The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-18

natural to the land will help thicker
up the pasture. and know of no grass
that will furnish moro grazing
through tho season than orchard
grass
Curing Cow Pens.
You claim that you make the finest
OF pea vine hay without stakes OF
frames. suppose 1t rains when 1t is In
the swathe, In the winrow or In the
cock VIII 1t not be seriously dam
aged? In my method of saving peas
for hay there is seldom n chance that
rain will catch it in the swathc, for
always rake 1t the same afternoon
that 1T has been cut in the morning. If
! II rains that night on the winrows. /
simply spread them out to dry, for ut
that stage the rain Will do no harm
at all. Rain on the cocks will result
i'm darker colored hay; but II 1t is we'll
dried off before putting in the barn
the quality of the hay as feed will be
very little injured. Rain has a far loss
damaging effect on COW pea hay than
1t has on that made from red clover,
clover to cut he will be wise to have
plenty of cotton twill hay caps to put
over the cocks. 1 never used any on
pea hay.
will not nitrate of soda hasten the
maturity of corn if applied during the
growth OF the crop?' No; 1t will have
just the opposite effect. 1t Will pro-
mote tho vital activity Of the plants
ana keep them growing later. Phos-
phoric acid and potash are the grain
makers, and these will tend to hasten
the maturity of the crop rather than
nitrogen Then. too, as have said
more than once Mt the present price
of nitrate of soda, do not think that
YOU could get the cost Of the applica-
one can make corn cheaply by depend
ing on commercial Fertilizers to make
IT, with n clover sod, on which the
farm manure has been spread during
me winter, you can make corn profit
able at the prices that have prevailed
Tor several years past But corn must
bring an unusual price for tho man
who depends on fertilizer to make it to
get any profit from it's sale Corn.
grown on crimson clover sod and
win COW peas sown among it. is now
one OF the most profitable grain
CROPS. not only for the corn itself, but
for the influence of the corn prepara-
tlon on tho succeeding small grain
crops.
Wheat After Peas.
II believe that you claim that q bet-
ter crop of wheat can be made on
pea stubble than if tho whole growth
OF peas is turned under. Why is this
u w, IL II is true!'
AM one who has had any experience
In turning under n heavy growth of
peas as preparation for wheat will
have found that If the wheat winters
we'll after such late blowing. 1t will
nave rank and weak straw and bo
liable to lodge. from the excess of
nitrogen A pea stubble. simply disked
nnoly and only three or four inches
deep can be gotten in this way into
the best shape for wheat. The sum-
mer plowing for the peas makes lust
the fallow breaking needed, and 1t is
an Injury to reDlow deeply In the late
fan, as must be done If the whole
growth is turned under. Wheat de-
mands well-prepared, but we'll
settled soil, and tho more we go over
Win team and harrow, and the finer the
surface is made and packed, the better
the crop prospect Is Turning under a
heavy growth OF peas would prevent
the packing and settling of the soil
Even after corn, and where there are
no peas, 1 would never replow the
land. but would find the surface with
disk and spike harrow, leaving the
original blowing for the corn we'll set
tied. y long experience has shown the
wisdom of this. Up in the great agri-
cultural county of Lancaster, Pa, they
grow splendid crops of wheat after to-
bacco, and riding through there in the
iate fall one can see field after field
green with wheat and the stumps of
the tobacco still showing down the
rows for the Lancaster farmers know
better than to pillow that late for wheat
and their we'll cultivated tobacco fields
are absolutely clean of grass. and only
need fine narrowing to make great
wheat crops. l have been among these
farmers and and have lectured at their
institutes, and know that as class
they are about tho best farmers in this
Z No.
ton In practical farming for our farm
ers to visit Lancaster County Some Of
their practices are rather out of date,
such as forking manure off the wagon
in little piles 10 be spread later, but
one can hardly argue against a success,
for the Lancaster farmers grow rich in
spite of these little defects. The Ger
man blood is conservative and takes
slowly to new ideas. They will crowd
the Institutes and listen attcntively, but
II is hard to make them change any Of
their old methods Of doing things.
But ono thing ! have noticed there.
and this is that unlike our Bright to-
bacco growers they are not afraid to
get their land too rich for tobacco, and
they get big crops Of the weed that is
used in great factories there to make
the nickel cigars sold all over tho
South.
Wecyfls In Corn.
Please tell me what to do for my
corn. 1t is in bins OF about 100 bushels.
and there are number of white winged
insects and some grains have holes in
| them"
Get some carbon bisulphide and pour
/ pint IN q pan for each 100 bushels.
/ Set this on top the corn and cover
closely the whole bin. The chemical
| cvaporates rapidly. and the fumes are
| heavier than air. and will sink through
| tho corn ana Kill all insects in IL. Keep
! the stuff away from fire. as the fumes
| viii explode even from cigar After
all has evaporated open up and vcnti-
/ late the bins
Crimson Glover Rcsccding.
From Prince Edward County: IT have
I a few acres of crimson clover which l
4 LEFT for seed, Intending to plow 1t and
reseed with rye or oats and clover the
1 coming fall but the ground is thickly
seeded from the fallen seed. If this
VIII make n satisfactory stand for an
other Year, would be willing TO let
II stand. This years crop was poor,
from seed sown In corn last summer
and the land iS rather thin I ,yn,,ld