The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-08
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. r. MASSEY

tour lots or fields OF good soil on
which to run tho rotation OF annual
crops Starting In August. SOW lel0
in rape and crimson clover mixed,
ten pounds OF clover and six pounds
run the hogs well into tho winter.
when they can DO taken OFF and put
on field sown in the fall in winter
oats ana crimson clover Then. when
tn first field OF clover comes into
head In spring. turn on that again,
and when they havo eaten 1t well down,
turn on the other, and plow and SOW
tho first hold In Now Era cowpeas.
BY tho timo they have eaten down tho
second clover and oats. tho peas will
be largo enough TO give some feed,
but not yet in bloom. Sow the second
.tGlG then in the early peas. and when
the nrst ono IL eaten down we'll, turn on
tScse and tho first Held will start up
again. In fact, | have pastured down
pcao three times before they gave up.
Then they can come back on the sec
end Geld again. In the meantime,
when sowing tho early peas SOW two
other fields In Il later variety. the
Whippoorwill. and by tho timc you
have pasturcd the two earlier ones
these two fields VIII be well advanced,
nd can be turned on. ana they Will
run tho hogs till time to feed corn,
and tho two earlier fields can be sowr
to rape and clover again. Or, Instead
OF sowing tho two later fields In peas
In apring, SOW ono of them in rape
alone In March, and that VIII enable
you to take them off ths clover sooner
and the rape can be followed by peas.
/; simply means watchfulnes6 and
catching the chance TO keep up sup
ply In succession. Peanuts arc good.
but would not be profitable IN your
heavy red clay soil.
Growing Enrly Tomatoes.
Cannot the early CROP OF tomatoes
for shipping be made profitable here in
Middlescx?" l know of,no reason why
,hoy should not be made so, II really
gotten early. You are somewhat fur
Their south than ! am. and can get
ripe tomatoes hero beginning the mid
die Of June, with an early variety, and
tho plants we'll treated and forwarded
under glass. ] use seed OF tho .Iang
don strain OF Earliana for the earliest
and SOW the seed the middle OF Feb
ruary in shallow boxes In the green
house. Transplant them TO other
boxes TO give more room, az soon az
they are large enough to handle. and
I [
frames covered with the double glazed
sashes. and set them four inches apart
each way. and attend to giving them
air and gradually hardening them off
| TIL the latter part Of April, when tney
| go into the open ground. Then do not
give them too much nitrogen fertilizer
mat VIII simply make growth and de-
iay me ripenlng. but give plenty of
phosphoric acid ana potash a fer
tiiizer running 2-s-I0 suits tomatoes
very well. IL on fairly good soil. ana
a HSht' sandy soil is important FOR
inc early crop. OF course, the seed
can be sown In a hotbed under glass
sashes where there Is no greenhouses
bu' the greenhouse is very hardy. and
oHc can work there no matter what
/ the weather
/ Trouble With Lettuce.
u have transplanted Lettuce into !,
/ Coid frame three times this fall and
nave not gotten a stand yet The roota
seem 20 decay and the leaves rot off
! ~ the aurface Of the ground. hive
! aug 20 see If II could be n worm doin,,
u"'hage, BAT cannot see any signs
these want to use the frame
~ SPRING Tor transplantlng tomatoes.
/ ana want TO get some lettuce in tbr
meantime. Please tell mo ub,, 20 A.
| ~ me ground TO prevent this rotp !
r"theF suspect that you have beer
using the same soil for lettuce before
/ ana that IT has gotten infected win
mo 'lis"asc known as the wrop or wilt
or IL may be THAI you have used fer
I ''i'".er IN the soil containing potash IN
/ y caustic state. and that win ofto,,
damage the roots. But II &c mo-. 80,
/ ao!e that II is the wilt disease. -rbj.
( - Always Troublesome where Tho came
sOii 10 used over and over FOR Iettucn
( mere arc two ways by which Won can
sterilizc the soil One is to remove
| me frame and burn n heavy fire ON
'he SOIL and then return the frano
i i, plan Is 20 mako per cen,
~ OF Formaidchyde and coal,
| t"e sou with this. and. after scvcr.,
GAYS replant the lettuce. I move nv
frames TO fresh soil every fa;, -
| hVoiu disease. and / am now cut+;na
me lettuce daily. It will not do r.
'epiant the same soil in lettuce ate,
ie'tuce mas been grown on It.
Florida BcgRnr Weed.
fi"aso give me some information
ABOUT IN. Florida Reggar Weed. and
, rs 'alue as forage and soil improv-
ing CROP The rcgGar Weed IL opc
or the pesmodiuns. the plants Whose
round, fiat seed pods stick all ovaI
! one pants in the fall tried n IL,
north Carolina. and found IL simply rs
worthless as the native tick seed II
seems to havo some value In Florida
put mere, is a worthless weed. Bet.
ter stick 10 cowpeas soy beans and
crimson clover. and leave the beggar
weed 70 Florida
/ Getting Rid OF SaEsnfras Buahes.
! rs there any way to exterminate
sassafras bushes?' Certainly there Is
| and the only way is to never ALLOW
them 10 grow. No plant can long sur.
vlve II not allowed to make greer
leaves above ground The roots mus,
certainly perish If this is done Grub.
hing tho bushes and then letting thom
\ grow through another season viii, ONLY
increase them. Cut them or ut the
surface OF the ground. and then kecr
the green shoots cut off 4The MOVING
machine is one of the best weed an(
sprout killers IL faithfully used. Kee,
tho tops down. Years ago in lower
Delaware there were two farms sid,
by side owned by wealthy men. One
OF these had cleaned his land Of sas
safras bushes. while the other one wa.
erubbing them everv year. One morn
ing the owner OF this farm was in ,
s1 Ill