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82 tHE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [January,
require to be supplemented with corn
to harden the meat. Their great value
is as an appetizer. They enable the
hogs to assimilate and utilize the
grain feed better.
4. Pumpkins may be grown with
corn without injuriously affecting the
yield. Indeed, we have subscribers
who grow them regularly and claim
that they get a better yield with them
than without. They say that the large
leaves and vines shade the ground and
conserve the moisture.—Ed.
ALFALFA GROWING.
I have one acre of land that has
been in a garden and potato patch for
the last two years. It is rich and I
want to put it in alfalfa. Please advise
me whether to sow it this spring
or fall? Would it pay me to sow it
in cow peas this spring, and can 1
get two crops of them and then sow
alfalfa in the fall?
I have enough horse stable manure
to cover the land. How and when
should it be put on? Is it best to buy
seed of T. W. Wood & Son (inoculated)
or will it be better to get the
inoculating material fj-om Blacksburg
and inoculate the seed
W. R. PITTMAN.
Southampton Co., Va.
In your section the proper time to
sow alfalfa is August. Prepare the
land well this spring by ploughing
deeply and breaking finely and if the
land is infested with weeds keep it
cultivated during the summer to kill
out the weeds. Weeds are the greatest
enemy to the alfalfa crop and until
they are subdued you cannot expect
to succeed. If the land is clean of
weeds then sow cow peas and make
the crop into hay in July. Then apply
one ton of lime to the acre and work
in with the disc harrow and let lay
for a week or ten days, then apply
the manure and with it 300 pounds
to the acre of bone meal and again
work in thoroughly with the disc or
a cultivator, and having secured a
fine seed bed sow the seed broadcast
at the rate of 25 pounds to the acre.
Either buy the inoculated seed or secure
the bacteria from Blacksburg
and inoculate the seed yourself, following
the instructions very carefully.
Harrow in the seed so as to give it a
cover of two or three inches.—Ed.
PEANUT FERTILIZER.
Please send me fertilizer formula
for peanuts. Our crop is short this
season. S. B. E.
Surry Co., Va.
If you will refer to our issue of
May last, page 441, you will fiDd full
advice on the best methods and fertilizer
for growing peanuts successfully.
The mere application of any particular
fertilizer is not of itself sufficient
to ensure a profitable crop. There
should be a radical improvement of
the fertility of the land brought about
by the adoption of a rotation of crops
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