The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-04
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof W. F. MASSEY

ranEement such as YOU propose will,
be rather hard to arrange. as you will
heneht by the manure made.
have received the specimens of
turnips that were mentioned Il day OIL,
SO ago. The trouble evidently is that
the garden has an excess OF NITROGEN
from stable manure, and the turnips
simply run TO tops, Give the land q
heavy application of acid phosphate
and potash and it Will make turnips
Having had good success by follow
ing your advice while farming in Abe
marie, l come again for information
| have some land in Montgomery Coun-
~, which was in sod for twenty years
then broken ana cultivated in corn
followed by wheat two years The
Nleld TINS year was greater. but the
straw shorter Sowed grass and clover
with the wheat last fall but failed TO
set stand. Some of the best farmers
advise seeding to wheat again. but |
thInk IL would bo Il DISADVANTAGE to
SOW wheat three years in succcsSion
and think OF seeding alone This IS
a limestone country, and Will perhaps
neeH different treatment from the Abe
marie land. How would YOU seed this
!an0: hrst Tor hay and then for pas
, ,I: What would you consider
ent cverrun with bitter weed 1t should
nave been mown over before il seeded.
have also some land on New River.
which has been in sod for twenty years.
winch / wish to use To best advantage
farmer here told me that he fed
twenty six cattle on six acres OF cnsi-
iaSe corn by using Il little extra feed.
me nrst tract Of land is upland" This
Is from an old student OF mine. and
am always glad 10 hear from the
BOYS and 10 know that they are farm
inE Wen. Now. S TO that land where
YOU Jailed to get a stand Of grass after
wheat. | would not NOW seed 1t down.
but would break it well and SOW TO
rEe'as winter cover and to turn under
ior corn in the spring, when the rye
Is not over knee high
cultivate the corn We'll, and if YOU
were in lower altitude l would say
SOW peas in the corn. but in Mont
eomery they would not amount TO
much But l would cut and shock the
corn and then prepare the land in as
hne order as possible with disk and
spike harrowS and seed to wheat and
grass with liberal application of
"C!' phosphate. Your farmer friend
Is all right in regard TO ensilage. and
mat New River lana should make a
crop Of corn for silage as heavy as
YOU knew used to make on the Nee
cACMs River bottoms In AlbcnIarle
wher" l made twenty tons an acre
J. you have no silo and wish. of
course. in that country to feed cattle.
YOU should by all means have a silo
and make eusilare
IL regard 20 seeding down to grass
would. in that section. seed 10 a
mixture OF Timothy. Red Top and Tall
Meadow FesCue-Randall grass. as
they call H. in the Notwithstanding
plenty OF seed. and YOU can NOV il,
.or couple az years, and tken the
randall grass and The native blue
grass Will come In Tor pasture. OF
course, would use some red clover
on the FIRST se"dinr, and there il would
probably be best TO SOW the clover in
Tie spring. Bur ! would not run land
50 long III grass. for II will be better
- break II more frequently, both for
~ iand and the grass. OF course IL
: perfectly feasible in that fine sec
zion 70 Keep land perpetuaIly in grass
y the sod is kept good by topdress!rys
o; bone meal and the weeds kent
NOVA OF and The dropp!ngs scattered.
ana on any stock farm good perlna :
neH' pasture is always desirable. so
long as i is Ecp, good In such a
Spieacid grass section horned stock
"hou!d he The main aim. and The silo
VIA be the greatest aid you can nav.
on q stock farm. But make the silo
''una and above ground and not like
me gre@; pits that ! was Obliged 10 ms.
/ ~ .Alpcuarl.