The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-04
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY

F. MASSEY
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grass is pretty sure to take possession
Now YOU want 10 prepare that land 10,
tobacco. Then The sooner you turn
the SOD the better, so as To give II tim,
10 dccouposc. Then SOW some rye OF
the land TO be turned under when small
/ in the spriuG. For tho Kind Of Tobacco
YOU grow in buckingham the NOR,
green stun yea tury the better
Tobacco aud po,nsI,.
Charlotte County: I'm to-days tssu,
of 'rhe Times Dispatch YOU advise 4,
Brunswick tobacco planter to use 400
pounds OF su!phate OF potash Il ton il,
his fertilizer The geology of Middle
Virginia shows abundant potash, and
in my experience it is Il positive dis
advantage in the growth of bright to-
bacco. have cNpcriinontcd with it.
and nave never seen amy benefit from
it anywhere OF with amy crop, but
rather detrimental" ANA yet right
across the line in North Carolina that
same formula made the hiSbest-priccd
bright tobacco sold that scasou on the
Durham market L is true that the
red clay soils OF the Piedmont country
gre 0huudHDtly supplied with potash in
an inSoluhlc shape. ana by the use of
limo ard stocking the soil With organic
decay Wc can gct the use Of this pot
ash But ;hc red soils are not selected
ga for BRIGHT tobacco. ana the gray
soils on which the bright tobacco is
generally planted. do need some potash,
as mas hcen abundantly shown in my
own experiments in North Carolina
INC farmer Who is farming we'll in u
good rotation of crops and is accumu-
iatin- humus- mailing material i'll his
Gtt
need 70 buy potash on The red l'ied-
mont soils
Hu, the tobacco eloyNcl S ON gray soils
who ignores potash VIII nnd that he
lis getting less Tor his Labor Even
Where potash is abundant in an insoi-
uble form i, pays 20 use some IA the
FIRST start in tho Improvement of the
land. unul. getting plenty of organic
decay in the soil and the use Of lime,
~" cam get tn" use cf the store that
is i'm NoNh3usiihlc amount in the red
clay. The formula gave has made
for years fine crops Of bright tobacco
ga tho upper bright section of North
Carolina. and it viii make il on simi-
lar soil in Brunswick
spoiled Herring far Manure.
lave largo quantity Of old salt
A"rrluSS that are rather dcccmpOsed
and unnt for sale. what is their value
IS l fertilizer on corn or other crops ."
n9' 49, VIZ" goo" re
packed in and composing tho fish
with black mold from tho woods and
stable manure. ana turning tho nile
several times during tho winter TO got
IL wen inixed ANA dra Rr, tbrov ,bc
salt away. as amt Is OF no ms.
Hrrnmdn Grass for Pasture.
nave piecc OF land that has been
gl e. /, IL.
son. bni quite rocky want to start
u itrnuHa SOD on Ii; Please tell me
nov would say don't do anything
OF the SORT bermuda is Very val
u"hi' pasture grass, where II belongs.
"ut IL uocs mol belong up among Your
red mus ana rocks In the level
SANDY soils OF the northeastern cor
n"r oi tn" state. Bermuda is valuable.
""' IN N"ur mis- th"ro are other
grasses that are much better. Prepare
IN, ~, n 80 1870 VII VII,
cbard grass. ten po,uds ~ FED tor ana
live pounds OF Kcntucl,l hluc-rrass
seed an acre rortilize wen. and ar,or
setting q good stand. keen II rood nv
,op drossine with bone meal and oc-
casionally brushing I'm some slal5ed
lime. and finally Won viii have a blue
Grass sod for nave made Il in tina;
Way on similar land Bermuda grass
VIII MOI he at lone in your section
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