The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-07

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but Tor some of the more tender vege-
tables 1t would he, safer to make it
t-6-oO. That is. four pounds copper
sulphatc, six pounds Of lime, and nifty
gallons OF water
spring 0nts.
In sowing spring oats, with grass
on land that will make about twenty
five bushels of corn an acre, which
would you use, ana how much, ground
phosphate rock at 90 cents per 100
pounds or acid phosphate at 90 cents
pre- 100 pounds" The prices OF both
are excessively high. but on land such
as you name, the phosphate rock would
probably give no returns at all on the
oats crop. Mixed with stable manure
or applied to soil rich in decayed veg
etable matter, the pulverized rock viii
do very we'll but on land that Will only
make twenty-five bushels Of corn an
acre 1t will be 4 good while becoming
available to plants. 1t will pay far
better to use the acid phosphate, at
rate OF 800 pounds an acre.
Mulc-Footcd Hogs.
II have been told that the mule
rooted hog do not have the cholera.
Is this Il factY No, II is not fact.
The mere having solid hoof instead
OF a split one can never have any in
Huence In making 4 hog immune 10
diseaeei Tho best thing Is to vacct-
nate the pigs to prevent the disease.
tfmc 1Or pinDntnS.
The winter is the time for planning
for the coming season. There are in
every neighborhood in Virginia farm
ers who arc making better crops than
the average. Now lis the time to con
Siuer whether YOU are one of these or
one of tho average men. Ii So it is
now time 10 consider why your farm
ing Is not up To the best. II your land
Is poor, why is IL? Cannot you plan
~ hoo IN
Will make II better. New facts are
coming up every year in regard to the
management and Improvement of the
SOIL, and tho man who fails to study
ms SOIL and adopt the best means for
IT'S Improvement. is going to be left by
the onward march IN the South There
: a. great wave Of interest in the study
OF agriculture in the south. Tho agri-
cultural colleges AFRO attracting tho
young men. IN North Carolina the
college, with dormatory room for 500
students, has been compelled to build
temporary shacks as quarters for tho
crowd that has como to study agri-
culture, until The dormitory quarters
can be enlarger, and at every south
ern college Of agriculture the regular
courses arc full, and the short winter
courses promise To be crowded with
men on the farms seeking new light
In farming. Any farmer who Is not
tied down At home should take adyant-
age or these winter courses OF study to
add some scientific information 10 his
practical experience. ] was one Of the
organizers OF the North Carolina Col
iegc nearly Twenty-Five years ago,
starting with sixty students. and now
over ten times sixty arc there and
there would be 1000 was there room
Tor them. The South has walked up
to the Importance of education In aE-
ricuiture. ana if YOU cannot go to Il
college this winter, you may have u
son who would like TO go. and lie will
be all the better farmer for the winter
spent In study. Let us all try this
year 10 make our farming equal to the
best we Know Of.
Le%umes W. Manure.
Talking with w +. Allen, the largest
trucker and melon grower. here, u few
days ago, We got To discussing whether
II pays the melon grower to buy the
New York manure now that the price
has advanced to s3.25 per ton on the
siding Mr.. Allen in years gone by has
usually bought 1900 tons Of this ma
nure annually Last year lie said that
he was going To try the difference be-
tween crimson clover and manure for
growing melons. He had Il dehse
stand or clover all over the land. for
10 insure this he sowcd half busnel
OF seed an acre. lie turned this un-
der and used commercial fertilizers rs
he usually dld with the manure in tho
burrows. and he told mo that lie had
Z better crop than usual. \ heavy
growth OF clover all over tho land
VIII probably give the grower Il larger
amount Of nitrogen than manure In the
burrows only, and certainly, since the
value OF the manure is largely In the
amount OF organic matter 1T supplies.
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