The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-18
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof. w. F. MASSEY

Sown then there will be no need fo
the spike harrow, for the thawing will
cover the seed sufficiently.
Anthrncnose In Cotton.
North Carolina: What is the matter
with the enclosed cotton boil and ar,
the bug and worm in it the cause p
The cotton is attacked by the disease
called anthracnose, and the insects
have nothing to do with it. You have
planted seed from an infected field, as
TINS disease is always carried by the
seed. and many farmers iii North Caro-
lima have gotten 1t from buying seed
in South Carolina. where it is very
prevalent. The only thing that can be
done is to get seed from Il healthy field
next season. Farmers in North Caro-
lima who have been buying what is
called the half-and-half cotton seed
| from South Carolina have in nearly
every case caught the disease.
Making Hedge.
! a woman correspondent writes. Il am
| anxious to have hedge around my
yard. When is the best time to start
IT, fall or spring? Can it be started
from limbs from n hedge?"
! l suppose that YOU refer to the
hedges, now 50 common, made of the
California privet. The best time to
start this plant is in the early spring.
You can get plants from u nursery, or
| if there is an old hedge nearby YOU
can plant q hedge from cuttings. Make
cuttings OF this years shoots about ten
inches long. Prepare the line of the
hedge by digging ii Well Set Il line,
and with {, spade open the earth SO that
the outings can be inserted full length
| in tho soil and six inches apart. Then
pack tho soil to them, and about all of
I them VIII grow. j have Il hedge that
was planted in this way.
Crimson Glover I'm Wheat.
What do YOU think of Sowiny GRIM
son clover in wheat anu cutting the
wheat with n high stubble. and then
turning under the clover for peasY'
/ 1t will help the land very consider
ably, provided YOU can get the clover.
| lSut there will be n serious risk that
YOU VIII not get the clover il il is
sown when the wheat should be sown--
| that is. after the first frost That will
be rather late for the clover Still, 1t
Will only be the risk OF losing some
seed. The clover will. of course. all
be dead when the wheat is cut. but it
Will help the land very decidedly, pro-
vidcd il lives
Growing the GIndiolus.
Il have read an article of yours in
another paper in regard to the rot in
! the gladiolus. and advising against the
use of manure ION them. My wife and
have been trying to grow these beau
| tliul flowers for two years, but are
| bothered with the rot. We have ADAM
doned the stable manure mt your sug-
ScStlon, but they still rot. Can YOU
suggest any treatment for the bulbs"
| II your soil is heavy clay you will
always have trouble With the gladiolus
| Even in our sandy soil here there are
! some varieties that are ALWAYS inclined
10 rot, while others arc invariably
healthy. Some Of the diseased plants
DO not entirely rot. but make small
puibs' and the tops die down early. 1
shali take some of these in the spring
| ana soak them in Il solution of formal
| dehyde, tablespoonful in "A two-gallon
watering pot, soaking them half an
hour. | hope that this may check the
rot The gladiolus does not like n
heavy soil and it is always hard TO
make them grow healthy in such a
SOIL plant them in sandy soil that
was manfred the previous year. and
use no manure on them, but plant fully
six inches deep.
! Not Rermuda.
am sending You some grass and
wish TO know IL it is the Bermuda
| grass"
No. ii is not Bermuda, by n
long way. 1t is Panicum autumno,o
! poverty grass)-hen's nest grass, ms
the negroes often call it, II is of litt1n
| value.
! Root Lice on Strawberries.
Il have a patch of Strawberries tho
roots of which are infested with hlnn
ROOT Ice Is there any way to Get rid
! oi them Get from some Of Inc
sihoNihs tobacco factories some TO-
o"cco uust. ana use il heavily around
ana over the plants You can mn a.
on us heavily as YOU please. as II Will
10. hur' anything and is good fer
.iI"er. 1t VIII drive the lice MS er
lectiNeiN rs anything | Know of In
lac'' tobacco is the sovereign remedy
| ior all forns of plant lice Last wear
a FARMER III Georgia wrote to mo that
| ne mas suffered great deal from root
ice IN cotton, and that alf his ueirb
pors were in the same in / told him
| that supposed he could buy the To-
o"cco uust Tor about Sl2 to SIS ton.
ana could use il literally in his fer
tilizer, and II would prevent tho root
nee had letter from him a few
GAYS ESQ thanking me for the adyicc
ana he said the dust certainly prevent
ca inc ROOT lice. and for the first time
IN years he has had none. \ nun
Der OF years ago | was sent for hur
| rledlE by large trucker near New
"orh \. G, TO advise hin, about the
| Sreen lice on his English peas. | went
down there and found that he had
over 100 acres Of peas ana about a
| million lice on every plant told him
| tH"t me crop that year was gone he
yond remedy as nothing that could
then he done but would cost NOR,
IMAM the crop was worth. But toId
MN th&t ire next year lie should fin
me burrows h.tif fun OF tobacco stems.
ana .did not believe he would bo
troubled with lice lie did so ana
they have had no more green lice ON
peas at Ncwhcrn. With all these
thihGs prevention must be the rule
instead of cure. In planting straw
berries where tho root lice are found
use tobacco lust heavily III the fer
hli2er. Tor II 4: good fertilizer itself
ana VIII prevent lice in scots or tops.