The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

fear that like many others, you
think of using lime as manure for
wheat. Now. l cannot say whether
your land needs limo or not and | do
not think that in preparing for wheat
is the best place in the rotation to
use lime You do not say whether
YOU have peas in your corn or not. If
there are peas. il may be all right to
use the lime or limestone. But in all
my experience I have gotten better re-
suits from lime applied after turning
clover for corn III spring. Then it
is applied on the plowcd land and har-
rowed in. Ii YOU have peas in your
! corn YOU can after cutting the corn.
apply ton of the ground limestone
an acre and disk il in with the pea
vines. and prepare the surface soil
we'll for the wheat. making II rs fine
and compact possible. But if there
! is heavy growth of peas OF the land.
! ii will be best TO NOV them and disk
I the lime in on the stubble Now, re-
member that YOU are not using the
! lime as manure for the wheat, but to
! hasten the dccompcsiticn and ntrifica-
ton of the organic matter and to
swoeten the soil for the clover that
/ should be sown on the wheat And
YOU can get the soil into much better
condition for wheat by cutting peas
IL
heavy. y, any rate. d. not pillow
deeply for wheat after corn but disk
the surface rs tine as practicable and
! SOW the wheat after the first light
| frost
Canning Peas.
] a Richmond correspondent sends me
n bulletin. Farmers Bulletin $50 from
/ the Department of Agriculture. for the
correspondent some time since who
mad trouble In canning peas. 1t is
/ of Tft Isl
letters of inquiry get ana If the
party who asked advice about the can
ming OF peas will again send her or
ms ADDRESS, will gladly forward the
bulletin, which had but overlooked,
when replying to the letter.
Hay and Truck Crops.
From Norfolk. 81 read with great
deal of pleasure your columns in The
Iimes- Dispatch. have farm on
Elizabeth River, right on the water
ana am interested Ia fruits. truck gar
dening. chickens ana standardized
horses l grow some truck for the
local market. and a main crop of spin
ach, snap beans and white potatoes FOR
shipping ! would like between sea
sons to make as much hay as possible
ana would like YOU TO suggest "A win
ter hay crop that | can cut early
enough to put the land in snap beans.
carly corn ard early potatoes Nv
kicter pears have blightct. badly this
year Have been cutting off and burning
rs much as possible hut there is some
lett | thought To prune closely the
affected trees this fall and SPRAY with
lime sulphur and Bordeaux mixture.
have lot OF chestnut trees badly
h!iShted. and think the pears were in
iotttc from these ! shall cut IN,
cn'struts down want sugar beet
tpr stock Which is best? How shall
! 3et the government puhl!cations?"
There j. no crop that know OF that
can be sown for hay and come off in
time - plant early truck crops ON
the land. Crimson clover with oats or
wheat Will mako fine spring ray
crop hu it will make the planting
@; carly truck crops .mpracticablc. m.
best way 10 get the hay Will be after
the early truck crops In Eastern
North Carolina the truckers turn un-
de- IN" vines ~ the snap beans after
ne crop j. off, and merely level the soil
sell AID Let the abundant crab grass
Fc"v, ana they often maxi good crops
/ or nay from this natural growth But
y VII! be better TO SOW cowpeas after
the early truck and nave tho grass
ana ne peas Wcll mlNci for hay Then
a!ter this crop YOU can SON crimson
cifNe' as winter cover. and can
turA II under for corn or sweet pota-
toes. but II VIII not have made much
CTtlN
Yota,oes should be planted sun
beli.ve tnat while there viii no, he
growth for hay. it will pay To hay.
the winter cover even of rye II the-a
can be nothing better, or rye and
cloTer together In fact. anything to
prevent bare land IN winter You can
also ge; good crop az hay after early
truck b! sowing German or Hungarian
m.!let, and cutting II as soon as ,ha
IT,,
".I b" dangerous feed for horses. as
the seed are apt 70 cause impact!ou
IN their bowels II will be all risht
.or the general health OF the near
trees 10 spray thtm MT the spra,!ns
viii not have any effect on The ire
blight as that gets into the young
growing shoots on tho fect Of bees in
spr!ng. The best thing IS 10 keep the
ar trees III sod SO that they will
make a moderate growth. for +, j.
found that where the trees are in
ElcA cultivated land and grow strong
~. they are tar moro liable to blight
than In sod Blu, cut gu, and burn
an blighted shoots rho BLIGHT on tho
ch"s'nUts Is not responsible cor tn.
blight on the pears. as they are an
iiely different diseases. and chcstnuts
arc dying ali over the country. Lanes
whit" sugar beet IS as good as any
for stock feeding, hut tho hes; stock
.eed IS ensilase IN a silo made from
Indian corn 1t costs far less TO make
SiiaFe ,han 70 make store ana feed
p"ots In my experience the bcets
wNl cost 'hrec times as much as the
slase. ana not oe wotth any more az
ICED You can nave your name listed
IN" Department OF Agriculture In
WASHINGTON for their monthly lis, Of
publications, both free and sold. but
they VII not list names for ali the
bulletins You select SUCH az you
VIII send them
Onions Hunning TO Seed.
for inc past season or two my
onions lave gone to seed. the crop not
being worth much buy s.is IN I}ir,,
"ond aud plant them In the fall now
can produce large onions without ;his
Planting sets in the fan is a nrc.,y
certain way - have them run 20 so.d
use Sets only for carly green buneh-
ing onions. and Cor this purpose rIart
the Npriolk Queen or tho Pea1 ,,i