The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-17
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY

49, AHo 1AOScF lnaCnlne cuts the
vines up into rather short pieces ana
there Will BIO some waste of tho leaves
uniess they are gathered up and put
into tho middle OF tho bales But tho
waste can be probably fed. But IL
you intend to bale and soil the hay,
would urge you not to do It, AS
have said moro than once. the nero
growing of peas Will not improve your
land. but will run II down. Peas should
De used on the farm, either as manure
direct or better. by feeding the hay
10 STOCK and returning the manure to
tho soil. OF course. whore room is
scarce 1t will BIO we'll to bale the hay.
But selling pea hay Is rather bad farm
ing.
Lining Black Swamp Land.
am right down here on tho salt
water. can get ground limestone for
~ ton and tho freight will bring
IT up probably to SO or moro n ton.
this price," Whether one should use
burnt lime or limestone IL largely q
matter OF cost. 1t will take fully twice
as much of the limestone an aero as It
VIII Of burnt lime. A fair dressing OF
hurnt lime will BIO 1000 pounds an
acre and the limestone at least 1000
pounda Where you live you can get
oyster shell lime for less money prob
J ably. or can get shells cheaply, and if
you have plenty OF waste wood. you
can burn the shells yourself. and get
limo rather cheaply. Oyatcr shells are
purer lime carbonate than any lime
stone, and In your situation 1 would
prefer TO use tho shell lime. But
can sec no reason why in a locality
Where the shells accumulate some one
could not make profitable business
py pulVeriZinB them. know that at
tho price shells cost delivered here for
Matchmaking, they could be ground at
The DlaceR
II ton and n good profit made, for
tres' are freighted here thirty miles or
more by water and used for macada-
MIXING streets and roads and even at
tho delivered price here they would
not cost II ton TO grind them. When
was last at Hampton. Va, I saw there
perfect mountain OF shells. and I
have been wondering IL some ono does
not intend TO grind them.
Then saw on tho great Cumberland
farm OF Frank Lindsay. In the Dismal
Swamp. that in cutting his great
drainage canal. he has turned out
thousands OF tons OF shell mari. and
! this is as good or better than ground
Limestone. and it is probable that un-
| der all the swamp land I'm that section
can be found this bed OF mari, and IL
! viii be well worth looking for on any
! OF the black swamp land. Where ono
has good deposit OF shell mari under
Tor hunting ground limestone or burnt
/ lime either
! do not agreo with the enthusiastic
advocates OF the ground limestone. that
IL is the only form In which lime
should be used. On black swarm land
, especially. where tho soil is full of or
! Eanic decay, the burnt lime will have
/ Il far more speedy and better effect.
i and even tho shell mari consider bet
I ter than the ground limestone, since
a M Ia In
l lied state than II is possible to grind
! the rock. Along the upper shores OF
I the Chesapeake on the Eastern shore.
! and probably on both sides OF the bay,
are large Accommodations OF oyster
I shells. known as Indian she'll banks. A
| number of years ago the owner Of {,
| farm In Kent County. Md. on the bay
/ shore. had n very extensive old shell
bank. and he sold TO several OF his
] ncighbors the right TO get these shells
for term OF years. for lime burning
Several OF them used them for this
K purpose. But one man instead or using
! The shells took masons sand screen
/ TO the she'll bank and screened the
! shells. taking only the fine decayed
part, and spread this heavily on his
land and he got excellent results from
it, as much OF II was very fine dust
Therefore. ] am OF tho opinion that the
natural shell mari Will be even better
/ than the ground rock. There is so
! much written nowadays about the won
/ derful value OF the ground rock. that
the experiment stations should take up
/ the matter and make a series OF ex-
. perimentS with burnt lime, ground
rock. oyster shells and mari. and get Mt
{ the comparative results from each in
/ the sweetenins OF the soil for tho
! growing of legumc crops
Buyins the Dairy Feed.
/ North Carolina: IL have made n start
! In the dairy business. My land is sandy
and rather poor, and / shall have to
buy a good deal Of grain feed sell
| butter-fat to the creamery for IS cents
a pound Cottonseed meal Is worth S32
ton, bran the same price, and corn 81
n bushel. and cottonseed hullS Sl4 Il
! ton. Which is the cheapest for me to
buy?" You cannot afford 10 buy bran
! 1T the same price as cottonseed meal.
and corn at 81 a bushcl Is very costly
feed. You should by all means have
4 silo and grow corn for ensilage, and
that Will be worth many times more. as
tho carbonaceous part of the ration
| than cottonseed hulls, which are far
better in the manure AS an absorbent
| than MS feed Analysis shows that they
have feeding value, but they put a
hard task on the digestive faculties OF
the animals to get what Is OF value In
them. You cannot afford to buy rough
age, but should use your manure to
help produce It.
You can afford to feed cottonseed
meal If you have plenty of corn silage
and cowpea hay to go with 1t. but you
cannot profltably feed cows on cotton
seed meal and hulls as the only rough
age. OF course. until you can have
plenty OF your own, you Will have to
use some corn, and you should get q
corn and cob crusher end grind the
corn and cobs together tic balance tho
cottonseed meal, and then never give
cow moro than two and onc-half to
three pounds OF cottonseed meal day,
or you Will have trouble.