The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-24

The curious thing about this tree is
the fact that 1t never swells bud till
all the trees around are in full leaf,
and people are apt to remark that it
seems that the roots have gone deeply
into the loosened earth and do not feel
the early spring warmth as those in
more shallow soil. have often
thought that 1t might be we'll to try a
similar treatment with q peach tree,
and get it's roots down so that II would
not start so soon Perhaps dynamiting
in clay soil might accomplish some
thing of this sort.
Correspondence.
Spraying Tomatoes-'What shall I
spray my tomatoes with to keep off the
green worms that eat the leaves?" To-
niatoes should be sprayed with the
Bordeaux mixture to prevent the leaf
blight but do not care usually TO
spray with poisons. The large green
worms that eat tho leaves can be hand
picked, but the worst one is the Boil
worm that eats into the fruit. To get
this one II is necessary to use ar
senates. One pound OF lead arsenate
in so gallons Of water can be used as
a spray or 1t can be mixed in an equal
quantity of the Bordeaux mixture and
the leaf blight and the worms man
aged ut same time. 1t should mot be
used after the fruit is half grown as
fruit.
Tomatoes Emil TO Set.
My tomatoes bloom freely but set
few fruits. What is the trouble?" The
early cold spells may have DANA ed
the blossoms. or there may be scar
city OF bees and other insects 10 set
the fruit. You can improve the set
ting by going through at noon in
bright weather, as we do with the to-
matoes grown in greenhouses. and
with light stick tap the clusters of
flowers TO shake the pollen on the stiE-
ma of the flower. The lack of fruit is
due to the flowers failing to get pol
len on the stigma of the flower.
Is not summer fallow the best way
to make good crop OF wheat? For
instance. field that was in corn last
year and let lie can be prepared EARLY
and gotten. in fine shape for the winter
wheat?" There is no doubt that a good
crop of wheat cnn be grown in this
way, and it was practiced largely
years ago. But II has now been largely
abandoned. because II is too extensive
q way to make wheat On field that
was in corn last summer YOU have
made. in the cultivation of the corn as
good fallow as needed. and instead
of letting the land lie without n crop.
YOU could have cut the corn off and
shocked II and put the wheat in last
fall. That Is now the practice Of the
best wheat growers We cannot afford
to let land lie bare all winter and then
keep 1t in bare fallow all summer to
make one crop of wheat
You could have followed the corn
last fall with winter oats, and after
the oats were harvested YOU could sow
the land to peas. and make a good crop
or hay by giving the peas A liberal
dressing of acid phosphate and potash,
and then YOU would only have to disk,
IN t,,
crop. for the early breaking for the
peas would have given all the advan-
tage you would get from bare fallow.
ana no late blowing would be needed
Tor the wheat. and you would have
gotten crop of oats and n crop of pea
hay in the meantime
The old summer time fnllcw made
wheat. but 1t made wheat at too great
cost ana we now follow wheat either
| d ilef hoed crops or on a pea stubble.
You can get better crop of wheat on
'ne pea stubble than YOU could bv
LIVING under the whole pea growth,
Tor they would prevent your cettinr
the land into tho compacted state thar
wheat requires. and the blowing. would
DE done too late in the season. Good
proving Tor the peas and merely disk
ing the stubble fine for wheat going
over ana over till the surface is per-
fectiy line. will make a better wbeat
crop than the old following practice
Never let land lie bare of green cron
IN winter. and keep it regularly at
WORK growing something that will holm
the land between sale crops
The New Mineral Fertilizer.
- correspondent sends me a circular
OF what is called the New Ninsrsl
fertiizer." The circular gives - lenr-
my analysis of the article showing !,
small percentage of potash and less
than one per cent. of phosphoric acIl
ana then lot of PERCENTAGES Of sodo
hme' magnesium. and sulphur and silt.
ca tsand) and alumina (clay) In fact
by their own analysis the stuff hss
'2.3' per cent OF sand and clay Ana
yet they charge in car loads Sa2.5O a
ton. And the circular goes on ~ Gov,
mat the New Mineral Fertilizer is al,
plant food. What lot of plant food
mere must be in our sandy lands
They claim that it does not eyanoratn
Douo'iess. sand and clay do not evan
crate. 1t is probably a sand mar,
ana instead of being worth So. 20 a
ton IL would be hardly worth the haul
ing ana spreading II one had to nav
freight on 1t a hundred miles. do
NOT mink that 1 would accept it ms
4 Etit IL l had TO pay dollar a ton
lFeight on IT. / hardly think that our
iertliizer laws would allow IL 10 he
sod as fertilizer certainly NOT in
North Carolina
IN Pntsylvania County.-"Pieasc tell
me what sort OF a mixture Of grasses
10 use TO make permanent pasture
ana no" TO prepare the land. and when
90 sow Break the land well and
pu, II in good order, applying 400
pounds of ac!d phosphate and %
pounds OF muriatc OF potash and acre
broadcast Then drill in with a wheat
dri!i set to SOW two bushels OF wheat
an acre '"
Whippoorwiil Peas.-Whcn the peas
a. mature. DISK them down and pillow
thehl under and in October SOW n mix
eufe or ten pounds OF orchard grass
nve POUNDS OF Red top and 1--WE pounds
oil Canada blue grass Cpoa Comnrcssa
( per acre and brush the seed In liebtIy
with smoothing harrow. and. If the
.nho Is ory ana the level roll TO pacl,
/ me soli to the seed and to insure q
/ good termination Then give the
tIass chance to get strong before
lutn!ns stock on 1t. or they may pull
ou1 the young grass.
men do not imagine that after hav-
ing gotten stand Of grass il viii Keen