The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-19


J plant pole beans with 1t to save
poles? What variety OF pole beans VIII
dot What Kind OF sweet potatoes viii
suit bost here for stock fccdr"
The only objection TO the yellow corr
Is that If you are planting near your
ncirhpora who' grow white corn. you
Wili mis- their corn and make II less
marketable. Then ! cannot see any
particular advantage In growing yell
low corr In white corn section. II
is of no more advantage In growing than
white corn. The Early Mas:odon will
probo bly, meet your wishes. but yon can
plant the Hickory King white corn that
lhtc and mako crop and make no
tro jblc for nctRhborg. You can grow
the Lazy Wife or the Kentucky Won
der nolc snap beans. or YOU can grow
Derger's Green Pod Stringlcss. which is
Il white bean ana an Improvement on
tho old Dutch Ca9eknifc. ana makes a
good cry bean. The best sweet potato
FOR stock in your section win pc the
Haymuu. also known as Southern
Queen.
onc-S,dcd Nnnurirs.
II have n large garden on which for
The past six Years l have spread a
heavy coat of stable manure three
clover twice and cowpcas once. ! have
also spread hen manure three times ana
thirty bushels ~ ashes an acre. Last
full made another coat OF stable manure
Please tell me "hai is the best fcH ilizcr
TO nee this year. Soil u rather s;iG
loan. not hard clay. Last year to-
n,atocs rottcd badly, and other vcge-
tables were not nrst class You have
gotten an excess Of nitrogen Ia pro
portion to tho mineral plant FOODS
Mako mixture OF four parts &c per
cent acid phosphate. and one part SUI
phate OF potash, and apply 1t nt rate
OF 1000 pounds an acre, That In tust
st..yn s.v NF.gFl
ing II with manure. This VIII balance
the plant food In the soil and make
your vegetables mature ana Yield much
better
Starting to Farm.
II have been reading your articles in
The Times Dispatch. and have become
greatly Interested In tho great eau-
Cationnl wo-k you are doing. wish
som, information about fertilizers. for
! am ignorant as many ar, and be-
lvye that our southern farmers nave
spcit millions OF dollars I'm commercial
fertilizers that did very little good.
have neon IN The tie and lumber busi-
IicFs for many vchrs. and now am about
10 ~ some farming, and am al loss
how 10 start on the right scale. have
q frrin near Ruttcrwo:th. Va. Of $50
acres. $50 oil them cleared an1 ready for
cultivation. sXccp' that much improve
,ncut Is ne,.ied 10 get Ii on paving
bass have one Utu 70 raise hu.
cured tobacco and two others TO grow
corn and peanuts. and now ] want
to know a6ou, the kind. quantity and
mace 10 buy fertilizers
Land all high. dry and gravciiy or
light sandy. Have noted your form
ulns for tobacco and peanuts. and
would like TO know what they cost,
and where they can be had Expect
to plant fifteen TO twenty acres in to-
bacco and twenty acres in peanuts
with forty acres in corn. thirty acres
Of which are in crimson clover and
ten i'm rye all TO be turned under
But only about twelve acres have g
very good growth on them. Land thin.
VIII appreciate your advice" | have
tried to fish out of your rather Ions
letter what is essential 70 answer
You have the formulas for the to-
hacco fertilizer. which you can use
from 500 TO 700 pounds an acre. and
The amount per acre for peanuts have
already given. Now. what these things
viii cost In your section, am unable
TO say. for prices vary with freights
Any OF the fertilizer manufacturers or
dealers In Richmond should be able
and willing to furnish the materials
and cannot advertise any here
Many manufacturers are standing in
their own light in being unwilling to
sell materials for home mixing. but
suppose any Of them will make up the
formulas for you in any amount. Corn
on clover sod wil need only acid
phosphate at rate Of 400 pounds an