The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-19
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY
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ply lime Is after turning a sod for
corn. Then harrow 1t in well and use
from 1000 to 1000 pounds an acre.
Beans, Beets and Potatoes.
King William County: Please tell
us the best early snaps. bcets and
Irish potatoes to plant, and when to
plant?" The Black Valentine and Bur
peo's Green Pod Stringless are the best
early snap beans. In my opinion.
These must not be planted till frost
Is over. always take q little risk.
and plant about the 10th OF April,
making little ridges east and west,
and planting the earliest on the south
side of tho ridge as q shelter from
cold winds Bects / am now about to
SOW in tho frames under glass Out
doors plant them the latter part OF
February. | use the Bassano, but The
market gardeners, who, must have q
dark, rcd beet and email top for
punching, use the Egyptian. as the
Bassano has = big top and is light in
color. though of fine quality. Eclipse
is also good. The Irish Cobbler is the
best carly Irish potato II you make
sure TO get pure stock, for there is
much mixture on the market.
FertIIizinK Peanuts.
Sussex County: II followed Your adj
Wise last summer In working my corn.
and found Il tho best way to make
corn. Now. want TO know something
about peanuts, az this is a peanut
country. I have some land which was
In peanuts in 1912, which wish TO
plant In Spanish peanuts this year
which would be best to use. Is per
cent acid phosphate or g. lo-4 fertilizer?
IL grew very good peanuts and very
few pops Then as TO cultlvating. "a
the cultivator better than tho cotton
piow? have had them turn yellow
on sandy land. when heavy rain came
after tho cultivator. Do you advise
shallow or deep blowing? Does Il In
)ure them to break the roots IL, the
n'ddles? / noticed last July In plow-
ing tho last time the roots ciogged the
plow like corn roots. Please reply In
The mos-Dispatch." The mixture Of
10 peT cent phcsphoric acid and per
cent potash Is simply acid phosphate
ana potash. Tho best fertilizer for
peanuts is Zoo pounds Of Thomas
phosphate (Basic slag), nifty pounds OF
nitrate OF soda and hfty pounds OF
lnuriate Of potash an acre The
Thomas phosphate carries nearly so
per cent Of lime. and that Will tend to
sweeten the soil for the nuts, and will
also release some potash that may be
IN an insoluble state in the soil, for IL
is lack OF potash that causes pops. 1t
Is an injury to peanuts or corn either
to tear tho roots. The roots arc feed
ing tho plants. and, OF course. the pea
broken roots. Use the cultivator run
shallow an tho time. but make the
hrst breaking of the soil deep Never
use piow in the cultivation of any
crop. but cultivate shallow and level
and Keep mulch Of loose soil ON Tho
surface all tho time TO prevent the
evaporation OF moisture
cutting Potatoes and FertiIizinz.
which DO you consider best TO pIant
two eye pieces OF the Irish potatoes
or 10 quarter the potatoes? Is II all
right 10 run out the burrows ana nut
IN the fertilizer and then run a sycen
through TO mix the fertilizer with tbc
soi!' Is II good plan 10 use stable
manure under potatoes2 VIII beans
make good money crop in the coast
section? What kind and how far
tilted. ETC..
Experiments have shown that large
pieces OF potatoes will make more no.
tatoes than small ones but there will
not be enough difference to make un
Tor the greater expense for seed Two
eye pieces arc best for planting. or
course. the fertilizer should be MIXED
with the soil Ia the burrows, and II
matters little what you us, to mix IL.
The truck farmers plant snap beans.
ana generally they are fairly profit
able, and do not cost a great deal to
grow. The commercial mixture, 1914.
is very good for beans, and the Black
Valentine Is as early as any. But il
your query refers to dry beans, then
would advise you to let them alone,
Tor we cannot make them as prontably
as they arc made IN the North II
is not advisable TO use stable manure
under Irish potatoes, as IL Is apt 10
favor the scab fungus