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

nor the half of 1t. But he worked 4
out, and row has as pretty little
farm as any ono could wish to see. ant
makes over Il bale of cotton an acre
three tons of pea hay and fifty bushels
or more Of corn. 1 saw 1t soon after
he bought st. and had five years tc
pay for It, 1t was apparently white
sand. But right under that white SAND
there was strong blood red clay tina,
the oRe-horse blowing OF the past had
not touched. lie broke into this, and
now the soil is no longer white sand
but red sandy loan. Hard work and
persevering energy, added to skilful
management and q rotation of crops
turned the trick for him. In one sea :
son he made crop of seventy-five
bushels of winter oats an acre, and
got two tons OF cowpea hay from the
same land after the oats were har-
vested. That sort of farming brings
a man out of debt, while better land,
with poor farming, will keep the man
poor. Hence 1t will depend more on
the man than anything else as to
whether such debt could be worked
! out.
! Sowing Two LcGumc Crops.
do YOU advise sowing TWO :egume
crops in succession? j have n piece
of land that l am sowing in crimson
| clover. l intend to turn THIS uncer In
the spring and sow peas and cut them
| for hay and follow with wheat in the
fall VIII this be all right" 1t will
probably do very we'll. But the peas,
| having n good deal OF nitrogen lert
for them in the soil, VIII probably do
less getting of nitrogen from the air
| than they would have done under other
conditions. But YOU can get n good
/ ~ IN
clover a good application of Basic Stag
phosphate and potash. and then YOU
can get the pea stubble in fnc shane
for wheat by disking and narrowing
TIL the surface is perfectly fine and
compacted and has an application Of
| phosphate and potash. But on red lane
YOU can afford to leave out the pot,sl,
and as YOU are in the Piedmont section
| IT is probable that your land Is tho
red clay.
Young Mnn Wants to Farm
Il live in Richmond. but have been
experimenting on some land on my
iather's farm to see how much corr
couiu grow on an acre. Was late start
ihs' put planted the acre in peas An
gust l. Land would probapIy MAKE
about three barrels of corn natur.liv
| Wlll October IL be too late to ploy
the peas under and SOW crimson clovcrp
or should SOW half the acre i'm clovcr
ana half In vctch and pillow under for
| the corn next spring? I am thinking
ot hpPiylnE half ton Of lime an acre
Whch ploW the peas, and another haI,
Tor when the clover is turned under
MY iather farms in the old IN shionol
way, and / want to do something dir
ferent, as some day ! shall 70 bocl,
10 the farm" am always glad to
nc" from young man who loves
inc farm and wishes to farm hotter
than. his father. The young, mon orc
inc hope OF the country, and by nx-
| pcrlmentlng III a small way Won car
learn how to apply the experience on
q larger scale. True, you have started
INC acre rather late. But the land is
down III King and Queen, and there is
II fair chance that there YOU may sur-
cced In getting stand of crimson
Grover SoWn in October. If Won fn,-
'ha nttle sray-headed clover growing
on the land, 1t will indicate that tho
sou is lnoculatcd for crimson clover.
SOW hfteen pounds of seed an moro
Turn the peas under as soon MS thnv
are iairly mature and have some rinc
PODS Apply the 900 pounds OF slaLeo
lime, and do not think that Won necd
repeat 1t III the spring when YOU turn
The clover under
Bnt In turning the clover do not fry
10 hop II over flat. but edge up the
burrows. and any that sticks ont con
easily be disposed of in tho h,rrov.;nr,
III The clover is turned under in a cont
piclelE nat layer Ii will interfere with
INC rise OF the capillary moisture. and
the corn may suffer from drought
Ihen give the corn a dressing broad.
cast OF 400 pounds OF acid nbosnIo,
ana twenty-five pounds of the m,iriato
OF potash narrowed in in the prepara-
ton OF the soil. Then with shallow and
leVcl cultivation YOU can make a good
crop of corn.
"effinE Grass Sod In Cemetery.
am adding piece of land to tho
Iilled-up cemetery here. II is AZ b,. 3or
leet 1t is now in peas. The soil ia
uark red and fairly good. and ! want
10 get thick sod on it When ab,11 7
SOW the grass seed and what kind shah
SOW, Should turn the meas un,.,. -,
NOV thcin Off? What fertilizer should
l USE Getting Il sod under the con
dltions is just the same as pettino ,
lawn anywhere. To make a good lawn
fou heto q good preparation of tho
idhd ana an abundance OF seed II vii,
ne pest also to use some fertilizer n
'lc peas have made a heavy prov,th !,
VIII be best TO NOW them, and thcn
prepare the stubble by blowing deonlv
} ana narrowing fine. making the sur.
i"cc as smooth as possible with snil,o
"i,oW ana roller. In making lawn
always make the ground fairly pr,v
with the seed. for YOU want i, ,bini,
"
growth at once. The piece OF land viii
DC nearly one-third of an acre. and ]
would SOW on it twenty pounds Of
extra clean Kentucky blue grass seed
ten pounds of red top and five ponds
, on perennial rye grass well mixed
. Ihcn, after sowing the grass seed scot
ter TOUR pounds OF white clover sod
as you cannot keep this mixed with INC
grass seed being heavier. Then hrn.,
Az WIN a smoothing harrow, and
go over with roller. AS n fertiliznr
narrow In In the preparation OF ,br
SOL loo pounds OF cottonsced meal
, fifty pounds of nitrate of soda. ana IN
pounds of acid phosphate. Thnn got,
lng good stand Of grass. the nov,
spring start lawn mower us soon rs
the grass is tall enough 10 catch and
run the mower every week in rrov,ir :,
weather. leaving All the cut grass o.,
'he 'and' and ii viii soons disappear and
VIII be thickening the sod. Then ~
Keep the blue grass good. il viii ~
wen to scatter some slal,cd lime Owe,
the sod once in five years.