The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-10
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY

NNGAi nave CCen DeItei, Tor alfalfa
car get AL the nitrogen il needs from
The air IL the soil is well inoculated.
Then. too. IL has been shown that, on
most soils. \ liberal application OF
limo is needed by alfalfa, and YOU do
not say anything about lining. Al
iaifa has been successfully grown in
Nour county. and inoculating soil is
easily obtained, and unless YOU knew
that YOU. land Well inoculated for
alfalfa 4; would have been wise 10
have gotten some soil in the neigh
hrrhood and used it on the alfalfa in
Tho preparation or the land. AS il
NOW stands, you have they young plants,
AND II the crop goes through tho win
Ter. the best thing you can do for il
will be IN the early spring 10 apply
zoe - see pounds an acre OF Thomas
phosphate, as that carries 40 per cent
e line
Cheat
"Piesse advise me how to treat seed
cats u prevent cheat?" Sow clean
| oats without any cheat seed In them
ana il there are no chea, seed IN the
land already. YOU will have no cheat
:. Cheat is 3 perfectly distinct species
OF grass and comes only from cheat
seed, aud never III any other way. II
IS a perfect waste OF time 10 argue
with men who STICK 70 the old super
stition tina, oats turn 10 cheat, Theg
i never llO ana never VIII. W ha tSOtNeT
man scwsth that also he viii reap
nud If you SOW clean oats on clean
land you cannot grow cheat. no matter
/ what comes III the way OF weather.
/ Men SOW foul seed. and the winter
/ Kills the oats and they sec something
! green, and il the spring ii heads out
/ cheat, and they imagine that the oats
have turned 10 cheat. when * was
cheat all the time from the time the
seed terminated. Cheat seed look like
small oats. and with a good tanning
mill can be blown cut and clean seed
had.
Crimson Glover and Oats.
With crimson clover and oats sown.
how will il do TO harvest the oats for
grain. and then turn the clover under
and prepare the land Tor wheat?'
The clover Will be entirely dead by
the time tho oats are ready to har-
vest. Some OF ii Will he cut OF
suppose in harvesting the oats. But
In your section. after the oats are
! harvested YOU can break the land we'll
and SOW an early pea Ike the Whip
\ poorwill and make a crop OF hay. by
giving the peas = good application OF
acid phosphate, and then can make
good crop OF wheat by disking the
atuhblc line and giving more acid
4 phosphate to the wheat.
Smut In Corn.
Please tell me If ii is necessary to
treat seed corn 10 prevent smut.
have a lot of il in my corn this sea
SON and am going through the field
and pulling il out carefully. Will that do
any good, OF does 1t spread in other
! ways"
Corn smut Is never carried hy the
seed and no treatment OF tho seed is
needed. II smutty stalks are cut along
with tho rest the s,over viii he eaten
by the cattle and the spores will get
into the manure. and II gets into the
corn In this way. The black mass
called smut is the fruit OF The plant
that has been growing IN tho corr. all
summer. Every little black particle
! Will answer for seed, and If these get
: into the manure and are carried to the
field. they viii get into the corn as
II terminates and in no other way
: After corn has grown some height
: you cnn iii II with smut spores and
. not ono Of them viii grow. The way
then 70 avoid smut in corn Is to keep
the smutty stalks out Of tho fodder
In cutting tho corn leave the smutty
I stalks. and afterwards pull them root
, and all and burn them They only
! set into The corn 9, termination and
&, no other time
Garden Queries.
Danville II want = thank vou for
J our work iu The Times Dispateh on
the garden tfuak and Goye.s, and say
, tiat I am greatly helped ana Instruct
81 rs the same Mary = ruy friends
ere !ookirg f5r ard buying Tho pape.
s"@te1 that 80 IND canes up u our
= daily work u garden ana field Bur
'tets are few thtEcs I would Gt.
: answered o-ipr sets n early WHIT.
Pear. ard Fiiil ~ Richmond onions
planted september aud coming Up.