The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-06

Ey8&8{ss2fS AdEA $500 If taken off how
w. II. ainsncy. and potash would be
removed from tho soil. Would you adj
yihe. after hay Is ready to put In Inc
barn to mix wheat straw with IT? VIII
1t make The straw better feed? when
is tho best time TO plant strawberries.
and how tc prepare tho land? am q
young man trying to follow your
teachings" Having crop half
sorghum will mako 1t harder and
slower to euro the hay. as sorghum
does not dry out like corn. But with
such crop l would euro II. and when
ready TO put In the barn In limp
condition 1t will help to put in layers
OF wheat straw with 1t TO aid In the
nnal curing. Not that tho straw will
be improved, but that IT Will enable
tho sorghum to euro better. Here.
whero / 1.-Two. down near tho ocean. we
md that November 10 the best time 10
set strawberry plants. In your noun
tain section you had better plant in
tho spring. Soil for strawb berries
should be fertile. inclined to hold
moisture. and level. What Is called
second bottom land will make In your
section good strawberry soil They
would do we'll on the lower bottoms,
but will be moro likely to get caught
by frost IN spring. Tho land must be
we'll prepared. and the largo growers
in tho Eastern Tidewater section would
use 1000 pounds OF a high grade fer
tilizer nm acre for strawberries. run
for two crops and pillow under, plant
ing new patch every fall.
Contents of II Ton of Cotton Seed
I'm one ton Of cotton seed how many
pounds OF hulls, how many pounds OF
cottonsced meal and how many gallons
OF pN?" The average has been found
10 be cottonseed meal. 644.40 pounds;
oil. 400 pounds; halls 1860 pounds:
linters, 200 pounds; waste and loss,
81 pounds. Total. 1900 pounds.
There viii be some variation with
different samples OF seed and In DIFF
ferent seasons. but tho above liz about
the average OF number OF investiga-
lions.
Selecting Seed Corn in the Field.
Can not get better seed by taking
the ears from productive stalks and
those OF proper stature In tho field than
hy merely selecting from the general
,nass? In taking seed In the Held. if
take from stalk that has two cars
on IT, which car Will DO bcst?" Ger
tainiy selection IN tho held is better
than selection from the crib. But still
n ~ nm imperfect way. You may ma
corn plants that are typical OF the
best ia yield and stature. but the corn
has been set by the pollen from less
desirable plants all around II; for corn
does not do much OF the seed fcrtiiiza-
zion with its OWN pollen. as IL Ia so
light that II is blown around on other
silks. Instead OF falling on Its own
Tnls IL shown by the fact that single
stalk OF corn growing by itself sell
dom makes perfect ears, as the polen
is blown away. and does not IAN 10
any extent on it's own pistils. There
fore. in getting seed from the best
stalks in the field YOU may get seed
mat inhcrits more OF the QUANTITIES OF
the inferior stalks around II than Oh
the plant from which II came. n pInnt
bearing two ears will usually make me
best ear tho highest one on The stalk.
J,ut IL depends on what the object Ia
;s 10 which ear VIII make me pest
seed IL you have corn that Is IN
,.lined 10 grow too tall, and put It's
ears up out OF reach. II VIII be pes.
10 take the lower ear. as that VIII teho
10 reduce tho height of tho prooucC
But. having corn of a proper stature
would take tho best formed ear.
would pay less attention to the par
iictlar shape OF the ear than 10 the
productive character of the plant. Bu''
while some iield selection is better thhh
crib selection. II is far better 10 plant
"a seed patch every year away from
.rv other corn Then watch II closely.
and as soon as the tassels appear 80
over the patch and remove Tue stcci
tassels from every stalk that SHOWS 10
pol,cn, will breed moro harren s.aiKs,
and IL is perfectly possible 10 breed
ont barrenness in corn, which cuts INC
general average crop more IMAM iat
crs imagine Then, too, woulu re-
move the green tassels from All stalks
that do not come somewhere near III.
ideal OF n perfect corn piant-a piaht
nat carries the ears handy and about
halfway from ground to tassei ana
hears two ears on the stalk. i'y
eliminating ali the barren and Inferior
tasscls the pollen Will BIO furnished oE
the best only. Then every year You
ran select closer and closer, TIL you
cot a type that will come true to seed
and vour cornheld will be taken notice
OF by your neighbors. Always or
course. select the very choicest lot inc
new seed patch. and use the rest ior
the general crop. And II VIII NOT pc
many years till your neishbors WIN NC
Winter Cover Crop.
"Uxcrse my ignorance. but do not
Lno,v where else to go for Information.
you insist on the importance OF
cover crop on the land in winter. VIII
81 not answer tho purpose 10 ieaVe
heavy growth of pea vines on NM me
,apd?" No. 1t will not answer. Inc
object Of n cover crop is to prevent the
,os. ~ soluble nitratcs and other plant
GOOD from the soil in winter. inc oeaa
nca vines would have no erect, out
would themselves be losing some. What
ia needed is n green growing crop .na.
VIII to,,e up and use tho plant food
49, w,o,,d otherwise DO leached from
,be coil In the winter rains. Then by
tmrninr this crop under we recover
what would have otherwise oceh lost
10 tho soil, and, besides we use
clover ~ n winter cover, we VIII get Il
largo increase Of nitrogen from inc