The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-14

I luilcr anu Il lulC.'um on one size.
can stick this under 4 weed and pull
1t out would nail. You can get
one OF these from any seed house in
Richmond. and car pull out the weeds
and then keep the lawn mower going
and Tot let them get another start
Weeds IN n lawr arc simply evidence
o. rcElec. and lad management, and
II is easier to rrc' ent them than to
get lid OF thcin after you have allowed
them 10 form strong plants. The way
then to get rid OF any weed is simply
to not allow 1t to grow.
Growing Eurly Green Onions
From Dinwiddie County: Il raised
thirty two bushels of snap beans on a
quarter OF an acre this spring. and
now have the same land in black eye
peas When these have matured wish to
turn the vines and roots under and
plant early spring onions. The soil
is very rich and has not been fcrti-
lied 1T all Please tell me the best
onion 10 plant for early spring market
how TO plant them. and II will need
fertilizer, and what kind, and II the
onions will make next spring by or be-
fore March 10. and II they should be
worked deep or shallow? My idea is
10 get tho onions off in time to plant
beans again the latter part OF March.
lost quantities OF my beans this
spring by a worm or something that
cut ring around the stem OF the plant
right at tho ground. causing the vine
TO drop completely just rs the young
pods set. What caused this?"
II never miss any of your replies In
The Times Dispatch am novice
and while have been very successful
never know just tho right thing to do
Would like TO buy n book on tho sub
ject II YOU will tell me what and the
price"
You can plant in September sets of
the Norfolk Queen onions and have
them ready for punching green In
March. | sometimes have them by last
Of February in q mild winter. These
are about tho earliest onion for green
punching. No matter how rich Your
soil apparently Is. YOU must fcrtilize
heavily To make good truck crops The
fertilizer mixture I have recently adj
Niscd in these columns is as good rs
amy for onions and should he used
broadcast at rate OF 1000 pounds an
rows sixteen inches and set two inches
apart in rows cultivation is shallow
with the hand wheel cultiVatOr. 1t does
not pay to plant onions wide enough
apart for horse cultivation. | hill tho
soil 10 them late in tho fail as
carly in the spring. | cannot say what
allied Your beans but IL is probable
that thcy had tho anthracnosc disease,
and repeating tho crop on the Same
land will be likely 70 mako II worse.
y rotation of crops is rs important as
In general farming. You can get my
book, Crop Growing and CROP Feed
ing" from tho Farmer Company.
Eighteenth and Market Streets. phla-
dclphia. Pa. for 80 cents in paper back
| have no interest in its sale rs l sold
the copyright - the Farmer COMPANY.
Raising Late Potatoes.
y Henrico friend scnts mis- experience
II potatoes. and would like 70 give his
letter il full but il would take TOO
much Of my space Hence will make
q condensation for the benefit Of our
readers Il take great pleasure in
reading Your columns in tho daily is
sues Of The Times DisDath and feel
sure that every Southern farmer can
afford to take the paper FOR Your ar
icles alone. am Interested in tho
late irish potato crop, for / know that
OURS are Of superior value to those
brought here from elsewhere Most
Of oar seed potatoes conc from the
North and arc kept in cold storage till
July, and most Of them are very largo.
ana ind By cutting them and plant
Ing q, this season ! rarely get half
stand. could these Same seed potatoes
b" grown in the elevated mountain
section Of Virginia ana stored i'll eel.
lars. aud shipped cast In summer? /
pat q lot N cold storage the past spring
and planted them juiN ; They came
up well and have nnc stand An
other lot ] got June - and sprouted
and planted Them, and nov FIVE out
~ six are rotten and thu others weak
Some from the cellar and not cold
storage were spgouted and came All
right what was The trouble; villa,
siz" seed Uot-t,cs do ToU think best?
is i best TO cut Or plant whole? Where
is the best place 10 grow seed. in tho
Virginia ,noutuains OF in Maine? How
long Is il safe 10 keep them in cold
storage. ana when should they be put
IL storace"'
have found as have said. tina, in
planting late potatoes, Il is best 20
plant in deep burrows. hut to cover
very lightly till they start to grow,
and then work tho soil 10 them as they
grow Tho hoalthicst growth Of carly
potatoes noticed around Norfolk were
from k"ntuckygrown seed The
trouble with tic Maine seed is tina,
tt"re IS such prevalence there OF the
N!aN" shaHS disease mat IL is hard 10
Er' n'r:"ctly noalihy crop from them
ih" hontIckr seed are grown from tn.
o'id storage potatoes planted in mid
summer ana stored iu tho winter in
''tiar' Th'r acre letter than the late
'i'P Si""' from seed uf tho same sea
"'N - Used 80 b- commoi. / have had
-' 'i!li-e E!'N "iiA the cold storage seed
"i me eariF varieties If taken out ~
S'o'Hr" ~ofne time before planting and
guy aAd sr'oHi"d They viii sprout
nor" quirEir cut IMAM y.bDl. Ear
PAINTING ! "oull prefer medium siyrd
potatoes ru' - tvo eyes l.rpc-. -.
""'i' r"'"t"es nieAt make more.
n"' lNe dIiiercrc" would not pay 70,
n''d amount OF seed needed The
'"'f CI"ir grown from cold storagc s.od
can be Kept over ia r,ll -.