The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-30
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY
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spring, and 1t Will be done But i'm
grass or clover 1t Is hard to manage
Horses and cattle will eat 1t, and the
manure will spread IT. Being a pure
~ winter weed. like the Little purple
nowcrcd lanium or hen bit, IL must
be killed In winter before the seed
mature in the late winter and early
spring.
Watermelon Seed Wanted
a Long Island grower wants to get
some seed of Muskers watermelon.
which he says that he has heard rs
grown on the Eastern Shore OF Vir
Sihii' put he cannot get 1T from seeds
men. III any of our readers I'm Virgins,
hho" VINO has this melon, l would like
10 near from them. must confess
that have never heard OF such n
watermelon.
Grnsnca for HnlifnI County.
What kind of grass seed shall
SOW TOT mich COW pasture on rrny
soil with some gravel? HAY. t,,roe,,
under :; crop of crimson clover IIaJ
peas on II last year. and have used 5nr
pounds, each year an acre Of ,rhom,.
phosphate for four years and tho l,nd
viii make fifty to sixty bushels of corr
an acre. Also. good grass for red
upland, rather puffy. for hay. Fni,lv
rich land. but never had onv,hir..
turned under or any fertilizer Also
want n grass on low land, rather w.p
haturcd. but never ovcriiows No limo
lor Thomas phosphate used hut acid
phosphi'te. about 800 pounds an acre.
Tor -FOUR years. ! have never made a
failure in anything YOU have advised
doing | know Of no grass for Am
upland pasture better than orchard
grass. consider II the greatest pas-
lure grass for any stocis in Virginia
ouii IL ~ well to mike some mixture.
ana Tor COW pasture | would u.s.,
twenty pounds OF orchard grass. 1--WE
pounds OF extra clean Kentucky Blue
grass ana five pounds of white clover.
clover sown after sowing tho grasses,
ana all brushed IN with smoothing har-
row. For hay on the rcd upland SOW
ten pounds meadow fcscuc. ten pounds
| OF tall meadow oat grass and ten
pounds of red clover an acre on ;h.
low land SOW ten pounds tinothy ten
pounds red top and ten pounds OF al
sike clover per acre
Treating Oats.
How shall wc treat oats to prcyent
blight" ] suppose that you refer to
the black loose smut in oats Make :,
solution Of formaidchydc on. pound 20
iorty gallons of water. spread the oats
'n a barn floor and sprinkle them with
his. turning till All have been wc,t,l
Then heap up the .'ats in ? piic aud
cover .hem with sacks ana lot stand
two f"urs. and then spread out 10 diy
:cr sowing.
Soy Brnns mud Fertilizer.
Hanover County: Il read YOUR col
umns in The Times dispatch with
much pleasure and benefit want 10
know If 'hc soy beans are as eocu for
! soil Improvement az cowpcag when
| turned under on thin land? Winch is
best. to use for .,"as TO b" follow ed bv
crimson cl .ver, !asic STAG 1T sicau
analNzing u per cart phosphorio acid
I or acid phosphate OF the Is per cent
grade ut SO? What mile, makes tn,
largest growth" There viii - very
i!ttlc difference. I suppose, when tn"
two are sown broadcast and turned
under. pr v'd"d the s,til il as well In
Ioculatcd for the SOY beans as sor tn.
cowpcas For cowpcas | would prefer
the acid phosphate. as the cowpcas do
not especially like lime applied di-
rectly to the crop But the Thomas
| phosphate will be best tor tho clover
| following the cowneas. The Japancs9
millct makes rather the heavier
growth.
Fertilizer for Tomatoes.
! planting about tenth OF an acre ~
home tomatoes what viii he the b"St
/ fertilizer in the absence OF stable ma
nuro?" Mix forty pounds OF acid phos-
phatc. twenty-five pounds Of cotton
seed meal and 1--WE pounds OF sulphato
of potash for the tenth-acrc. Spread
! it broadcas; and rake in AFTER break.
/ ing the land.