The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-25
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SO Ear as the thrift OF the trees is
concerned, peaches and plums grown
from seed will make thrifty trees. Bat
YOU 60 riot know whether YOU Will get
good fruit or poor. and the chances
are that II Will he poorer than the
seed YOU plant. The only way 10 know
VIVA YOU will get in the fruit is to
plant trees that have been budded in
4, nursery. Eut if YOU wan, To raise
some seedlings. the seed must be plant
ed il the fail SO that the frost will
act upon the hard shells and enable the
seed 10 grow in spring You can yet
seed %: the Irish Cobbler potato from
The Richmond scedsmen. seed that have
been kept in cold storage These Will
make good fall crop, and will also
make the best seed for the spring
planting.
Getting IIumu~.
81 have only been in Virginia since
last october tFluvanna County). and
everything is new to me have a
side hill facing south that has been
cultivated Till there is no vegetable
matter in il, and it packs badly.
have. thought OF putting il in buck.
wheat and sowing crimson clover with
IT, after topdressing with manure.
Then, TO save the buck wheat grain and
have the clover for winter picking of
poultry and 10 hc turned under in the
the clover. and would YOU advise doing
il? This piece OF land washes badly
and would like TO get II into perina-
neni grass as soon as practicable TO
get II into condition"
Drilling huckwheat and then sowing
crimson clover on It is n very common
practice in Delaware and Maryland and
tho clover generally succeeds we'll in
THIS way. think that the best thing
YOU can do will be 10 prcparc the land
cell u Ia
phosphate and twenty pounds OF mu-
r!ate OF potash an acre Then drill
the huckwheat and SOW the clover seed
and brush these in with a smoothing
harrow In the spring piow under
what the chickens leave and sow COW
peas; lot them completely mature. and
disk them down and plow them under
and YOU can then SOW "a mixture Of ten
pounds OF orchard grass, ten pounds of
Kentucky blue grass and five pounds
Of red TOP an acre. Then, to keep the
grass good. top dress il every spring
with bone meal.
Trouble In Canning.
From Dinwiddie County we are
having trouble with the canning OF
green peas and snap beans Though we
boil them in the Gamer from one and
half 10 two and n half hours. they
sour" am sorry that this is entirely
out OF my line. Gamers may use :,
little horacic acid as a preventative.
but this does not help the wholesome
ness OF the product hope that some
of our readers who have had success
III canning these things will tell us
how. SO far as the snaps are con-
cerned. they are SO easily preserved in
strong brine that there is no need for
canning them. ! grow n late crop and
put them down in brine in stone jars
for winter use, and then they can be
taken out and put in fresh water over
night, and Will then cook as nicely as
when fresh from tho garden
Run-Down Fairfax Farm.
~ have just bought a run down farm
IN Fairfax County, and would like TO
have your advice. I want TO feed and
Craze cattle. There is n field that
want 10 EraZe next Year. and part of
il is in corn Would YOU rye,
crimson clover and grass at last work
inE OF tho corn about the middle or
July? l want TO build up the lana
and at The same time make expenses
WIN be almost compelled 10 Craze this
field next year.
there must be something on it for
cattle 10 eat and il is hard to get "A
grass sod II stock are turned on il at
once ~ sowine+ rye, crimson clover
and Italian ryc..rr!rss among the corn
YOU can get some good early spring
and summer pasture. hut j, win prob
ably grow very scanty later in summer.
Then YOU cannot ga Your cake and
keep it, too You cannot bring up
run down land by merely sowing some
thing TO be eaten OF at once Grazing
cattle means something for grazing,
and good sod cannot be put on poor
land all II once Through a good TO.
;ation OF crops and the growing OF
legumeS YOU can get that land into
condition 10 make grass. and then by
TOP dressing annually YOU can keep
the grass improving, But grazing cat
tie indicates cheap land. Near good
market like Washington. and on land
worth anywhere near 500 AN acre. j,
VIII not pay to Craze cattle. Better
grow the feed and buy feeders on the
market ON wide areas OF cheap land
feeders can be raised prohtahly. PUt
that land into an improving rotation
and grow all the feed You can and
feed II TO bought steers.
Planting and tultiNntinE Apples.
have been promising Number OF
our friends TO take UP the subject OF
fruit growing, and | propose now tu
give in as compact Z, shape as pOssi ME
certain facts asccrtained by practical!
experience and observation ! have al
ready told what kind OF trees 20 buy.
and 4 Is not worth while TO repeat
that here one OF the mos, important
things in preparing To plant an or
chard OF apples Ie The proper pIowinp
and preparation OF the soil
The orchard IS 10 he Il permanent
thing. for TITO apple, uni!hc the peach
IS Z long-liyed tree / Know apple
trees sun bearing fruit, which We're
planted in 1929.
Hence il pays well 10 give the soil
the deepest and best preparation Much
has been said Of late in regard To sub
soilns The holes for til trees with
dynamite. have n,ver tried this. but
il has been done TO 50 ne extent in this
ne!ghborhoOd, and il remains 10 %,
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