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333  West  30th  Street,  New  York 
Must  Feed  Soil  to  Improve  It 
As  I  desire  to  get  the  most  fertility 
back  into  the  soil  of  a  field  which  has 
been  allowed  to  revert  back  to  a  wild 
state,  I  would  like  to  ask  your  advice. 
It  is  essential  that  I  have  a  crop  for  hay 
from  this  field  this  year,  so  this  is  the 
plan  I  thought  of  following :  Plow  in  the 
Spring  as  soon  as  possible,  broadcast  one 
ton  of  lime  to  the  acre,  harrowing  thor¬ 
oughly,  drill  2  bu.  of  oats  and  300  lbs. 
of  oat  fertilizer.  Mow  the  oats  in  the 
milk  and  harrow  down  the  stubble  and 
sow  rye  or  buckwheat  to  be  rolled  or 
dragged  down  and  plowed  under  in  time 
to  fit  the  field  for  Fall  seeding,  applying 
another  ton  of  lime  and  300  lbs.  of  fer¬ 
tilizer  as  in  the  Spring,  seeding  down  to 
grass  with  just  enough  rye  to  act  as  coyer. 
The  object  in  view  is  to  get  a  medium 
crop  of  hay,  to  put  as  much  greeu  manure 
into  the  soil  as  I  could,  and  have  the 
field  seeded  to  grass  by  Winter.  The 
field  in  question  looks  to  be  of  deep  soil, 
having  raised  onions  extensively  -during 
Southport  onion  years,  grass  ever  since, 
is  well  drained  and  does  not  seem  sour. 
What  criticism  would  you  make  to  above 
proposed  plan,  and,  if  auy,  what  would 
you  suggest?  I  canuot  go  very  strong 
on  fertilizer,  and  have  no  manure.  Have 
tried  oats  and  Canada  peas  last  year  with 
no  success,  as  far  as  the  peas  are  con¬ 
cerned,  but  an  adjoining  neighbor  tried 
them,  and  had  middling  success  where 
he  applied  20  loads  of  manure  and  two 
tons  of  lime  to  the  acre,  but  had  nothing 
where  lime  was  used  alone,  which  gives 
one  the  idea  that  Canada  peas  are  not 
the  poor  man’s  crop.  Which  would  you 
sow  after  the  oats  are  mowed  off,  rye  or 
buckwheat,  and  how  much,  or  is  there 
not  ample  time  to  raise  any  green  ma¬ 
nure,  even  if  forced  by  nitrate  or  similar 
substance?  What  seed  mixture  would 
you  sow  in  the  Fall  for  a  good  cow  hay? 
If  this  plan  is  feasible,  I  would  like  to 
carry  it  out  on  four  other  fields,  taking 
one  each  year.  Can  rye  seeded  as  a  cover 
crop  this  Fall  be  mowed  while  green  (say 
in  June)  for  hay  and  at  the.  same  time 
leave  that  much  more  fertility  for  the 
grass  that  it  would  use  in  coming  to  a 
head,  or  would  it  be  injurious? 
Connecticut.  A.  W.  G. 
As  far  as  it  goes  this  is  a  reasonable 
plan,  but  you  cannot  expect  to  get  some¬ 
thing  for  nothing.  Some  wild  land,  such 
as  this  probably  is,  needs  far  more  than 
lime  to  make  it  productive.  If  you  put 
on  only  300  lbs.  of  fertilizer  and  take  off 
a  crop  of  oats,  you  have  done  very  little 
to  increase  the  productive  power  of  the 
land,  except  that  the  lime  has  put  it  in 
better  condition.  We  would  not  advise 
using  the  Canada  peas  unless-  you  can 
use  more  fertilizer.  You  cannot  get  good 
work  out  of  a  soil  or  out  of  a  horse  un¬ 
less  you  feed  well.  The  buckwheat  will 
make  a  fair  crop  under  the  conditions 
you  name,  and  we  call  it  the  best  for 
such  use.  It  will  make  a  fair  growth  in 
time  to  be  plowed  under  for  rye  and 
grass.  Fit  the  land  as  well  as  possible 
and  seed  early  in  September.  The  amount 
of  fertilizer  you  mention  is  not  enough 
to  make  a  fully  successful  seeding,  hut 
you  ought  to  get  a  fair  stand  of  grass. 
We  should  use  a  mixture  of  Timothy  and 
Red-top  seed,  and  next  Spring  add  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  Red  and  Alsike  clover.  Green  rye 
makes  a  coarse,  rather  inferior  fodder 
unless  it  is  cut  when  only  about  two  feet 
high.  If  you  let  the  heads  form  the  crop 
will  take  about  as  much  out  of  the  land 
as  if  it  went  to  seed.  We  doubt  if  the 
rye  plant  takes  much  out  of  the  soil  after 
heading.  What  happens  after  that  seems 
to  be  a  transfer  of  nutriment  from  the 
stem  to  the  head.  Your  general  plan  is 
good,  but  you  should  use  more  fertilizer 
or  manure. 
Culture  of  Melons 
Will  you  give  advice  on  melon-grow¬ 
ing?  What  would  be  the  proper  analysis 
to  use  in  a  ready-mixed  commercial  fer¬ 
tilizer  for  watermelons  and  cantaloupes, 
to  be  used  alone  and  with  stable  manure? 
What  is  the  best  thing  in  a  spray  to  use 
for  blight?  My  cantaloupes  last  year, 
about  the  time  the  melons  were  as  large 
as  a  pint  cup,  began  to  die  around  the 
hill.  What  form  of  spray  would  you  ad¬ 
vise,  liquid  or  dust?  a.  J.  8. 
Shanesville,  Pa. 
A  warm,  sandy  soil  is  the  best  for 
growing  musk  or  watermelons.  I  have 
raised  them  very  successfully  with  a  fer¬ 
tilizer  running  5-10-0.  In  using  fertilizer 
the  hills  should  be  made  about  two  weeks 
before  the  seed  is  planted.  Use  a  large 
handful  for  each  hill,  and  thoroughly  mix 
with  the  earth.  Watermelon  hills  should 
be  about  10  ft.  apart,  muskmelons,  0  ft. 
If  A.  J.  S.  will  dust  wood  ashes  on  the 
young  plants  until  they  begin  to  run  it 
will  keep,  the  striped  bugs  off.  After  they 
begin  to  run.  spray  with  liquid  Bor¬ 
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