The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-10
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof. w. F. MASSEY
after tho extra carlics sown In Jan.
uaiy or February


Il havo field that was planted in
Velvet beans. but the frost has killed
them want to plant tho land in corn
next spring. and am uncertain whcth.
or il viii be best to plow under tho
dead beans ana SOW rs. 10 turn in the
spring or to let stand as II is. kindly
advise which is best In the hrst
place. You arc too far north for tho
velvet bean to mature. and can do bot :
ter usually with cow peas. Now that
the beans arc KILLED. you have simply
q dead mass OF vegetable matter This
VIII not prevent the teaching or fer
tiiity from tho soil in winter. ana win
be wasting In tho winter winds There
iorc, the sooner you get the dead vines
buried In the soil and q green growth
on the land the better would nlnvy
tho beans under at once ana prcua re
tho land and SOW rye. Then turn ihe
ryo under when not over knee nirE
IN the spring. and you VIII bring tho
dccayed beans back right where they
viii be Of the greatest usc 10 thc corn
crop, Then. IN turning under the rye.
~ WIZ DC ven 10 apply Il dressing; Of
l'V"o POUNDS OF slakcd lime an aero and
harrow u IN before planting tho corn
NcncwinE Lawn.
nave !, Ia "n that was piowcd and
sowh TO Il grass mixture bought in
Richmond u VAS ovcrtalcn bv the
crab grass and weeds so that the sow,n
grass has about disappeared. cxccp, i'm
spots. since the crab grass has died
down am thinking OF breaking nm
thc Iahn again ana resolving the grass
mixture But J would Iikc TO do some
thing that VIII KIN out the crab grass
what VIII be tho best course 10 pur-
spring and summer" You should huyn
broken tho ground earlier ana sown
N" grass very thickly so that II would
get good start in the fall and be In
letter shape 70 combat with tho crab
grass ! Am cory 10 say that 10 ono
mas ever. TO ny knowledge. gotten rib
or crab grass on a lawn Bt!t with !
strong growth Of lawn grass and reg
piar moving IN favorable weather Ne
can usually save the lawn grass Pre-
pare The land now soon as possible
ahd get tho grass seed gown, and SOW
- rate Of nifty pounds an acre. for to
get a good lawn the grass must stand
very thick. Thin Feeding gives the
CRAB grass :, chance and the THICKER
YOU SOW the lawn grass mixture tbe
better chance s. VIII hava 10 ngh, tho
crab grass. work in good appli-
cation OF h!gh-gradc fertilizer mix
t4re 10 encourage q rapid growth, and
then top dress the lawn every spring
an use no manure on it. for that viii
increase tho crab grass and weeds
Planting BInckbcrries.
II want 10 SGT out early. medium,
ana late blackbevries Please tell me
What h!nd 70 get and how to sol ANA
CULTIVATE them The earliest OF the
blackberry family is the dcwberrv.
The best OF these for family use is tho
austin. and for shipping the I.ucretia
ky a. ri
tles y tho Early Harvest. Then VIII
son Erie and Santicoke The NantI-
cokc = new berry that ripcns through
iat9 July and August, ana ] have had
berries on IL ia September. You can
set plants THE fall or in the spring.
would prefer 10 plant in November.
The dewperries are planted four feet
apart each way and the canes tied mn
TO stakes or p!nchcd and made bushy
without stakes. The largo growers I'm
North Carolina tie 10 stakes in spring.
our growers here pinch them and use
no stake The other class or black
berries should be planted in rows six
rows
They too should be pinched in sum :
NOR - induce the formation of lateral
branches and to keep them erect Tho
Nanucoke IL tremendous grower and
needs hard pinching 10 keep II in
bounds IL had better be planted six
rect apart each way. Black berries do
bcst ~ q strong clay loan, but are not
very particular about soil. They should
be cleaniy cultivated and only two or
three canes allowed IN a hin and the
extra suckers kept hocd off
Wheat I'm Underwater Section.
Nansemond County: Il have Il piece
OF land. fairly well drained. medium
dark, sandy soil with yellow subsoil.
"A al
down below the surface. wish 10 SOW
mat land in Leaps Prolific wheat. 1t
was III peanuts IN 1911: then in cotton
and rye and annual clover. sown at
last working OF the cotton, but owing
TO hot and dry summer and fall tho
s'ahd was poor. II was pastured in
spring and plowed deep in June and
was pastured and the remainder cut
Tor hay. j am now pasturing the en- :
tire piece. 1t is we'll lined, as il makes
good peanuts. Part OF II was broad
casted with manure last spring. and
nope 10 cover most or the remainder
this fall When should the wheat be
sown? What fertilizer should be used.
and when applied? Can SOW clover
and grasses for hay or pasture 10 nd :
vantage on che wheat and SOW in
spring WHAT do you think Of the
mari lime advertised?" This Will APP
pear IN November. and the strangest
thine 10 me is why tho farmers win
put off asking advice when the land
should be already prepared and sown.
OF course. in Nansemond you can SOW
wheat III November. but ii would have
been better in late October, and with
land now being pastured ii Will be
hard 10 get II in proper shape for SOW
Ing wheat Then. too, Your land is
not naturally q good wheat soil, and
can never DO made TO produce maxi
mum crops of wheat. Winter oats will
pay better than wheat OH soil such as
you havo IN Nanscmond. The best |
can advise now Will be 10 disk the
land thoroughly both ways and har-
row fine. and then sow the wheat with
disk drill, sowing five pecks IN acre.
and putting in 400 pounds OF acid phos-
phate and twenty pounds OF muriatc
OF potash, well mixed, an acre You
can SOW grass seed with the wheat.
but this lato you had better defer tho
clover till late February, aud then SOW
IL on crustcd land in the early morning
so that the thawing Will cover the
sed The mari limo is probably n
good thing, about as good as ground
limestone that is ground very fine But
for sowing wheat the land should have
been prepared a month ago and gotten
well settled and tho wheat sown in
lato October.