The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-28
WITH THE FARMERS
By Prof. w. F. MASSEY
F. MASSEY

What crops can follow rye and oats
on this landP VIII II be too late to
plant Irish potatoes after oats or rye?%
Tho orchard should be kept fertile BY
annual top dressing OF bone meal In
the cultivated land, you should have Z. :.
rotation OF crops Of corn, wheat, oats
penH AID clover. ana make plenty OF
hay for stock. I have suggested sew.
eral such rotations in tho past columns.
For family orchard for summer
apples, yellow TRANSPARENT. Early Har.
vest and Red Astrakan. For fall.
Bonum. Fall Cheso and Horse. Fog
winter. Virginia Beauty. Staytnan and
York Imperial. You can SOW cowpeas
for hay after tho oats and rye, or can
plant some late potatoes after tho oats
IN July
Williamsburg: II have about ten
tons OF cotton seed. and Intended TO
have them ground for meal, but our,
mill Viii not grind them. How can 4 use
them FOR manure. or how feed to
cows?'' or course. cotton seed cannot
DO ground IN an ordinary mill. The
oil mills have dclinting machinery and
huilers md meas for pressing the oil
and making tho cake and meal. You
could sell tho seed TO the oil mills In
North Carolina, and there IL an OIL mill
In every good sized town in Eastern
and Central North Carolina. Or YOU
could exchange them Mt the oil mills
for meal. To use them for manure, put
them IN burrows dwon the middles be-
treen corn ana cotton, and by fruit.
Ing time tho roots will reach thent
when decayed. If they have been heat.
cd they arc not good for cow feed.
But il In good condition they can bo
fed half gallon day 10 n cow with
good hay roughage.
Japan Glover.
II have read IN farm paper won
derful account OF the Lcspedeza OF
Japan clover rs q forage crop. IF IL
Is sown alone this spring on freshly
prepared land. how many seed should
be sown an Rcre7" Tho article to-
which you refer was writton for the
lover south The Lcspedeza In Vir-
ginia will grow about three fnches
high. and will make good summer
pasture, and It is already spread over
every waste place south of the Kappa
hammock River. 1t IS entirely worth
less for hay here, though down near
the Gulf II does make good hay crops. \
Sow fifteen pounds OF seed an acre. L
have sown 1t on rocky hillside among.
brooms edge, and It drove tho broom
sodgo out and made good pasture. 1t
will resecd tho land every year, but
disappears with the first frost.
Some Tales About Lime.
II have been reading your page in
Tho Times Dispatch with interest. l.
want to use n car load of lime on my
farm in Mecklenburg County, Va. 1
inclose letter from n limo company
in Norfolk. My land needs lime.
have been sowing Il great many peas.
They make heavy vines. hut do not bear
we'll. All OF my land was very much
run down till four years ago. Since
then / have seeded most OF 1t to grain,
and grass, and now am breaking {, sod,
| and will plant corn rs did last year.
| and sowed peas in II. Both corn and
peas had heavy stalks, but did not fruit
well. After corn this year I want to
put tho land back in grain and grass
In tho fall. and II needs lime. Should
| / lime in the spring or walt till fall:
, which has been In timothy aiid red top
| for three years. VIII break II for
corn, and would like to know !f limo
will help this? There has never been
any limo used on tho farm. What
do YOU think OF oyster shell lime,
quoted TO me at So q ton. delivered? r
can get raw ground limestone delivered
| for SS.7G per ton"
! The letter you send contains n Eoou
/ deal OF pure nonsense. The writel'
says: You cannot afford to use lump
| lime. especially considering the advaES,l
ages OF using our aerlcul fefq3R
i lime. AS you know. two tons OF lumn
results as ono ton Of hydratcd burnt
lime. and lump line needs two years
| TO have effect All OF which is pure
bosh. The writer evidently confounds
! lump lime with ground limestone,
! Now Migrated limo is simply slaked
| limo, and It takes water To Stake it.
and You can buy the fresh burnt lump
! limo and slako it for yourself, and II
Will more than double in bulk, and
| then you have bydrated limo. 1t Is
| true that It needs two tons OF the
! ground limestone TO have the same ef-
! feet as ton OF slaked or hydrate,u
| lime, and had rather have 1000 pounds
| an acre Of the siaited limo than n tor
! OF the ground limestone. But there is
no need for freightiny the water.
! when, as have said, you can mora
| than double the bulk and largely IL
crease the weight OF the lump lime
| which IL simply freshly burnt lime. by
! shaking ut home, instead OF fretghtine
/ the water needed for the MIGRATING
/ You can get lime delivered from Staun
| ton or Riverton for about the same
| price that the hydrated lime Is offered
| and you can Stake it for yourself 10 .,
| powder, and car load Of the valley
| limo Will Stake over 900 bushels and
! you do not have 10 freight half that
| many. Therefore. Il is always cheaper
| TO buy lump or freshly burnt lime in
| bulk in car loads. Lime should bo an
! pliad after turning the sod and we'll
| narrowed IN. Then the peas and corn
/ need Spptica tons OF acid phosphate,
! though | do not think that the Neck
/ ienburg land needs potash. Peas are
not heavy fruitiEg plants at best, ana
| need the mineral fertilizer TO make
! peas. l would certainly lime ahead OF
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