The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-05

hetter suited 70 your section There is
candidum Lilies Again.
no you think that the Candidun iiIv
can b. grown here commerciany?' yo,
arc IN tho Valley and on a limestone
soil. and DO not think that you can
make :. success or this llly. You can
grow It probably and bloom 1t, bur
you cannot mako the salable bulbs
that nre made on sandy soll East. w,
nave much yet to learn i'm regard 10
It's culture Nearly all the bulbs nov
sold are Imported from France, ana
while tho bulbs We grow here viii
make as many or more flowers az tho
French ones, thoy do not get the size
OF IN" french ones, ana SO many PEG
pie hug Things ~ the sizo that IL works
against our bulbs ! am growing tho.e
Ill!"s and am trying to learn how 10
Produce them As large ~ in North
eTn France, where the hest ones come
from and where tho winter climate i,
NOR" severe than here. hona 10 sue
coed
Clearing "a Thiclet.
u nave q piece Of land lvinE Or
tween two cultivated fields, wnlch IL
thickiy covered with small oak, hlck
ory and pine. ! wish To clear Ii and
VIII ~ he best to grub ont all the littl..
stuinps and roots at once or would la
oe cheaper 10 use II as a pasture after
clearing till the stunps decay" Never
waste time with u stumpy nela. cs
I-ciaiiy where the stumps arc onl,
thicket stumps, which can be easily
grubbed out. or rapidly pulled out with
stump nuller. Tou would have a
long time To walt on some Of rhr
stuinps, aud in tho meantime IL would
he hard 10 get II set In alfalfa Always
clean the stumps ri any size from iand
pc'nS taken into cultivation. 1t is an
ahnuai loss to work around stumps
Rotation in Hog Lots.
have three plots ot ground which
wish TO use in turn for hog pas.
turc, Tho first one is now in oats ana
crimson clover, which wtsh to turn
IN later and then plant to corn in May
mo second lot is rather thin. and j
thought to manure 1t we'll and SOW Ia
rape Tho third lot was :. garden for
years nnd Is fertile, but the Bermuda
grass got so bad In II that last sum
ncr i sowcd to cowpeas, made nav or
them and sowed In oats and crimson.
clover. What can plant then 10 fur
nish feed and continue TO shad. tn.
Bermuda? AT what stage shall 1 NOV
the eats and clover to get tho best
rrona the oats and avoid any DANCE
with the clover" To keen IN n sue.
ces'iion of feed. L would not plant tho
fret lot In corn, but in m early COW
pea Ike the New Era
Sow the second lot at once WIFI, raon
ana By the time the pigs have eaten
the oats and clover on the first lot. Won
can turn OH this, and by the time it is
e"'ch YOU can turn on the first lot
again, and can sow the second Ia, I'm
rape for inll and early winter, mud
after the cowpcas on the first lot are
eaten YOU can SOW crimson clover on
IT To come in in the spring. ON the
third lot, ~ soon as the hay is on.
plant Clay cowpeas to come i'm after
the early peas in the first lot are
eaten, and you can SOW that lot IN
crimson clover. Then by constantly
watching the chances YOU can keep NJ
a succession OF crops for the hogs till
Time to feed corn. Cut the oats and
Grover as soon as the clover shows
hloom, without regard To the conditions
oil the oats, which will hardly he head
cd. II you wait on the oats tho clover
Will bo worthless
onions, UcnnS and Potatoes.
York County: Can onions be grow I.
successfully here from Northern seed
sown about the list of March? l am OIL
Poquosin River, about three miles from,
the bay. Soil. Norfolk sandy loan.
What varieties are best? Does trans
p'"''''iS iiSiC.tSc inc ytcluE Gan I
grow Lima beans here with profit
What is the most profitable sweet DO
tato 10 raise? When living In tho
Valley wc bought Eastern shore pota
toes that were better than any VIZ
could grow there. but since coming
here we have been buying sweet pota
toes which arc hardly 1T 10 cat ]
want To grow good ones"
hy early sowing In heavily fertilizea
soil you can grow fine onions from SEED
sown in the open ground Of tho New
England varieties. These arc not bet
tered 10y transplanting, as tho italian
and Spanish onions are. Tho best WI
rieties are the Southport white and Vel
low Globe and the Danvera Yellow
Globe. \ fertilizer strong In phos
phor!c acid and potash with n moder
ate amount of nitrogen used ut rate o.
1000 pounds an acre will make fne
onions. Plant I'm rows fifteen inches
apart ana cultivate with hand vince
culttHator. ] do not think that YOU
can make n commercial success of Lima
beans. The large White Lima that il
popular North Is a poor bearer here
The small Lima or Slcva bean Is the
best producer here, but it Is not IL,
demand North. and so many Lima beans
are grown in California that it hardly
pays 10 grow them here for market
The sweet potatoes that are grow
SO largely on the Eastern Shore are III ;,
Big Stem Jersey aud tho Gold Skin
These suit the Northern market, whicl,
demands dry potato that can be
steamed. Southwark people prefer the
soft and sweeter Vans. Which must al
ways be baked.