The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-09

the Eced Whether any trucki crop VIII
be profitable in any particular season,
IL a matter no one can predict. The
regular truckers expect to find some
one Of their crops occasionally unpro-
G,able but go ahead and plant tho
usual area. taking the average OF the
seasons to get profit The early pea
crop may not be ono that VIII bring
large return per acre. but there is the
advantage in Il that the vines turned
under Will mako > good crop OF corn
after the peas
Red TOP Grnss.
do you think that red top grass
will make good hay crop herc?"
Red top grows naturally on almost
every piece OF bottom land In Vir-
ginia II makes good hay, and hay
that ~ very easily and quickly cured.
but never makes n heavy crop when
grown alone. and I would never SOW
red ton alone for hay II is late
grass, and is useful to give come leafy
bottom To timothy. and 1t is profitable
TO SOW It with timothy, but 1t is a
waste OF Land TO depend on red top
nIons as hay crop
Cynpamid.
PLEASE advise US in regard 10 the
literature atioat about Cyanamid Is
there anything In It's claim az a great
Cyanamd. II Is doubtless good source
for nitrogen, when in "A mixed fertilizer.
But from what | can learn il cannot be
used prohtably alone like we sometimes
,isc nitrate of soda. In fact I believe
that IL IL now sold only in mixtures of
fertilizers, You can get printed mat
ter concerning IL from the Cyanamid
Company. at Niagara Fails, -. Y. But
really / take very little interest In the
effort TO get nitrogen for farmers use.
IN any form the purchased article is
costly, and tho farmer engaged IN gen
crai grain or cotton farming does not
need TO buy nitrogen in any form II
ne farms right for he can get all the
nitrogen needed by his crops In abund
ancc from the growing ana using OF
the legume crops either rs manure di-
rect or az food FOR cattle, and return
Ing tho manure 10 the soil. which is
usually the most profitable way. When
one can get free all the nitrogen need
ed. there il no need FOR buying II. The
cotton farmer gets large amount from
h!s soil In the sced, ana II he trades
the seed FOR meal and feeds II. and
makes the richest sort OF manure, ana
also grows peas and clover in a good
rotation and feeds them, no viii never
need to bother about cyanhmid or nj
.rato or soda. OF any form OF purchased
Nitrogen.
way Moss william. thrash GIN.
took hickory stick and went
through the bushes and thrashed
them and beat tho leaves all TO pieces,
and they died and we never grubbed
them TIL they died" The old darby
was not far from right, for the beat
Ing and bruising of the leaves caused
u fermentation doubtless that destroyed
the plants. You might try this next
summer. and keep ii UT. OF cut them
OF now and Keep beating the young
sprouts next summer or NOW them of
rs fast as they show. GrubhinE them
out in winter and then letting them
grow all summer viii make more in
stead OF less. either OF sassafras or
pcrsimmon or any perennial weed or
sprout. What is 1t makes the goat so
useful In cleaning new land of sprouts
but The continual biting OF OF the
green leaves, the lungs Of the plants.
Probably San Jose SCALE.
Il have some young peach apricot
and nectarinc trees. some OF. which
appear to DE dying. The bard looks
Ecaly and gum is eXuding on the limbs
Please tell me what to do for them ?"
From what you say, il would seem
that the trees are attacked by the san
Jose scale insect The remedy is 10
spray at once with the lime-suiphur
wash which 1 have already described