The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-29

EsSysfx ~ Oh SNzI ,:tablc manure from
". r. Massey. you think good
yield OF wheat could DO obtained
by an application OF 1000 pounds Of
limo per acre. $40 pounds of acid phos-
plato and nifty pounds Of potash. as
cunning that the land needs lime? What
Is your opinion OF our rotation? What
peas w!il mature in sixty TO ninety
days? do not believe that any Of
the Valley lands that urc cultivated In
good rotation Will need potash in I,
fertilizer. also assume that when YOU
mention grass rs part OF the rotation
}. means timothy an! REQ clover, and
that YOU" rotation IL Il nvc-ycar one.
J cannot particularly find fault with II,
but think that II would be improved
by making II corn. wheat red clover,
wheat, !ed clover and timothy one year.
Th!, will make you Il Held Of red clover
hay. ana q neld ~ mixed grass and
clover and II would moan one field of
wheat after corn and one after ono
crop Of clover hay had been cut, and
the land fallowcd for wheat at once.
This plan Will improve tho land
faster than two years IN grass. for
timothy !s rather more OF an eXhaus-
t!Ee crop than an improving ono. Then.
too. ] find that many Valley farmers
feH ha?, and hence want clean tim
ITO rapid Improvement OF the soil and
the cine Is now at hand when IT Will
pay letter to get the best feed for
beeves. and thore is going to be moro
profit In feeding beef cattle In winter
hnd the clover and mixed hay Is better
ieod FOR these than clean timothy. Now
na TO the use OF lime. / have never
Used lime on wheat, and do not believe
that II is tho best place in the rotation
10 use lime. prefer to apply lime
when turning q sod for corn. Then
spread ii on the pIowed land and har-
row II in. and it VIII hasten the decay
ana nitrihcation OF the organic mat
ter and thus help the corn and bring
In conditions favorable for the clover
mat should go with the following crop
Of wheat as TO fertilizers Wheat
after corn that has iecn grown on (,
'nanured sod viii need only a liberia
application Of acid phosphate, say 400
pounds an acre and the same IL true
of wheat on n clover faliow. wheat
after wheat. aud only the stubble
piowed under, should have some nitro
gen IN the fertilizer. and the mixture
you mention. II increnaed TO 400 pounds
oi acid phosphate, and ! 90 pounds OF
coltonsced meal added. viii be better
or use 400 pounds OF rawhouc meal
and that VIII give you All the nitrogen
needed. Then you might try fifty
pounds OF muriatc Of potash on part
Of the land to slow what effect il Will
lave. and / think. that compared with
another part without the potash YOU
VIII find that potash does not pay on
Your limestone, soil The New Era
pea is a s!Xty-day pea ana Whippoor.
VIII Is II nincty-day pea
Pasture for Hogs.
Augusta County again; II read youi
columns In The Times Dispatch viii
great deal OF interest. and have de.
rived much benefit from them o., .
fs -
want TO plant strictly nrst-clas.
pasture Tor hogs and pigs. say ny,
ucrcs. The land has been lying ill,
TINS season with patches of clover
which came up poorly when sown with
oats two seasons ago. want to US,
lie pasture as soon as possible in
spring Please tell me how to pre-
pare tho soil, ana what you would
plant VIII YOU nlso advise mo whcrt
can secure a book Oh small fruits
and truck cropsT' You are rather late
IN your section in getting ready for &
pasture TO be used next spring. il
VIII lie rather late in spring bcfor,
anything you can SOW now Will be
available.
Ii ] was preparing five acres fol
hogs / would fence II into about -four
lots and then run these in n constant
succession OF crops that will keep III,
pigs eating most OF the year. Yoi
gust in a mixture OF rape and crimson
clover. and let the pigs pasture on tn,
rape. that will run them, even il
August. till near Christmas. and taking
them on. line clover Will come on FOL
spring pasture Then in the spring
SOW another lot In early cowpeas tc
turn on when the clover lots are eaten
ana another lot in later peas to follow
these early ones, aud sow the clover
lots In peas to follow this one. anC
then as fast as lot is eaten SOW rape
and clover again for fall and winter
But as you want to make a permanent
hog pasture of the whole five acre!
Won can SOW n mixture OF grasses ant
clover. Ten pounds of orchard grass
ten pounds of tall meadow oats grass
iive pounds OF bluegrass, and after
sowing the grass seed SOW ten pound.
OF Alsike clover seed This Is very
hard clover and can he sown in tn,
fall better than red clover Sow these
seed on we'll -plowed and finely har
rowcd land and brush the seed in will
n smoothing harrow. that is, with
harrow with teeth slantinG backwards
Let the grass get good. strong star
in the spring before turning on 1t.
will send little book on small fruit.