The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-16


satisfy in tho cellar? Here | leave 1t
right where II grew. and have never
urea storing In cellar. and do not
believe that IT will be well TO do go
nero satisfy grows till Christmas. and.
IN fact. last winter IT never stopped
growing all winter. Your soil in the
mountains freezes deeper than ours
down hero near the sea, but II will
Keep all right out doors where II grow,
but you may have trouble at times in
getting It up
Instead OF putting II in the cellar
would dig a trench deep enough to take
the roots standing upright and pack
the plants closely In this trench. and
then cover with straw. In this way
you can get at II at any time, and II
VIII keep far better than in = cellar.
1t would shrivcl. / think. In tho cellar.
Hero we always have open spells In
winter. and have no trouble in getting
up psrsnips. satisfy or carrots
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Please answer through The Times
Dispatch the following questions;
When Is the best tnio TO trim Il privct
hedge that was set last spring and
has not been trimmed? How low
should II be cut? Is there such a
thing as strawberry blight? II so.
how can ! control 1T few OF my
plants seem 10 be dying. Would it
help to cultivate and mulch them now?
Ny celery Is eight to fourteen inches
high How and when should ID ich it?
DO you think. under average condi-
tons n man could clear money on a
flock Of 200 Indian Runner ducks II he
buys all tho fced7" 1t Is hard 10 adj
vlso exactly about the hedge unless |
saw It's present condition. II should
liavo been cut back TO six inches from
he ground when planted. and should
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several times. The first thing In start
ing such n hedge is TO get II thick
1t the bottom. The usual practice Of
trimming the hedge with perpendicu-
lar sides and fiat top IS a poor one,
~ the lower part invariably gets thin.
Then 4 wall-shapcd hedge is un-
natural. for nature does not grow
things In square corners. \ hedge
should be trimmed broadcst at the
base and sloped 10 the TOP making
the cross section rounded conicai. Then
the Sides are exposed TO tho light
and keep thick TO the ground. Cut
your hedge down near enough TO the
ground TO make II grow broad and
thick there There Is "A rust that at
+. lacks strawberries. and plants often
die from the white juno bug Rrubs
IN the soil | never keep bed longer
than 10 make two crops, and the time
10 manure the plants aud cultivate
clean Is after the fruiting season.
Spraying the bed with Bordeaux mix
iura Is the best way to ward off the
rust. II your celery is in single rows
YOU should now take each plant close
L. by hand and pack soil enough TO II
10 hold the leaves erect Then YOU
can carry the earth up on each side.
Just keeping the growing heart above
the soil. In Alhcmarle you should take
II up about the last OF November or
carly December before there has been
hard freezing. and pack II In trench
as deep az the celery Is tall and cover
with boards and straw. Grown In the
Baltimore bed fashion. ! have given
directions already for wintering II.
Now whether II will pay TO keep a
flock OF ducks and buy the feed for
them. I really cannot say for every
one. know that IL would not pay me.
7 had about as we'll feed hog as u
duck. far as my experience with
ducks goes. and that Is very little,
for. as l have said before j am no
poultryman once bought lot Of
|oung ducks nearly grown, with the
idea OF fattening them for the table.
Counting what ! paid for the ducks
and the feed and attention till ready
Tor the table. they cost me about twice
as much as l could havo bought them
dressed In the fall. Nothing that
duck. In proportion to its size. If
came into possession OF 200 ducks.
either runners or flyers. I would turn
them into cash at the earliest possible
moment
Castor OIL Beans.
Caroline County: 81 have lot OF
castor beans, enough to plant quite a
piece OF land. DO you think that 1t
will pay to plant them. and where shall
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regular crops OF your section. The
castor bean industry has settled in the
West, where the crop can be grown
on larger scale, 'and the growers
have the facilities for handling them
and the oil mills are at hand / do
not think there will be any profit In
growing them on small scale in the
East.
Sowing Oats and vetch.
Dinwiddie County: II wish to SOW
oats and vetch on land now occupied
by peanuts. Tho soil is very light
three feet down and the land is not
fertile Under the peanuts put 400
pounds of Basic Stag and thrtyfv
pounds of the muriate of potash an
acre. and the crop now looks fairly
we'll. 7 want to make hay crop of
the oats and vctch follow them with
cowpeas TO be grazed by hogs, and
then SOW to crimson clover 10 turn for
corn the following spring. After dig
ging tho peanuts VIII II be advisable
to pillow for the oats and vctch. or Will
dragging answer? | have no disk har-
row. What variety Of oats will be
best to SOW with tho vetch and how
much OF each an acre? How much
basic Stag and potash shall / use on
the oats and vetch? What can I SOW
in October on my poor land that grew
corn this year that will make some
winter pasture for hogs? Sowing oats
and vetch after peanuts will make 1T
very late For the best results vetch
should BIO sown in early September.
and though 1t is very hardy. it will
have tougher time getting through
the winter sown so late. 1t depends
on when the peanuts arc off the ground
whether 1t will pay to SOW these. The
best oats for your section are the Vir-
sinia Gray Winter Turf oats. and they
certainly should be in the ground by
tho middle OF October. Sow bushel
and n half Of oats and twenty-five
pounds OF tho vetch seed. Use 200
pounds of Basic alag and twenty
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