The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-19

dead, and there are old dead stems
above ground" There Is limit
TO the life OF all created things,
and rose bushes arc no exception
though they arc very long lived where
taken care of. The fact That your old
rose bushes have dead roots and dead
stems above ground shows that they
have been neglected In the past. stand
ing In one place for twenty-five years,
they have about used up the plant food
In their reach rose bush s Il greedy
feeder, and will use a. much manure
as a corn plant, ana probably I'm all
these twenty-five years you have not
thought of manurins them or cutting
out avery snring the stunted wood
II you want 10 keep them, You should
now cut away all the dead wood and
tho stunted growth, aud dig In around
them heavy coat OF old rotten ma
nure. THIS, / think. VIII rcjuvenato
them. but the best thing that you can
d. VIII be TO grub them out and get
good new plants OF the modern Inn
proved Hybrid Tea roses and prepare
the soil deeply and manure heavily and
then attend to them every year and
Keep them properly pruned, cutting on,
old stunted growth and shortening the
new canes slightly. Roses have been
improved SO much of late years that IT
is hardly worth while 10 try TO renew
very old bushes OF tho old common
kind
What do you know Of the Progress
sivc strawberry and the Red Tree rasp-
berry offer In circular send from
Western farm The Progressive
strawberry is one of the best OF tho
fail bearing varieties. | know nothing
about the Tree raspberry. nor tho firm
Offering them. They may be all right
so far az know. l have the Superb
and the Ainericus. Of the fail-bea ring
Strawberries, and they too are good
ri1n ut,ra L..
out, and I have not yet fruitcd IT, but
II Is grown here. The best fall bearing
raspberry ] have tried Is the ST Regis.
and have n very latc-fruit!ug black
berry. the Nanticoke. which has fruit
as lato as September. For main crop,
know no better strawberry than the
Chesapeake.
Milking n Fertilizer.
Nottowny County; II have 1000
pounds OF salt behring's. Zoo pounds OF
chicken manure and two tons OF hard
wood ashes. What chemicals would
you add 10 make a fertilizer for corn
and potatoes None at all In fact,
would not mix these materials for
the lime In the ashes Will carbonate the
ANN onia In tho chicken manure and
the organic matter In the behring's. and
YOU would lose H. You might make q
compost OF the herrings and the
chicken manure, with a LOT OF blaco
cRrth from the forest and make NJ.
corn spread broadcast. But spread the
ashes on tle corn land only. but not on
potatoes, for the ashes would make
them moro liable 10 he scabby. Never
mix ashes or line with manure. But
after the manure is on the land you can
add tho ashes. and the soil VIII absorb
any ammonia set FREQ.
Lime mn n Fertilizer.
Louisa County: I'VE have nine acres
OF second growth new ground ard
number Of acres In German clover,
which will all be planted TO corn this
spring We are thinking of using
oyster she'll lime. like sample Enclosed.
We can get this delivered II our depot
for So per ton sacked. VIII this do the
corn any good n s a fertilizer. or would II
be best 10 walt and use It on pea
Ynllow when sown to clover:' Lime
IL not used as fertilizer. or course.
plants do uac some lime as food, but
there Is hardly any cultivated soil
That does not already contain all the
limo needed rs plant food. The limo
Will have good effect on the corn
IL the soil is acid and needs lime. and
III any event with new ground and
turning under crimson clover (please
do not call II German, for IT is not
any moro German than American) lime
will DO certainly useful I have al
waya found that tho best place to ap-