The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-21

sHf#EEa sSA.~5ii48l II boomers do
y5$Ss stSsfxst&&S not try To make
ES#Nga ssS3S%Il the crop. but 10 soil
LHkHSh fsea E2t seed and y u N I $
h3&5$fAvftkH4VS&nSHa5to others. And il
r. massey. proves true I II q
7hes" exploitcrs AFRO tho only ones
making anything out or the cultivat-
cd ginseng. The editor Of the Rural
New Yorker Says that % grower sent
u. bag Of the roots 10 dealer ia <cw
York, ana asked the editor To got him
ihc prices. The dealer told him that
10 would DO glad to got rid OF she
- stuff" lie had Il wagon load ~
similar roots. Another dealer said
that no would not take the roots at
any price. as 10 had 1000 pounds al
road that lie could not sell. IN fact
tho cultivated roots arc not wanted 1T
any price aud away goes the vision Of
$4,000 AN acre that las been promised.
tniu,nting Poor I.nnd.
Travelling through Virginia and
North Carolina, and IN fact. almost
anywhere IN this country. one can see
hundreds Of fields in corn On cotton
~ some other staple crop. where no
iiroht has bccu made ~ the cultivn-
ton Ana vet. year after year. We sec
farmers going over the same old hope
toss practice. when they know that
Tho land is not Ia condition 10 make
: good crop. u is this waste or human
amor 'h1' 80 bodlS landic1ps inc
~, ~ h'u ~
state averages about Q,0oc.oU0 bushels
md u takcs lG0o0,Obe ;icrcs to make
u. willie there is no valid reason why
y sh"rlu not DC lndue on -ppa'Vpo
a'tSF. ~" '"l'on 'fop ~ the south,
hay l''coeh9o bales, takes about 4o-
100000 acres 10 make IL, and there is
10 valid reason "hy the same amount
should not lie grown on the same num-
hcr of acres aud tho rest OF tho land
IT. growing something 10 improve ii
and feed stock or lot grow up 81 pines
FOR the rltutc III. aycr:p, .rnp III
All tho g,at.s Is IA, LAWYER ilan /;
,hould lie and for Inn ,,,,,ch t.,,td i.
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- 49, - mo, ~
go ~ SN'to'u - "Si".Ht'u'" 'N't
!Iooucea SAth 'r"pA "l wheat means
~" p'!f8u"'"s ~ our 'a'Iar'h ol 'h'it
ltsht go IN" lhh'IlIah'c - \ i"Fllic
son. ana ~ alS0 m'aHS the continued
migration ~ farmer bows 10 tho city
Thc young man who cannot SC the
possibility ~ a better return for his
energy than Is obtained - the fifteen
tusl u -pcr-acrc farmer. docs exactly
i.ghi VA going - town"
The great object Of those columns
lS to 10 ar that y" can to stir up the
farmers 81 Virginia aud tho adjoining
states 10 2 bot; appreciation Of The
'abN'ttN OF our sou, anE 10 produce
90 staple crops 1n ! smaller area AID
devote more L" tie feeding OF stock
pnr-fOrsr implements.
Tho ono morse plow Is "a poor thing
for hr"akius The land, but there Ar"
many farmers VINO pillow better, but
sum stick to the onc-horsc cultivatinE
implements and every year ,hcy get
caught In rainy weather and get their
corn or cotton fields grassy and then
feel compelled to use = big turning o.
double shovel rlow 10 cover the grass.
when they need not have had the grass
had they used implements IN the early
stages Of tho crop that would enabi.
them 10 get over rapidly between
showers Starting with a harrow be-
ioro the corn is up. and with a smooth
ing harrow after " ia IN ana then III.
wccrcr spanning two rows ~ once. tie
weeds and grass arc killed as they
terminate. Then following with tn"
:,vo-horse riding cultivator. both sides
III the rows are RAPIDLY cultivated ana
10 fresh soil with weed seed nrou&ht
no and tho field viii be left clean ana
lcvcl for quickly preparing IL for th..
following crop of small grain in the
iall. And yet every year ! hear far
mers complaining OF the scarcity OF la
nor while they have a man to a mule
running four times IN a row OF cot
ION or corn A man 10 a mule Is ex
pensiye cultivation. and what we need
to learn Is 10 use more four-footcd la
bor "a save tho extensive two-footcd
Lettuce In Cold Frames
Washington, D. C.: II am very much
encouraged by reading your articles
had intended TO use some second
hand window sashes on frames, but
learning OF the double glazed hot
bed sashcs have gotten some, and
would like TO know II can grow let