The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-05

81 sssa8 mons, in manure.
W. i. Massey. hut Will not direct
" increase it's efficiency Acid phosphate
aud the pulverized raw phosphate rock
viii do so. At the Ohio experiment
station it was found that so little as
forty pounds of these in n ton OF ma
nure greatly Increased the efficiency
OF the manure, in fact. made about
three times the crop that untreated
manure made. The acid phosphate
gave the largest Increase. but the raw
rock gave the most profitable increase
because OF its smaller cost. | believe
that it Will pay very we'll TO use either
ot these TO the extent OF 100 pounds in
q ton OF manure as it is cleared from
the stable. II was also noted at the
Ohio station that the stall manure
treated gave greatly better results
than manure from the open lot In
fact the most profitable way to use
manure is 10 set il from the stable 10
the field as rapidly as possible. This
was most completely done on largy
stock farm ! visited in Alabama. /
saw no manure whatever around the
barn. The BARNARD was perfectly
clean, and any droppings put there
while the stock is out are cleaned up
at once and PUT into the manure
spreader ready to go to the fields. The
owner said that there was always some
place on the farm where the manure
could be spread. and he generally had
q chance to get it out when the ma
chine was fun. as it was kept stand
ing at hand ready to load.
sunGry Queries.
\ correspondent in Campbell County
writes a long letter from which | eX-
tract the following: Il was told at
the Farmers Institute in Lynchburg
that tomatoes are an excellent soil
inlprover, and gathered more nitrogen
than clover. The man saying this is
an Intelligent man. and has several
farms. and l did no; feel that ! could
argue the point though | have never
seen anything of the sort in num-
her OF farm papers ! take. Where !
have tomatoes l wish to get the land
prepared for alfalfa. /; was in COW
peas and then In crimson clover and
now in tomatoes. l expect 10 SOW Grim
spring for tobacco. VIII il DO to SOW
the alfalfa after the tobacco is Off?
] need more hay, and have been think.
ing of Johnson grass. but am a little
afraid OF IT, Can II be cradicated?
When should we oats?" Tomatoes
VIII furnish very considerable
amount of organic matter which Will
tend 10 form humus in the soil But
the nitrogen in these vines comes from
the soil. and not from the air, as ia
the case OF peas and clover. Where /
live every farmer has field OF toma-
toes u sell TO the packing houses, and
II Is common practice 10 SOW Grim
son clover seed all over the patch while
gathering the fruit. They also SOW
the clover over the fields in canta-
loupes and watcrmelons If YOU get
the tobacco off the land that the
alfalfa can be sown in early Scptem-
her 1t Will do very we'll But You
should break the land we'll and harrow
in ton OF slaked lime an acre or two
IONS OF ground limestone, and then
apply a liberal dressing Of acid phos
phate and potash. oats in yonr sec.
ton should be sown early in Septem
Der Sow The Virginia Grey turf oats.
King William County: Some of my
neiShbors who are very successful
farmers. contend that oats seeded In
the fall turn TO cheat. VIII YOU please
give Your views In The Times Dis
patch" !, is perfectly useless to
argue on this matter with men who
think they know. that oats turn to
cheat and l hay. Tong since concluded
that il is a waste OF time and effort
TO try to convince them that one spc-
cies OF pi3nt never turns into another
No oat plant ever turned 10 cheat nor
ever w!ll. cheat is as distinct a spc-
cles of grass as any other grass, and
II grows only from cheat seed ana
never did nor ever can grow from an
oat seed Sometimes oats sown in
the fall Will get winter killed. and the
CHEAT that was sown with them lives
and the farmer. seeing something
green. thinks il oats I'LL IL heads. and
then he finds that his oats have turned
20 cheat, when II WAS cheat from the
start The cheat seed looks very much
like small o5i grain, and is very
commonly sown with oats Now il,
takes tho cheat grass all winter to
grow and form heads. But YOU can
SOW the same oats with Chcat among
them IN spring. and viii nnd no cheat.
for +, Will not mead out from the spring
sowing. II You SOW no cheat seed and
there is no chea; seed already in your
soil sou Viii have no cheat. for what
scever man soweth that also he shall
reap. You cannot grow CHEAT unless
you have cheat seed 10 make il Oats
can no more turn to cncat than corn
viii turn 10 wheat Now do not 10 to
piling in the letters to me saying that
you know that oats viii turn 10 cheat.
for YOU do not know any such thing.
and / shall not waste space again 10
explain tho matter. study plan, life
!ntelligently and YOU VIII Toe ashamed
10 believe any such fable
GnrhnGc Ashes.
u read with great interest YOUR let
tors in The Times Dspatch. and wish
Your advice in regard 10 the ashes
from the city incInerator at Lynch
burg. they are pulled out every morn
ing. and the ciearest ones are hauled
away by the local farmers and gar
deners and the remainder that has a
lot Of tn cans and other hard ma
'crial Is carted out and thrown on
The dump. WIN these second grad.
ashes be worth hauling half mile
and loading on can 20 ship twelve
miles. unloaded and hauled another
half mile and spread on q worn grey
sravelly soil: How much conld az
ford TO spend per tom fear that
your query is rather too much for M
have no analysis showing the compo-
sition OF such ashes. and ashes Of any
sort that have lain on the dump and
exposed TO the weather long, xiii not
he worth much. The clearing OF these
ashes from the refuse would cost q
good deal OF labor, and then doubt
very much If the material VIII be
a.. ba, nd