The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-26


zee" ny sowing mixture of cowpeas
ana SOY beans for hay. and can get
| d pcttcf stand OF grass in the fail. on
| me lot whrrc you have Il good stand
| OF oats ana clover would SOW peas
aionc after tho crop is cut. for the mil
itt VIII fpcn ahead Of the peas, ana the
| seed are dangerous food for horses
The Types Nuke Errors.
j said recently that lime "foccu-
iates clay, but the pri.,ter knew bet
Ter ana made me ga, that lime IN
ocuiatcS' clay. Then I said that ANY
worker In sheet Iron" could make nues
for Tobacco" barn, but the typcs pied
the whole thing.
Hardwood Ashcx for Potatoes.
intend to plant Irish Cobblcr 10
tatocs on strong clay soil. turning
under Il fair coat OF manure wo,,l5
i'he 10 use hardwood ashes, of which
h;tNcs an abundance, as freely as
would be safe FOR the potatoes How
M"ch or these would YOU advise per
acre? have also tie IL per cent
aeI" phosphate. have used ashes
very heavily on clover and alfalfa
WIN inc success Better apply the
ashes 10 other crops than potatocs
Tor while They would certainly have :,
favorable effect on tho yield they
would make conditions In the soil fav
orabic l" the development of the scab
iatocs In Il soil somewhat acid. II
there IL any scab in the soil. tho linz
IN tho ashes Will so swcetcn tho soil
tnat you may have a lot OF scabby and
unstable potatoes. For tho same
reason never use stable manure ON
potatoes. You can always make a
cleaner crop by using the formula
which have heretofore given at ratn
OF LOO pounds AN acre
Two-Horsc CuItivator,.
Loudoun County: Having read vour
hdFice 70 an inquirer in Tie Times
DlSpatch 20 get two-row ridinp cuI,
ivato' wish little information. viii
'hc% do as good work as tho one-horse
cuitiVator on rolling land? What is
. good maker They will do better
work than the onc-horse cultivator
unless the land IS so steep that there
would DC danger OF tho rider falling
over Tho Iron Age and tho Planet, Jr..
arc both good.
Nitrate Of Sodn on Strawberries.
HAVING read some time ago that
YOU applied nitrate OF soda TO straw
berries with good results please tell
me how many pounds TO use an mere.
how often 20 apply. and at what time
In the growth Of the rlanis can nj
'ra'" Of soda be applied when the
plants arc in full leaf. scattering 1t on
and over III" plauts? About how much
Increase did the nitrate give you per
acre? Was II nuulicd In tho spring -
! hardly thlul; that you have read me
CLOSELY for have expressly advised
market growers not to use nitrate OF
roda ~ tho oron In snring. for while
X viii increase the yiclG II Will mako
Tho berries too soft To ship. Tho object
I'm using nitrate OF soda on stra wbcr-
rcs IS to get strong growth of
crowns. and for this purposc ] would
US" e. after the CROP has been gathered
md th"n ~ rate OF $50 hounds an acr.
alongside tho plants and not on them
had patch almost entirely killed
by q careless hand Spreading the nj
trat" thicklv on too tho rows OF the
etrawbcrries. would us" il after tn"
frutnr III order 20 get n strong
growth for tho following season.
Hog Pasture. Etc.
Lancaster County: II have three hor
lots OF an acre each. No is in man.
moth rcd ana crjm2on clover. No
is in rape and crimson clover and No
2 Is i'm rye Tho first two lots hav"
had twelve tons NJ fresh manure and
Gon pounds Of fertilizer mostly rock
VIII nut twelve tons or manure on
No > in the next sixty DAYS. Grazino
No. . at present. ANA intend plowir"
lot $ about Nav / aud sowing rape in
rows three feet sr1rr with 5h0 pounds
tend to piow last al Nav AMI sow SOW
hcans tn rows three foet apart. with
u small apnlica,ion Of fish and phos-
phate in The rows. No. intend 10
leave in ucrUlancDt naStura The soil
Of these lots is LIGHT and adanted To
truck ana viii not make over twentv-
five hnshcls OF corn an acre without
fertilizer.
"Have wood lot with running
stream adjoining each lot Il my pro-
gram all right. or would YOU alter IT?
How would YOU treat 4 young SON
which lost her pigs when she was five
weeks gone? How shall address let
ters 20 reach YOU promptly? Will
handful OF tobacco stems IN each hill
keep the bugs from DESTROYING water
melons," The lot No /. which is in
the clovors. Will make Il good pasture.
nut hardly permanent one, AS only
the red clover will last over the sea-
con. As soon as No. . IS eaten down.
I would break 1t and SOW 70 cowneas
and SOY beans. half and half. drilled
in with q wheat drill, set TO SOW two
bushels of wheat on acre. Then. II
You want 10 SOW rape on lot No. 3. I
would turn tho rye at once. for Nav
sowing VIII not DO so good as March
or April sowing. When the peas are
podded, take tho pigs off the clover
and put them Oh tho peas. and there
will be a later growth OF the red
clover. and the two will run tho pigs
till more rape Is ready. anu you can
follow the peas with rape for the
winter. Ty watching chances. YOU
can keep up q succession OF crops COM
ing on all the time. The young sow
should have the best OF care. and not
bred again till the fall. Address me
At Salisbury, Md. Tobacco stems in
the hill Will not keep the striped bugs
or, but tobacco dust ahundantly dust
cd over the hills as the plants come
up Will keep them off, il repeated as
washed off by rain.