The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-16


'2S5 per cent ammonia) $50 per cent
rotash and 20 per cont prosphoric acid.
q broadcast application. after turning
undcr tho clover. OF 500 pounds an acre
would be better than Il good dressing
OF stable manure. Spread and harrow
In before planting the corn.
Spring Piouing.
Albemarla County: we OF your old
home county talk. q peculiar interest
In the work you are doing for the
farmers through The Times Dispa tch
and other Journals May therefore
ask that you say somcthins In cxpia-
nation and warning about blowing
clay soils wet? This is tho season
when most harm Is done" II is very
PROPER to call attention 10 this too
common practice. Farmers arc so Of
ten In hurry TO re; tho early spring
crops In that they are apt 20 plow
when tho plows should be under the
shed. There lie no practice tina, makes
moro after trouble than plowinR clay
land when the furrow slips shining
from tho pillow and fails to cru1nblc
10 amount OF iutcr narrowing will put
In order soil that has been turned
wet. u Will be cloddy ali summer. ana
hence VIII part with ita moisture rap
MY and crops will suffer from
drought far worse than where the soil
l. piowod In the proper condition. The
ciods lc, the air into the sol! with It's
irving effect ana the plant roots can
not feed on hard dry clods. II Is more
common 10 plow land wet when hurry
inc in tho spring oats All want 10
get these In early. and in fact If the
sowing could be done IN February
thero would not be SO much harm
cone. for there will then be fros,
enough To mellow the clods But I'm n
season Ike this one which Is ver,.
late, the vet blowing will nut tie soil
into condition that will take several
seasons To fully remedy, and I'm tn.
meantime there will b" serious loss ~
crops Do not lie in too great a hurry
for there Will he season and time 10
max" the crop when tho soil is pro,-
cry prepared. Then In plowinu. as
haze said 10 not allow tho plownen 10
try 10 turn rnor- fu,row than the plo,y
Is intended TO turn. but edge up the
burrows and turn tic moidboard sid.
rs deep rs tho land side In short
rr"ak all tn" land a uniforr, denth and
do not simply run grooves In tho soil
Weed for Name. Dimcuity with Hay
iichWond Route !: II would like a
r"plr TO the following In The Times
l,isp@tch what Is the name OF the
Enclosed plant" II Is In small plots
IN q field oi timothy ana sapnlinu
clover sowcd last fail. and where this
plan; Is thick the clover and timothy
are weak ~ entirely killed. The field
was In peas In 1912 corn last year
wtth 400 pounds OF acid phosphate and
atty pounds OF muriatc Of potash an
acre. Corn pu; In s!lo. ana 600
pounds OF lime applied and Joe rounds
OF acid phosphate dlsilad down and
fourteen quarts OF timothy ana sap
ling clover seed sown a verv fine
stand. except the spots where the weed
Is Last summer sowed eicht acrcs
in peas and SOY beans Did not get
them GU; tin October cut some and
shocked them and left them four to
nNe days In tha Shock. Z he remainder
| ran the teddcr over. and raltcI in
"lnrows. after laying out two DAYS
Now. as near as ! can gather from
Norr articles. as soon ~ ven could
not wiring gap ouf or them they were
IN order TO pat in the stack So T
stacked all those in the shocks at one
end OF the rick, and the others at IN.