The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-06
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof w. F. MASSEY
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Peaches and cherries are better cult
waited all their lives up to July No
cultivation should he done after July,
but the trees should be allowed to ripen
the wood The young trees should be
cultivated In w-growing vegetable
crops OF an early character. but never
In corn, rs that smothers them too
much FcrtiliZc the vegetables well
and the hest Of July SOW the land in
pas. to lie turned under. and crimson
clover, sown as n winter cover TO turn
under ia the spring. When they come
INTO bearing seed the apples and pears
down To grass. for you will have less
blight than in cultivated land
English Wainuts.
Fauquicr County: II reset some
twelve or fifteen years ago eight trees
with the Impression that they were All
English wainuts. but found later that
tlice of the mare black wulnuts. and
wish 10 graft them over with English
walnuts. Would IL mako a difference
10 graft them from an English walnut
tree Of same age which has never yet
borne nuts In their bearing? ] have
an English walnut tree 100 years old
which bears well Would IL he best
TO graft from that? When should 1t
bc donc?"
Ey all means. get tho cions for graft
ing from the old hearing trcc, NJ you
Know what tnat IL. Graft with one
vcar-old shoots. and do IL just az the
buds begin to sweet.
In the meantime cut the cions and
bury them In the earth TO keep them
back TIL time to graft Then gc, n
man SKILLED in grating to do the work
The only difficulty In grating on the
black walnut Is that the English wal
nut grows faster and may. after years.
get tophtavy Oh the blaol. walnut.
FcrtiiizfnE Young Pench Trees.
Il have 500 young peach trees set
last spring on sandy coil. fertiltzcd
them last spring with cottonseed meal.
what fertilizer had better use this
spring and how 10 apply it?" Mix 1000
pounds OF acid phosphate. 500 pounds
oil cottonseed meal and 400 pounds OF
muriate or potash 10 make n ton. and
apply about half pound 10 each tree
scattered around where the limbs cx-
tend from the trunk out The feeding
roots OF tree are out az far and
FARTHER than tho limbs drip. and there
Is where the most OF the fertilizer
should 70. and not right MT tho stem
In fact, as The trees get older none
should be put ut the stem. Then cult
vatc II in. The trees should lie culti-
waited tn some low-erowiug vegetable
crop and never with corn. and the
crops well cultivated and early, so that
there viii be no cultivation after the
frst OF July. so that tho wood growth
may ripen and mature. Then SOW the
orchard In crimson clover 10 be turned
under IN the spring.
Time to PIow for Corn.
My neighbor and have had . dis
cussion as TO the proper time to plow
for corn. ] say In fail and winter.
AN! lie says In March. Which is
right?" would say neither. unless
a 10 In To- - F.tti
crimson clover or rye or some green
crop rs winter cover. 10 turn under
for tho corn. III you have tho winter
cover Of rye, then turn IL in late
March II you have tho stlll better
winter cover OF clover. turn 1t when
tse clover blooms Flowing land in
the fall and leaving Il bare all winter
VIII cause some loss OF fertility that
might he saved by having the winter
cover Of green stuff on the land The
TAN plowins will OF course. tend TO
mellow a clay soil and II YOU do not
haze white. cover clay soil. II
would he As we'll L. defer the blow
Ing Kin just before planting time, UNI
less You are willing To take the loss
from teaching during the winter But
with fall blowing and the sowing of a
cover crop. you. cf course have to pillow
again In the spring, and that gives
YOU better chance for a crop.
Lettuce Trouble.
! am sending you some plants OF
lettuce from my greenhouse which are
diseased. What is the trouble?' The
plants arc affected with tip burn. This
IS not a fungus disease, but is caused
~ the sun suddenly coming out after
q long cloudy spell. In the cloudy
weather the cells of the leaf get gorged
with moisture, ana tho sudden rise in
the temperature causes the upper cells
OF the leaf to burst The prevention
is abundant ventilation In sunny wealth
er and less moisture In the soil