The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-27

ES{5f7S> 49, NStSHISA ions 10 ADVANCE IN
E$gss$SSA % ESsSsS$S his farming. Now
ksSSi@SRN s5&tnn SeScaSs3$Ss3 as - sowing peas
W. r. Massey. in tn cnsiiage
corn If YOU SOW a running variety
il VIII give YOU the job Of your l.ce
to elt i; where the vines have run up
on the corn and would not advise
this But for thc heneh, OF the land
=, will pay 20 SOW bush pea like the
New Era 10 leave on the land after
the corn Is cut. and to he diskcd down
for winter grain. Then as 10 the peas
sown separately. while they oan he
made into epsilage, prefer greatly
70 use them as hay. All the cowpca
onstlaEe have ever seen is a very
acid sort oc slage stock will cat
IL but 90 no, like Il, and greatly
prefer making the peas into hay. You
are right in mixing the soys and peas,
FOR the erect habit OF the soys Will
hslr hold up the peas and make the
harvesting OF the nay easier You can
sow peas and beans in The corn at any
time 81 early July or even later with
Tho New Era. which is very early
sixtyd ay pea As 10 the article on tho
au-tha-year garden. Will get back TO
that topic III time to start people on
The fall garden But perhaps the man ,
aging editor can find YOU n copy Of
Now az 20 fertilizer In the corn. II
Will pay very we'll 10 apply 800 pounds
of acid phosphate and twenty Eve
pounds or muriate Of potash we'll
mixed an acre in the way you propose
These Will help the corn some and
particularly the peas What have
sad IN regard 10 the use Of fertilizer
on corn applies especially to the con-
slant dependence OF some on a com
tanning due percentage Of the costly
nitrogen. Where one practices a good
rotation az crops and always has a
winter cover 81 crimson clover TO turn
FOR corn ne will set all the nitrogen
needed free. hut Il will pay to use
some phosphate and potash with this
turned under clover 1t will piN
especially where there is not enough
manure made 20 cover the corn tend
in winter But In all your farming
YOU should aim at that very thing. and
grow forage enough TO feed stock till
YOU Go make manure enough TO APP
ply over a field OF clover in winter that
Is % 60 In corn in the spring. II can
h. done finally on the largest farm.
especially II the spreading is done with
the manure spreador that will MAKE
the manure 90 further than il can be
made TO 20 by hand spreading. Then
do not imagine that manure on a farm
run as a general grain and stock farm
is something TO potter over and com
post DO not believe in composing
except for the more valuable crops of
the market garden where II is i'm
portant TO rot down and fine the ma
nure on a gram farm | would get the
manure out as fast as possib!l after Il
d made ana spread it on the land It
viii lose less there than In any other
Way. Manure s thing one cannot
Keep and handle without loss and the
more rapidly il Is spread where there
ar plants growing or TO grow the
better Clean ont the manure AT once
into manure sprcadcrs and drive of
with i whenever 1t IS practicable TO
so On the land either on a sod or
among growing crops
was visiting once in South Carolina
IN August, and saw my host cleaning
ont his stalls and hauling tn. manure
and spreading 1t down between tho
rows of cotton. He said that mat was
the only place he had then for II. and
thoush 4, that time II might not do
great deal for the cotton, ne intend
Cd 70 SOW crimson clover seed among
the cotton. and hoped that tho manure
would hc OF advantage ne II would
IRE Il &c threw /; out IN piles He
was right, Tor learned that Ii did
improve the cotton as far as y went
and gave him ine stand Of clover
T7e most economical way 10 handle
manure IS 20 &c; =. out daily When I
vas running a la.Ygo-"ssocf farm made
i the duty 81 one man and team every
morning 20 haul ont the manure
cleaned from the stables and as al
waye had grass 70 put !, on. there
were few days when wc could not yet
il out