The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-11

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hard 10 make corn. although l get
good wheat or It, l have been work
ing this field in corn with peas
sown among it and followed by wheat
for the last five years, md With each
crop put in about $50 pounds Of 1o-4
fertilizer. Have always broken the
land we'll. and worked with spring
tooth cultivator. When corn gets
about three feet high / throw soil TO
It with disk. having the disk next the
corn shallow enough to keep from cut.
ting the roots, and when corn gets
larger follow with cultivator. the
Iron Age. ,leveling the land and SOW
ing peas The stiff part In the middle
Will make some corn but each end of
the field. after making good start
In stalk. fires up and fails TO make
cars 1 expect the land needs lime,
but I am some distance from depot
and have steep hill to climb. Have
q good crop of peas and crab grass to
turn under. What would you advise
to make p good crop OF wheat and
leave 1t in condition TO make a crop
OF corn the next year," Your letter
is something OF puzzle, You say
Mt hrst that tho two ends OF the feld
make good. while IL Is hard TO get
corn IN the middle, and then you say
that 1t IS the two ends that fire and
fail. You are running too short n
rotation. and turning under the peas
has gotten the land acid, ] have no
doubt.
Now. II YOU will get some blue litmus
paper and put piece OF It In some
OF the soil made wet with water. and
ut, a, a., I>a1F CHI
that the soil Is sour and needs lime
And IL this is the need, tho lining
must he done. and 1000 pounds spread
after blowing for corn, and narrowed
in. Then cut the corn off at the ground
and shock it. and then NOV the peas
and cure for hay Then disk the
stuhble fine MS possible for wheat, go
ing over and over with disk and spike
harrow Till the surface is fine. You
can make better wheat in this way
than by turning the peas all under,
and can set forage to feed and make
manure. Give the wheat 400 pounds
Of acid phosphate or Thomas phos-
phate. The latter will probably do
best. as ii carries 40 per cent OF lime.
Sow red clover on the wheat and run
the land another year in clover. NOW
ing the first crop for hay. and then let
the second crop remain on the land.
and during the winter spread on It
All the manure made from feeding the
pea has. and clover hay and corn stovcr
and straw. and turn all for corn, and
you viii make corn both ends and tho
middle If YOU lime after blowing for
corn.
Greenhouse Trouble.
For two years | have been troubled
IN my greenhouse with midew. 1t
attacks parsley, lettuce and water
cross especially. ! thought | had found
in cav ia ar soda
which is used for mildcw in lumber
Eut last Year II did not answer. win
spraying the soil with Bordeaux mix
lure before setting the plants lie eff
foctiVc3 In the first place, ! would
say, why do YOU want 10 grow parsley
and lettuce in greenhouse in this
climate? You can grow both Of them
Tar better in a cold frame. especially
II YOU use the double glazed sashes.
Mildew IN \ greenhouse is favored
hy irregular temperatures and drafts
OF air. but the best thing is to keep
conditions in the house unfavorable to
the fungus; a temperature uniform
and adapted 10 the nature OF the plants
grown Half hardy things need q
lower night temperature than tender
tropical plants, and the two cannot
be We'll grown in .ure same house. TO
prevent mildcw Il Ir,re found ono OF
The hest things is 10 stake equal parts
OF limo and sulphur, and use the result
ing liquid to paint on the hot water
pipes. II mildew appears spray with
n tablespoonful Of fo,maldehydc in two
gallons Of water There is also an
article sold by seedsmen called Fun
CINE. which j have found good. spray
ing the soil with bordeaux mixture
Will nave no effect on the rnildew.
Trncing Plant Food In CornstnIk.
Powhatan County: VIII YOU plea sc
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potash through a cornstalk. and state
the role each one plays in the making
o. that stalk, as plainly as YOU cam
And the writer adds: Please send Il
10 me by return mail" and does not
mink It worth even 2-cent stamp.
DO not give personal replies by mail
and pay my own postage, so you will
have to wait your turn in the paper
u may be OF interest 10 many TO know
what is the effect on the plant OF the
different plant foods. so will endeavor
10 tell some of the effects Of the diff
ferent forms used as fertilizers. All
plant growth is made In little box
Ike forms called plant cells These
cells arc flled BY substance re-
FembIing the white o. an egg This
substance IS the only thing in the
Plant that carries life. and the onl,
part that has nitrogen in It's structure
The roots take up water from the sol
laden with plant food. and in tho leaves
this comes in contact with the carbon
The leaves get from the air and IN,
first thing we can detect in the plan
cells is starch The living matter
which IS called protoplasm, uses thi:
starch TO build cell walls and from
the starch all the so-called carbohyd
rates in the plant hre made such n.
sugar oil. acids, etc In the younecs
state Of the cells they are all In con
nection with each other. era III.
formed material is sent in every ai
rection where now cells OF growth ar,
being made, UP and down. 10 the 10,
Of the plant, and the extremity Of IN,