The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-11

EkE@s l get French
w. ". Mnsse3. artichokes?'
I, am sowing rndishes now I'm frames
under double glazed snshcs. These
VIII come off In February. If you want
10 grow radishes In the open ground.
sow seed OF the Scarlet turnip varie-
lies Or the White Tipped Scarlet turnip
sort. Sow rs early In February az
you can work the land in good order.
Sow In very heavily fertilizcd beds elk
feet wide. and make the rows ten inches
apart Onion seed to make sets arc
planted In tho same way In coil of
moderate fertility In early April. and
tho seed sown very thickly, taking
about sixty pounds of seed an acre.
J'or white sets the Pearl is good, and
for yellow ones the yellow Globe Dan
vers. You can get French artchoke
plants from most Of the leading seeds
mon and can get the seed from any
scotsman. II takes two years to make
the artichokc blossoms that arc used
when seed arc used.
Spraying With Limc-SuIphur.
According to your suggestions, l
have sprayed my peach trees with the
limc-sulphur wash. liz II possible 10
buds swell? ] want TO make euro of
Iecping tho San Jose scale down. Az
ter the leaves are out. what spray
shall use? have some peaches that
gre wormy. and some dry up on tho
tree. Would like TO know how to keep
off these other pests?' You can use
the lime sulphur as freely as you please
while the trees are dormant. In spring
You can use the self boiled line-su
phur without damage. and IL will pre-
vent the leaf curl and help to Keep
down the scale too. The concentrated
article cannot be used after the leaves
are out. The only way To get at the
worny peaches is to Jar the trees
daily and gather UP and destroy them
and the curculio that causes tho
trouble. Spraying with tho scIf-boiled
lime. sulphur Will have some effect on
the peach rot. but IL is hard to con
troll this.
Destroying Cut Warns.
Please tell me where to get ground
tobacco stems. and the amount need
al to keep down cut w-o~rln. svsll use
commercial fertilizer Should the to-
bacco be mixed with tho fertilizer and
put in the drill or broadcasted?' No
amount OF tobacco stems will have any
effect III preventing cut worms. The
tobacco VIII be a good thing in the
furrow for cotton corn TO prevent
root lice. The best thing for cut
worms Is n mixture Of one part Paris
green TO fifty parts of wheat bran. made
slightly damp and the poison we'll
mixed In 1t. Scatter this around plants
liable 10 be attacked by cut worms
and they Will eat IL and die. You can
get tobacco stems from any factory
In Richmond. ] suppose.
More About Limestone.
lime and limestone. Would il not pay
Ia tho long run to use ground rock or
ground oyster shells, provided YOU
could put down three tons at cost OF
one ton OF burnt lime. and would not
tho raw material last longer in the
soil? J. am getting the limestone
craze. have twenty acres that ]
wish TO put into q permanent pasture.
sowing the seed this spring. What
would YOU use? 1t has some red top
~,
permanent pasture use mainly orchard
grass. and with IL mix some bluegrass
seed. In your section | would make
the mixture ten pounds Of orchard
grass. ten pounds OF tall meadow
iescue Cor Randall grass GONE call
IL. while others call il English blue
grass and elk pounds or Canada blue
grass cPoa conpressa). This will do
better with YOU than the Kentucky
bluegrass. Let the sod get strong be-
fore pasturng to much extent. Ypi
can put the land in preparing for
the grass all the ground limestone you
please. IL may have some effect In
sweetening the soil IL II is acid But
II you can lay down one ton or burnt
lime at same price as three tons of lie
ground stone, you can slake the burnt
lime and more than double II in
volume. and 1 had rather have 1000
pounds OF this slaked lime than n ton
of the ground rock.
Potatoes and Peas.
Mathews: Il want TO plant about
80 barrels Of Irish potatoes this
spring, and some English peas and
will appreciate some advice in regard
10 the best varieties. The Irish Cob
bier has been grown around here, but
there is q great deal OF complaint OF
mixture with other sorts. What 10
You think best for tho early market,
potatoes or peas? What is the best
brand of fertilizer for potatoes and
20 l1V,t.
ready mixed from agent They
have a lot Of different brands, and /
would like to know what brand will
be best, rs I know nothing about
analysis. When is the best time to
plant the potatoes and peas? Is Feb
ruary too early. and will potato seed
raised from cold storage potatoes
planted last August be just as good as
buying them this spring? 1 have sew
eral barrels OF these, grown last fall.
VIII they be good and early?" There
Is no better early potato than the
Irish Cob5ler, provided you get pure
stock. and 1t will pay you to be sure
that you get these, even at an advanced
price. The late crop grown last FALL
will make good seed to plant this
spring They VIII be little slower In
starting than Northern seed but will
cane on about as soon. No ono can
tell you whether potatoes or peas will
he more profitable. for there is moth
ING moro uncertain than tho market
FOR early vegetable crops from season
to season. / do not know anything
about the brands of fertilizers you can
get, and 1t Is poor practice to buy by
brand name without knowing what the
article contains A fertilizer for early
potatoes should have n fair percentage
OF nitrogen. or ammonia. rs they put
1t on tho racks, and good percentage
OF phosphoric acid and n liberal per-
centage Of potash. In planting as
large n crop as $50 barrels. 1t will
pay you we'll to mix your own fer
tilizer.
You can buy tho materials and mix
Your fertilizer Of n high grade cheap
cr than you can get n similar mixture
ready made. For potatoes, n mixture
of 500 pounds acid phosphate, 100
pounds OF nitrate of soda, 600 pounds
of fish AlQ mounds Of I,aiirlato .nf