The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-02
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY
e addressed Professor Maze, must h.vo

the vines, but to the hills just as tho
seed terminate. The object of Il few
drops of carbolic acid is to merely
scent the lime. and there Is no special
proportion. as but II few drops are
used. Any fine dust will repcl tho
bugs If kept on while the plants arc
very small. But the beetles attack
them as soon as they come through
the ground. and the dust must be there
and kept there. l have warded them
OFF and helped tho plants by using fine
bone flour. But any application must
be made as soon as gcrmnation APP
pears, and il washed off renew 1t. ]
have not the slightest difficulty In
saving my plants. IF not Kept off in
the beginning. the beetles VIII lay eggs,
and their larvae will eat the stems and
destroy tho vines after they have run
They must be prevented at the start.
Small veneer dirt bands covered with
checsccloth can he used on the hills
70 keep the beetles OF till the rough
leaves form. These bands can be hao
by the hundred chcaply. and are good
for growing the plants for transplant
inr. rhey fold TO four inches square
ana can he packed in n frame and the
seed planted in them under glass and
later tTansplantcd TO the hills AFTER
they arc too old for the beetles.
Corn and Glover Rotation.
Mecxle,lburg Corpty: ON a farm or
COO acres have tut 200 in cultiVa tic-i.
keep u good many horses ana cattle.
and IN following ii rotation OF any
length | always run short OF corn.
Now IL J take my land, which IS 10"
land, with 4 good growth of crimson
clover On Il. and which has had acid
phosphate and potash applied. and urn
the clover under for corn, and at last
cultivation SOW the clover aga'n.
turning under again in spring with
application Of acid phoaph; te and POT :
ash would j be 1b 10 maintain ana
lncrcaso the fertility of the land?
u have to plant this low land so
late that | haze not time to SOW peas
and clover both. On my high land |
could sow peas among the corn ard
disk them down and COW clover.
Would be able &c increase The fer
tility OF the lanl in this way | pc
lievc that On you: 10" grounds. wherc
INC corn is planted late, AMI th.. Gull
tivation runs later than on the upland
you can successfully sJw the crimson
clover in the corn At last working. but
not on the upton's uu"c had Il
~ hich had bnUcinc very foul with
weeds, and / "autcd 10 clean it, 50
that ! could get clean hay without the
weeds. therefore planted II in Corn
for ensiiagc, aar at last working sowcd
red clover The next spring | cut q
crop oil Grover nay, and turned the
sod and planted corn again for the
si!o. and did this for several years,
solely 10 clean the land and get for
age for heavy stock of COWS and
hcevcs found that the corn was in
crehsing In production, till ! cut over
twenty tons OF s!lage an acre, after
eating more than two tons OF hay
This, as | say, was on q very deep and
fertile soil. and no fertilizer used.
Where the mineral fertilizers arc APP
piied and the crimson clover sown and
turned under, | can see no reason why
the soil should not increase in pro-
ductivity. How long II can lie Kent
UP without diseases getting into the
clover and corn is another matter
and can only be proved by experiment.
SOW. on tire upland, l would certainly
ADOPT a longer rotation, and follow
the corn with winter grain, and the
grain by peas and clover. and then
back to corn.
Grnss Under Oaks.
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