The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-23

AAA$X8f8 plant, and found
w. +. Massey. very pro ductive
Then the practice Of bringing out
plants under new name which are
nothing but an old variety, Is often
troublesome. Last year grew the
Black Beauty eggplant. and found
them excellent. and very productive
This year l was induced to try new
variety from prominent scotsman
ihe plants were started as early aB
usual In the greenhouse. and were
grown to fine size in pots Now they
are fruiting I can see no difference
between them and the old prickly
stemmed eggplant that we discarded
years ago. when the New York I'm
proved came out 1t is simply re-
version TO an old and rejected type.
Making n silo.
I have a tobacco barn which I
would like to turn into a silo. 1t Is
regular log barn. ohinked and
that II gave 1t good coat of ce-
mcnt on the outside. and made Il ce-
ment floor 1t might make good 8ilo.
l GOULD plank II up on the outside. /
am dairying in small way and do
not want to go to any more expense
than possible and necessary. We have
fine pea crop. and knowing that you
TO know IL they Will make good en-
h!lage by themselves. or would II be
better to make them Into hay" Treat
ing the tobacco barn as you propose
would cost moro than to build a round
stave silo. and then you would have
a poorer silo. square slo will al
ways give trouble from damaged en-
s.lage in the corners and square silos
have long ago been discarded for
round ones. Then the barn would not
have height enough for its diameter
TO make n good siio I believe that
gave directions for the building of
s!lo with wooden hoops and flooring
But l will repeat IT, Wood does not
shrink endwise, and a wooden hoop
will keep tgh. better than an iron one
You VIII need to make a concrete base
and should plan for slo not less
than ten feet in diameter and twenty
feet high
The concrete noor and base Is all the
cement work needed To make the
hoops. get stun half inch thick and
three inches wide. Lay of the circle
the size OF the inside OF the founda-
ton on floor, and nail blocks one inch
outside the circle in thickness. This
viii allow for the thickness OF the
nooring used. bend the strips around
these blocks and nall them together
securely. making the two lowest hoops
The upper hoops can be made OF Two
layers. Having the hoops made. sc;
up scantling TO hold them in position,
put q hoop at the foundation and an
other two feet above IT, and others
two feet apart above Set UP on one
side two 3x4 scanrllngs chamfered TO
fare inside two and half feet apart
as door jambs. Now begin with the
tongued and grooyed nooring. and
nall at the door jamb. and then drive
UP each peace tight and nail to the
hoops all around tn you reach the
other door lamb. Then make a series
of battened doors two fee, By two and
half to drop one above the other
into the doorway to be held In place
by the pressure inside. Piece out the
flooring tight as you go up and then
any sort OF roof with open gables
Will answer Give 1t coat of boiled
oil inside and wash outside. hoops and
all, with a thick wash OF cement and
water. and you Will have n s!lo that
will not cost more than s. ton ca
pacity. 1t Will cost less 20 build in
this way and make a real siio than 10
try TO make one out OF the log barn.
Peas make very acid silage. and are
better as hay
Preparing for Glover.
II have a piece OF land that i soved
IN rye and crimson clover. cut the
rye for seed and turned the clover
under and sowed TO peas. Now want
TO turn the peas under and SOW to
clover again. SHAH l lime the land as
soon as the peas are turned under?
II SO, how much an acre? am pre-
pairing TO plant this land in corn next
spring. VIII II pay me 10 sow oats
with the clover and cut for hay and
then plant the corn? Or should turn
the clover alone for the corn?"
conditions TO lime the land at rate OF
not less than 1000 pounds OF slaked
lime acre, after turning under the
peas. But I think that 1t will pay YOU
better to cut and cure the peas for
hay. and then disk the stubble. disking
in the lime, and SOW the clover seed
alone. Then during the winter spread
on the clover any manure you can
make far as II Will CO. and turn
all under for the corn in the spring.
I think that the peahay will be as val
liable as an oat crop. and you can get
a better stand on the dislted stubble of
clover than by turning the peas under
Worms on Cabbage.
II have set some late cabbages and
as heretofore I have been greatly
troubled with the green worms /
would like to know how to destroy
them. 1 would prefer something with
out Paris green"
There is no danger to the cabbages
from the use OF arsenites like Paris
green, for the head forms from the
inner bud and the poison will not get
into it. Nearly all the winter cabbages
sold on the markets have been treated
with Paris green 1 prefer. however, to
use lead arsenate, one pound in thirty
gallons Of water. Spray the cabbages
with this. have kept the worms
under without the poisons by busting
the plants with air-slaked lime in
which a small percentage of salt is
mixed. I have also found that spray
ing repeatedly with the soapsuds from
the weekly wash will keep them fairly
we'll. If you use the lime and salt you
must repeat 1t as fast as washed off,
Asparagus and Alfalfa.
(Which of twp soils is best for as
paragus and alfalfa, a sandy loan or
q good heavy soil, with clay hYa to ten