The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-19
AN EXPERIMENT STATION
WRESTLING WITH TOBACCO
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OF crops makes It's chief claims for
crops OF rye and grass to preccde the
tobacco crop. and Bur and Crimson
clover are recommended as crops to
prcccde crops Of corn The soil. scien-
tincally known as the Durham sandy
loan. yields its most profitable crops
under this system OF rotation. The
Experiment Station advocates the idea
Of breaking the land deep under these
conditions.
Another interesting experiment that
is calculated To prove of immense
value to the tobacco farmer is fair
trial of the pruning vs. cutting of the
tobacco theory. The experiment is con
Quoted by taking an allotted number OF
acres Of growing tobacco at harvest
ing time and cutting and printing each
alternate row In the field. The expert
ment last season established the
theory that printing has the advantage
over cutting Of Si5 ar acre, according
TO the warehouse floor sale. The lots
OF tohacco-those primed and cut
were sold the same day placed side
by side on tho same warehouse floor.
The primed leaf was the winner. \
like experiment will be conducted again
this season a two-acre field being re-
served for the trial test.
EXPERIMENTING WITH
IMPROVED BARNS ALSO
y rather novel experiment in the
construction OF tobacco barns Is re-
ceiving attention on the farm. The
old type barn. with its Glaring open
ncss-only the cracks being shut in
from the sight by daubs Of mud and
chunks OF woods being replaced by
barn OF modern touch The chief
characteristic Of the new type of barn
is its air-tightncss. the necessary ven
tilation being furnished by a some
what automatic opcn-and- shut disc
located on the top OF the barn and
controlled By wires running to the
ground. The twofold advantage claim
ed for this type of curing barn is the
saving of 30 per cent of wood in cur
ing the tobacco, and it is guage for
controlling the sweat" in green to-
bacco.
The experiment station admits it's
inability to handle the wilt, the de-
structive malady which Is affecting so
many crops OF tobacco In Southern
Granville. The only partial relief from
this destructive agency that Is being
advocated by the station Is the rota-
ton OF crops-which experiments Of
late have proven valuable in warding
off this pest. which is to tobacco rela-
lively what the boil weevil is to cot
ton. Sundry and various chemical
solutions have been tried out as wilt
rcsistants. but no remedy has beer dis
covered TO check its spread wherever
II gets a firm hold. Lime has peeu eN-
rerimented as a wilt resistant at the
rate OF ffieen tons to the acre.
Growing on the farm this wear arc
thirty eight varieties OF grass. with
the view of determining the most pro-
ductive grass seed for the county. The
results go far have indicated shat tall
meadow cats and red clover are the
mos. profitable crops to sJw
What are you doing 10 dissent lats
this storehouse OF farming knowledge
10 the farmers of Granville County,"
Mr.. Moss was Quericd.
lie replied: Last July I male ex.
tersive Preparations for n picnic and
extended wide-opcn invitation for the
farmers of the county to come and en-
JOY the occasion and inspect the farm