The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hat purpose. but
w. +. Massey. none or the elevator
machines will answer for sweet rota-
toes. as they Will inevitably bruise them.
Our large growers uso revolving
coulter or disk plow beam ana
run this down between the rows to
cut tho vine. The potatoes arc then
turned out with a two-horse plow. the
team straddlng tho rows. and the
hands follow and pick and sort the
potatoes and leave them lying along
tho rows to sun while. and they are
then barreled in the field IL to be
shipped. or II to be stored arc gath
cred In crates.
Curing Soy Deans.
please tell me how to euro the soy
bean. II let them stand till ripe. they
pop open and fall out and II cut earlier
they are hard 10 cure. / would like
to grow q good many ripe beans to
grind for hogs to take the place OF
Ehorts. as they have high protein
content but for the difficulty In saw
ing them" There liz no particular DIFF
hcnlty In curing tho soy beans and
saving tho seed. The time to cut is
when tho pods are well-filled and bare
ly showing signs OF maturity. Then
the tall Mammoth soy can be cut
and set UP in shocks like corn. and
y,
tho hay tho beans will ripcn all right
and can be threshed out. Tho dwarfer
forms can be rnown and cured In cocks
just as have told in tho curing Of
cowpea hay. Soy beans cure rather
more readily than cowpeas When tho
Will DO no difficulty in threshing tho
seed out
Hairy Yetch.
Il want to SOW some vetch this fall.
and some tell me that II will ruin the
land and cannot be destroyed. Would
like your advice about 1t" The only
vetch worth sowing Is tho Hairy vetch.
and the chief difficulty Is In getting
pure seed. Hairy vetch Is a very good
forage plant. but II you are Interested
In wheat, l would keep vetch of tho
farm, for It Will be certain to get in
the wheat. and vetch seed are very
hard 10 clean from ~neat. The seed
III very high priced, and you can buy
nearly two bushels OF crimson clover
seed for the prico OF one bushel OF
vetch. and had rather have the clover
than the vetch. Your friends are very
near right, for II you once SOW the
vetch 1t is probable that you Will have
ii every year.
Curing Pens, Etc.
Hcnrico County: Il am trying to
cure pea vine hay strictly according
TO your suggestions. Have bought
hny caps too After the first cutting
had been turned several tinS3 with the
tedder It was pu. in cocks, the second
afternoon | found that the same
evening The cocks began 10 set warm.
and the hay had wi,ted, but the stems
wero full Of sap. VIII It. hurt The hay
10 heat In tho cocks, or should they
be opened to air. Other peas had cut
and the cocks were caught In storm
ano drcnchcd with rain. and ! have
had the hay opened md scattered with
th. ,cddcr. How long should II take
tho cocks TO cure enough to go into
the barn. There are good many
weeds with stout stems that take a
good while 10 cure. ! have used no
fertilizer on my farm except acid phos-
phate and most OF this sprinkied on
the manure ! understand that 1t is
cheaper In tho long run TO use the
pulvcrized phosphate rock. which l am
offered At So G5 and $3.50 n ton. the
cheaper grade guaranteed y to Ii per
cent phosphorus and the other II per
cent minimum Which would you buy?
Then am offered Basic Stag at Sl6.o5
delivered How Inuch OF this would
have 10 use to equal 200 pounds or acid
phosphate IL IT cheaper TO buy the
Stag or to depend on tho ground rock!
feed everything to stock. There
have been 80 many discussions in the
farm parers about the use OF lime and
Stag and ground phosphate rock that
Il Is difficult for = layman TO come to
n conclusion. and 1 think that IL YOU
could in your columns In The Times
Dispatch write an article on this cues
ton. II would be appreciated by all the
farmers"
have tried to quote what is i'm
portant in your long letter. and Will
try to reply. ! am of the opinion that
YOU nre moving peas rather too green
I never cut till the pods show signs OF
ripenIng. The curing depends largely
on this After stirring with the tedder
rake into rather small winrows and
turn these the next morning and dc
not cock till that afternoon. 1 try &c
avoid any heating in winrow or cock
ns that may cause the leaves to fall In
moving make the cocks as narrow
and tall rs will stand. Now how LONG
II will tako to euro sufficiently to sc
to the barn depends not only on the
weather, but the condition or the peas
when cut Once In very hot. dry
weather and a crop not over heavy
nut the hay In the barn the third even
ing. But usually it will have to re-
main in the cocks much longer. and
very rank and heavy peas will take q
week But get them in before the
leaves get crisp, and once In let the
hay alone, and 1t will cure all right