The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-31

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~ 3SS:: FsHn box with soil
IL. SssS ,tslRE Hat bottom and then
= 33fsI e. 8 ssS another layer Of
- &5% sfq8 soil and so on to
MI &sEIs&d top. The box IS
NSEa 81 sSSss III closet in my
M ~ n 20 e$2H n n groom, n
MI & y EfsA ESH south room. viii
s .s. :. - they keep we'll there.
w. z. 'iass-y or viii II be too
warm and dry?' bury my dahlias. and
ave hundreds d them, In shallow
1its I dig tb pit about ono
'Dade deep. tItce layer of
traW on the bktom and then pack
he roots closeiyfn the pit, and, when
u are I'm | cScr n thick layer Of
10 newspapers Yer the top, and then
l6und, the coil lver in u heap. so as
SIZED tho rai1 off well. They keep
letter III this fuy than any other.
49, our roots will Pc apt 10 dry up hard
Ia tho house. Hetter take them out
- ow and bury ITEM as do. Make the
- over of old panrs thick and put plen-
~ y or soil on top and they will be per-
= ectlr safe
Growing bright Tobacco.
~ Halifax Count: greatly enjoy read
~ ing your contributions. and now in re-
d8tard ~ growing bright tobacco after
teas and clover have utterly failed.
Hitter trying for seven or eight years,
peas aud clover. now plant tobacco
on the same lard every year on green
ryo scd. with tho rye lightly top
&dressed with manure. l have had tho
land tn tobacco three years. and 1t
cnres better each year.
81 Whnt Kind OF fertilizer will be best
: 10 use on this land. working In tobacco
4 every year. followed by rye. Land Is
light to dark gray, with yellow subsoil.
4 hnVe been using 2-S-2 2H-S-3 and
I5-s-i, and cannot see any difference
IN there In the result OH tobacco. My
land is In good heart. anu make 500 to
yt6np pounds an acre. On the rest OF
. tho Farm use clover and peas in rota-
ton OF corn on the clover sod. peas
gown In the corn, wheat and oats after
corn. with red clover sown on these in
spring. j make forty bushels of corn
ar acre, nnd owe most Of my success
lin farming to your writings. l have
been reading them for twenty years,
and am learning more daily" Tho evil
dence seems to be accommodating that
bright tobacco will not como up tn
standard after peas ana clover, and /
AsuppoBe that we must accept the eH-
ekSrieEce of the thoughtful men who
s>p been trying IL az you have. I
Rlo that IL is duo to the excess OF
&8 q nitrogen, and while the grow
83& lack wrappers value the clover
hiy. tho bright tobacco men
to adopt other methods. How
can succeed with the plan you
Hopted remains to be seen. 1t
g. ao we'll for a few years and go
H6 as you get paying crops of good
Vitality 1 cannot blame you. though, as
~ rule, / very much dislike the idea OF
5keeplng land in the Same crop year
after year Ycnrs ago. when ] was
studying tobacco In various fertilizer
experiments In North Carolina. | work
cd out n formula which has been used
eR3kS great success In the counties
85 !, 81 the line from you But there
used it on land that had no green
t&W hr crop on 1t, and this Will make
~ erence in the amount used.
H2& he formula Is rs follows: 900 pounds
1R u phosphate, LOG pounds nitrate of
~ Ia, 500 pounds of dried blood, 400
hnds OF high-grade sulphate of pot
H1&s, TO make q ton. This was used in
sa*S awhile County. North Carolina, at
Ntc of 700 pounds an acre. and made
- he highest priced tobacco sold that
Mason on the Durham market After
8urning under rye. i would not use it
o heavily. but believe that 500 pounds
. an be profitably used or your land an
&icte In the grades you have been
8lsing. In all probability, the potash
,ame from kainit, and that will injure
3.fe quality of the leaf / would always
Ink my own fertilizer for tobacco
While l am willing to accept the expo
~ ace of growers like YOU in regard to
#RM effect of peas and clover on bright
eco. i am glad TO know that you
R38 really farming well on tho re-
der OF your land. and hope that
IA method of making the tobacco
ff&Wil continue to be success
~ Max Ing Woodland Pasture.
III ,wddie County: u am coming
H& tr advice. Last winter fenced
E. Vece OF woodland of four to five
filth spring branch and have
80 81 rs breeding hogs In II ever since.
I'M to cut out the underground,
1--we the large nut-bearing trees
s5s3E9 inter, burn II over and SOW
seed In the ashes. The remaining
i'll not be very close together.
T. eE2$ hoped to get stand of grass
ID ould support couple of cows
lives next summer. when the
ksEill be on rape and cowpeas
NJ tell me what grasses will be
2l7 stlkely TO succeed there. Would
b9dvisable TO use any fertilizer on
hes? Soil light and sandy and
Hrehas been broken. wish to ex-
yeshppreciation and thanks for the
fiudion in correct farming / am re-
= $eivtg from your columns in The
5Timj- Dispatch"
Inthe first place I would not burn
foyershe ground. You will simply get
lile ashes. and will at the same
time burn the humus material that
A1S ntded. Better clear out the brush
and ,urn it elsewhere. About twenty
: tivo Years ago 1 made similar wood
land pasture in Virginia I cleared out
the underground. and then loosened
1 1.-THE soil as much as the roots would
1alloY with a shovel pillow, and sowed
IL mixture OF fifteen pounds Of orchard
Igras, ten pounds of Red Top and five
pounds OF Kentucky Blue grass an
|acre, and went over 1t with smooth
ling harrow to make n sort of cover.
|The grass grew very well and made
Ia fairly good pasture I do not think
that ! would use any commercial fer
tiliaer. but after you get sod start
cd II would be we'll to scatter some
lime or limestone to encourage the
blue grass to make a sod. do not
think that you can get much pastur-
age next summer, for the grass must
be given n chance to sod well before
turning OH it, Putting cows on the
young grass as soon as IL Is we'll
started. thew will mil II nut y,, fIa