The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-07


crops and the growing of lcguinc win
ter cover and tho making Of manure
Tor tho corn Will enable the farmer to
make corn cheaper.
This has been done even down in
Alabama. Mr. Clarendon Davis went
from Kentucky TO Ala bama and has
brought up through proper rotation
an old cotton farm till he makes big
crops OF corn on clover. and says that
whIie he can get there 81 to SllO "A
t"shel for corn. the actual cost of his
corn Is cents bushel No farmer
VINO ncglects the winter cover and de-
Ponds on commercial fertilizers ana
nitrate OF soda, can make corn at am
thihB Ike so low a cost. But Mr.. Da-
Vis keeps stoCk-bloodcd stock-and
raises mules that he says cost him $50
TO raise 70 three years, and the last
batch of fifty mules he sold in Atlanta
brought 100 for the poorest one in
the lot. lie makes manure, and that
IS the main secret OF the Improvement
81 his land. But he has no BARNARD
ankle deep In manure. was on his
place and did not SEQ shovclful of
manure around his barn. 1t goes on,
10 the heid and is spread as fast az
IL ls made. Buying nitrate OF soda to
make corn Is waste Of money.
Second Crop Red Glover.
From Appomattox County: II have n
held from which have cut fine crop
ci2Vcr another summer and cut the
i'iat growth for hay. and turn the scc-
o;d growth in the fall for tobacco in
20 Would II be advisable 20 cut
the second growth this season? 1t
promises To make heavier growth
than the FIRST cutting. also have n
field in corn that is well set in Ber-
muda grass. and have decided to make
q permanent pasture OF this Would
you ADVISE sowing Burr clover at last
cultivation OF the corn? / have no
knowledge of this clover being used in
this sectionT 1t viii probably. he best
to NOV this second crop II you in
tend 10 keep the clover for another
year, as the old dead clover would he
IN the way next spring Second crop
Grover does not make as good hay as
tho nrst cutting. ana perhaps II would
he best TO let IL mature and cut and
cure il FOR seed Even II there is no
Clover hulling machine In your sec
ton, you can fail out the seed and
SOW II IN the rough II you use about
bushel OF the seed in the chat an
acre Then IL Will pay, think. TO
give the clover, after moving the sec
ond crop, 4 good dressing OF acid phos-
ph"tc This VIII pay in the next
srrlng crop. am sure. Burr clover,
McdicaEo dcnticulata, is Il sort OF an
nual alfalfa II is better suited TO the
warm sandy soils OF the Southern
Coast region than 10 the hills Of APP
pomatoN, and ! would not advise its
use. The best plan will be 10 SOW
crimson clover among the corn. or af-
ter the corn is cut, and IL Will riv,
you good pasturage before the Rcr-
muda starts. Then IN spring get some
seed OF LcspedeZa or Japan clover and
scatter over the field. This Will grow.
and in tho fall will reseed the land.
ana add TO the pasturaee finely.
brussels sprouts, Caulinower and Egg
rlIu
From Dinwiddie County: Kindly tell
me. through your columns in The
Times Dispatch, something about the
culture OF Brussels sprouts, cauliaower
ana eggplants.' Brussels sprouts are
a member OF the cabbage family. which
makes q hos; of little heads about The
size OF walnuts all along the stem be-
low the tuft of leaves at the top The
seed can be sown here from middle Of
June to first OF July. and later trans
planted like late cabbaEes and Guilt
waited in the same way. They VIII ma
ture the little heads in November.
Like all the cabbage family, they are
gross feeders. and the soil must he
heavily MANFRED. or the plants set af-
ter an early crop that has had heavy
manurnE We can hardly make the
fall caulihower TO any extent in this
climate, as it is hard to carry the
plants through the summer This can
he done in the North. and fine crops
made in The fall. But here about the
only crop Of caulinowcr we can make
is the early spring crop. This can be
grown from seed sown the middle Of
September and transplanted thickly in
frame and protected during the win
ter with cloth, and then transplanted
IN March into very strong soil for head
Ing They must be early and head ny
tie middle Of May or the weather VIII
get so hot that they will not head
at all.
/ have described my method OF get
ting carly caulifiowers. and any one
with plenty of glass sashes on frames
can do this. l set six plants under
each sash, the sasEcs being aX6 feet,
and the frame six feet wide. The
space between them is filed IN with
close heading lettuce like the Tennis
Fall, and these are cut out during the
winter. L: n, first OF Marcl. the
aulitlower prints Will he getting up
Il tie glass, end they ar. th..u grad
ually hardened to the air and the
sashes removed &c other frames to il.
used in protecting the tomato plants.
The caulflower grown in this way viii
head at Petersburg in April
Elephants are grown by sowing
the seed early in March in n hotbed
or greenhouse, and transplanting TO
frames later TO get strong and then
setting them in rows three feet apart
cach way after the soil has gotten
well warmed The same fight with
the potato bugs that we have with
potatoes must be carried out with the
elephants, for they will destroy
them as fast as they will potatoes.
The best variety is the Black Beauty.
You can get potted plants from any OF
the seed houses in the cities.
Diseased Iris.
y lady correspondent writes: II am
sending you a specimen leaf from my
white iris. The plants are six years
old. and at first gave great mass OF
iiowers But for the past two years
they have not nourished, and look
blasted. Can you suggest a remedy.
The leaf sent is affected by Il fungus
growth. ClrcOsporium. Get some for
malin from drug store. the 40 per
cent solution of formaldehyde. Put n
tablespoonful in two gallons of water
ana spray the plants with this. This
VIII not restore the blasted leaves hut