The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-06


mixture and is il good for tomatoes
When should I plant lettuce for fall
heading? Name the best strawberries
for garden and the best fruit trees and
grapes.
our friend is good at asking qucs-
lions certainly. You can destroy the
worms OH cabbagcs by spraying with
one pound of lead arsenate III thirty
gallons of water. and can prevent the
lice by using tobacco dust as Il fer
/ tili2er or spraying with a decoction of
tobacco in water. / have not long Since
J told how to make bordeaux mixture.
/ but Will repeat il Stake five pounds
of fresh lime in a cask and then add
water enough TO make twenty-five gsel-
! Ions In another cask hang in n bag
five pounds of copper sulphatc in hot
water to dissolve. and then mako that
TWENTY-FIVE gallons. Then pour the
f. two together into a hfty-gallon casll
and strain IL into the sprayer. and Il
Is ready TO use. and should be used
fresh. 1t is all right for tomatoes I
have told in this issue when to plant
lettuce for fall heading. Read that.
FOR an early strawberry, plant the
Missionary, and for the main crop.
plant the Chesapeake, the best OF all
Strawberries. For family use Won can
plant Early Yellow TRANSPARENT annie
REG As;rakan. Fall Cheese. Wincsap
ana Stayman. For peaches Green's
horo. Champion. Lady Ingold Elbcrto
ana Ray Grapes. plant Concord. Mag
ara Delaware and Moore's Diamond
Improving Poor Land.
rom louisa County: Please ad-
Use IN. through your columns in The
Ilmes-D Dispatch the best method for
the Improvement of a piece of poor
land. both rapidly and cheaplv Mos,
OF inns land is gray gravcllv soil
WIN clay subsoil. Sowed five pccks
an acre OF Whippoorwill peas on nor
tion OF this land with goo pounds of
per cent acid phosphate an aero.
" ant 10 gather some peas and when
( Thoroughly mature turn them undnr
roepiE or VIII il be better TO dis,
/ lhcin down and SOW crimson clover
seed In September and turn this undcr
LOT corn III spring. following the corn
WIN wheat and seed to permanent
meadow At what time would vo,
advise using ground limestone whicr
) expect to use at rate of TWO tons
an acre What Improvement can Won
suggest on this plan? Would /, bn
'dNlSah bic to use rye with the crin,snn
Lover Your articles in The Times
i'Spatch are believe. doing untold
u' 10 INC thinking farmers of this
IN" o'her communities. and /, is 10
pe hoped that these valuable columns
Vii continue to appear"
INC peas have not made vow.
ia"k growth YOU can do we'll ia disi.
'hem down and cow crimson cio,.a,
Seto' peck an aero. in Sctpcmbcr T,
nv peas nave made a strong growth
would make hay OF them. cutting
Wh"h the pods turn yellow ana -
ing mainly in cocks and harn
'hen DISK tho stubblc and SOW ,bc
Grover seed 1t Will not be amlss N
SO" some rye at same time SO th,,
YOU VIII be certain Of n Covor 49,,
II INC clover should fail Then. If Won
arc ieedinG stock. get ont all tho ma
nure on this clover during tho winter
ana 'urn all under in spring for corn
:" ~" me c.oNcr blooms. Then is the
time 10 apply the limestone Snro,d :.
on tho plowed land and harrow il in
Wei before planting Tho corn Nou
another mint aS 10 turning tho clovor
IN hloom. DO not try TO turn /, ovor
nat but edge m tho burrows pronorIv
N" matter If some Of the clover sticl,
out. II turned under in regular nj
layer II may damage the corn nv cut
ting off the rise of the capillary n,ois
" ana the corn viii suffer in dry
weather hut edge up the burrows. ana
any clover that sticks GU, viii easily
he narrowed down. and will decay
"hcr" II Mill he OF most use
SOW peas among the corn a, last
/ Workn2 and cut the corn and cure
/ n shocks. and then cut the peas i.
| rank. and disk tho stumble very dnc
/ Tor wheat. but do not replow dceply
[ after corn for the wheat Sinnlv 20,
me surface three or four inches vol,
/ ilned, and tho moro YOU tramn owe,
I with team and harrow tho Better. Thor
YOU can seed down to timothy and
/ red top with the wheat. and SOW cloyo,
on II in tho early spring. Keen Inc
grass good by annual topdrcssinrs
and YOU can NOW II a few years and
then back and repeat tho rotation by
turning tho sod FOR corn
Rolling or narrowing Glover seed.
You advise rolling tho land after
disking and sowing crimson Glove,
seed VIII this rolling take the placs
OF harrowinS?" If the soil is dr.,
rolling viii press tho soil To the seed
and tend 10 retain the moisture !,
lisht narrowing with smoothing har.
row IS taohjectionable, but In dry
and loose soil the termination vii
he erea'ly FASTENED by pressing tn,
SOL "a tn" seed The late Peter Hon.
V'FS"n' ~ MS horticultural books laid
great stress OH the Importance I'm dr.,
weather OF trampng the soil Ia m,
seed rows, and have time ana acair
proved that nc was right. and that,b,
pressing %! the soil 10 small seed has
q great Influence iu preserving mols.
;ui" conditions. and better iNsurine
the termination OF tho seed But in
sowing seed on hill land that is i'm.
cllncf to wash, the roller may dc
manage by leaving loose areas into
which tn" water viii now Tberaforo
7 would hesitate TO roll with = smoo.r
roller such nil sides But ,ouof
years ago that 4 roller then. used
which was composed Of Hutcd ,.i,, gt
WORKING Independently on the axle yyo,