The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-16

son clover In your section UP to the
middle of October. and 1t would be as
well TO SOW n bushel OF rye and fifteen
pounds OF clover seed an acre.
Getting n Winter Cover.
Prince Edward County: What is the
best treatment OF land now ready for
winter cover? 1t is rather thin. brought
barely cover of crimson clover last
spring. and has not recently been
lined. and made only fair crop
OF sunfiowers this season What
fertilizers should be used for red land
recently sown TO crimson clover? 1t
was we'll manured. but until recently
was In very poor condition What is
the best way to eradicate wire grass?
broke up very fertile piece and SOW
ca to buckwhcat and crimson clover,
as you suggested, but find IL still badly
infested with what I suppose is wire
grass. The grass grows in joints and
passes when tho land is plowed. What
should he applied to gray soil, which
was well MANFRED with horse stable
manure last January, to bring the best
crop OF winter onions?' In the first
place you still have time IN your sec
ton TO get stand Of crimson clover.
and on the land that grew the sun
flowers / would disk we'll and harrow
~ 300 pounds OF Basic Stag phosphate
and SOW the clover seed before the
middle OF October. The Basic Stag
carries 40 per cent OF free lime, and to
that extent Will tend to sweetcn the
soil for the clover, but il would be still
bet TO harrow in some lime. A
dressing Of tho Basic Stag Will also be
well on the clover in tho red land In
ri IL
land IL 1t had not been manured but
had had good application of the
basic Stag when sown. for the clover
VIII get more nitrogen from the air
when there Is little to be had in the
soil. and having manure at hand, il
sen from the air as II would have done
without the manure. What you call
wire grass Is the Bermuda grass 1t
IS very valuable grass for a perma-
nent pasture, but troublesome In Guilt
waited land. The best way TO get rid
OF II is with shading crops. 1t Is a
sun-lov!ng grass, and does not thrive
III the shade. Pillow the sod shallow
and get as much OF the grass rakcd
out as possible and haul it off to a
wash or waste place. Then SOW tho
land thickly with peas, cut these for
hay, and SOW crimson clover on the
pea stubblc, and turn IL under in the
spring for corn. and YOU will have
little of tho grass left. especially II you
SOW peas among the corn at last work
ing. Onions demand n heavily fertil-
lied soil The best fertilizer mixture is
500 pounds acid phosphate. 700 pounds
Cf cottonseed meal and 400 pounds OF
rnuriate OF potash. TO make ton. Of
this use 1000 pounds an acre. Plant
the onions. as I have done in rows
sixteen inches apart and cultivate with
the hand-wheel cultivator II does
not pay to grow onions wide enough
for horse cultivation. / have now In
the ground gets of the Norfolk Queen
onion and the yellow potato onion. the
first to he used entirely as green bunch
onions. ana the potato onions also TO
lave the side bulbs used green 10 some
extent and the main bulb ripen
FcrtIlizing Wheat md Corn.
would like To gee more about wheat
in the paper. We people here have
many arguments as to the time to SOW
wheat and the kind of fertilizer TO use
Would like TO know more about these
matters one OF my neiehbors had !.
Eiece or wheat. part OF which he used
some fertilizer on and part without
any fertilizer. Several of us looked
over the wheat and could tell no diff
fcrcnce-in fact, We decided that the
wheat where no fertilizer was used
was as good or better than that which
lad the fertilizer. Another farmer here
planted a piece OF corn, part without
fertilizer and several of us looked over
II a few days ago and could see no diff
the corn and the other man used 1914
ON his wheat-that is, 10 per cent phos-
plhor;c acid and per cent potash
1t looks as though these fertilizers are
no good. and if there are amy OF any
good we would like to know ii. ! am
sowing wheat to-day tScptembcr 26)
Most people say II is entirely too early"
II you have read what | have been
writing about wheat and wheat SOW
ing, you would know that you are run
ring a serious risk OF being caught by
the liessian fly by sowing wheat in
September Then. you cannot properly
Judge of the effects OF fertilizer by
looking over the field. The only way
TO Judge IS the measure OF the crop
Then harvested separately. You do not
say what amounts your neighbors used
and the application may have been
small. Depending on fertilizer TO make
corn Is not profitable. The way to
make corn is to practice good rota-
ton Of crops, and always have a clover
sod to turn for the corn. On your red
clay soil you need not use potash In a
fertilizer If you lime occasionally and
get your land we'll supplied with vege-
table decay. These will release tho
insoluble potash that is abundant in
all our red clay soils. Then. If YOU
SOW peas among your corn and put the
wheat III OH d Wcii-pTepdTcu pea Stub
ble you Will need only to give 1t a
good application of acid phosphate. In
short instead of specializing on fertili-
GERS and using the low grade S-o-2 YOU
should pay more attention to 81 good
rotation OF crops and the growing OF
lcSumes. The best time to SOW wheat
IS after the first white frost. and if it
follows after peas. all the fertilizer
reeded. will be 400 pounds of acid phos-
phate an acre.
Growing Cucumbcrs for Shipping.
II am contemplating the growing OF
cucurnbers next season for market and
VIII appreciate any information YOU can
give me as TO the best soil, market.
fertilizer and what average sandy
loan should makc?'
Growing cucumbers for market can
be made more profitable on a high.
sandy soil IL they are well grown.
properly culled and early. Where !
live the cucumbers are an important
crop.