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


aic 40 indications of scale OF other IN.
scots. and | feel sure that il is ycilows
ana you should try to prevent its
/ spreading.
Lcspedezn Again.
! Some OF The southern papers have
Deeh booming Lcap,us"a as a hay crop.
mas plant. "eii-hhowh as Japan clover,
n.,s spici all oven tne ouuth, ana
mixes Gooh summer pasture. Out
a.En.al wiitc having seen thc accounts
\ ~ its making two lolo an acre oI may
/ DOWN on th.i Gun coast. want -
mnow all about sowing IL here. AS
7 anal word on Lcspcu.Ld, / wish TO say
4 80 these several correspondents that IL
! - entitclS oitEIcss tor nay IN Nli
/ e.iiia ant Nor,h Cs..oiina. ana It's only
/, ."iac - as summer pasture on OUT
| .y.nS ihnus, foi ~ never grows uois
than s'N inches at IN" highest here, AMI
! generally thtee on iuu. inches hiIn.
! 80 i,ie;,sc do not ask moro about Les
1 pcucHa AS hay crop.
Sweet Clover Again.
7 Like Lespcac2a. Their. seems to be
! great deaf ri Interest now In swee,
clover mclilotus ALTA among farmers,
VINO ARE always ionkius after new
things instead ot using the old ones
successfully. have y uu,nbcr ot let
l:is asking about sweet clover and
its value. Thee" is no need for sweet
clover ia Virginia and North Carolina
here ~" can grow soy beans. cowpeas
and crimson ciovcr 80 Buccessfuily. auo
+. th"t" - no need for putting "a new
weed ou tho land. / have never known
an animal 10 eat sweet clover Till
forced to IL, ~ II Is 20 bitter that they
do not like IL. II has some value in
the cold Northwest. but here ". can
gro" 20 many better things that I
cannot sec any need for sweet clover.
or bitter clover. which would he a
letter name, since II simply sn-lle
sweet. but tastes bitter.
IN 20
ers will no; allow me TO air myself in
long essays. for tho columns assig led
TN. I'm The Tines- Dispatch have be-
come n daily correspondence school
started out with the idea that tho
best use or these columns would be to
/ Try to tell taimers Just what they
want to know. rather than To- white
tong articles on matters that might
not touch half OF the readers. There
fore, these columns in The Times-Dis
patch have become uniqu. In tho way
OF AGRICULTURAL journalism. a regular
iarneis institute every day. W. hope
that the readers Will have patience I'LL
we eaten up with them.
Fcrtilirer~-TcrtiIizer
Tho may"ltis 81 the IcttcTs ] get At
thiA season Of tho YEAR arc requests
for the proper fertilizer and amount
Tor this, that ana the other crop. our
southern farmers have gotten 10 sup
pos. that for every crop planted the:
must have "A sp.ci;tl fertilizer. not con
sldcIiny that il IL lrlposst1le FOR ~.
10 know the exact needs OF their soils.
and without doubt most Of them arc
wasting money III buying fertilizers
that they do not need, OF would not
nossihi. ,xcs,,t,. ~ 49,, ,oh,a -
49, -, -, - ~
I'm e, -, ''f's ~ ~"
| -. "u' 80
s,,,,,s - ,, % p,'os "s' - ~
80 - 80 sc'i!etis iota.''''
""e s'o"a "Ha ieeus pichtS OF pea nay
~ - 'Hlso" ttoNcf' b"' M III. mean
~ ~, o''r - "oiihsu 70 meet '.e con-
a,..'"7 80 'he' eNis', "hc 10 "oNise lcr-
.'ii%hR IN q genera! way, hoping that
"a! nicfs WIN teeEn 10 larm econom!-
CARY ana prohthhl% after while,
SOW comes letter from Nottoway
asking Tor fer!lizSr formula for to-
aacco. which / have repeatedly given.
and another for peanuts. which ] will
repeat here, Peanuts belong to tho
legune family. ana can get ni,rogen
from the afr like peas ana clover. But
III is we'll to give them a little nitrogen
a. q start and hence ! have advised
five hounds OF Thomas nhosphate eftv
rounds OF NITRATE OF soda and INV
mounds of ,purI,,n NJ no,ars ~ .nro
'rbe norasb ie ,sad - ,rn,.o,, ,,e,,,s
ava ~, ,Losnhstc Carries ooa 49, ,ror.
,o,,,d. ~ Ii,,a
r,,nrnyi,. nm m, r.
~ have hoa,, raad,ng vonr ,.o,, =,
.e,.sttng co,,r,ns ~ r,ho .r,,,.s nj
n,,.n "a e,,h,ni. .,,n. ,as,,
,na.a5 ha~.. i,s, s,,ri,r era ,,la-,,aa .
es,abiish y daIr>. for,n nnd raisa bo,,s
~. a br-produrt I.,6 ~ VII, pi,'e,
nort Noyfolk tinc e,rd,. ,o,,, ma o., :,
Norfolt snndv sou Have arr 49,,
IN c,tI,tva.,on and q. now. ,nora 4,
raylues covered with hroomsadpc TIM
iae- crone rro..,, H. : ,.no,, mo-.
,.rv lnferior Tba sedo. n,oh.bi, a. :
Il dicates rho read M I,mo Nv ides q,
IA III rho HOGS bovn tba ~, ~ M
woods and the ravincs ono fefd Go IN
VI crimson clovar "a 10 t,,rro1 for cor,'
win SOW cowncas in the corn 6iat,
them down. and aop, wheat. tbep ne,
Tor Inv followed h,, oata ana tbcsa h,,
peas again. and then crimson clovar
ana 90 on. Have no silo but u.Iil 10
non0 on beets and turn,ns aa sucrnier,
feed Mn ideo Is 70 90, au.av fro,,
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