The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-25
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof w. F. MASSEY

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terials TO get complete nitrificd there
Is very littlc difference
Questions from Elizabeth City County.
Il Would you recommend a hollow
tile silo 10 be good as Il wooden one?
80. DO you recommend putting SOY
beans In the silo with corn? If so. how
would IL do TO plant the beans In the
same row with the corn and cut both
at same time
"3 VIII seed corn from Easton. Md.
do rs well as seed corn from Chester
ncId County IN tins section?
a, have TWO pasture lots. each five
acres Grass is getting thin How
much bone meal for each. and what sor,
Of mixture Of grasses should | try
on II now? Land level and moist.
20 | want TO sow soy beans In rows,
ana also cowpcas in same way. to be
harvested by tho Keystone machine
WHAT varieties would you advise. and
when TO plant? What sor, OF fertilizer
TO use Ia rows or broadcast?
80 Turning crimson clover for sweet
potatoes. what homomiXed fertilizer to
use?
put in rye. Viii turn IN Aprii '* van,
20 plant Il late crop OF Irish potatoes
what can DO with the land between
turning under tho rye and planting
the potatoes. ana what fertilizer on the
potatoes?
g Fertilizing late crop OF tomatoes.
what mixture ana how applied? Land
now In oats and covered with ma
nure by spreadcr. WIN cut oats In
dough state about May Is for hay.
9 Have lot OF winter bariey. and
have no binder nor thresher. VIII II
make good hay. or should pillow II
under ana put In cowpeas or soy
beans?
to Have lot o, oyster shell lime.
VIII Il do 70 use Some on cowpeae and
soy beans Just before planting them ?
/ The only advantage Of the hollow
tile for silo construction Ia that {; viii
last longer. But you can build sew
crai wooden silos with wooden hoops
FOR the money ono tile silo would cost
. I would prefer TO make hay Of
tho SOY beans and use corn only In
the Hilc. You will get a better crop
with corn only In the rows The mix
ture OF the two will make good silage
perhaps. but tho difference in ma
turitv Viii make some difference In the
inut.rial.
seed corn from distance will
never do It's best the next season. but
the corn from Maryland. grown In a
salt water section. would be likely T..
do better than that from the upper
country
You can disk the SOD over hight
l. ana sow twenty pounds OF orchard
grass seed an acre ana then roll tight
again. or half orchard grass and half
meadow tcscuc. Sow 800 pounds bone
meal an acr..
For seed making, plant tho whip
po0r~!N peas and the Mammoth Yellow
SOY beans In june, and give them q
broadcast application OF 800 pounds OF
acid phosphate and twenty five pounds
OF mur!atc OF potash an acre.
6. Disk the clover well both ways
TO chop II UP VOL before blowing Il
under. ana use in tho burrows under
the hods 500 pounds OF acid phosphate
and hfty pounds OF sulphatc OF potash
an acre
Turn the rye as soon as tho soil ,s
In good order To- work. and SOW a
bushel an acre Of Canada field peas
and turn these under for tho potatoes.
using The same fertilizer as for the
sweet potatoes
S. on land that has had coat OF ma
nurc YOU viii need for tomatoes about
til. sam" fertilizer as for swc., pota-
toes, applied between the rows after
setting Jhc plants and cultivated in
.. Thu barley Will make fairly good
hay for COWS. but the boards Will make
II bad for horses. You can SOW peas
after cutting II and give them the
300 pounds OF acid phosphate and TWEEN
ty-hye pounds OF muriatc OF potash
an acre
10. Never lime ahead OF cowpeas or
SOY beans. as limo Is often dctrimen-
tai 10 these. Lime after plowiny un
der green growth and harrow II in