The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-17

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w. u. Massey. 1t cost to treat
an acre? Is sulphate or muriate OF
potash better to top dress clovor?"
Tho tobacco stems are an excellent
FERTILIZER, as We'll rs n preventive OF
aplndes, as they contain about ESQ
pef cent of nitrogen. $50 per cent pot
eSh, and about 100 per cent phos-
Phoric acid. They cost at the Ameri-
Jean Tobacco Company, Durham. y. Q.
$3.50 n ton. and YOU can use them as
literally as you please. Perhaps they
be had little cheaper in Rich
mond, but | have no prices from there,
] would scatter them uniformly along
the burrows. and II will probably take
from 200 TO 500 pounds an acre, and
they are worth the cost as fertilizer,
As an application on clover. there viii
be no difference between muriatc and
sulphate of potash.
Alfalfa Failure.
southampton County: Il sowed two
acres In alfalfa October 25th OH what
j have been growing clover for years
Applied a ton of lime ain acre. Tho
seed calne UP we'll. but now seems TO
have disappeared, and the land is GOV
cred with little May weeds. and very
little alfalfa is to be seen. / used 900
pounds of acid phosphate and fifty
pounds Of the muriatc of potash an
acre. Would YOU advise sowing al
falfa again this spring. If not, what
would you put on the land? This land
will mako 100 bushels of corn an acre"
The first mistake you made was In
sowing The seed month or more too
late. You should have sown early in
September, and you would have gotten
strong growth to go into winter.
In Its very young state II Is probable
that the only cold snap we had early
in January destroyed it. / would not
SOW this spring, for 1T would surely
be smothered by the crab grass. You
can grow n good crop OF early Irish
potatoes on the land. and after dig
cling these, SOW peas In July and either
cut them for hay or turn under In Au-
August and apply 1000 pounds more
lime an acre and harrow 1t In and SOW
the alfalfa the last OF August or early
September and give II more of the
acid phosphate and potash, but harrow
these in Il week before sowing tile
seed Then it will be we'll to get a
culture for inoculating the seed.
Helping Timothy.
Louisa County: ''On land that was
in corn last year and made thirty five
auEhels OF corn an acre we have now
timothy. We are afraid that the tim
othy is too thick for the land and am
afraid ii will lodge. Have thought OF
topdressing 1t with about nifty pounds
OF nitrate Of soda an acre. Would not
that have tendency 10 prevent tho
dhnger of singing by increasing the
growth? When will be the best time
10 apply it? VIII greatly appreciate |
your advice and judgment, AS we do /
not care TO go 10 the expense unless |
II is probable that the result would
justify it." III YOU are afraid that the /
grass will fall lodge. the worst I
thing you could do would bc 10 use nj
trate OF soda. as that you give n rank
or growth and greater tendency To
lodge. Something that VIII stiffrn the |,
growth Will be better, such as an
application of acid phosphate or Thorn
rs phosphate. The nitrate will GER
tainly give you heavier growth and /
more hay. but il will increase any ten
dency 10 sag or fail. The thickness 81
the grass on land OF moderate fertility |
VIII hardly cause saeging unless the |
straw is weak and the phosphate VIII |
straighten It, though not making az
heavy growth as the nitrate will.
Peas and Corn.
= Louisa County: Il have n naturally |
1lch piece Of land which | sowed I'M
cowpeas three yc.trs ego. ani have /
never seen sucii-a Growth. r'hey were /
about 3 Ia feet high, and l had 10 +
move them away with n fork every /
time the mower came around. :, gov |
eminent demonstrate" was there NJ
the time and his eyes fairl. danced |
when he saw the peas. ] got one vine |
loose tor him that measured ever six |
feet when Strengthened ou. j put the /
land in corn the next year and IL did |
not make as much as II usually did. |
True il was a dry season. 1 put IT
back In corn, but the season was so
wet at the time the corn most needed
weed destroying. that the weeds and
grass got the best OF il. ] am at a
loss what To do with il This year. l
am blowing IL now, that is. portion
shat has some OF that awful pest wire
az Bermuda grass on IT, hoping at
least to injurc tho grass. The rest l
thought Of seeding 10 oats and sweet
clover. Please tell me what you know
II sweet clover"
You 10 not say what YOU used, II
anything, I'm the way OF fertilizer. You
grew q heavy crop of peas and cut
them. and they drew very heavily on
the phosphorus and potassium OF the
soil. and your soil was poorer by the
growing Of the peas. You cannot inn
prove land through tie mere growing
~ peas. They must be used either az
manure direct or fed and the manure
returned TO the land that grew them.
The best way to get rid of the Bcr-
nude grass is TO smother il wiki peas
Now as 10 sweet clover ! would leave
thnt to the West and Northwest /
nave never seen AN animal eat II un-
III starved into IL. and once get IL on
your land and you viii have another
weed. We have 80 many better lc-
gumes ia peas and soy beans that
cannot see amy reason for the sweet
clover il the south We 10 not need
it, as they do in the cold Northwest,
Better SOW red clover with the oats
Nicotine for Cahbns~ iphIs.
win nicotine answer as well for
,he aphis on young cabbage plants as
the tobacco detection" Concentrated
chemical nicotine wil be too strong
10 use on plants. There arc some nico-
tine preparations made mat viii answer.
very we'll, but II you use purc uico-
tine i would assume that il will he
best 10 add at least 100 parts OF water
TO one Of the nicotine. ii viii certain
~ answer il properly diluted. / use a
prepared article called Aphine. which
is In d concentrated form and add forty
parts OF water to ii, and find II effec
tive. use II as a spray. You can
get this at any seedsmans and it viii
be cheaper than pure nicotine.
Shell Lime and Mari.
Il wrote to firm for shell lime and
they send me letter saying that they
have no lime. but can furnish me mari,
which is Just az good What do you