOU do not get the effect from the
fertilization expected, and even the
nitrogen was lacking in your case, for
not leave more thar it would naturally
have gotten from the soil. so that the
growing of the clover was no particu-
lar benefit TO the land, unless YOU had
returned the manure made from FEED
ing it, and the land evidently needed
more nitrogen than II received. and
tho corn. poor rs II was, further de-
plctcd this You robbed the land IN
crops taken off and 10 manure return
81,
YOU got all that could be expected from
the one application
SIM Jose Scale Probably.
"My apple trees, that are just be-
ginning 10 bear. are dying with sorhc-
thing that looks like mould on the
body of The tree and limbs. and II
scrapc thc outer bark il looks red be
tween that aud the wood. Would like
10 know what To do for lt?' From
your description. it looks as though
YOU have a very bad attack or the san
ioso scale insect, for that is a very
small insect that sticks closely To the
bark and makes the whole look
moIldy
a tree that is completely infested Is
probably too far gone TO save, and
in these days no fruit trees are safe
unless carefully sprayed every fall and
spring. You can get from dealers the
concentrated lIlNc sulphur, ana can
make solution of this and spray the
trees this fan and again in spring be-
fore the growth starts. or YOU can
make Il sclf-boiled lime sulphur by
shaking ten pounds OF lime in cask
and adding ten pounds OF flowers of
sulphur so that the heat of the slak-
ing viii make the combination Then
add water enough to make sixty gal
Ions. and spray with this several times
this fall ana next spring. You can
use this after the leaves arc out too.
But from what yon say fear that you
Will have hard time TO save the
trees.
InocuInting WITH Soil.
will SOIL where bur clover has
grown inoculate soil for crimson
clover? What is the best time to start
Bermuda grass? Can / COW the seed
or the cuttings when sowing oats in
OctohcrY' The only time To start Ber-
Inuda grass is in the spring, as it is
hot weather grass, and will not grow
In cold weather. You can sow seed
but so far as l have observed. the seed
on the market has a low terminating
power, and II is better to plant the
cuttings in shallow burrows in the
spring, about two feet apart, and cover