The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-24

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E1assS SsSS9sSsf8S% February. II want
Cd early. I grow
W. y. MASSEY. them OILY for home
usc and piclslinr, and 90 not care
20 lave them especially eari, So
80" the seed III e frame H., late March
and transplant them dlrectly to the
Garden They transplant Neiy easily.
You can get Peter Hcndcrson's book,
Gardening for Profit for 81 from The
Orange, Judd COMPANY. Of New York.
Fiowering nulb>.
Hanover County: ''Wnl you kindly
give mo littlc information ON what
Of tho Towering bulbs l could grow
With rroht here commercials. as
wish 10 try something In connection
with my vegetable plant business. an6
thnh from what YOU have written OF!
The subject you could help mo out. Any
Information Will bc apprcciatcdT'
About the only ono OF the towering
bulbs that would advise you to try
in Hanover will be the hardy candidum
lily. These are planted in September,
o. az soon as Tho bulbs arrive from
Trance, where most OF them arc still
grown grow these moro largely than.
any other bulbs though / grow large
numbers OF gladiol II you have q
light sandy gol, YOU can grow ths
-iadiolis, but ls IS useless to grow
them on "a heavy clay soil ! grow good
tuitp and narcissus bulbs and you
nigh; try a f.w OF these though thny
are no" sold 50 Chcaplv that there 3,
not so much rroft IL them as iu the
lilies ! cut ana snip tho lily flowers
"a the bud, as soon as they turn white.
and sell thsn through tho wholcsnl.
horal commission mon in Philadelphia.
Then soil TO the Northern sccdsuncu
tho largest bulbs and rcplant the
smaller ones and the oirsets can put
the flowers in Philadelphia IN -FOUR
hours, and the commission men put
them In cola storage and bring out
few TO open "a tho trad. demands
also ship tho rledInl blooms, AZ
get them earlier than The Northern
growers intend TO plant tho lyi.s
ON much larger scale q:
summer Stoca bulbs vii! YOU
about $50 a thousaud In tac5 dat -
what Tho seedsman pay me for item,
ana YOU can grow 10000 on IN acre
'rnc naroissus bulbs arc now largely
Grccus"illo County ana ia Eastern
North Carolina. bUt what they would
90 With YOU cannot say. / have Se"n
vcry ane bulbs Of uarcissus grown near
LrDchhurg. where tho grower had So
coo bulbs and whether he ~ sim grow
inc hem 7 do not know. The uIadiol,
ai" planted In March or carly Apru.
The narc!ssus IN m" fal and tho can
oidnm isles in Angus, or September,
uut tho Imported bulbs seldom arrive
TIN late september.
Turning Clover for Corn.
several gears ago ! was on a farm
in North Carolina where the owner
WAS abou; To turn under = growth Of
crimson clover ia plant tho land ia
corn. Two young white men wore
1o!nE the blowing, and remarked 10
the owner that was glad TO see that
he had men Who knew how To pillow
for they were not trying 10 turn more
iurrpW than the plow was intended
~ turn and were edginG up the FUR
rows nicely. But said the owner.
they are not hiding all the clover"
/ replied that thnt did not matter so
much rs TINT they We're not throwing
II under Hat TO cut Oh the rise OF tho
soil moisture. Il would have been bot
Ger probably Il disk harrow had been
run over the clover both WAYS first 10
chop II UP, ana then there would have
been less showing. But where tho
land Is properly plowed. the TUFTS OF
posed OF IN the disieing ana narrowing
especially where limo is spread after
thc blowing.
There Is a great deal OF very bad
blowing done. I Was on the fine farm
OF a millionaire. and walked out with
MIN and his manager to where the col
Ored hands were turning sod for corn
! asked the manager how deep he was
blowing. Eight inches" SAID he.
watched iii pluw passed us and
asked him IL he noticed how TINT dar-
Ky was blowing. Yes, YOU can meas
urc Il and End II eight inches"
then showed him TINT willie The plow
was really running eight inches on the
land side. the plowman was taking
three inches more land than the pillow
Was intended to turn. and was throw
ing II over fat and only tearin1: the
sod loose on the right side OF the
moldboard. III fact. simply cutting
"ight-iuch grooves In the soil with
hard ridges bctwccii. Then iit1c
further along We came to a spot where
&. recent flood OF rain had washed the
ulowed soil down and lett n bare spot
on the steep hillside. ana there we're
the grooves and ridges showing plain
IS. The fact is that there are really
very few good plowmcn In the South
among the negroes especially Their
idea Of blowing is 10 cut and cover,
and to throw the burrows over as fiat
as possible 10 get over the land quick
-. and the result is that when a
growth IS turned there is complete
layer OF vegetation that VIII cut off
the rise az capillary moisture aid
GAUGE trouble in dry weather to the
crop. and the land IS not all broken as
il should be. one Of tho chief duties
Of The farm manager IS to teach his
plowmon how to pillow by cde!ng up
the burrows so that there viii be near
IS perpendicular layers of 500 and soil
side by side.
Then the colorcd plowman. on "a per
fectly fiat field. always wants to start
on the outside and piow around and
around. so that year after year the
field Is made ,iishcd in tho centre and
ridred on the outside. In blowing
love! land ii Is important that they
start the plows In the middle OF the
ncld and pillow to the centre. and thus
keen UP the drainage Of the field II
takes but . little measurement to place
The first furrow IN the proper place and
30 mark its length SO that n good
plowman will finish up the field with
out dead furrow. OF course. In
blowing Hill land, tho burrows should
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