The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-20

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wanted have bought n farm
near the Rappahannock River, The
land is poor. having been worked
Tor years without feeding with manure
az humus crops Ii is thin and sandy
orally Have ten aces in cowpeas
with 90 pounds Of acid phosphate an
acre. with small percentage of pot
asa owing TO drought. the peas were
not Put n till July ). The Virginia
bulletins advise much earlier sowing
whore the peas aye TO be turned for
~ mson clover. want to save seed
for next years sowing of peas, and
then disk the vines down for sowing
the clover. VIII this be feasible CON
sidef!ng the iatencss oil the sowing
do not know the variety Of the peas,
as live in Richmond and was not
present al the sowing
81 shall want an orchard when ]
move on the place in few years. and
would like advice as to the kinds and
varieties OF fruits for n few acres.
particularly want some winter apples.
How Will Stayman do there? There are
lots OF things l would like 10 ask, for.
while interested in farming, l have
had no experience except in garden
ng."
Now I would like to say that I am
not running these columns to display
essays that may not strike one farmer
In fifty, but am trying TO the best of
my ability to tell farmers what they
want to know, and believe that by
using this space mainly to reply to let
tiers from farmers, / can make the
columns of the greatest use to our
readers. Hence l am never bothered
when you write queries for il is
queries that show what is wanted. OF
course, q letter asking questions, the
reply 10 which would be of interest TO
no one but the inquirer. should have
enclosed a stamped envelope. and l
VIII reply by mail Bat the more
queries get on matters of general in
terest the moro useful can make these
columns. and it Is my earnest desire 10
do all in my power TO aid the farmers
OF Virginia in rational methods of soil
Improvement.
Now as to Your questions. Unless
the peas, sown late IN July. are Of an
early maturing variety fear that you
VIII not be able TO set much seed in
time to SOW crimson clover, for in Es-
sex the clover should be so%n not later
than the first week In September, and
YOU cannot have ripe peas By that
time from tine late July sowing. /;
Will be better 10 get the clover and
buy peas NEXT spring, for the getting
OF the stand OF clover is a matter of
more Importance than the saving of a
few bushels OF peas.
You can plant apple trees forty feet
apart. and set peaches between them.
ss the beaches being shorter lived
vii be out OF the way by the time
The apple trees need all The room.
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Cutting sweet Potato Vines
- as:ghoo. claims that cutting tha
!oas -una.oE vnes OF th4 sweet potato
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think Q: ;his?a. - mink that instead
Q, Increasing. TN :'!ert :: would hzve
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70 tAe making OF potatoes. I: the soil
IS supplied with he prope. plant foods
tAe more vtne and leaves the plants
make the better the crop. Any treat
Inent that damages the tops VIII dam
age the roots
The Southern Blight
Several have asked the reason for
their tomatoes suddenly collapsing and
dying after getting full Of fruit This
IS the Southern bacterial blight. There
are two forms OF II, which so closely
resemble each other that the one name
Will answer practically. This wilt has
been the bane OF tomato culture. and
egg plant culture. from Central North
Carolina, south ward. and has been the
m ea!ls of preventing the development OF
the canning industry south OF Eastern
Maryland. Last year the disease made
Its appearance In one section of the
great canning Industry on the East
ern Shore OF Maryland, and II IL should
spread over the Shore there Will be an
end Of tomato canning here Ii has
appeared too in Virginia and Tcnnes-
see, dS !IS correspondence SHOWS SOIL
where this disease has appeared should
be AT once avoided for tomatoes, egg
plants or potatoes. for all are subject
20 IL There is no known preventive,
and the only plan that promises any
prevention IS 10 breed up a resistant
strain Of tomatoes. etc.
| have noticed and every one prob
ably has noticed that the little round
plum and pear-shaped tomatoes are
immune 10 diseases and rot said
some years ago that IL is probable
inat by crossing these with the larger,
smooth and solid Sorts. We might get
strain that would rcsis, the wilt. \
man IN Texas wrote that NJ had done
IT. and had tomato ne called the
Texas Belle that is resistant to all
sorts OF diseases He SEM me some
seed and grew the plante. and found
that 20 was right as 10 the resistant
character OF the fruit But the tona
toes are still too small They ar,
small biseu!t-shaped fruits, Very prolt8,
and certainly the most res.stbnt {,