THE RUR.-A.L NEW-YORKER 
257 
1908. 
Experiment Station Bulletins. 
V jj L., Kingston, R. I .—Why do the 
State experiment stations which are sup¬ 
ported hy national funds refuse to send 
bulletins outside their own State? 
Ans. —We do not understand that they 
refuse unless there is a heavy home 
demand which uses all the bulletins. 
They aim to supply residents of their 
own State first. Our readers usually 
seem to get them. The stations are not 
entirely supported by the United States 
Government. Many or most of them 
draw State funds as’well. 
Grasses for Mulched Orchards. 
R. <Xo Address) .—What grasses does 
Mr. Grant Hitchings suggest for seeding 
an orchard that is to be mulched? 
Ans. —On the newly-cleared ground I 
am using Kentucky Blue grass. On our 
drier soil where Alfalfa dogs so' well I 
shall use that in the future. The or¬ 
chard in Alfalfa has certainly done 
finely. We mow it three times and 
apply heavy mulch each time. To in¬ 
crease efficiency of mulch plant less 
number of trees per acre. On some of 
our cheap land in this State 25 trees 
per acre would pay better than more; 
this would allow more room for mulch 
material to grow, grant g. hitchings. 
Machine for Digging and Sacking Potatoes. 
H. S., Philadelphia, III .—Is there a ma¬ 
chine that you can dig potatoes with and 
sack them at the same time? 
Ans. —Some years ago a machine was 
advertised in Minnesota which was a 
combination of digger and carrier. As 
we understand it, the digging principle 
was much the same as the other elevator 
diggers. The potatoes were plowed or 
scooped out and the dirt shaken out 
through a grate. The potatoes were then 
carried up somewhat on the principle of 
a hay loader and dropped into a wagon 
which followed the digger. The ma¬ 
chine could only be used on clean open 
soil in which there were no stones. We 
have heard nothing of it lately, and 
doubt if it was practical. 
Working Worn-Out Land. 
O. L. 0., Oarrettsville, O .—I have pur¬ 
chased a few acres that has the humus 
worked well out of it. I cannot buy stable 
manure, so I want to know how to work 
It so as to get some pay for my labor 
and at the same time improve the land. 
Ans. —In this case if you cannot get 
stable manure you will have to plow 
some green crop under. How to grow 
manurial crops and at the same time 
grow crops to sell is too .hard a problem 
for any outsider to try. If you are 
near a town where vegetables will sell 
you might plant a patch of early peas, 
pick the peas, plow under vines and 
then plant sweet corn or some late vege¬ 
table. Follow these with rye to be 
plowed under next year. Of course you 
must use chemical fertilizers to get 
started. You can probably grow a fair 
crop of potatoes with fertilizers alone, 
and follow them with rye and Cow-horn 
turnips or vetch. We should sow as 
soon as the ground is fit oats and Can¬ 
ada peas with fertilizer. When they 
have made a fair growth plow them un¬ 
der and sow late vegetables, cabbage or 
corn with more fertilizer, and seed 
among these crops with clover and rye 
or turnips. 
Growing Barley in Virginia. 
P. D. W., Washington, Va .—I would 
like some information on growing barley in 
'it'ginia. Which is considered the best to 
grow, Winter or Spring barley? IIow much 
could you expect per acre on land that 
win give 40 to 50 bushels of shelled corn 
per acre? I would much prefer to grow 
die beardless kinds. 
Ans.—B arley is little grown in the 
South, except in Texas, where the Win¬ 
ter barley is grown to some extent. 
A 'aether you can grow this in Virginia 
1 annot say, as I never tried it there. 
S',aing barley with you would hardly do 
better than Spring oats, and this means 
ver y little. You can do far better with 
V alter oats than with barley, even if 
the Winter oats are sown in Spring, and 
they are better for Spring sowing in 
your section than the ordinary Spring 
oats of the North. By sowing early in 
September, so that they get well estab¬ 
lished before Winter, you can grow 
Winter oats with success in your sec¬ 
tion. I have known 50 bushels per acre 
grown in Albemarle. Winter barley 
does fairly well in central North Caro¬ 
lina, but how it would do in your part 
of Virginia I do not know, as I never 
saw the crop tried there or anywhere 
else in Virginia. Barley needs a heaviei 
and richer soil than oats, and in Canada 
and western New York crops of 30 to 
50 bushels per acre have been reported 
from the Spring-sown varieties. The 
straw is not nearly so useful as oat straw 
on account of the long beards. Better 
stick to oats in your section. Barley is 
a special crop that needs special skill 
in growing and harvesting to produce 
an article that the brewers want. 
w. F. MASSEY. 
Crimson Clover for Tobacco. 
J. L. F, La Plata, Mo .—What effect will 
a crop of Crimson clover plowed down have 
on tobacco in regard to weight, color, tex¬ 
ture and ripening? IIow should it be 
plowed down, shallow or deep, and what 
time? What fertilizer should I use, how 
much and how and what chemicals should 
the fertilizer be composed of? 
Ans. —Tobacco is always helped by 
having an abundance of humus in the 
soil. All tobacco growers know that 
freshly cleared land is favorable to 
tobacco. What is it that makes this 
new land desirable but the humus that 
has accumulated there from the forest 
growth ? Crimson clover not only fur¬ 
nishes humus-making material, but also 
adds nitrogen from the air. But in 
turning down a crop of Crimson clover 
the proper plowing should be attended 
to, not turning it over flat to make a 
coat in the soil that will interfere with 
the rise of capillary moisture, but edging 
the furrow up well and turning the crop 
as soon as blossoms begin to show. 
The effect of the clover will be to pro¬ 
mote a stronger growth from the extra 
nitrogen added to the soil, enabling you 
to use less nitrogen in the fertilizer, and 
it will increase the weight, and I should 
use no artificial nitrogen .except about 
100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre 
to give the tobacco a start, but would 
use a liberal application of acid phos¬ 
phate and high-grade sulphate of potash 
mixed, about five parts of the acid 
phosphate to one of the potash. This 
will improve the color and texture, and 
I do not think the clover will retard 
the time of ripening. Better plow the 
clover down a little early than wait till 
in full bloom. As I have suggested, I 
would use a small percentage of readily 
available nitrogen. 1 he following would 
be about what I would suggest: Acid 
phosphate 1,500 pounds, nitrate of soda 
100 pounds and high-grade sulphate of 
potash 400 pounds. Use 500 to 700 
pounds per acre. Or if the land is not 
in high condition and the clover is not 
very heavy make it 1.300 pounds of acid 
phosphate, 200 pounds of dried blood 
(not blood and bone), 100 pounds of 
nitrate of soda and 400 pounds of high- 
grade sulphate of potash to make a ton. 
For the kind of tobacco grown in Mary¬ 
land there is no better preparation than 
a clover crop. w. f. massey. 
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