The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-09


80. DO you believe that dark tobacco
wrappers can DO made where black
cowpeas have been planted ond the
seed picked? Land u dari, loan with
clay subsoil
u. What do you think OF 3-s-2 to-
bacco fertilizers. with 100 pounds Of
inuriatc of potash added 10 the ton.
and manure Is also used on the iana
after wheat?
-. What do You think of the mix
tura OF guano. known as bone and
potash, FOR cornf'
l. We do not use lime as a Fertilizer.
ana " the land needs lime. you had
better get fresh lump limo and Stake
~ for yourself Good lump lime viii
sihNe TWO or more times its bulk. and
'hls s!aked lime VIII DO Just as good
as tho lime used TO mix with potash.
ana you can buy the two cheaper than
IN the mixture. Then. mixing ACID
phosphate and ashes. II the ashes are
GOOD hardwood ashes. the lime In them
VII revert the phosphoric acid and
make IL less soluble. Then you have.
no guarantee OF the percentages of
potash In the ashes. and II will be bet
Yer 10 use sulphatc OF potash IL Won
used acid phosphate But you can get
al tho lime needed for the peanuts in
,nc Thomas phosphate or basic slat,
rms is not so readily available as acid
phosphate. but 1t VIII make peanuts
with tho addition OF little nitrate of
SODA. to give II - start, ana potash. az
nave heretofore suggested, az II peu-
nut fertilizer
:. rho hes; WAY would be TO first &c,
ria OF the wire grass In the land ana
nave clean land for the peanuts Tn.
"eeder. fear. would simply cultivu; .
N" grass. You can clear land or wiz.
grass for have done Il with smother
ing crops Of peas.
g. whether you can grow dark
wrappers or not depends more on tho
nature OF your soil than on the peas
III Nelson County. or deep red land
thcH turn clover. the whole uncut crop
OF red clover. TO make black wrnppers
ana ihey make them. II your land il
suited To making dark tobacco. the
peas viii not proven, your making
wrappers.
4. The $50 fertilizer is low grade
article for tobacco. but II the potash in
II Is from sulphate. ana manure is used
II VIII answer very well II more not.
ash IS added. as sulphatc. but not rnu-
r!ate as you suggest Muriatc OF pot
ASH. or more properly chloride OF pot
ASH should never be used on tobacco
as II Injuries the burning quality of the
leaf. ana tends TO keep tho tobacco
green too late.
.. do not know OF any such "cuano"
tuano Is the dccomposed cxcrcucnt OF
america. ana We do not get IL any
more. We have chemical fertilizers.
but no guano. The mixture OF phos-
phoric acid and potash. known rs bone
anu potash, as a rule, has no bone IN
II at all, but Is simply acid phosphate
ana potash. and none tho worse from
having no bone. Eut they call II bone
because farmers have :, notion tina,
tho phosphoric acid from bone Is bet
ter than that from rock. Phosphoric
- 10 Il
from bone or rock. and the only thing
20 concern VS. IS its availability If
the land necda potash, the MIXTURE will
30 very we'll on corn. but on our red
lands * the farmer farm right and
maintains the humus in his soil. and
lines 1t occasionally. there VIII never
he any need TO buy potash The red
clay soil VIII usually contain tons of
potash an acre, which can bc made
available by turning under clover. and
once In five or six years lining the
soil. Your sixth question Is entirely
out OF my line. and is one that no one
could answer, even II II was of any
value to answer.
Fcrtiiixing Peanuts.
Dinw.ddie County: II am sub
scriber TO The Times Dispatch. and
read your farmers page regularly
have about twenty acres In rye which
] expect TO turn under and plant Span
ish peanuts note what YOU say In
regard to the using OF 500 pounds Of
acid phosphate. fifty pounds OF nitrate
Of soda and nifty pounds Of muriatc of
potash an acre. Must we apply this
broadcast or in the rows? Must we
mix All together or SOW scparatclv'
When will il be best to apply it. after
the rye Is plowed down or before? Part
OF the land has been lined and part
has not. | see no difference In the pea
nuts. about one-fourth pops all over.
Must 7 lime this land or not If so
on the rye or after blowing? Which is
the hest acid phosphate. the II per cent
or the l6 per cent? You seem to have
read rather carelessly what have writ