The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-20
w. +. Massey.

Know, nor the previous treatment of the
soil. All that can advise is to make
general complete mixture that Will
suit the cotton crop. II you havo
clover to turn or even rye to turn for
tho cotton II would mako some differ
ence In what would suggest. for with
good growth of crimson clover to
turn under. yo3 o@:.ld afford to leave
out nitrogen entirely or use merely q
little nitrate OF soda as an early start
Your soil certainly needs both phos-
phoric acid and potash. ana If you
nave not grown n nitrogen fixing crop
IN preparation for cotton. you viii have
10 uso complete mixture You Will
find that tho following will grow cot
Ton very we'll on land Of your charac-
ter: LOO pounds of acid phosphate
100 pounds OF nitrate Of soda. 700
pounds OF cottonsecd meal or OF fish
scrap and 100 pounds OF tho rnuria;e
OF potash TO make IA ton. OF this use
QUO pounds an acre. ne-half In the
furrows and one-half broadcast down
the iniddlcs, for tho roots of cotton run
lar and wide across the rows. and soon
get away from that IN the furrows
Sweet Potatoes Heavily FertfIixed.
had this year three acres of sweet
potatoes planted on IN old Wild grass
sod turned under the fall before. and
disked the past spring, The broom
eedge decayed slowly. and will be Of
more help another season. I .used on
this piece n ton OF fertilizer made of
zoo pounds OF high grade dried blood,
100 pounds of fish scrap. LOO pounds
OF acid phosphate and 600 pounds OF
fnurintc OF potash per acre In the fur
row. and made $50 bushels an acre OF
potatoes. Now on these three ac>cs
AM thinking Of applying thirty tons
on acre Of city stable manure. costing
go per ton on the farm. and supple
menting thls with fertilizer for onions
and strawberries. these being planted
IN alternate rows. Would this be ,,ood
for these crops?"
think that you would have had n
better crop of sweet potatoes with n
lighter fertilization, for the extra,
amount used, and all in the furrow. in
the dry weather that prevailed last
summer. did more harm than good
hen sulphutc Of potash Is "a far better
form for sweet potatoes than the
muriatc. and you had fair supply of
phosphoric acid and potash. but an ex-
cess of the heterogeneous fertilizers for
sweet potatoes. Then for the onions
and strawberrics the manure will be all
right though moro apt TO give trouble
from grass than fertilizer. But, after
applying that much manure would
not use any ninmon!ated fertilizer but
would mix nifty pounds of acid phos-
platc with each ton of the manure
mixed with ten pounds OF sulphatc Of
potash Mix this In each ton as loaded
into the wagons and IL will very great
Mule out of Sorts.
IF nave a mule that is always biting
NJ IT'S aidos. What do you think nlls
hiinT II may he that he is lousy. or
it may he intestinal worms. Examine
FOR lice. ana IL none, then change his
food and instead Of corn give some
wheat bran and linsocd meal, and make
more OF Il variety in his feed. Then
make tho tonic powders that ! sug
Eestcd recently to another !nqulrer
about worms. rather expect that he
has worms. Better get n veterinary
physician 10 examine him. am not a
veterinarian, and rarely advise in these
matters for even n good veterinarian
cannot always advise intclliGently
without examining the animal. IT is
always best to get advice from one
who knows and can examine the ami
NAL.
Double Glazed Hotbed Snshes.
II am using the double glazed hot
bed sashes In cold frame and the
moisture accumuatcs between the lay
crs OF glass SO rs to almost shut out
the sunlight. Have YOU ever had this
difnculty?" have been using about
forty OF these double glazed sashcs for
three years. and have never had amy
such difficulty Your sashes cannot be
very tightly glazed.
The only difficulty ! havo had has
been that dust gets In in some way and
docs obscure the glass 20 some extent
but no moisture of any amount have
noticed. There will be enough to
make slight hoar frost on n cold
morning, hut this soon disappears as
the sun rises. I would not go back to
the old single glazed sashes, though !
still have Few OF them. which use
merely for carrying cabbage plants
through ms n reserve To supply any that
may DC lost outside in winter.
have sowi, tomato seed under the
double sashcS in February. and had
them como on just as well as in hot
bod 7 suppose that If these sashes
we're used on n hotbcd that the steam
would produce the conditions you men
t!un. But as I never use a hotbed I
cannot say. 7 ind the greenhouse is
fnr better and more convenient for
starting scod Of the spring crops. and
cold frames arc used for hardening Off
tho tomato and other plants. ~ few
shnilow boxes in the greenhouse Will
start tomato plants and peppers enough