The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-09

phosphate where the land has been re-
Gently lined. but on the other land
nave advised the use Of tho Thomas
phosphate in same amount AZ that
carries nearly nifty pounds of free lime
In each 700 pounds. OF course, the
materials must be well mixed together
Turn the rye under at once deeply and
put the fertilizer In the burrows and
bed on II and then reopen and plant. If
III" land is acid and needs lime. It
should be applied after turning the
rye under and then narrowed In The
acid phosphate that has lG per cent
ph1sphoric acid is, OF course. better
than the II per cent article. But
the potash has more influence in the
prevention OF pops than tho lime
Improving Pasture.
what can i SOW on bermuda pas-
tura TO give some winter grazing -"
You can disk the Bermuda over and
SOW twenty pounds OF orchard grass
seed an acre, and then roll tho soii
back tight
The Green Pea Aphis.
Here about Norfolk truckers have
about given up planting English peas
because The lice destroy the CROP.
have read that Professor Massey SAYS
they can be prevented b. using tobacco
stems ana | reckon | should know how
10 use them. but / am asking him to
tell again. because do not quite un-
ucrstanu have just planted four
bushels, rather late. but everything i,
late this spring. ana | shall be glad to
know what to do and how to use the
stems? The stems should have been
LITERALLY scattered in tic burrows be-
fore sowing the peas, and there they
VIII prevent the Matching out OF the
aph'des The best thing you can do
now VIII be to get tobacco dust and
dust tho plants over literally before
any lice appear. and renew the busting
II washed off. or you can put tobacco
stems literally along the rows right
on top the rows. and as the pcas come
M and grow can throw n slight fur
row to them, covering the stems. and
use the dust. too. Tobacco has been
found effective In North Carolina. II
Is also good fertilizer for the peas
Sweet Glover in Culpcpcr.
II sowed three acres last fall In tim
othy and swec; clover 10 inoCulatc til
land for alfalfa. No stand OF clover
Can ! rcsow Il Oh the timothy this
spring, ana how much an acre? What
does It weigh bushcl? What do you
think of sweet clover as n soil i'm
proven. and for hay or pasture in
Piedmont. Va You can SOW about
ten pounds an acre OF the sweet clover
seed on the timothy now 1t IS light
and hardly weighs over twenty pounds
but do not know the exact weight
good growth OF II will make good
crop 10 turn under, but for hav or pas
ture We have plenty o: better crops
nave never seen any animal ca, the
sweet clover till forced into it by hun
ger. With the great abundance OF
l"gume crops which we have in the
South In cowpoas. say beans and Grim
son clover. do not see tho need for
adding so wecdy crop AS tho So
called sweet clover. which ia really so
bitter that stock do not like H. and
nl u g-.-. har l..
that you VIII want TO &c, rid Of
pIncc for Mnnure--Winter Cover Crops.
"Ali things considered. on what
crops should n farmer. who is growing
cotton, corn ana oats. use his stable
and harnYard manure? You advocate
a winter cover crop for most farmers.
How is IL practicable for a farmer 10
get all his land plowcd and sown TO
4 winter cover crop before winter"
Win proper threc-year rotation OF
crops. tho place Tor the farm manure
Is on the crimson clover. that should
be on the land to turn for corn in the
spring. Corn can make use OF the
coarse manures better than any other
crop. and will put it In fine shape for
the following crop OF winter grain.
Then, as to getting the winter cover
crop. the oats VIII make one. and peas
following the oats will give hay. ana
only slight disking OF the pea stub
bic Is needed for sowing crimson
clover in September for the winter
cover TO turn for cotton the next
spring. And then again crimson clover
seed can he sown among tho cotton
III September or october without any
preparation OF the soil, and II must
be poor farmer who cannot maintain
the winter cover, and. If he should be
too late after the peas that follow
The oats. he can SOW rye AS late as
November as the winter cover, so that
there is no need for his blowing all
ms iand IN order 10 get the winter
cover.
Watermeions Without Manure.
II wish to grow an acre OF water
melons on medium fertile sandy soil
| have no manure for them. but the
land had cowpcas on It last summer
which were cut for hay. The land is
already ploTed about eight inches deep
Please say what commercial fertilizer
to use and how much an acre? Will
tobacco dust destroy the melon beetles
that are very bad here? have found
your advice good in everything else
and would like TO follow 1t In growing
the watermclons." Mix for the acre
zoo pounds OF acid phosphate 800
pounds of cottonseed meal and twenty
pounds OF the sulphatc OF potash, and
use this spread in the hills and covered
with soil before planting tho seed II
you VIII use the tobacco dust on the
melons as soon as you see them COM
ing through tho soil. and keep them
covered with ii If washed off, II will
repci the beetles They attack the
melons as soon as they get above the
ground. and II not kept OF they will
not only injure the plants. but Will
lay eggs and the grubs will then eat
the roots rs they hatch out. ANY dust
VIII do. l have used fine bone -four,
tobacco dust and ar-slaked lime
scented with ccrbolic acid. But what
ever YOU use. get IL there as soon as
plant shows through the ground. and
Keep the dust on the nlants Ill they