The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-18

deeply broken with a heavy team I'm
June and peas fertilized with acic
phosphate Il l had Il disk and two
horses could do better perhaps. How
.a'e could the Glove; be sown in
louisa"
Yes, you can prepare the land as
Ecu propose and SOW fiftee,. pounds of
the clover seed an acre. and the earlier
IN this moaeil the better, hut it will
probably dc Any time in September
Precipitatcd Lime Carbonate
A charlotte tarmor sends me a cir
cular of n mari or procipitatcd lime
stone, and asks my opinion of the pro
duct. Tho circular gives the analysis
rs containing 97.07 per cent OF calcium
carbonate This IS very pure lime
stone OF course. The main objection
! would have 10 the circular is the
cXTaVagant claims made for lime as
fertilizer. Plants of course use lime
but there is hardly 4 cultivated soil
that does not contain an abundance
OF limo for all purposes OF plant food.
and additional lime is used, not as a
ieruhzer, but as means for curing
acidty in the soil and making it fav-
orable TO the nitrifying organisms and
the nitrogen fixing bacteria that live
on legume roots. and for mechanical
effect on the soil. Another objection
is the price of $3.50 n ton In bull; in
car loads. When ground limestone can
be had for S1.0o a ton, this is rather n
hiSh price for tho mari. Otherwise
1t Is doubtless very good article 10
use where lime is needed. Lining Is
not gong TO make poor land rich II
ls great aid 10 a good farmer in
Keeping his soil in a condition in which
the leEume crops will thrive. An an
plicauon OF lime or ground limestone
or mari about once in six years in a
good rotation with legumc crops will
enable the farmer to keep his land In
an improve7nS condition, but the man
who jumps to the conclusion that lime
is a fertilizer. and that all he has Ia
do Is to keep lining his land, will
soon find that ii needs other things
more than lime. The old Droverb that
lime eniicnes the father and impov-
erish.s the SON. is still good. Irsc
Emc by all means. but use it in the
right place, ana understand that Il Is
not for additional plant food but ro,,
us erect in the swcctcning of the soil,
and the promotion Of the nitrification
of organic decay in the soil, and the
release Of insoluhlc potash You can
easily inJurc the land by excessive
lining, and many OF the statements
IN The circular OF the mari people are
eNtrava giant.
scupnernonG Vine Benrs Little
have Scuppernong vine that
never makes half Il crop. What nils
IT. II IS in a rich plane and ashes
from the house arc spread around IL
IL grows well, but seldom makes half
CROP The ScuppcrnonE is very
apt L" be deficient in pollen for sct
ting its fruit Get wild Muscadino
barren vine from the roadside. as there
are probably plenty there. and plant
II near your Scuppernong. 1t Will not
ht,f
bear by furnishing pollen to set the
fruit.
killing Weevils I'm Corn.
You advise the use of carbon. How
much VIII be needed for 100 bushels
VIII the corn have to be husl<ed. ana
must the bin be alright or lust an
ordinary crib? Have been told that the
sun SHINING through cracks in the crib
Will explode it, The carbon bisul
phide is very volatile and cvaporatcs
with great rapidity. One pint is enough
placed ON top of 100 bushels Of grain
III tight bin. II Kill have very little
effect in an Ordinary corn crib. as the
fumes will escape. There is no danger
that the sun Will explode it. but any
nre VIII even cigar The grain
should, of course, be husked Tho
liquid is placed in a pan OH top the
grain and the fumes are heavier than
air and VIII sink through the whole
mass and destroy insect life 1t is un-
Wholesome for any animal to breathe
the fumes. The best way is TO put the
corn into bin with n cover that can
be closed tight In All ordinary crib
YOU can scatter moth balls through the
corn IN storing ii. and these will to a
great extent drive out the wcevils and
40 not cost much. See6smcn use these
10 keep insects from stored seed
Sowing tcd Glover With Whcut.
Williamsburg: MAY red clover he
sown with wheat after frost in Octo-
Der: Ny practice has been to SOW in
FEBRUARY, but my land is very stiff and
the drag does not make sufficient i'm
preston after the winter rains for The
seed TO catch well I am sure All
farmers are very grateful to you for
Inc practical Information YOU are
giving them i'll The Tiinea- Dispatch. "
III your section ] would always SOW
the red clover with the wheat IT will
seldom fail sown at that time in Il mild
climate. and If it should, YOU still have
the chance for the late winter sowing,
II soweG III February / would simply
watch the chances and catch n morn
ing when the soil is crusted. and the
sun VIII uiaw the crust during the dav.
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