The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-23

~ AZ. "a.aey. ture faithfully, hut
without results. What Is the remedy?
what sweet potato most nearly APP
proaches the bunch yam In quality?
Inc punch yam Is fine, but q poor
keeper" You simply have soil in
fected with the fusarium wilt disease.
and about the only thing that can be-
done Is to watch tho plants, and IL
a plant lives and ripens fruit while
others die around 1t. get seed from
that plant and breed strain~that Will
be Immune to tho disease, that u.s. will
resist IT. The best sweet potato Of the
yam class is the Nancy Hall. Any va
riety can be kept we'll II handled right
and dried off rapidly at a high tenn
perature whon stored and then kent at
temperature OF about so degrees
Manure for Corn.
Il am interested In n farm in North
Carolina, and thought to use cotton
seed meal In fertillzing corn. But II
has been suggested that when this
meal is used the field peas do not do
well. VIII you kindly advise me IL
this is true. and II SO. whether or not
other fertilizer might be combined with
this meal. SO that this objection might
| be overcome? l note that a fertilizer
called tankage Is being nsed now
/ Will you advise mo as to tho relative
| value and cost of this as compared
with the other standard fertilizers, and
! also as to the proper com binations with
other fertilizers, when used on light
soil with a clay subsoil7" Cottonseed
meal and tankage arc both used main
! ~ for the nitrogen they carry, while
they also furnish some phosphoric acid
and potash. At present price for cot
tonseed meal OF about SS3 ton, can
not see the profit of using 1t on corn.
The only damage 1t would do to peas Is
that with an abundance of nitrogen In
the soil, the peas will not get as much
nitrogen from the air ns they other
wise would The cottonseed meal Will
not injure the growth of the peas to
the slightest extent. But 1t does not
pay to use cottonseed meal or tank
age on corn, when by the proper use OF
! the legumes like crimson clover, we
can get all the nitrogen needed. In
amount of nitrogen and phosphoric
acid the tankage compares very we'll
with the cottonseed meal. and can
probably be bought for less money.
But rs l have said time and again In
these columns. IT does not pay to buy
nitrogen for the corn crop. and In fact.
the grain farmer who farms right,
grows plenty OF legume forage, and
feeds It, will never need to buy an
ammonlated fertilizer for any of his
crops. Tho nitrogen or ammonia Is
the most costly part OF a fertilizer. and
/, when we can get 1t in abundance from
the air through the use of the legume
crops. II is wasteful to buy 1t in n
fertilizer Have tho land farmed In
n good rotation. SOW peas and Grim
son clover, and always have winter
cover of the crimson clover to plow
under for the corn. Then 1t will pay
| to use some acid phosphate on the corn
or acid phosphate and some potash on
| sandy soil. But on the red clay soil
OF the Piedmont section the farmer
who farms right will never need TO buy
any fertilizer except one carrying
phosphorus. 1t is high time that tho
Southern farmers were learning this
matter OF economy In the use Of fer
tilizers. and to get out of the notion
| that for every crop planted they must
have special formula. and must de-
pend on the fertilizer to make their
crops A mixture OF 1900 pounds or
acid phosphate. GOO pounds Of tankage
and 200 pounds OF the muriatc OF pot
/ ash. used at rate of 400 pounds an aero
on your light soil. will increase the
corn crop. and If you will leave out n
small part without fertilizer you will
find what the increase has cost.
Irish Potatoes ON Penty Soil.
II have some land black as tar
not sandy and not stiff, but very mel
low. Last year It was In oats. followed
by heavy crop OF crab grass. I want
TO put this land in potatoes. and want
to know what fertilizer TO use. The
land had ton OF lime on II since 1t
was cleared. and the soil Is apparently
all humus."
On soil of that character you will
not need the heavy application OF nj
trogen which most OF the truckers use,
| but | would use n little nitrate OF soda
as an early start. mixture, 1900
pounds of acid phosphate, 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda and 500 pounds OF
muriate OF potash, Will make ton OF