The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-10

4E&$A&HI made n very fine
w. i. MASSEY. profit In the sale OF
the cattle last spring, and had splen-
did lot of manure left. Another large
farmer near where live, feeds hun
dreds Of steers every winter. and last
spring sold about $4,000 worth Al
eleven cents pound on foot. With
the prices now prevailing for beef cat
tie the wintor stall feeding promises
TO become profitable. Tho Delaware
farmer paid over six cents n pound for
Ehorthorns and Hcrefords In Chicago.
and they not only gained heavily In the
feeding. but sold at much advanced
price. IL is mainly n matter OF know
ing how TO select good feeders and il
pays better TO get the best beef-brcd
stock. Scrub cattle do not pay.
Tobacco Fertilizer.
Prince Edward County: please tell
me through The Times Dispatch which
is the best for bright tobacco. S-4i
or S-3-3, on gray land?" The difficulty
IS 10 know the source OF the potash In
either. The S-3-3 lis about one-fourth
"hller' and tho potash may be kalnit.
j have given the best fertilizer know
for tobacco more than once in this
paper. 1t Is as follows: 800 pounds
Geld phosphate. Is per cent: 100 pounds
n!trnte OF soda. 500 pounds pure dried
blood. 800 pounds high grade sulphate
of potash TO mako a ton. This Will
run about t-7h-lo. and the high
percentage OF potash Is important This
made some years ago when uaed at
rate of 700 pounds an acre. the highest
priced tobacco grown In Granville
County North Carolina. that scason,
and recently had letters from South
Carolina from farmers who used IL last
year. and they said that they made
$3.50 an acre on their tobacco.
Grating Young Apple Trees.
Rockingham County. North Carolina:
'Ploase publish In The Times Dispatch
the most approved way Of grating
young apple trees, stating time Of
year. composition or wax, etc" Nurs-
crymen graf, their trees on tho roots
Of young seedlings during the winter
and usa what is called n whip graft.
The top OF the root is cut in slope
and the scion Is cut TO I'll IL. and tied
with wRNed string. and the gratis are
buried In sand till spring. Young trees
can be grated In spring just as the
buds swell, by cutting OF the top of
the stern and splitting II. II Is bet
tor TO have the scions cut In the winter
and buried TO have them dormant at
The time OF grating. The lower end
az the scion Is cut In a wedge form
and inserted in the split on the plant
20 that the bark OF the scion ana stems
coincide well. Then the graft is COW
cred with wax made OF equal parts Of
bccswaa. rosin and tallow or pint OF
i.nsccd oil instead of tallow. where
there IS pound OF each OF the other
ingredients. But the old fashioned
graiting wax Is as good as any, This
IS fresh cow dung and clay we'll mixed
together and the graft covered thick
Is with IL. and wrapped with strips OF
cotton cloth. This holds moisture. and
for n few gratis is AS good or better
than wax.
Destroying siuEs.
Henry County: Please tell through
Tho Times Dispatch how 10 get rid OF
hlugs. They frst appeared In my gar
ucn about two years ago, and thought
they were snails. but they have become
quite pest, getting Into everything
grown. am Interested III your fnrm
page, and get quite q lot OF informa-
ton from, f." SIugs are very fond OF
bran Dampcn some bran slightly and
mix I'm II one part OF Paris green to
nifty parts OF bran, and mix II thor
ouehly to get the green stuck TO the
bran Then scatter this along all the
vegetable crop rows and i think You
will get them Lime with little salt
Fcattered around Is good while IT keeps
dry, but tho bran Is better.
Want to Know Great Deal.
Have u garden on new ground, and
failed to raise cabbagcs on account OF
lice. What Is the remedy? VIII salt
Kill hogs ii given To them? What KIND
of peanuts are best to plant for hogs?
VIII carly Irish potatoes keep buried
Iike the late ones? What variety Of
sweet potatoes Is the most prolific.
earliest and best for kiln curing? What
Kind OF peas VIII give the larg-
est yield? Will Paris green used on
tomatoes or potatoes make them pois-
onous to tho consumer? What would
you advise to use in case of bugs? !
have been troubled very much with
the black blister beetle. wish TO
plant something for early reed as
substitute for part corn ration for
horses? What is the best tomato Tor
planting? Can order the ground
phosphate rock and make MY own
acid phosphate. or cnn buy 1t more
economically ready made?
You are certainly good ar asking
nuestions Get some tobacco-stcms