The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-08


onions The present summer has been
very hard on onions here from the eX-
IRENE dry weather. and no onions have
made as good q growth as usual Your
seed ripcncd into sets rather than large
onions. and if these are as large as n
common marble YOU could plant them
IN September and they will probably
make very good green onions, but will
be apt to run to seed later
Second Crop Red Glover.
In cutting the second crop of red
clover, is there any way to prevent it's
making horses slobbcr2 How shall |
prepare this second crop for the huller
in order TO get the seed? What is the
best way to SOW clover seed SOW il
with the drill and afterwards broad
cast. or wait till spring. know OF
no way TO prevent the second crop of
clover from saliNating horses. To set
the clover ready for the hulicr YOU
simply let il cure well in the cock.
Keep il from the rain by using hay
caps on the cocks and do not handle ii
more than can he avoided before hull
ing. or YOU may shattcr seed out. In
rare seasons YOU may be able to get
Il stand of clover sown with the wheat
but as a rule. il is better to wait till
spring, and then select n morning in
February or early March, when the
land is cruSted with frost and sow on
the crustcd ground and the thawinr
Il.
ment TO use then is the Cahoon broad
east Sower
Alfalfa Turning Yellow.
The leaves of my alfalfa are turn
Ing yellow. What is the cause and
what the remedy | grew cowpeas on
the land and lined il at the rate of
ton an acre of she'll lime: sowcd to
white blooming annual clover ana oats.
and after harvesting these narrowed
several times till last August. Then
applied two tons of ground limestone
and 500 pounds of 16 per cent acid
on half an acre. have
made two cuttings of nice hay. and it
and turning yellow
Our correspondent is in Appomattox
County. and with mellow red clay
subsoil should have good success with
alfalfa. But ii is a very common thing
Tor young crops OF alfalfa to turn
yellow. when really no disease can lie
detected, and it mar die out if not cut
at once. Now ii off. and it will come
out fresh and green. Why il acts in
this way ! cannot say. hut do know
that the moving is tho only thing to
do. Then ! would give it another
lighter application of acid phosphate.
with some potash. Say. 200 pounds of
tic muriate of potash on the half acre
plot. After doing this run n disk har-
row over the plot lightly. This will
nelp il greatly.
Seeding for Meadow.
From Pittsylvaria County: please
give me the necessary preparation :or
getting a piece % land in order for
seeding with hay grasses. Top soil
cray, suhscil red Land now in grass
from Il heavy dressing Of stable ira
lu"e. Shall | begin the fallow now, rs
rains Will permit, or wait later? Please
advise me how to begin. how to pillow.
" hat commercial fertilizers to use.
and the mixture OF varieties OF seed to
use, such as will mature together for
hay next summer"
While In your section timothy grass
may give YOU a good crop the next sea-
son. ii would probably soon run out.
and in all the Southside section | would
prefer other grasses for hay. Good
of the soil is important.
I'low now and break the land deeply.
ana then disk and harrow, and in this
preparation apply good dressing, say
500 pounds OF 10 per cent acid phos-
phate. and, as the soil is gray it may
respond TO some potash and about
twenty five pounds of muriatc of pot
ash Will not he alniss mixed With the
acid phosphate. For the present The
dressing Of stable manure will suffice
for the nitrogen. and the turning un-
der of the native grasses. Work these
itillllHcfS INTO the SOIL Ill the harrow
iug, for they are not going to get away
as nitrogen might, for the soil will
hold on 10 phosphoric acid and potash
till plant roots cali for them. As To
the time for sowing. I would wait on
the season If the season is favorable.
early sowing Will he all right. but. as
II rule 1t is safer to wait till after the
usual drE weather OF September and
october, and SOW about the last Of Oc-
tober. Hn, would SOW earlier ii the
rail<an is favorable Use plenty OF
seed To get Il thick stand.
Sow mixture OF ten pounds Of tall
meadow fescuc CRandan grass in :
w. Va, and English blue grass in tho
West, ten pounds of tall meadow oats
grass and ten pounds OF red top The
h'Gt two grasses are early. and tn.
red top viii make the aftermath ana
a good second cutting In the early
spring SOW OH the grasses about eight
or ten pounds Of red clover seed o.,
instead of using the red top YOU
might use the same amount OF Italian
rye grass and have all early grass.
though the italian rye grass will not
be much more than an annual, hut
certainly gives fine cutting the FIRST
teason some years ago saw in New
Jersey a field sown in Italian rye grass
alone In September. and it made three
tons Of hay the next spring an acre
This, OF course. was on strong and
highly improved land But treated as
an annual, and sOwn In the fall the
Italian rye grass certainly gives II
good crop Of hay. The tall meadow
oats grass makes good growth too.
and cattle arc very fond of it. Tall
meadow fcscue has somehow gotten
TO be called English blue grass in the
West. but IL docs not belong TO the
botanical family of the blue grass,
the Poa genus, and can see no rea-
son for calling it English blue grass.
In Southwost Virginia it IS known
as Randall grass. probably from the
name Of some one who started its
growth there. orchard grass too is a
good acriy grass but is much better
a pasture grass than as hay
grass 1t grows in iussocks. and does
not make as heavy a crop as would
be thought from the general appear
ance Of the held. and it must be cut
as soon as the heads are out. or it
doprcciatcs in value rapidly. There
fore. would prefer TO leave II out in