The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-10
w. T.. NInsncy.


applying stable manure 10 It, for II
doubtless needs humus. It would have
been better had YOU sown crimson
clover on IL last fall, and had given
the clover a liberal dressing OF acid
phosphate and potash. Then. by ma
nurine this clover during the winter
you would have had a mass Of organic
matter that would have made a nne
start for the garden. As II Is, ] hard
" think that with fertilizer alone you
can expect to make good vegetable
crops this year Therefore. would
turn under as heavy IL dressing or ma
nure US you can give il. anu Then APP
ply and harrow in 400 pounds OF acid
phosphate and 100 pounds or inurittte
OF potash on the half acre This IL
Just half OF what apply TO my garden.
which has been covered with manure
every winter for four years, ana how
much before ! bought tho place ] do
not know That is. use 1000 pounds
on an acre OF garden. You need
balanced fertilizer Tor crops Just as
you need u balanced ration ror "a
or horse The lining was all right u
the land needed lime, but using lime
as fertilizer Is not It's proper use.
and the fact that IL had some potash
added did not make IL a fertilizer, ana
YOU could have gotten the lime and
the potash separately for less money.
doubtless 10 grow good vegetables
get II well hl!cd with organic decay,
either through manure OF toe growing
Of lesumc crops TO turn under.
Sweet Glover, Again.
Please let nae know II Il is neccs
sary 10 use incubation for sweet
clover. and when is the bes, time T.
SON It. Would you advise the sowing
OF crimson clover when laying by cot
tonY' hardly expect that you can
get "a laboratory culture for tic nell
lotus alba or sweet clover. and hard
~ think that IL is necessary. for tho
seed VIII grow almost anywhere, aud
do not understand why any one In
thc South should want H. while we
clover.
Stock VIII cat the so-callel sweet
clover when forced into II. but IL il
hard 10 get them started to eating II.
Tor. while II smells sweet, II Is really
very bitter My opinion is that we
have weeds enonrh. and that Il Will
he better to leave the sweet clover
10 the cold Northwest. where they can
not grow The other !eeuuue crops mai
we can grow. Wo do not need it,
Sow crimson clover in cotton at nrs,
picking. u is TOO early TO SOW AT
laying by cotton or corn.
Corn Cultivation.
you urge the Importance OF level
ana shallow cultivation for corn ana
the aho!lshinent OF the pillow in the
heid after planting. But how are We
to destroy the grass in the hills II We
throw no SOIL TO the rows The best
way | know IL not to have the grass
there, and there Is no need for it being
there II tie carly treatment OF the
land is right After the corn'is plant
ed and a. soon as a slight crust APP
pears, go over il with the smoothing
harrow both WAYS. That w!!l give
the corn good chance to ret up, and
VIII destroy any terminating grass.
men az soon as tho corn is well up
go over II both ways with the weedcr.
ana Keep going over Win II TIL the
corn is six inches high, and after that
the TWO horse Cult!Nator VIII keen th,
grass down. and by shallow cultiva-
t!on you soon get all the seed in reach
OF the warmth 70 terminate, and not
oTlhSihg any more up from lower
DOWN, there viii he no grass have
mentioned the case Of two fields |
visited on adjoining farms One field
mad been planted on a turned-under
crop Of crimson clover, and was har-
lowed and worked over rapidly with
the weeder, and then rapidly cultivated
with the two-horse cultivator running
All the time shallow. ana all the weeds
ana grass seed In the upper soil were
Scrminated and killed, and when
visited the tied just at cutting
tlne, The soil was absolutely clean
Just over the fence. on another farm.
was corn field in which the grass ~
'hat t'!ne stood nearly knee high. and