The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-27

w. H. NhrSeS. Thought mat DoltSli
should be used. Now, would you use
the fertilizer broadcast on the growing
rye. or use il when planting the corn
! also have a lot of thirty-hvc acres.
which has been In pasture for six tC
eight years. want to resow u Ia
grass, but do not want 10 pillow II NJ.
Have a flne atand of Japan clover and
bermuda grass all over II, but other
grasses are getting thin; what kind
cf grasses would YOU advise Al hili
land. except three or four acres Of low,
wet land" On tho rye l would apply
% good dressing OF tho Thomas phos-
phatc and potash now. These VIII
help the rye, and the more rSc YOU
have the better and you VIII lose none
OF the fertilizer. Dut do not let the
ryo run into head before turning 1t, for
IL II gets strawy. IL Is slow 10 decay,
and may make trouble in dry weather.
But turn II when not over knee hish
Now. az to renewing the other land in
rasture. You say that you have Il fine
stand OF Lcspedeza and Bermuda on II.
Why not a!mply improve the growth OF
these? Give the pasture good dress
ing OF the Thomas phosphate alone. or
mixed with 81 little nitrate of soda.
Pasture loses fertility In every animal
TINT builds its bOny structure on II, and
the fertility OF the SOIL constantly dc
creases. 1t might DO well 10 run i
disk lightly over, and sow twenty
pounds Of orchard grass an acre. but
the fertilization of the present sod will
do about as well. have seen pas
tures that arc kept In the highest state
OF production. and have been In grass
Tor scventy-tvc years, and make moro
grass to-day than ever. But they are
topdrcEsed every spring With bone
meal. thinn tina, tho Thomas phos-
phate and little nitrate will be better.
We arc slow In the South TO realize the
Importance of Keeping q pasture good.
Farmers arc apt to Imagine that a pas
ture needs no attention. and that II Will
take care OF Itself. while. in fact, the
grass Is eXhaUsting the soil. and but
for thu Japan clover you have, 1t would
he losing nitrogen as well AZ phosphate.
But the application OF as little as 900
pounds an acre of Thomas phosphate
and twenty-five pounds Of nitrate of
soda Will make great difference in
the pasturage the coming summer, II
applied Just as tho grass begins TO
grow. And you can make 1t s,iil better
by sowing the orchard grass seed, too.
Drafting.
Chesterneld County: Kindly write
in The Times Dispatch something
about grating. and what you think OF
The Brimmer tomato. | am sending all
your articles to Georgia" The only
grating to be done NJ this season OF
the year Is the outdoor cleft or spli;
grating, either on young stocks or the
limbs or old trees. This consists sim
ply OF splitting the limb TO be grated,
and cutting the clon In wedge shape
and inserting II so that the growing
tissues OF tho stock and cion coincide
Then cover the graft with wax, made
by melting one pound OF heeswaX one
pound OF rosin and ono pint of linseed
oil The old-fashion grating material
is even better than this. This Is a mix
ture OF equal parts OF clay and fresh
COW dung we'll l5ueaded together. Gov
or the graft thickly with This. and
wrap with strips or cotton cloth. This
retains moisture. and had rather use
II than grating wax. ] have not tried