The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-02
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof. w. F. MASSEY


mate. They have been tried here. and
no ono >south ~ Northern New Jersey
has ever made success. You can get
the address OF the Florida commits
sioncr by writing To the Fiorida. OK
pertinent stations at Gainesville.
Canning Corn Mcni.
Richmond; Can we put UP corn
meal In scaled tin cans. and have 1t
keep indcnnitolyY 1 can SEQ NO rea-
son why corn meal should no. keen
any length OF time If put in the cans
heated TO stcriitzinG temperature Of
about $50 degrees. and seated whil.
the cans hot.
FcrttliHing Tohncco.
Appomattox County: Please advise
me tho proportions OF potash. acid
phosphate and ammonia to use on
bright tobacco on land where there il
no clover" i have eevoral times givc,
the formula ! have used and which
others have been successful with and
Will give II once more: 900 pounds acid
phosphate. 100 pounds nitrate Of soda
800 pc"nds d.iod blood. 500 pounds sui
phhio OF potash to mako {, ton This
has been used in the old tobacco helt
or North Carolina AT rate OF zoo pounds
an acre. and made high priced tobacco
Growers last year In South Caroline
report chat THIS formula made them
S25O an ncyc.
Corn Not :nring Well.
"".'''H 'i'F county: n Wish your
opinion In regard to u piece of land
han In corn last year Fairly GOOD
sandy loan land. Had n good growth
Of stalks, but hair tho stalks rnado no
car. ana tho crop WAS not over twontv
bushels an aero. Since 1910 j b.,.
been rotating with corn ana SOW bca,,.
followed by crimson clover IncIosnd
! send samples OF ntnlus paper. whicn
! uscu In testing til. soil Concluded
that the land needed itmc, phosphnt.
ana potash. and intended to use ALI
these this spring after blowing. But
an old Fertilizer man told me that limo
put on the ground and then acid phos
phate and potash mixed and applied
would not do. as the lime would neu,
traliEe the effect Of tho phosphor,e
aoid and potash. 60 that ull three would
not have any efreot on tho land. IT
this Is correct. how can / syvcetcn IN.
land so l can get a crop this season 40
wanted to plant IL To peanuts ana
make thrcc-yenr rotation keen
al! tho stock the farm will carr and
save the manure carefully THIS piece
or land represented the same ca,di,io,
or nll my land here on York River and
t.c crops OF clover have only beer, mod
crate. bur / have plowei them under.
ann Vet my land has hcen produclut,
less each wear. and ana not rettirg as
good crops rs ms ne!shbors. who do
not work amy better NJ SON lacks
something. TAKE The Times Dlypaten
ana try To follow what you have writ
t'n II has oftcn been said that Sd
Iit'lc knowledge is dangerous thiag.
our ie.tili=.i man has doubtless
Near" tnat line Will revert phosphorus
acid. That IL. that Il WITH revert IT,
IN" acid soluble form instead Of the
"a,er Soiuh!e, Ent tho fact t. that IL
IE,N"''S nos tnal IN the soil anyway.
N, T.. o,stL.,, 49,, VIZ p"h"t sem
- 49,. p'' !""u needs Inlr.
80 ,,sa.,i, s'.N. :" ElN'bH 't
ro,,.,nr ~ H., ~ Po...h "l,eF mar
have been doIni. M ,I,a.,,f "' soi
POTASH arc evidently needed ~,
too. the barrenucss or tn corn !nd
catcs fault In the seed. for the hab,t
OF making big stalks aud no ears is !.
hereditary matter. These barren stalks
~" tne STRONGEST males iu the held.
ana 'hey scatter their pollen mud set
aa" '"'S INA, inherit The barren ten
Genry would advise YOU to get bot
.''". @pr'y =! ieast l,oDp
~. 80 -, W S,''No' linle setter.
use tic un,nnton' sbcil II IT,, 49, '.tuS' %
ground shells. hut ,he h,rn, No. 49,
II viii taixe more thnn twice ,bn a,r,,,,,
Of ground ahclis or ground ,orl, ,n 49,,
the effect Of burnt lime and ,h.n No.
40 quickly. Give the peanuts 800
pounds ~ ncid phosphate and aftv
pounds OF mnriate ~ potash an acre.
ana IN" line may release some Of tho
ihSoI.bI" potash In your soil. and IL
~, '' '",'l 'hiS Pops' but hy
=, ''.1M9 N''als" tho f"cn corn and
49, "" ~ pra"na,iF eliminate IN"
on,d ,d so'"s 'hFonIA 'ho
80" "'' t'io.'Hs Ic 'hss"ls from