The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-04


correct, the mari will he the cheapest
for him under the conditions named.
But as he has to haul ii five miles, the
matter of hauling either the mari or
| the ground rock in double the amount
of burnt lime will count. would
would consult the Virginia Experiment
! Station at Blacksburg, Va.
! Fertilizer for Whcnt.
! \ correspondent in Louisa County
! signs his letter "Rcader." i will reply,
but wish to say that hereafter | will
take no notice of letters without the
writer's name. Every one can see
that l use no names in the paper, and
ii is not proper courtesy to ask for
information and fail to sign your
name. Il want to SOW corn land in
wheat and some in oats and want to
use the best fertilizer possible.
Please toll me what analysis TO use.
what docs Basic Stag contain? Is II
wood ashes"
The writer further asks for n reply
In the next paper. This is always i'm
possible. for this matter has to be
prepared ahead of the printer. and it
is usually a week before a reply APP
pears. Now to tell YOU what would
be the best fertilizer, Knowing nothing
but that YOU live in Louisa, and are
going to sow whcae and oats on corn
land. would be too much like QuaclS-
cry. I am told nothing in regard to
the condition of your soil or IT'S previ-
Gus treatment. A a rule on red lands
in Louisa would not use potash in a
fertilizer, IL the land is farmed right
and q rotation Is pr;,cticed in which
peas and clover come In on the land
Frequently. II there are pease in the
corn. the wheat on corn land will need
no heterogeneous fertilizer. and this will
bring YOU down to the phosphorus
needed as it is certain to be needed.
Then YOU can use 100 pounds OF acid
phosphate or of Basic Stag ar acre.
Basic Stag. as I have heretofore eN-
planned is the by-product from eN-
tracing phosphorus from iron in maxi
ing steel by the Basic process. 1t car
ries Is TO 90 per cent OF phosphoric
acid and 30 per cent of lime. The
usual article is the 10 per cent grade.
Now. If YOU have corn where there
has been no clover or peas, YOU will
have to spend more money Tor fertilizer
and Will need a complete one. for.
though your soil contains a great deal
of potash. it is in an nsoluble state,
and it takes good farming with plenty
of numus making material and occa
sioihal lining TO bring this into use,
and depending solely on fertilizers You
Will need nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash. all OF which could have
been saved If YOU farm right. To
make complete mixture for wheat and
oats under such conditions, mix 100
pounds OF acid phosphate Is per cent
grade, 600 pounds OF tankaSe or of
cottonsccd meal. and 200 pounds of
muriate OF potash to make a ton, and
of this use 80 pounds an acre. Cut
the corn and shock it, and then disk
the land fine as possible. but do not
replow deeply that late in the season.
Cowpcn> for Manure and Hay.
II have nine acres in cowpcas and
soy beans. Four of these acres wish
to pillow under for green manure. and
cut the remainder for hay. At what
time should l pillow under the peas and
when should they be cut for hay? The
vines are now nearly grown" Turn
the peas under when fully mature and
the pods ripe, and then sow crimson
clover as winter cover. The peas
that are to be cured for hay should
stand till the pods are full and turn
ing yellow. but not ripe and dry, for
then the leaves will be falling
saving Peas and BaiinE the Hny.
II Will soon he ready 20 gather my
peas and harvest the vines. and would
like YOU TO suggest the best way 10
hull and bale the bay. ! have pea
huller. Would YOU advise baling the
vines as soon as they arc hulled. or
| in other words, what condition should
the vines be in to be baled?"
Gathering peas by hand and then
huliing them is rather an expensive
job. The best plan is TO let the peas
stand till the pods begin to turn yell
J low and then cure the hay in the way
! have suggested heretofore. Then
after the hay is in the barn and well
] cured. YOU can clean out the peas with
the Roger thresher, and il will cut
the vines UP into nice shape for bal
+ ing. This is the cheapest and best
way TO save the crop. and the hay. too.
and. Of course, the hay should no, be
balcd till II is Well cured
inoculntinE I.csume Seed.
{ Eastern y. c.: II notice that there
arc TWO preparations. one called Nitro
germ and one called Farmogerm. for
the !noculation OF lcgumcs Arc they
pom the same, and which is the best -
! Necessarily. two cultures must have
the same bacteria to inoculate any
particular elEume. The cultures named
are both. good, FOR | have tested each
Oh them The onl- difference is that
inc way in which the Farmogerm 10
put M VIII better insure the living OF
.hc bacteria than the other. The
,,,,otcFih is simply in bottles with
rubber stopper, and the culture is ali
fiEht II used soon. But the Farno
germ has small glass tube inserted
'"io"Eh INC rubber stopper and this
mas sterilized raw cotton In ii. This
cNcIuqes bacteria from the air and stiII
ADMITS air 10 the culture and il vo,,,d
seem mat Farmogerm put IN in mis-
way VIII Keep the bacteria alive LONGER
IMAM the other Every one of cYnc,i
ehce IN laboratory work knows ,hat no
feFhs can pass through cotton wool
ana knows, too. that air is nendod ~
Keep up the vitality Of bacteria in
nutrient material, such as tho An,r
agar jelly in which these seem To hay.
been grown. '"
Curing Pen Hay,
You say in regard to cur,,,r
VINE nay YOU have the rake folInv ~
mower IN the morning. and rake in,o
"!ndEows and to cock the hav in ,be
afternoon ana let stand Tin ma co.
can be wrung out and then han, 49,
ana let settle without packing Eon,
want TO ask you II can stack /, ,n
the same condition that YOU wonId ~,
IT in the barn. for have no, barn roo,,
enough for my crop. If rain cornns
before 1T can be cooked. viii IL h. da,o
aged This shows how carel.ssI,,
people viii read
never said that ran the rako at,o.
q me mower, but that ran n ,eddcr
after the mower TO keep the nav ,ossoa
i a skril .