The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-23

\ ftEit pOuluS OF pHOSpnOrlC aClu all
/ acre. This makes the cotton grow for
a time and then it fails purely from,
I lack OF food. Your application would
! have done better had the cotton fol-
! lowed on n clover sod. but on poor land
! YOU simply galvanized II into temper
/ AIRY life with Il little potash and phos-
! phatc that Were soon used up. and then
the extra growth could not he sus-
tanned. Red rust in cotton is usually
red starvation.
y mixture Of 1900 pounds OF lG per
cent acid phosphate. 600 pounds of
cottonseed meal and 2OO pounds of
muriate OF potash will make ton of
good cotton fertilizer. and this used
AT rate OF 500 pounds an acre. will pre-
vent red rust even in the poorest land.
| What YOU evidently need is Il good
rotation OF crops and the building up
OF Your land through the use OF the
lcgume crops. Then, with "A liberal
use OF acid phosphate and some pot
ash you can make good cotton with
out buying the nitrogen. Good farm
ing is the cure for many troubles in
crops.
FcrtilizinE Oats.
~ have just rented an old run down
farm, and want to SOW oats and rye
this month, and think of using 200
pounds OF Thomas phosphate and 100
pounds of kainit an acre. Later l shall
SOW wheat after some rather poor corn
and use the same fertilizer Will this
do as a START" assume that there
have been no legume crops on the land,
and your land is the usual red Pied
mont soil. Under the conditions it
would be better to use some carrier
or nitrogen. and YOU can leave out the
potash on your land Three hundred
pounds Of acid phosphate and 100
pounds of cottonsaed meal will be a
better application to land of that con-
dition either for the oats or the wheat
| | hardly think that the potash will
be needed on Your land. and if it was.
you could get il more cheaply in mari-
ate of potash than in kainit. Two
hundred pounds OF kainit Will give
YOU but twenty-four pounds OF potash
while fifty pounds of muriate would
! give YOU as much, and YOU would have
to freight but one-fourth the amount
TO get the same amount OF potash. Bet
ter get land of your own and farm it
in an improving rotation
Planting Pecan Trees
What time OF the year should Pecan
trees be transplanted, and should they
be watercd and fcrtilized at time of
transplanting?" Plant the trees in
! the fall rs soon as the leaves have fall
On. Ram every inch of soil tight as
need 10 water. Give topdressng of
any good complete fertilizer in the
spring before they start 10 grow
DISCRIMINATING Nut Grass.
is there any way TO eNterminate nut
grass Nut grass, so called, is not
q grass at all but scdge. AS have
often said. the only way to- cxtermi-
nate IT, and any persis;en; weed. is
simply 20 not allow II 10 grow and
make green leaves. Any plant must
die If not allowed to make green leaves
above ground In the case of nut
-rass this means cleaning II off daily.
-2-s = just wnat did Four years
ago When bought the place where
no" i've the garden was completely
oFerrun with nut grass. simply de-
is!7!!ned ,7at i should not grow. and
he2, il shaved OF daily. 81. this
means I cTsdual.y got thinner. and
-oW = = hard 10 lind . plant OF nut
E!aSs y my garden. People aeslec, II
and ct :: seed in the fall especially
~ gardens ihat arc simply used TO
2, e." @zr!y vegetables and then
- .I1 . weeds and the nu, grass
makes thousands Of seed in the late
SEED tnan from the roots But II tho
land rs Kept absolutely clean ali sum
! iner TN mat grass viii die out And
/ inc same IS true Of any perennial weed
growth Il - the general opinion here
( mat crop % sweet potatoes Will
! HlH out nut grass. have not tried
/ this, but do kuow that nut grass
VIII de out il YOU do not allow il 10
grow
Varieties OF Tomatoes.
ain not satisfied with The var,c
4 ties OF tomatoes have been growing
and would lie 20 have Your cxncrj-
encc with the different varieties and
to know which you consider bes,?'
Inc tomato crop has always been a
.&Forite WITH me, and for many years
have tested all The new varieties
% 'hey came out, from the time when
oIU"e! Waiing sent out the Trouh,
Tor which 1 paid him s. for twenty
seed The Trophy WAS really the hrst
great advance IN tomatoes in so!idi.y
ana quality We had had a smooth To-
Mato ctli"d the T.idon before that. buI
the ridden. while smooth. was v.ry
hollow inside, and The Trophy vas tho
hrat cnor! II get The crooked N.xlcan
chHuahua into q smooth skim aud
all breeding since ,nen has bean a.
In1ied L" getting solid and rn.atv
fruits IN = smooth skin The earliest
tomato j. the Earliana Rut ,he
or!BlnaI Ear!iana had the dcfcci O.,
oelhs iHdgE ana irregular in shane
SOM growers UP In the Adirondack
MouNtans where carliuc.s is cys.u.
tlaI 10 getting amy tomatoes. wen, IL
- 8'4'NL lll'- l-GtI!sLi!1 INTO n hot
ter iorin, and now the so-calied tang
doh EarAana Is "a smooth biscuit.
SHAPED tomato Of good size and early
though not as solid and mcaty a. latc,
, Thc nest carly is Tie nonnv Hcst
which IS about ten days later thnr
tarliana and far better to;,,n,n
some people want scarlet fruit. nm,
some prefer the pink ones ,,rny
some OF both. plant a fcw f:arIion,
for the earliest and then plant Hc;iI,v
u large pink tomato. stone. a lnrr,
4 smooth aud solid red tomato 'rhcs,
max" larger ana better fruits man on,
! 81 the early sorts. The early toni;,to,
: nave scanty and thin foliage. ana ar,
- apt To get sun sc;,ldcd The later one
nave heavier foliage have rrnvy,
@ inns year, too. the Globe. a porfo,tl,
d round, pink tomato. and :, good beorr,
. but Tor Il stand by know none bot
ter than the old Beauty and the sion,
lhose who grow tomatoes for the can
hcTS plant the stone exclusively I'm,
= mat here 1T IL best TO start the c.tr
y, carly tomatoes III the greenhouse an
= transplant to frames for hardcuin,
a - it nat tI.,