The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01

4kS&Essa ~ 142 H$H ured / used on the
&$8S#&yN ~ x8$$4 .obacco 100 TO 500
saH&t& pounds of fertilizer
af5p. W. g48s3t{{S&48 containing $ per
sH4sSfsA Il n yW2&8 cnt phosphoric
HSXaE&A4s On H&$8 acid. 2 l-2 per cent
EzAs>sHk11n ammonia and
w. IL aassey per cent potash
an acre. l wish to seed this land to
crimson clover. How much fertilizer
Should use an acre. and what analy-
sis? Should it contain any ammonia?
] wish to turn this clover for corn in
The spring. Another lot of land. not
] 80 poor Is i'm corn. II is rcd or brown
| SOIL. and rather puffy. l want to SOW
v crimson clover on this. too and for
~ hay. Should I fertiize same as the
ether and should oats or rye
with the clover? What time should
seed of Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage
be sown for fall settling. and how
49, should tire land be prcpared?" When q;
farmer writes TO me that he has very
g. lpoor piece OF land \ always feel like
asking him how long he has owned
~ it, ana who is responsible for it's being
n oor.
II 1 hope TO see the day when :. Viz
sinia farmer viii feel ashamed to ad-
init that his land is poor. for. as a
rule, he liz responsible for it's being
poor. since through good farming
there Is little land in Virginia that can
not be made fertile and productive You
have literally fertilized the land for
leaves for huc curing and not cutting
1t off you can stir the land lightly be-
Y tween the rows and SOW fifteen pounds
OF clover seed an acre. II viii do no
harm to apply 800 pounds OF acid phos
28hphate and twenty pounds of muriatc
Yf potash acre before running
Through the tobacco. Sow the clover
y IS soon az possible now. The seed arc
XXI ceiling where live for $3.50 per bushel.
~ 1n the corn land where you want to
= tyrO I'll far ha
8vthc corn of at maturity and shock f.,
81 and then disk the land well and drill
~ in bushcl OF oats an acre and then
SOW the fifteen pounds OF clover seed.
on this land would merely drill with
the oats about 400 pounds OF acid phos-
phatc alone an acre. Early Jersey cab
bage seed should be- sown about the
middle Of September In bed OF rich
~ soil. Last springs tobacco bed will do
avery we'll II some fertilizer is rakcd
MN. Sow the seed thinly and get strong
"a Giants to set in late October or early
Prepare the land thorough
~ and run out burrows three feet apart
#8 nd apply In these 1000 pounds OF 4
6& Xfgh grade fertilizer strong in nitrogen
$58 Wild phosphoric acid and little potash.
Chen run shovel plow through the
~ 4,rrows To mix the fertilizer In the
~ 5bil and set the plants in the open fur
n lows fifteen Inches apart. and deep
- Enough to cover the entire stem. This
" for winter protection. In spring the
= soil is worked 10 the plants and we'll
cultivated
Getting Pasture Quickly.
"I have hillside that want TO fence
off as q pasture and set II in Bermuda
a.. sasa In the spring II has corn on
4 It7fiow. How can get good pasture
ON IL next summer. the bermuda Will
give little at first
a You can prepare the land we'll after
the corn is on. Cut the as soon
ii as - shocks
you can then prepare the land easily.
You can SOW In october good seeding
OF mixed grasses. say fifteen pounds OF
] orchard grass. ten pounds OF tall
meadow oat and five pounds OF red top
an acre and brush the seed in lightly
with . smoothi.g harrow. Then II
you wish bermuda. you can II you cal
get the seed scatter some OF II over
the grass In May. But believe that
YOU Will find the mixed grasses to give
YOU ali YOU need and they Will max G
better winter pasture than bermuda
which fails with the first frost Sow
ing :, liberal amount OF seed and fer
4 tl;lzing the land we'll, you should be
~. able 10 get fairly good pasture there
~ next summer ii you do not turn on
~ too early
\ Green Worms on CnbbnEe.
HON shall destroy the green
worms Oh cabbages?" Spray them
with the arsenate OF lead. one pound
in TWENTY-FIVE or thirty gallons OF
water. The poison Will not affect the
heads AS they form from the inner
bud have had fairly good results
from busting the plants over with air
siaked lime. in which little salt is
mixed. This has TO be renewed as
washed Oft
Whitc-Hcndcd Crimson Glover.
"Will the white headed crimson
clover make better hay crop than
the red headed variety, and Is II bet
,,.itl, = rt
have tried the white headed variety
claim that it makes n heavier crop. 1
have never sown ii and cannot say.
have had volunteer plants OF the white
appear among the red, and have no.
4 iced that It seems to grow somewhat
taller It is always best to Ca IS
with crimson clover when wanted for
hay MS II cures more easily. Sow a
bushcl OF oats and fifteen pounds of
the clover seed, and cut the crop as
soon as the clover blooms, without
regard to the condition of the oats
White Pcnrl Onions.
do YOU know anything about the
White Pearl onion sets for fall plant
ing that are offered by Richmond and
(. Baltimore seedsmen? ] would like to
plant some for early green onions II
they will stand the winter all right
The Pearl onion sets Will make good
early green onions. I plant tho Nor
folk Queen sets. which are very SINH
lar to the Pearl. and not the Queen
Of the Northern catalogues. They are
rather earlier than the Pearl, and in
mild winters often get them largo
enough here for punching In late
February and always in March. ] put
fertilizer In burrows and bed on 1t
and natten the bed somewhat. and
plant the sets rather deeply in tho
beds so that the soil can be pulled
49, away from them in spring and let
the bulbs form nearly on tho surface.
PrOpngatinG ScuppcrnonE Vines
"Plea Sc tell me the best way to pro-
4 pagate the Scappernong grape" Take
" Il long cane OF the previous seasons
" growth IN the spring and lay IT down
Min trench about four inches deep