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Engagement Announcement
The Rev. and Mrs. Sterling Watkins Wilkinson of South Hill, announce the engagement of their,,, daughter, Helen McRae, to John Randolph Tucker Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Tucker of Richmond. , ' Miss ’Wilkinson is a graduate of Washington High School and Mary Washington College.
Mr. Tucker, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and holds a law degree from Washington and Lee University.
A Spring wedding is planned.
The Rev. Wilkinson is a former pastor of the Rappahannock Methodist churches and lived at Flint Hill for a number of years.
There’s Still Time
Topdressing pastures now will help assure adequate grazing for livestock this summer. John F. Shoulders, associate agronomist at VPI, says pastures should be topdressed before growth starts
To get maximum benefits from tepdressing’, the lime requirement should be met. If the soil in the pasture field tests below a pH of 6.0, lime is needed. Generally' tall grass-ladinu clover or tall gr-ass-alfalfa-ladino cover pastures should receive a topdressing of from 50t) to 800 pounds' per acre of 0-14-14 or ^-12-12 fertilizer per -acre. Native pastures—stteh as- bluegrass-white c!ov,er can be maintained ■Satift&CKuahr in nin.t r-.cqc f,y \ np dressing every 3 to 4 years with 1,000 to 1,200 pounds of b 14-7 or~5-T{FlUT
lit eastern Virginia it may be ,des i r able to " top dress native pastures. ' each year. One to two weeks earlier grazing can usually be obtained by applying 20 to 40 pounds of nitrogen per aefe m the early spring before grow tn starts, in addition to the reguar topdressing. There will usually be 'more response to nitrogen on grassy sods where legumes are disappearing from the mixture.
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