The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-09
WITH THE FARMERS
BY Prof. w. F. MASSEY
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Prof. w. F. MASSEY

provo tho land feed n heard op A.,
gus cattlo. about twenty, about t.,
calves. five mich cows. thrco mules ana
colt or two. two brood BOWS, a boar
ana dozen hogs to kill for home use.
want to cultivate intensely ana wor,,
rs little land az will surice for HON.
consumption. as 1 do not want To seu
| anything but beeves Keep about Inn
h .,,i with = wido range. Have ma
chinery and implements OF ali eort
Rave garden. of course, ana want ~
know the best caulifiower TO SOW nov.
.iohs ana chickens are handled b.
tanners wives on shares"
1ou arc certainly good at asking
Questions. but you fail to tell mo HOY,
,i,'hS acres you have in cultivation.
'1o"' 'heh. am 10 tell how man.
acres to Use on such n farr, No.
nave managed just such q place on =
urge scale You do not want To rro,,,
any grain to sell. but everything ,n
leeu, Just us did. In that case.
would cut out the wheat cron ~,
grow oats for small grain. You d,,
not tell me where your farm IS ,na
cannot tell whether you can uro,.
winter oats successfully or not Nov,
would adopt nve-vear rotate,
hesin with corn. sowing cowp.a,
among me corn OF a noncli,nbins Va
't'-r VIC .N'W Ira, :tt the l:i.l -
..'e'ion OF The corn. Cut and .hocIe
INC corn ut maturity Disk dow, Nm
peas ana if You can grow wiiItor on,,
so" 'hein In tho peas in Scpternbc1
- no'' then SOW rye. and turn IL und.r
."fiS ana SOW tho oats In enrly surint,
seed TO clover and orchard prns. an1
some timothy on the oats would
rather use tho cdium red clover tha,,
inc sapiinB. and would cut twice 4,
the season. and the next yenr pastur.
ana tho next. and then haul out dur
ing tho winter all tho manure made
aho hs fast as made and spread II on
the sod to DO turned for corn. and ,a
peat the rotation. The eapling Glove,
you have l would cut but once Chr
Gen vegetables should DO cultivated
swallow. and dust blnnhot mniutatn,d
20 conserve the moisture. The younr
orchard should have nm annual rIr..q
ing OF bono meal, and be well cult
waited In some low and enrly trucE
crop till July, and then sown To Grim
son clover a. winter cover 10 turr
under In tho spring. After tho tr.o,
Set 10 bearing. seed the orchard down
TO grass, and NOV II several times ma
put tho cut grass under the tree. as
mulch. and do not grow rrass nr
cept FOR tho benefit OF the tr.cs keen
:IE the sod fertile b. annual ton
dressing, and letting all tho cut grass
remain on the land. have just no
,
rs In Piitsylvania. Then you can SOW
the on,s IN tho fall, sowing tho winter
turf oats. Tho best Caulrowcr -
SOW now will be the Dry Weather cauli-
flower. a. 1t stands tho heat bette
than other sorts
Glenn Glover Seed.
Please toll me how can re, pod
clover seed that is not rui OF plantair
want pure clover seed and nothips
O. =
Fcnd Tor SAMPLES from "A number ~
dealers, ana examine them with a NM.
nitytng glass and reject every saiup!n
mat showed weed seed, Then when Il
found clean sample | bought IL mitli
the understanding that II was 10 be
returned at the expense Of The deal
III II did not agree with thc sampl.
When ] was in Albcmarle usually
got cleaner samples from the commits.
sion men at Staunton than could get
In Richmond. know OF no way To-
get clean clover seed better than tins
And then IL does not matter so much
about the price for low priced Glove
seed is the most costly thing YOU ci,ii
buy. for II viii infcst your SOIL vifI
all sorts OF weeds. IL costs 10 thor
ouGhly clean the seed. ana clean seed
aro worth double what the common
seed arc. though they may not sell ror
double the price
Puiverized Phosphate RocIs.
Louisa County: II have been reading
with much pleasure your suggestions
10 farmers In Tho Times Dispatch IN
regard to fertilizers In the Plcdmont
country. notice that you sneak high
Is OF tho pulVerized phosphate roclt
that can be delivered for about 81 e
ton Please tell where 4; can be had
have said that the pulverizcl raw
rock is good thing for good farmers
who keep their land stocked with de
caying negotiations or mix II with
stable manure. Put on poor thin LAND
deficient in vegetation and 1t wnl be-
slow in action. The rock is mined b..
various companies at Columbia, Tenn.
] am violating my rule by ansuerins
your letter AS you did not give post
once. nor sign your name.
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