The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof. w. F. MASSEY

about ten inches long and cut the
lower end into wedge form ana
slipped It into the slit in the root. and
then set the prepared cutting nearly
full length IL the ground. The cut
| ting united with the root and made
strong plant
! Keeping Seed Corn.
! II shall select my seed corn in the
/ field. and would like to know how TO
prevent weevils and other insects
| from attacking itT put the seed
! corn in u close box or bin and scatter
moth balls, that YOU can get chcaply
at any drug store. ali through II
among the ears. If any live weevils
/ appear you Viii have TO use the car
bon bisulphide that have several
/ uihes directed TO Kill them
| Hay Durn.
! should the floor and lower sides or
nay barn be tight or open. and
should there be free ventilation above
! me nay? II a barn Is to be devoted
| soIeiy 10 the storage OF hay II mat
] 'cfs little whether the si.ies are close
| or open. In fact. a barrack or open
! shed liz as good II place TO store hay
| AS any IL hay is stored in "a close
barn there should be good ventilation
IN the roof above IL In "A barn where
! the lower story Is to be used FOR cat
/ tlc the floor above the stable should
/ DC maze perfectly tight, and yentila-
/ tioh provided by running shafts from
me floor up above the roof -Four
| twelve-inch planks viii make a ven
/ mating shaft for ten COWS. The
/ opening must be within n foot of the
! floor oh =
! cutters behind the cattle. Then air
shhfts are brought in at the ceiling
! Tor the Introduction OF fresh air and
inc FOUL air Is taken out from the noor.
Last ran l was in COW stable at
tached 10 large sanatorium near
baltimore. and noticed that the stable
WAS close and damp, and the wood
/ WORK sweating. The ventilation was
| overhead. showed the doctor I'm
/ charge the difficulty with the sta 5ic.
/ ana he had the alteration made, and
I afterwards wrote that it was per-
: rect success, and that the stable no
! longer Sweated. but was dry. sweet
/ and warm Ventilation above the
! cows carried off the pure air. while
/ the foul air collected near the floor
! and the eXhalntions for the stock
! caused the sweating
He simply put in a ventiIatinr
/ shaft twelve inches square with an
/ opening at the moor and carried II nm
( above the roof and introduced fresh
! air At the ceiling. ard closed The over
head rentilator. This, with an abund-
ance OF light. Will make any COW
| stable comfortable and warm. 4 dairy
man In Northern Ohio who tyied the
/ plan, which is called the King ventila-
lion, said that when il was down ia
I zero outside his stables were dry and
UP above 80 inside. with hay stored
above the stable. the floor should be
perfectly tight, and the ventilators
should be overhead through the roof.
Books on Drafting, Dewbcrrics.
FriDce Inward County: Il get many
F. helpful items from your columns I'm
The Times Dispatch and would ike
reply IN your page TO the follow
! ing. had hoped that you would
! write on fruit grating. which ! wish
F.! TO learn and Of which / know moth
ing What is the best book to get on
! this subject? Is there anything gain
! 'd by planting dewbcrries in The fall
/ so lar as getting a crop the next spring
~ concerned? In recent issue OF
The Times-oispatch. noticed YOUR
: suggestions about tying the canes 10
stakes in the spring. and some weeks
Z paCk noticed what you said about
! pinching the canes 10 induce a bushy
srow,h. VAS then tying TO stakes.
ana hal intended to try the other
/ method. but. since reading what YOU
/ say about ty.rg up / am in doubt ana
would like further advice Which
! plan is best?"
probably the best book you can ge,
is baiieNs Nursery Book, published by
me Macmillan Company, OF New York
lily. think it is about 81 shall
have something about grating ut the
!
| TO dcwberries. have given the two
! methods. The practice OF ALI the
growers in North Carolina. who are
very successful with their plants ava
| make good crops is to let the Young
! canes traii on the ground until spring
I as winter protection, and then tying
them up TO stakes in the spring ror
fruiting. Where now live the gov.
eral practice is to pinch the voune
canes in the summer To induce n
rushy growth. and no stakes are need
nave never tried this plan, and. from,
| what ! sec as the result. am of rho
! opinion that while the stalking AMI
/ tying Is a good deal more labor ana
expense the crop is far better, and
Wouid not advise the bush method
| IL makes the cultivation more dIfticult
and II IS harder to keep the patch
! clcan from the cver-prcsent crab
| grass. Then, too a great deal of the
truit gets on the ground and is gritty.
ana ] am sure that finer fruit is made
where the canes are allowed to make
tull growth. and are tied up to stakes
,, in the spring.
The old canes. after rruiting. are
cut out, or course. Planting dewber-
RES in The fan will not give YOU a
crop tho next spring. as the canes
must be CUT back hard, whether plant
ca IN tail or spring, and new growth
must be made during the first sum
mer to make fruit the next spring.
Virginia Lnnds.
y Northern correspondent writes.
Can you give me any information
ABOUT lands near Roanoke? Would
sl'65O be too much to pay for twenty
acres In that section?' Such queries
, cannot be intelligently answered.
nhcre are some very fine lands near
Roanoke and some thin hills. as in all
OF the mountain sections. and what
any twenty acres there would he
worth is more than could say, unless
| Knew the r.