The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-03

Ny land IL rich. as haul manure
from brcwry, where they wash out
tho stable once week with crcoiin
water. DO you think that can have
had anything TO DO with 1t? nave
used lime heavily in small places. nut
IL does not have any effect to check
the dying. All other grass crops !
SOW do we'll. and also vegetables l
mako 800 to 400 bushels Of Irish pota-
toes an acre. and grow Brimmer
tomatoes 10 weigh two and nehair
mounds. 7 wish you could my
crop OF tho Brimmer tomato In bear
ing. Please tell me what Is tho mat
ter with my soilT' You say that you
have tried lime on small spots with
out effect. still think that II is
probable that your land needs gen
eral lining. But tho chief difficulty
think Is that you have been using
heterogeneous manure only, while the
clovcrs can get that from the air II
Il is not plentiful in the soil But you
must remember that clover draws
heavily on the phosphate and potash
in the soil, md you have been cut
ting II OF FOR hay, and you have
gotten your soil deficient in the min
cral matters that clover demands. Now,
after testing your soil for acidity with
blue litmus paper and you ind II acid.
you had better use some limo. But
what YOU mainly need Is to restore the
phoAphor!c acid ana potash that you
have been taking from the soil. 1
think that YOU can grow clover with
hcuvy applications OF acid phosphate
and muriate OF potash
Growing Gnrden Seed at Homo.
Hanover County: Cannot We save
iust as good garden seed ns We can
buv?'' That Will depend on what
plant you mean. For the genera! and
late crop OF tomatoes you can select
and save good seed. But where one is
growing vegetables for market. the
temptation Is to sell the earliest while
the prices are good. and save seed from
tic remainder. In fact. for market
gardener TO save his seed In the best
manner II will cost him a great deal
more than he would have TO pay for
tho best seed on the market Then
too. the various vegetable crops grown
are not all produced in one climate
Scedsr1 OF reputation know the re-
glons where the hes. seed OF various
Kinds are grown. nnd the most re-
liable growers Cauliiowcr seed arc
grown in Denmark better than any
where else Onion seed Of the differ
, cnt sorts are grown In various parts
Of the world best suited to each. We
grow the Spanish and italian onions
from imported seed Wo grow what
are called Bermuda onions from seed
produced In the Island o: TcneriTe
and nowhere else In the world. Then
the American varieties az onions arc
grown In New England ard also in
California. but some growers do not
like the California seed. The hest
radish seed are grown in France The
green garden peas arc either imported
from England or grown In Michigan
and other Northwestern States. Early
cabbage seed are grown largely on
Long Island. and the best spinach seed
also fs grown on Long Island. Sugar
corn Is grown in. the Northwest, large
~ In Nebraska. Tomatoes and egg
plants and peppers are grown largely
IN New Jersey. and these can be grown
as we'll In your section by careful Sc
lection OF the best But for the earl
lest tomatoes. l find that seed pro-
duccd In Northern New York are earl
Ter than seed Of the same variety that
grow hero, though for quality I can
select seed Of tomatoes ana egg plants
as good as can be bought Snap beans
are grown by specialists in New York
state better than VIC can grow them.
AS rule ind that il is far cheaper
10 buy what seed ! want from the best
scedsmen. the houses that have made
q reputation and carefully guard IL bv
constant Inspection of the crops being
grown for them. 1t does not paw for
q busy gardener 10 take the trouble to
save seed. But never buy low-price ed
seed, for they arc the most costly thing
YOU can buy. Tomato seed that have
been washed out of the refuse from rho
canning factories are sold very low
and are not worth buying. Always