The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-04
"Wednesday. I,e

". .. 'hehcy. ana potash Will rot
nave Dccomc available In sufficient
amount for an early variety Of oats.
ana that 1t would be better TO use only
the nitrate OF soda? ! have some burr
clover, sown rather late. The stand is
good, but tho clover is making very
little growth. | used when sowing n
FERTILIZER strong In phosphoric acid and
potash. Do You think IL would benc-
III inc clover TO topdrcss il with nitrate
OF soda now about nifty pounds an acre.
DO you think that the nitrate might
scald the clover?' Spring sown oats
seldom amount 20 much in your eli
mate. but the application Of acid phos-
phate and potash viii help the crop
decidedly. and ut the present price of
nitrate Of soda. | do not believe that
II would pay to use II. unless the land
is very poor and does not make a good
CROWN OF straw. Then, as to the burr
clover, you cannot expect IL to be max
ing much growth now. and n YOU want
IT TO do all that.it can for the land let
It alone with what you have applied.
If you give IT readily available nitro
gen, ms in nitrate of soda the plants
VIII use that and viii not do an much
liking OF nitrogen from the air as they
would without II. think that 81 would
be needless expense to use nitrate OF
soda on legume crop The clover
VIII get all the more nitrogen for Won
by not having II furnished The acid
phosphate and potash applied in Feb
ruary Will be sufficiently available TO
hcip inc oats crop, and neither crop
VII make an application Of nitrate OF
'da profitable.
Nelt That He WINS Getting Home.
North Cafolinian. now a professor
in Cornell University. came down for
the holidays a few DAYS ago He said
mat picking up copy Of The Times
Dispatch on the train, the nrst thing
Da .t,t,
columns. and he said that il made him
reel at once that he was getting home.
we hope that every expatriated North
carolinian interested in agriculture
VIII get the paper and feel at home.
Down In Norfolk, where the Tarheels
arc thick. they call them Down
tlomers." because they always remern-
Der the Old North state as home and
North Carolina is always down homo
10 them. We hope that all OF them
VIII feel enough at home TO keep on
Gazing the farm page In The Times
Dispatch.
Sowing Red Glover.
j have often thought that here in
Virginia we could SOW red clover seed
in the fall and have a better chance
with freshly prepared soil than by
spring sowing on frostN ground AT
least. we would have two chances. one
in fall and one in spring What do
YOU think OF it?' When was farm
ing In Virginia. and sowing no grain
but what could feed on "a stock farm
] always sowed my clover with spring
oats and always with good success
But believe that We can get Just as
good results from sowing with oats in
the fan In Albcmarle | found fall
sown oats rather too uncertain, and 7
sowed In spring. But in sowing oats
in September ! cannot see why IL
would not be Just us safe 10 SOW ;ht
clover with them. With wheat. tho
case would be different. since the SOW
Ing is done much later. ana there
would he more risk that the clover
might not get strong enough to winter
well Still. - you say, there will be
another chance in the spring, and II
tho fall sowing does we'll IT will he
stronger 70 stand the summer after
harvest. In North Carolina found