The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-23

w. r. Mnsscy. to let this land
lie over TIL next year for corn. Shall
! sow IL in peas or let the clover
ripenn and harrow 1t In to resecd the
land: i do not know that there is
any better early market potato than
tho Irish Cobbler, provided You get a
pure stock. which seems almost I'M
possible The Beauty Us rather ear
Her than tho Cobblcr and same shane
put with pinkish skin. For n main
crop or late potato | consider tho Sir
Walter Raleigh as good and proliflc
as any You can make potatoes
smoother and cleaner with fertilizers
IMAM with manure? / never use stable
the scab fungus. Better turn the Glow
ers and SOW the land to peaA Civ.
the peas 800 pounds of acid phosphate
and you can make a good crop Of hay
and then disk tho stubble lightly and
SOW crimson clover In late August or
september. 1t would DO very unccr-
tain to get q reseeding from tho ripe
clover. as II would ba too curly for
II 70 escape the hot sun. You can got
good potatoes in Richmond as by send
ing North. Then buy clover seed by
sample and examine It and IL there
are foul seed In 1t reJcceit.
Snap Benns for Canning.
please tell mo through your col
umns In The Times Dispatch the best
variety OF snap beans FOR canning, how
to cultivate and fcrtil!Ze on gray soil
IN Prince Edward. Can YOU give me
an idea what the yield would be and
what would be a fair price. Land Was
| III tobacco last year, in crimson Glow
CT now. / wish to express nay appreci-
alton of the valuable assistance You
are giving the farmers" About as
good snap bean az YOU can get is
Burpcc's Green Pod Stringlcss Plant
ed on a large scale in rows two and
a half feet apart, IT will take a bushel
or beans for an acre. Tho land should
have ] light coat of manure and then
acid phosphate at ratio OF 500 pounds
an acre used in the burrows and bed
dcd on. Then nattcn tho beds and
plant tho seed and cover shallow or
just enough To insure moisture for
termination. Here, where / live. they
are grown for shipping green ia half
bushel baskets. What the calming
crop may be and tho price for the
canned articles cannot say, as know
nothing about 1t.
Oats, Coupeas and Basic Sing.
IF ! soak oats in formalin 10 de-
stroy smut. and dry them Ell ,rh to
SOW. how many pecks should SOW?
Which cowpea would YOU prefer 10
SOW for hay? Would YOU use Basic
Stag phosphate on rye in the fall that
Is TO be turned for tobacco In the
spring, expecting'the lime in 1t to have
some effect in keeping the soil
sweet" In sowing oats In the spring
] would always SOW two bushels an
acre. For hay in your section there
is no pea better than the large Black
and YOU can make n better crop of
hay, and more easily harvested by
sowing one-half peas and one-half
Mammoth SOY beans. making half a
bushel Of each for an acre. The erect
soys will help hold up the peas and
make them more easily harvested. The
soys as rule make nodules more
plcntifully than the peas. and the crop
will be heavier. The Unknown or
Wonderful pea is the heaviest hay
maker, but is rather too late for you.
Basic Stag will be very good applica.
ton on the rye. and the lime will have
some effect in keeping the soil sweet
but too much lime ahead OF tobacco
will darbcn the leaf. But I do not
think that the Bias sic Stag will have
any bad effect on the following crop of
tobacco
Fertilizer for Dark Tobacco.
buckingham County: Can you give
me formula for fertilizer FOR dark
tobacco on dark, gravelly land? / have
your formula for bright tobacco. hut
II live in the dark belt Answer In
letters a blessing to the farmers SO
let the good work go on" The best
thing for dark tobacco IS TO have n
good clover sod to- turn under, and
then the same formula i have given
for bright tobacco would work very
we'll Bright tobacco growers do not
like, the clover. hut the finest black
wrappers are made where n whole
growth of rcd clover is turned under.