The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-30

Ia Sfs8 manure on n 8
k3n%stfyys 80 50 s33SSsN clover. Perhaps It
e2AlflreS.ssya EGRaH d id to slight eX-
ke5s$a ga s@tS2a S4xA8 tent, but tho main
#$$3GabS, AS&8gN effect was In the re-
8sSs. &c, - sSXf&HH$3 lease OF the insolu-
kNH2s Y SSSS@ BILE potash that
htSS&zMASfASa&G8 abounded In the red
edmont hills. The limo beat the plast-
In doing this. and the clover got the
neht. This leads mo to consider
'otnsh In the Red Hills OF Piedmont.
All of the blood-red clays in the Vir-
ma Piedmont are the result Of the
ecomposition of granite rocks that
largely composed of feldspar, and
ldepar Is very rich in potash. But
Fl potash. while abundant in these
cia! ,oils. is In an insoluble state, and
| planks cannot use It,
when 1 was farming in Albemarle
an8 began 10 buy lime my neighbors
to me that It was useless to apply
iii ie there. and that it did good
~ found that so far as lime needed
&E' plant food was concerned there was
. "a good deal in the soil but IT had got
! An so inert that the surface soil was
MH;ld and needed correction that only
RlEme could give. But aside from this.
/ chief use Of limo on that class Of
! Wal Ills is that II releases tho potash and
Flows IT TO be used by plants, and thus
bBiTes the purchase in fertilizer.
IA lhen, too. the lime, by sweetenine
nEE ne soil encourages the growth of
|8M urnish Misunderstanding material and
Nhen we get this class OF soils we'll
locked with decaylng vegetation the
organic acids act on the insoluble pot
sh' and they aid in the releasing, and
he potash Is so abundant in the red
iedmont clay that there is no danger
mat IL viii ever be exhausted
- mere, then. is another argument for
~ the practice of short rotation that
4 will rapidly bring the potash into use
and save It's purchase In fertilizer
Narrowing Down the Fertilizer Needs.
~ III, through the use of lime and the
increase OF organic decay In the soil
1--we can got all the potash needed, and
Trough the growth of peas and clover
sin get all the nitrogen needed. we are
I58& narrowed down to the fact that on such
4StF8 lis the only fertilizer a good farmer
E)4p9& eds TO buy is one that carries phos-
80, orus. and We have seen that where
re is AN abundance Of humus mate
(s& In the soil the farmer can profitablv
the cheaper carrier Of phosphorus
raw puiverized phosphate rock, and
.484 ls make another saving. while check
It4H& inc tendency to acidity in the soil
~ the continued OF acid phos-
ate brings about, through robbiny
e soil of lime carbonate Therefore
61Y hen n farmer gets his land into such
state that the only fertilizer needed
s. phosphor!c acid. he Will have re-
queen The cost OF crop production very
~ greatly. and the profit in any business
"a is largely dependent on the saving in
~ cost OF production
CoWpens After Winter Grain
The great difficulty in sowing meas
after grain is not only that we are
!heh rushed with the corn cultivation
hut IL is apt 10 be so dry that IT is
almost impracticable TO break the
stubbie land How would you man
age this II YOU have disk plow
and good heavy team, you can break
any stubble in dry weather But II
YOU nave not these. then try going
over the stubble with a disk harrow
both WAYS. and then star, the plows
and my word for it YOU can piow
iatd that YOU could hardly stick the
plow III before the disking. And the
Getaway disk is far better for this
work than the plain disk
RcsiinG Land.
y Il grow corn and peanuts but I do
not follow one directly after another
but the corn land rests the next sea
son In pasture, and it put in the pea
nuts the next year. ! SOW peas in the
corn for the hogs TO gather afte, the
corn Is taken on Is IL not best TO rest
the land some :! Do you imagine that
land is resting when ii is gorwIng up
IN weeds and grass and being pas
tured by stock? Is il not JUST as hard
on the land to be growing the weeds
and grass as 10 be growing something
OF more value TO II and the farmer?
Then too. YOU let the corn field lie
all winter without n growing thing on
IL, and in your climate you have far
more rain than hard freezing. and the
soluble nitrates that may be i'm your
light soil are rapidly being leachcd
out and lost to you II YOU had a
green winter crop on the land that
crop would use these things that are
otherwise washed away, and the win
ter crop II clover would be gathering
Y more nitrogen for you TO turn under
for crops in spring. Your land is not
only not resting in summer. but IL is
wasting in winter We do not rotate
crops for the purpose of resting the
land, for you cannot make land rest
II you do not have something useful
on II nature viii cover il with the
growth for which she always has
Jplenty OF seed hand The soil will
| be resting moro with a cover Of Grim
son clover in winter than II would
] be without it, for bare land as we
J have seen, wastes in winter. while land
| covered with clover gains in fertility
y whlle YOU are resting yourself in win
ter. Then. too. 1t is not usually best
! 10 follow one legume directly after
! another CowDcas and clover will i'm
f, prove the land for any crop, and pea
N nuts are not an exception. But I
would not turn clover sod for pea
nuts. since peanuts are legumes them
selves. but / would have rotation
that would bring n hoed crop between
the leEume crop and the peanuts, that
is a winter legume like crimson Glow
er. for | do not think that cowpeas
the summer before would interfere
with the peanuts IL they come In a ftcr
corn. But | would as a rule follow
the corn with winter small grain like
oats. and NOW these for hay In time
to get the land in order for peanuts
or turn them under for the nuts. But
=. never let land lie all summer in weeds
when you might have peas on it to
help it.
Keep tho Buzznrds Away.
Buzzards and dogs are the greatest
carriers Of hog cholera we have. I
notice that some States have repealed
the law protecting buzzards. and it
should be repealed in every State. If
every one buried dead animals out of
reach of prowling dogs and buZzards, it
would not be so bad but long as
people haul dead animals out in the
woods the buZzards will carry the
infection all over the neighborhood.