The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-17

to become acclimated to its new en-
vironment.
In your section of the state / would
prefer To use Southern Prolific corn
rather than the Boone Company white
winch is larBe-cared and single
erred corn. The Prolific corns. though
making smaller ears. mako more of
them. and will give n greater yield IN
the South than the Western varieties.
Then you are near the Dismal swamp
section. and IL your land is the re-
Claimed swamp land. the best corn to
plant is the Gourd seed. On sandy up
land l would use the Cookies Prolific,
but on swamp land the gourd SEED
will give the best results.
The late y. w. Lindsay on his great
Cumberland farm in the Swamp, grew
large crops of corn with the gourd
seed stock. When the farm came into
the hands OF his son, he used at first
the prolific dent corn, and told me
he failed To get the crops his father
did. told him that he was using tho
wrong corn for tho land, and he has
since gotten back to the gourd seed
corn.
Corn OF any sort always does best
planted in the locality where 1t is
bred, and It Is far better to take the
corn that has been long grown in the
prove 1t. Later l propose 10 take up
TINS matter OF corn breeding.
Corn Among Early Potatoes.
In Lower Underwater: II have about
fifteen acres in carly Irish potatoes,
planted In three-foot rows. VIII 1t
be more profitable to plant corn in
each alternate row of potatoes. about
sixteen inches apart in the rows. ana
drill peas in the siXfoot spaces at
tnct III
plant the corn between every row OF
potatoes and put 1t twenty four inchcs
apart in the rows: used 1890 pounds
OF fertilizer on the potatoes. VIII any
more be needed for the corn" 1t will
be far better for tho future OF the
soil to plant tho corn in the alternate
rows. and SOW peas between 1t at
the last cultivation. All of our South
ern soils need humus- making ma
terihl and there Is nothing better than
peas You will need no further fer
tilizinG. Then. after the corn is ma
ture. cut 1t Oft nj the ground and cure
in shocks, and If the peas are not
too rank, disk them down and mako
the surface fine. and you can grow
an excellent crop of winter oats on
the ground. and can follow the oats
with peas for hay. If the peas among
tho corn grow very heavily, lie hay
OF them. and use tho stumble only for
oats, or SOW crimson clover on the
stubblc to turn for a spring crop.
Onions and Peas I'm the Whitley.
There WAS n man here wanting an
option on land at $1,000 an nore. TO
plant Bermuda onions. What about
the Feasibility or this crop in the
lower shenandoah valley? How many
bushels of cowpeas should one expect
from an acre OF good land with fer
tilizer? Can they be cut and run
through thresher?" very much
doubt the profit OF growing the So
called Bermuda onion in that section.
There are other onions better suited
that far North. On the lower Rio
great success with the BermuGa on
son. but in the Valley OF Virginia I
think II Is rather far North from seed
raised in the Island of Teneriffe, one
OF the Canaries, and has gotten Its
name from its being grown in Ber
muda. HIT climatic differences gov
crn the profit In many vegetables. In
Your section one OF the most profitable
onions will be the yellow potato on
ion, grown from the offsets. ms II
makes no seed. This onion natures
early. and can be put on the market
before the Northern crop OF ripe on
ions from seed, and VIII then bring
good prices. l plant them here in the
fall, and they make a lot OF Offsets
that can be pulled for green bunch
ing onions. and the main bulb left to
ripen. I have sold them in July for
$3.50 barrel
In regard to the yield OF seed from
an acre Of peas, you had about as
web ask me the size OF lump OF
chalk. Tho varieties differ greatly IN
usually seed better than the running
ones. You may get anywhere from
live bushels To twenty an acre, ac-
cording TO variety and season. ana
you Will often get more peas from
soil of only moderate fertility than
from rich land. where they Will make
more vine. They cannot be threshed
IN an ordinary wheat thresher, tor
the tough nbres In the vines Will
wrap around the cylinder and choke
II. and the thresher will break the
peas. There is succession rea
thresher now made which cuts the
vines before they pass TO the cylinder
and the teeth are made wider apart
than the wheat thresher. and II cleans
the peas without breaking them
Crimson Glover and Flont..
II have turned under on James River
low grounds good growth OF Grim
son clover for corn. VIII II paw 70
apply on this 500 pounds of floats or
pulVcrizcd phosphate rock an acre!
nave another piece OF the clover that
Is very heavy. and I cannot cure il
now and cannot get help to turn II
at present VIII It sour the soil 10
turn il in june" After turning under
a growth OF crimson clover. you win
have conditions In the soil that viii
make 1t pay To use the pulverized
rock, as the organic acids will bring
II Into availa bility. Put 1t on broad
cast and "a heavily as you choose.
Let the heavy piece Of clover ripen
and get brown and dead, and then
turn il under But do not try TO turn
II utder fat. MS that may make "A
layer 1.-THE dry material that viii cut
OFF the rise OF tho soil moisture. but
edge up the burrows. and II does not
matter IL all the dead clover Is no,
covered. The narrowing for the corn
VIII take care Of that | have seen a
I'M" crop Of corn grown here after
dead clover, and you Will have time
TO make crop in Goochland after
that
Cowpeas and Crimson Glover.
In Lancaster County: II am turning
uhoer rye TO SOW cowpeas on the land