The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-27

w. r. Massey. ubir form and there
must have been soma free acid In the
acid phosphate. with which the lime
combined and made the heating ami
probably the change to plaster of the
iimc. You can mix the basic Stag with
nuriate Of potash without any harm
being done. IF YOU want. as YOU say.
10 per cent Of potash. mix 1900 pounds
OF me stag 10 400 pounds OF the rnuri-
ate or potash, ana YOU can use 400
rounds broadcast on corn If YOU have
clover or sod to turn for the corn.
Cowpens, Soy Beans md Alfalfa.
Halifax County: You have probably
written often about what / a,u asking,
but my clippings from Tho Times Dis
patch have been misplaced. want TO
SOW about ten acres In peas this spring
solely for feed. What is tic best pea
TO SOW; also the best method of curing
If ] remember correctly, you advised
hauling them up the dag they were
cut and store in the barn. Mv idea
now is TO put in small cocks tin cured
and then In stacks for winter feeding
lfavo been thinking of sowing half
and half peas and SOY beans. on n
lot OF two acres wish TO experiment
With alfalfa. This land for five years
previous 10 1911 had been used as "a
pasture sodded with mixture OF
grasses. In 1911 IL was sown TO peas,
followed by wheat, with :. yield of be
tween fifteen and twenty bushels an
acre. Last fan sowed in red clover.
and have poor stand. VIII SOW peas
after cutting tho clover cut th., peas
and plow and lime heavily and SOW
alfalfa. Whore can / get lime; how
much, and what fertilizer 10 use What
i the best fertilizer OF US. In sowing
rape In my orchard? II has not been
cultivated for three years. and IS grown
up In hroomscdgc and needs fertilizint.
read your articles with great interest
ana consider them great help to those
trying TO improve their farming"
have never advised the cutting ard
hauling OF pea vine hay the Same day
II Ia cut. shall. at tic proper time.
repeat my pian for curing pea hay II
done now, YOU would misplace IL ana
forget II as you have now II viii lie
an right 10 SOW peas and SOY leans in
equal amount You can get lime or
limestone from tho parties advertising
in The Times Dispatch. ON the alfalfa
you VIII need TWO tons Of ground lime
stone or one ton OF slakod burnt lime
an acre Then. after the plowinE and
narrowing in the lime. apply 400 pounds
OF acid phosphate aud 100 pounds OF
inurinte Of potash an acre For the
rape In the orchard get any complete
fertilizer that VIII run about 4-s-lo.
and use 400 pounds an acre.
Velvet ucnns In Corn.
II have some land In fairly good CON
d!tion which ] viii plant in corn
u
should plant them at same time MS
TIC corn 10 follow with wheat in the
fall?" Velvet beans viii not mature
In Your Piedmont section. Planted IT
same time with tho corn. they viii Ger
tainly grow til. By fall. you will hardly
he able TO find the corn. You can SOW.
cowpeas in the corn AT last working,
but you had better keep the velvet
leans out OF the corn. In fact Won are
100 far north for them to make good
hay. az they would hardly get in bloom
before late September II planted in
April.
Potnt toes After Peas.
Augusta County: II have been read
ing your columns In Tie Tjmes-Dis-
patch since last May, and and them
helpful. especially your mode o. max
ing pea vine hay. ] like TO read after
man who has had some experience
IN the field. have a piece OF land that
was In Timothy for two years. and
the last cut was left on the land and
the land planted 10 cowpcas last sum
iner. which were made into hay. II |,
gray slaty soil. and ] want TO plan,
1T In potatoes, and have already GOV.
cred most OF II with manure What
else shall I do?" If YOU have read
these columns with caro- YOU will have
seen the formula have given more
than once FOR n fertilizer for Irish no.
tatoes. This formula is used Target,
by tho larger growers OF early pota.
toes In Eastern North Carolina and Vir,s
GINA at rate OF 1000 to 1.500 poundsj