The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-26

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ten diseases OF malnutrition. and the
way out Is peas and clover and lime.
Growing Winter Cnbbases.
when should the seed be sown to
make good winter cabbagcs, and how
| should they be treated" In your sec
ton t'iedmont virginia), ] would SOW
tho seed early In June. Make "a bed
FOR the seed In naturally moist
piece OF land. along the edge of 4
bottom. for Instance. and make ii rich
and grow the plants on rapidly, never
| allowing them TO suffer for lack OF
water. Set the plants on good bottom
| land heavily manurcd. for cabbagcs
| are gross feeders, and need heavy
feeding and moist clay loan soil. BY
| growing them In this way you can
head them In early November.
In Albemarle grew them in this
way. and. as the weather got cold,
ran out burrows and set them deeply
I'm tho burrows. throwing furrow 10
each packed row, aud then set another
alongside, packing all the heads close
together and covering all the stem
and lower part OF the head. Then |
built IL shelter OF pine bOughs over
the whole bed. and the cabbages Kept
well
CnhbaGes In Lower Underwater.
weather OF the Lower Underwater sec
tion, / would make a different plan
Tor winter cabbagos. That they can
be grown perfectly there I know, for
/ have done II on he Eastern Shore
many years ago and at Old Point
Comfort more recently. There I would
not SOW the seed TIL July. bug would
take the same means to keep the
plants growing In the seed bed to
make strong plants. for should want
plant with stem as stout n
good sized lead pencil to set In
August. Then set the plants In soil
as naturally moist as can be had. and
use manure and fertilizer lavishIy. and
cultivate rapidly. In Albemaric the
neighbors told me that II would not
do to cultivate cabbagcs during the
dog days But l paid no attention to
that and kept my cabbages well Gull
tivated all through the dog days, and
never saw better ones. Rapid and
clean cultivation is necessary. Then
lii that section / would keep them af-
ter heading In late November, oy turn
ing the heads over where they grew
with the tops of the heads to the
north, and cover the lower part OF the
head and stem thickly with soil. ana
they will keep all right The open
top OF the head will he sheltered from
the morning sun. and the cabbages
viii i'ianch and keep finely For either
section would use seed OF /; good
strain OF late fiat Dutch
Late Irish Potatoes.
II have turned under "a heavy crop
Of crimson clover. and have narrowed
in good dressing OF lime. I want to
plant the land in late potatoes (Irish.
Please tell me the best method for
growing them2'' Tho turning under
OF the clover early was all right, but
II your soil is at all liable 20 scab,
] fear that the lining will increase
II by sweetening the soil so that the
fungus Will thrive. Slight acidity In
the soil is more favorable To clean
irish potatoes than a soil sweetened
By lime. True. the lining may help
the crop. but II Will help the fungus
too. and IL the fungus is in your soil.
you viii have scabby potatoes. Run
out deep burrows in June and cut and
plant the potatoes. The clover VIII
give you all the nitrogen needed ana
YOU VIII only have TO apply say 500
pounds of acid phosphate and nifty
POUNDS OF muriate OF potash. Many
prefer the sulphatc Of potash. thinking
that ii makes more mealy potato,
but either Will do
STIR this into the bottom OF the fur
row and cover the potatoes very shall
low at nrst and then work the soil
cultivate perfectly level, not billing
as we do early potatoes. for at this
season Of the year need to con-
serve the moisture by rapid and shall
low and level cultivation II your
soil is clear OF scab fungus you should
IN this way make a good crop of po-
tatoes.
4 Foul Pasture.
II have a Held that has been in
pasture many years, but has gotten
fun Of sassafras and Dersimmon
sprouts and briers. and the grass is
poor" OF course 1t is You have
simply thought that a pasture could
take care of itself. and that there was
no need for Your keeping il good
Constant grazing and nothing return
ed to the soil will run down any land
and will give the wild growth n
chance. The pasture is full of sprouts
and briers because you let them grow
and did nothing TO keep the grass
good Cut the sprouts and briers eli
and burn them, and run The mower
over TO keep the wild growth clipped
OF. and 1t will soon die out If not al
lowed to make green leaves above
ground. for tho roots Will then perish
Then top-dress the pasture every
spring with raw bone meal, and YOU
can keep the grass Improving Young
stock grazing on land make their
bony frame from the soil and
rapidly exhaust the phosphates and If
YOU do not return these the sod will
become exhausted. l know land that
has been in pasture for more than
NIFTY years, and makes more grass to-
oay than steer an acre can keep
down, because the sod is top-dressed
every spring and all wild growth
cipped off and the droppinEs scat
tered with a harrow. a pasture will
no more take care of Itself than any
other part Of the farm, and the run
ring-out of n permanent pasture is
the fault or the owner
Onions.
MY onions. planted in April. arc
running to seed. What caused this.
Evidently YOU planted sets | never
plant onion sets for growing mature
onions. plant sets OF the Norfolk
queen onion in September to make
green onions for spring use, but to
make ripe onions I either plant sets
OF the yellow potato onion i'm the fall,
or SOW seed very early in the spring