The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-23

1CoNer with three inches of soil, and
SOW the seed in q continuous row early
/ IN spring AS soon az the young plants
are few Inches high. thin them to two
feet apart in the rows, and work the
SOIL TO them as they grow till level.
Then during the summer scatter nj
trate OF soda alongside the rows twice
at rate OF so pounds an acre, and
Keep the plants clean and we'll Guilt
waited all summer through. In the fall
apply kainit at rate OF 500 pounds an
acre all between the rows. If you do
this you can cut Il little the very next
spring, or year sooner than IL you
planted roots. If you want the shoots
! partly white. ridge up tho soil to the
| rows In the fall, and cut under the
| ridge In spring. But 1 cultivate level
and cut all green. Planting two-year
| roots. II will be two or three years be-
fore they are strong enough to cut. Of
course. you should not cut much the
first year. but again fertilizer we'll and
cultivate clean, and after you get It
strong enough for regular cutting give
the bed the heaviest fertilization just
after cutting stops, so that you will
get strong growth of the crowns for
the next season. Fall fertilization. or
late summer rather, is far better than
spring manuring.
The best dewberry for market is
the Lucretia. and for home use the
Austin. Alfalfa will do on either kind
of soil If 1t Is rich and we'll drained.
From Pittsylvania County: II have
built silo. and the corn I planted to
I'LL It is on low land. and has nearly
all drowned out from excess Of rain.
have corn fifteen days later and
plenty Of pea vines. Please advise me
what Is best to do. would like to
MI tho silo II the difference in the
corn Will not make too much differ
once" Any of the corn will do If 1t
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Cut when the ears arc rather too old
for roasting ears, or when glazed and
denied some. would not use the peas
In the silo. but would make them into
hay. Peas make a very sour sort OF
silage. and though cattle will eat them,
they are far better as hay If ono lot
or corn Is little greener than the
other mix them as you cut into the
silo.
EnHilase and Grasses.
From Powhatan County: please
reply in The Times Dispatch to the
following: 1 have five acres in corn
for ensilage. which Will be cut about
the first week in September. Could !
SOW mixture of grasses on this land
and expect a stand for hay? The land
liz fairly good. and / will be able to
dress it with manure Another FIVE
acres Is half in peas and half in corn.
Peas are planted in rows. / wish TO
put In oats, rye and crimson clover
for hay. ! am reading your columns
with great deal of interest"
There should be no difficulty in get
ting grass on the land in ensilage corn
after the corn is cut. One of the best
grasses for quick crop of hay. hut
not very lasting grass. Is the Italian
rye grass. Manure the land we'll and
plow II well and put in good order,
and SOW mixture of ten pounds Of
the Italian rye grass. ten pounds of
tall meadow Fescue and five pounds
OF tall meadow oats grass an acre. and
brush the seed in lightly with
smoothing harrow any time after the
corn Is cut UP to November, but the
earlier the better. Sow ten pounds OF
red clover on it in the early spring.
The land where the peas and corn are
shooid nave the corn cut and shocked
to clear the land. and the peas can be
cut for hay. Then put this land In
good order and drill in six pecks OF
oats, and then SOW the crimson clover
nfteen pounds an acre. ] would leave
out the rye. for 1t will, ne worth less
Tor hay by the time the clover Is in
bloom Cut the hay as soon as the
clover is fairly In bloom without re-
gard TO the condition OF the oats for
II you wait on the oats the clover will
oecome dangerous feed for horses
on account of the dry hairs In tho
neans mat often cause compaction in
the intestines Sow the oats and clover
early in September and give pood
dressing Of acid phosphate.
Fertilizing Alfalfa in summer
I am thinking of putting few hun
dred pounds OF acid phosphate on NJ
aiiaifa after the third cutting, first
gong over with the disk harrow. Is II
700 late In the season to get best bene
~, does THIS fertilizer deteriorate
win ageE / believe that the applica-
ton of 900 to 400 pounds an acre Of
ecid phosphate will be profitable in
ngthening the plants for the winter.
ana giving them help at once in the
spring. The phosphoric acid will not be
iost or deteriorated, for the soil will
nold on TO 1t till the plants call for it,
and IT does not leach from the soil s
nitrogen does.
Inoculating for Alfalfa.
In answering your correspondent
from Hanover County through The
Times Dispatch OF the 5th instant in re-
gard to sowing alfalfa, you failed to
state ANYTHING about inoculating the
SOIL we have none in this section from
which to get the earth. Also, would
IL De well to pillow the land mt once
and narrow occasionally to keep down
the grass until time to sow The best
way to inoculatc alfalfa is to get one
or the artificial cultures of alfalfa bac-
"HiSH dlS iiO" OclnB NdQe IL
very correct and scientific way The
culture called Farmogerm, sold by the
Soe- Mortimer Company, of Charleston,
>. T.. have tested, and I am also test
ing TINS summer cultures for different
legumes made by II. K. milford Com
pnny' OF Philadelphia. the men who
make all the vaccine for smallpox and
antitoxin for diphtheria. 1 have found
their culture for cowpeas very effective.
ana am going to try their culture for
crimson clover. These artificial cul-
lures are generally used for inocuiating
the seed. and 1t is better to use them
In this way just before sowing the
seed than to use them on the soil whore
the sun may kill the bacteria Inocu-
lating the seed and sowing at once
covers the germs from the sun, and
there is usually better results than put
ting the cultures on the soil.
Copenhagen Market Cabbage.
Your articles in The Times Dispatch
ere very valuable. and have been
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