The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-06

W. Il. Massey. pillow. Heavy rain
stopped him. He began again to pillow
light inches deep with two-horss
pow, and was again stopped by
heavy rain The remainder of the land
) no simply doubled disked and seeded
the whole 10 wheat. on the parI
where he plowcd twelve inches deep he
had seventeen bushels an acre. Where
the land was broken eight inches deer
he got ten bushels an acre, and where
he merely double disked ii he got four
and half bushels. He wants to
know the reason for this variation. He
says that we advise diskng corn land
for wheat and oats, and wants to
know why he had somewhat better
wheat where he plowed deeply.
IN the first place, he says that the
soil was sandy loan with red
clay subsoil He plowed ii deeply in
the fall for corn, and did not replow
IN the spring. BY the fall this land
was in the same condition as though
x had not been plowed. Had he re-
rlcwed it we'll in the spring there
would have been different state of
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ter cover OF clover TO turn for the corn.
He began 10 pillow twelve inches deep.
and heavy rain came. That deep plow-
Ing had brought UP the clay and made
the land 4 better wheat soil The rain
compacted Il for him, and did the
same Coz the land plowed eight inches
deep. making conditions that he would
have had trouble 10 repeat had the
weather remained dry. Then. when
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as ne says, the remaining part OF the
land that had not been broken for
year, and sowed the wheat Now this
experience * no argument against the
practice OF diskinE corn land for
wheat The plowed land under the
weather conditions got settled, and the
clay brought up made il really bet
ter wheat soil The double dlsking
on land that mad not been plowed for
a year left the land too cloddy and
loose 70 SOW. II ne had gone over il
with a spike harrow till the surface
was made as fine as an onion bed Il
might have done better.
do not believe in deep plowing
that late In the season Il the land has
been we'll broken in the spring, and
do believe that the bringing UP OF the
RED clay and the packing Nf II by
heavy rains made all the difference,
whilo the part merely disked Was not
fined nor settled, as he had no more
rain. he was simply fortunate in
having the rain TO pack the soil for
him, for, blowing deeply that late. he
woulG have had difficulty in compact
ing the soil. Under the conditions
named, ii would have been well 10
have plowed all the land four or five
inches deep and then narrowed and
narrowed till the surface was fine.
have shown time and again in my
own fields that where the land has
been broken deeply in the spring foi
corn. II is better TO srepare ii not more
than four or hve inches deep, and this
can be done with a disk, and the FIN
ing Of the surface with an ordinary
chain harrow with spike teeth. nnish-
ing with the teeth slantng backwards
There IL a great difference between a
sol! settled during the summer Guilt
walton from a good spring blowing
and a soil plowed the previous fan
and let settle with the winter rains
and not rebroken in the spring BY
fall this has become. just like an en-
t!rcly unbroken. and n.yt merely a
wen-set;led soif' Your experience
therefore, is no argument against the
shallow preparation for winter grain
after corn
Yield of Peas.
Il would like to know about wha,
Yield could be expected when peas are
planted on good land, per acre. j,
planted in three-foot rows and har-
vested with the keystone Harvester?'
There would be too many condition.
involved for one 10 venture TO predic-
what amount might be grown on ar
acre Of good land The bush peas like
the New Era usually seed better thar
the late peas Peas sown rather late
make more seed than those sown early
Peas that have nitroEenous manure.
Or fertilizers applied. may mako q rank
growth and seed sparingly Rain.
storms, when the peas are BLOOMING
often make the crop small. Cowpeas
-. n fact are not heavy seed makers
and YOU might set Eve bushels or yol
might get twenty on the same lana
nave now two pieces of land IL
SLACK Eye peas. one piece was plant.
ed ~ rows after early Irish potatoc!
mad been very heavily fcrtilized o.
the lane and destroyed by the Ma,
freeze These peas have made al
enormous growth, but so far nav.
oloomed very little. and have msd
few pods The other piece was plant
- the same dav on coil that had n
iorulizer applied, but had been manure
The previous year. These peas are nov
\ loaded with PODS and beginning :;
ripen. Both sown from the same 10
Of seed
II the fal! is late the rank GROWN
peas may make ~ for los, time. bn
at present they do not promise /
make anywhere near what the otbe
land Will make. YoR can see the
that il would be merely euessyvor
for me to give an estimate OF wh.
YOU might make
fnoculatins Cultures.
There is a company in New var
State Offering pure artificial cuInir,
Of the bacteria for the various leri,tn
crops for 90 cents an acre. nav
used f'armoserm with success. but
costs 81 an acre. Can i, be pogsib
that these men are CHEERING good en-
lures AT this price, know nothin
about tine New York company 20.
'ibly their cultures nay be an RICH
but would feel like lighting shy
any such offer. knowing what {
about the great care. precision Al
time needed in the laboratory 10 NAL
pure cultures OF any specific bactcriul
know two cultures. made by sciel
tjfc bactcrioiogists that have prov.
good, and we can expect thar 81 no
OF imitators Will show up In all par
OF the country after the farme,