The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-28
w. Il. MASSEY.


XXX :. Nay$4s so that you have 4
1kR3bed of loose soil
w. F' MASSEY. sixteen inches deep
Then tn the cultivation OF a hoed crop on
the hills. always run the rows on the
level contour of the hill, and cultivate
as level as practicable SO as to avoid
making little valleys to catch a head
OF water
In breaking the land on an old hill
side where there are yullies always
try to leave hard rim around the old
gully to prevent the water getting
Into 1t. while making n deep loose bed
Of soil all around. Years ago l had
n very steep old hill IN that same sec
ton. which had been in pasture for
many years and the grass had run out.
and there Were some gullies. / started
at II late In the fall. blowing with
three mules, No. 40 Oliver pillow. and
blowing little deeper than 1t had
been plowed In the same furrow
had a team following with n subsoil
plow and l broke that hill fully six
teen inches deep.
While I was at work on this hin
farmer came by and said MY friend.
you came from the tidewater country.
and do not understand these hills.
That land In all going TO wash off this
winter" ! told him that 1 thought IL
had been washing because the water
had no place to go but down hill. 1
watched that hill all winter with some
uneas!ness. burt II did not wash. and
in the spring / sower II to oats and
seeded down TO grass and clover. and
had the finest stand Of grass In the
whole section. l skipped the old gull
lies and threw sods and rock Into
them and they never got any worse
and caught In grass and not new
gully formed during my management.
BnHturc for Hogs.
Down here, whore raise tho
hogs for the Smithheld hams, DO not
think we can adop, your plan Of cut
ting and shocking the corn. We SOW
peas among the corn. ana alter me
hogs have CLEANED the peanut fields
we turn them into the corntield 10
gather the peas, and II the corn was
shocked there the hogs would get at II.
We have TO strip and top early so that
we can gather the corn earlier This
very matter came up at a farmers In
sututc some years ago at Isle OF
Wteh, Courthouse. WAS urging the
saving or the corn crop by cutting
and curing In the shocks, and the
same objection was made that you
make now. a farmer present said
that he cut and shocked his corn and
turned the hogs In on the peas and
they paid the strictest attention TO the
peas and did not touch the corn.
Doubtless II lot there after the peas
were CLEANED they would. begin to at
tack the corn. but by that time II is
time to pen them and feed corn II
has been proven b. repeated expert
ments at the southern Experiment sta
tions that the stripping and topping
of corn at the usual stage IN which
~ is done reduced the corn crop fully
enough to pay for all the fodder
saved You get a nicer article or feed
than from the cut down stoFcr' pn'
you pay n big price for IT.
Doing BETTER for the Hogs.
While doubles it is good economy
10 have the hogs CLEAN the peanut
fields and cat down the peas In the
corn. both Of these come only late III
tho season, and one should nave some
Thing for the hogs TO gather FOR 'he'h
selves all through the year and save
So much expensive corn feeding. Oh
course. know the practice TO let them
run in the woods. but we can do taf
better for the hogs by having seri"'
OF lots fenced. and planted III sue
ccssion with variety OF croPs 'hd'
The hogs can eat
with four lots fenced of OF a size
suited 10 the number OF hogs kept
one can start in the carly fall In that
Southeast section by sowing two OF
the lots In a mixture of crimson
cl,.e. and dwarf Essex rape. me PIES
can go on the rape as soon as IL Is
first lot is eaten down. turn on 'he
second one. and the rape Will run them
til after Christmas, and VIII save
o. good deal Of corn. Then IN the
early spring the clover sown with 'he
rape will get tall enough TO pasture
and when the hrst lot Is eate" w." -
plow II and SOW In an early variety
OF meas like the new era, and put the
hogs on the second lot. Then. as the
weather gets warmer. SOW peas on
the third and fourth lot, and after the
hogs have cleaned up the second patch
of clover, pillow that land ana pant II
In sweet potatoes, and turn them Oh
tho meas that are most advanced.
Nv tho time the early peas are eaten
down the later ones will be coming in.
and by the time these are eaten the
peanut fields will be ready, and these
two last lots can be sown 10 rape anu
clover for tho little pigs in winter, and
the sweet potatoes, too. can be eaten
by the pigs or saved for use.
These are only suggestions. OF course;
and the various crops can be so varied
nv n little watching of the chances that
there will be very little time when
corn will be needed except for the hnal
fattening of the hogs for killing. Such
n series of lots is far more useful than
have the pigs run wild In the forest
and losing some OF them.
steam Mill Ashes.
.J can get ashes made from hard
wood slabs at sawmill three miles
away for the hauling. Will it pay to
haul and use them on an apple orchard
They have been exposed to the weather
some" The ashes will have lost some
of their potash by washing rains, but
they are we'll worm the hauling.
Spread then broadcast on tho orchard
AT the rate of a ton an acre and they
will certainly help the trees in fruit
ing. for n crop of apples carries off
from the soil three times as much pot
ash as n crop of wheat on the same
land.
Soy Beans.
am thinking OF sowing SOY beans
after oats for hay. What kind should
use and how to grow them?" For
all the lower and warmer parts of the
State the Mammoth Yellow Soy is best.
In the upper districts the Ito San or
Medium Early Soy. Plant the beans
in three-foot rows and cultivate them