The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-14
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY

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conditions are suited to make 1t a sue
cess or whether they have tho needed
skin In its culture.
III YOU arc running q grain or cot
ton farm try TO make IL rs good as
any such farm should be, but do not
Try 70 slip In some other crop that
you know nothing about. for you will
be pretty sure to lose money at IT,
Half and half farming ana trucking
does not pay.
Cabbage Diseased.
Allegheny County: Il have cabbagos
II the same ground for seven years.
and for three years they havo turned
yellow and rotted Off ut the stalk
Have lost from one-third to two-hfths
- my crop. / always plant the middle
of the patch, md now will 1t do to
plant above and below tho old patch
and what to put in the hillg Please
reply In The Times Dispatch"
You have gotten the disease com
monty known as yellow Sides" think,
This is caused by a fungus, the ,fu-
sarium which infects the soil, and IL
You keep planting cabbage In tho same
ground, you Will continue to have the
disease. You cannot expect to keep
any plant clear of disease IL you con-
tinually plant It In the same ground.
There Is no cure known for this dis
ease. and the only thing that can be
done is to use the land for some other
crop that Is not affected by this dis
| ease. Above the old patch you may
be more clear OF il. but down hill you
VIII probably have the same trouble.
II possible you should get entirely
away from the plot and use IL for none
OF the relatives of cabbages. such as
kale. radishes and other of the same
family.
Growing Flowers From Seed.
! Oconoe County. South Carolina.
Please tell mo through The Times
| Dispatch tho best tilno and method for
planting such flower seeds as asters,
uahlias. petunlas, stocks and VERDE
| nae. / have always been successful In
growing pansies from seed, and feel
that II ! can raise tho others shall
nave SO many more In variety read
OF seed beds and frames. hut no In
formation as to how they arc made
read your articles IN The Tlmes-Dis-
| patch as eagerly as any farmer. and an,
delighted when find something about
flowers" My dear madam, 1t would
take almost n volume TO tell you ali
that you wish to know, and would
| suggest that you can get very plain
and simple book called Home Flori-
culture By Mr.. Eben Rexford, and
| published by the Orange Judd Com
pany, OF Now York, for about ST. As
tiers do not thrive we'll In tho South
as they do northward. but in your
mountain country they will doubtless
do we'll. You can SOW the seed In a
| nicely prepared border in the open gar
den In April. for it will be best not
to have them carly, as they bloom
best In the autumn.
Tho plants are easily transplantcd
to beds for blooming. Dahlia seed
| can be sown in shallow box OF fine
/ soil in sunny window now, and these
too are easily transplanted. and should
! be set in the garden not less than
three feet apart each way, and staked
| as they grow to keep them erect,
Then In the fall. after the bloom is
| over and the frost has killed the tops,
| YOU can cover them thickly with
| rough, strawy manure. and they will
winter we'll and grow stronger the
next season. To grow petunias yo,r
must make the soil very fine, and SOW
the seed in shallow box. and mere',-
press them Into the soil with a block
or wood and cover the box with a pane
OF glass to keep the moisture f on,
| evaporatins. The seed arc yery fine.
! ana need great deal OF care to get
4 mem up Stocks YOU can SOW outside,
ana lot them stand where the seed nro
so"n. thinning them out TO prevent
crowding. Verbenas. too, are sown I'm
noNes II: the house and transplauted
| iater Ihey should be GOWN early. and
arc better for teing transplante,l ia.
snali pots or old tin cans. II you send
TWO 2-cent stamps to the Sunlight
Douole Sash Company, OF Louisville.
Ky, they VIII send you n little ilIus,
trated pamphlet on frames ami hot
peds, which wrote for them. This
| WIZ tell you all about frames.
X Marbles or Wolves In Cattle
bih"iaGia county: please tell mo
now 10 get rid of wolves in cowso r
reckon Tma .hat Is what you call them.
h lt,ype
hev stay just under the skin. I<bave
COW that is full of them and is u.et-
uns thin. Will they have any efrect
on the milk? Where do they get then,
ana what will prevent themc" Tie
woiVes or MARBLES are the larvae ~
sne DOT ny hypoderma lineata. This
/ ny is about the siZe OF one or tbe LA
black honey bees The female a.. oao
esss all around above the heels or
| the cattle. and these cause irritatto,,
III inc anklas. and the COW licks ,her,
ana gets the eggs In her mouth wh.rn
,ney hatch and remain for some time
IN .he quiet, and then work their
,hny ~ .ne nack under the skin Here
lney remain till spring, and ana,Iv
l'ahe their way out through a small
opening at tip. and drop TO the rround
| wnere they go through their NINA
stage ana come out mature lies 10
prevent them. learn to distinguish the
,S .'nu NH All mat You find around
.he stable. Then put turpentine spirits
~, sn one on The cows bhck. and
this Will kin them Or YOU can
squeeze them out and kill them. and
mus prevent their maturing into fl,es,
every iarmer would watch his
! rnttie and kill all these srubs on them
ane hies could ba entirely destroyed.
ney do not travel far. and any farm
er can keer his cattle free from them
| by watchfulness In winter. and k,llinp.
| al the grubs before they come out ~
spring They do not affect the milk.
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