The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-19
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Gently wrote ina. sulphur scattered
around Will keep rats away, and said
that one Richmond scotsman uses 1t
fer this purpose. In storing the peas.
scatter moth balls Of napthaline among
the peas These Will usually prevent
tho weevils. Eut if you find 1.-Two
weevils, put the peas into n close bin
or box that can be- covered. and then
pour pint OF carbon bisulphide Iii
pan for each 100 bushels and set the
par on top tho peas and cover all up.
The chemical Will evaporate rapidly
and the fumes are heavier than air
and will sink through the whole mass
and kill every living thing In them
Keep the carbon bisulphide away from
any fire, for the fumes Will explode
even from a cigar.
Oats and Glover.
I'm With the Farmers, September
oats with crimson clover for hay. be-
cause 1t cures more easily. 1 have
been sowing crimson clover for the
past three or four years, and lind IL
a great lmprovsr OF my land, which is
mostly light sandy soil. 1 sowed
twenty acre field I'm crimson clover and
rye last fall. but only half bushei
of rye IN nero. I do not like the
rye with tho clover. This piece or
land is now in corn, and l expect TO
get sixty to sevcnty-fiVe bushels an
acre, and II there had been no rye In
the clover l believe 1 would got ten
to fifteen bushels mora per acre.
want to put this in crimson clover now
lust as soon is the corn Is cut ana
shocked. and would like to get hay
from 1t next spring. But do not want
10 nut oats with the clover If they Will
have a bad effect on the Improvement
Of the soil that results from crimson
clover cut crimson clover from two
fields this spring and mado very good
hay. Shall / use oats under these con-
ditions? So far as the Improvement
of the land is concerned, the pure
clover crop will be best Coming in
so early in the season, the crimson
clover alone is usually hard to cure
properly. 1 see great deal cured all
around me, and very poor STUFF II
usually is, for our people let 1T lie In
the sun and bleach and dry and then
call that hay Properly cured in cock
and barn, 1t is very good. but 1t is
harder to cure than red clover or COW
peas, and advised the oats as means
for aiding in the curing. Taking
clover crop off the land Will not inn
prove it rapidly unless 1t is returned
in the shape of manure for the nitro
gen remaining in the stubble and roots
will not be a great deal more than
the crop takes from tho soil. L GER
tainly advise the feeding OF legume
as manure, but ! have had so much
difficulty in getting crimson clover
cured right that ! have come to the
conclusion that 1t is the only legume
crop that l would pillow under entire.
If you can cure IL properly and make
good hay then use the clover alone.
Living in Isle OF Wight, l suppose you
are interested In hogs, and there Is
no pasture better for hogs than GRIM
son clover.
Keeping Sweet Potatoes.
81 have cellar under my dining
room, lined on bottom and sides with
concrete to surface of the soil. and
with a mortarcd stone wall to the floor
above the surface. Small window east
and west and double door In south
end. ] wish to store sweet potatoes
in this cellar this winter. Should they
be placed on the concrete or on shelves
or in boxes, and what absorbents or
wrappings will he needed" You are
in the mountain country, where it gets
pretty cold IN winter. and the only
question is, whQt WILL tie temperature
of the cellar be without artificial heat!
l keep small quantities Of sweet po-
tatoes in my cellar. but I have in II
a hot water boiler that temperS it to
great extent. and am down near the
ocean, where II never gets as cold as
with you.
II the cellar never gets colder thar
IS degrees above zero you can keeT
the potatoes by putting them In barrels
and filling every interstice with dry
sand. and it will be better to line the
barrels with heavy paper and elevate
them off the cold floor II there are
means for heating. then you can put II
shelves. and after potatoes are in. opcr
the windows and run the heat up &c
So or 80 degrees till they have dried
of from the sweat they pass through
after storing. After that a tcmperatur,
of 10 10 so will he warm enough. But
il will he best TO pack something over
the windows in the cold weather L
keep cold out and make the cellar dark
for the roots will keep better in the
dark In packing them in the sand
see that the sand is dry, and that the
potatoes are each surrounded by sane
and not touching. | rather expect tina
III your climate there will be time:
when you VIII need some artificial heat
and kerosene heating stove can b,
used
Identifying Cowpen Varieties.
Some credit mo with greater powers
than l possess. ono sends two leave
Of cowpeas auh asks me to tell hin
from these what varieties of peas IA
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