The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-27

getting il out on tho land rs fast as
practicable after 1t is made. it will be
heticr farm economy 10 make hay OF
cha crop ratAe. than use it rs manure
direct
A crop OF two tons OF cowpca hay
;tu acre IS worth more rs feed than as
manure direct. whcn we reflect that by
careful saving OF the manure We can
recover by far the larger part OF the
;n3nUrial value Of the hay. AS Il rule
IL * far bette: to feed all forage
crops rather than piow them under.
Where II is desirable 10 rapidly in
crease the hunts material i'll Il very
POOR soil !; may be we'll for a time
- turn the crop under when mature.
hut when once we have land i'll fairly
Sooi heart I am sure there is more
profit. TO farm and farmer. by feeding
the forage and returning the manure
70 the lana that produced 1t.
There Is but one crop THAI would
always pillow under This is the Grim
son clover crop 1t comes at n season
when any hay-making is difficult and
~ my experience il is the hardest OF
cloyers TO cure into really good feed
l see IL cut all around me and left
lying in the sun to bleach, and any
clover cured in that way is poor stun
and Will always be dusty. And yet it
IS very hard, as I know from many
trials TO cure crimson clover in the
best manner. Hence have come to
the conclusion tina; the best use OF the
crimson clover crop is to make corn
with it by blowing the whole under in
bloom. one can pillow under a growth
at that season that would be risky in
the heat OF midsummer and ant TO
sour the soil But Than the best place
IN rotation to use lime is after plow-
ins ander The clover for corn. Lime
then narrowed in prevents acidity ana
h!!nSs the clover into the use OF the
plants more rapidly by its promoting
bacterial activity. and the reducing
OF the organic decay TO nitrates for tho
use OF plants in the crop
OVcrproduction of Apples
What Go you think OF the fear cx-
pressed in some papers OF the over
production oi apples?' am not now
an apple grower. as have been in
the past. and have TO buy the apples
eat Las; winter had to pay so
cents peck for good Staymans and
now the Department OF Agriculture
says that the crop this year is not
more than onethird as large as the
one made last year This does not look
much Ike overproduction, and It does
lSok ae though We who are consumers
Oily VIII! have 10 pay a good price
how large a percentage of this
price goes TO the growers | cannot Of
course, say But ii they get hut one
thIrd OF the retail price they have no
reason TO be discouraged and he,
lirve that it will he Il long time v.t
before there is any overproduction OF
good winter apples. There will soon
DE an overrroduction OF Ben Davis. il
people keep planting them. for every
. i,,.tt4 ...1,,g..
character OF these pretty apples. and
II was planting apples to-day.
would leave out Ben Davis. The mar
ktls are more and more demanding
products of high quality. and this is
especially true OF apples. and IL Is
Wen 10 let infcxior Varieties alone.
even II they do bear well and keep
Wen. The man who produces apples
OF the highest quality Will always
seasons crop may pc.
sowing Alfalfa.
Is 1T advisable to use three-eiobtbs
OF a bushel OF rye as a nurse cron
with alfalfa! How many seed TO SOW
per acre, and is''+t advisable 10 SOW
Few pounds 6f led clover with th,.
a!ia!ia? expect 10 put in thirly-iiyc
acres. Ten acres Of this were in oots
ana sand vctch this year. another port
IN wheat, and the remainder in alfalfa
'HIe" OF TOUR yeprs old. This land has
al ~ en- proved and diskcd, and viii
be narrowed weekly till sown. Niu
use two tons an acre OF ground lime
stone and 500 pounds of acid phos
phate VIII also put III some low
grounds SUBJECT 10 overflow but win
"ot use lime on the low ground
maze never used any nurse crop win,
- ana 90 not think il necessary
desirable Nor would | SOW rcd
Grover win II unless ! meant the mix
N'o oH'y - "a temporary crop MIR
sandy, ~ NottoWay. finds ,har = nix
'uro OF alfalfa oats and clover makes
hne crop Of hay. and is a good nren-
aration Tor the permanent sowing OF
a!ia!fa, rs II gets the soil inoculatcd
would SOW twenty-five to ,h,rtv
pounds OF alfalfa seed alone If IN.
,ehded II for = permanent alfalfa ield
iHeh rear ,hat sowing IL on low
SI"uha subject TO overflow. and with
mut any lime, viii not be- a success.
Inc alfalfa may grow all right til
an overflow comes. ana then il m,,y ~
Killed OF the red mud from the river
NH RUIN the valu" CT the hay
"ou!d stick 10 the upland for alfalfa.
FIGS Dropping Fruit.
an YOU tel! me why a Hg bush.
grown from roots taken from another
"usil' sheds IT'S fruit after they have
grown about half size? Is there any
remedy Cor the trouble? Tn. bush
looks healthy, but my wife wants to
Gu, y down, hut asked FOR n rcprieve
III | consHltcd You" Doubtless Tho
plant came from another plan, ,hat
did The sane way and was probably a
chance Seeding from dried Smyrna
is, for these frequently come nm
around dwellings where the scraps
are thrown These viii never hold the
fruit unless set by tic little WASH
they use ia the European ana Aslat,r
sections where the dried hgs srr
grown, You had better grub out The
rlant and get plant from q nurscry
Of the Celestial or some other .alf-so;.
ting fig You can do nothing vim
his bush. unless YOU had the Blast
ofaga Insect and the Capri ng il lives
on.
A Letter of Queries
VIII it pay me to gC f'arihogern
TO inoculate seed of red clover ana
crimson clover which intend 20 SOW
] intend sowing three arreS