The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-16
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C. W., Columbia, Ga.--Will you please
! inform me to the best time to SOW
vetch seed for a pasture in early spring?
! Would it be practicable to SOW seed on a
bermuda sod, and harrow in, so when the
| vetch gives out the bermuda will take its
| place as summer pasture, and, also, will
| At what time will it be advanced enough
| to be grazed? What would be it's value
as a hay, compared to bermuda or crab
| grass?
2. How is cat-tail millet seed threshed
from the head for market, and can Ger
man mllet be threshed in an ordinary grain
g. viii the foliage of castor oil bean in
jure stock?
l. The proper time to SOW vetch seed is
in the early fall at the beginning of the
fall rains, say the last of August early
in September 1t is perfectly practicable
to SOW Vetch seed on bermuda sod. and thus
secure a winter pasture and summer pas
ture in the same field. But it will be neces
sary to take the stock off the field about
the 1st of April, as to permit the vetch
to make seed to reseed the land it is
an annual. The time when it will do to
Craze will depend on the seasons in the
early fall and winter, and the fertility OF
the soil say from December list to May
LIST, affordng from three to four months
grazing during winter. The value of vetch
hay is about "A against bermuda Is, and
crab grass hay u.
g We do not know what means are en-
ployed to thresh the clean pearl, or cat
tail millet bat do not doubt that spike
thresher could do the work well, as 1t Will
on German millet Peter Henderson 81 Co.,
New York, will probably inform you.
g. Not that we are aware of. We would
not think of sowing vetch seed in the
spring. Run q cut-away harrow over the
bermuda sod in August, or very early in
September, SOW the seed one-haf buShel
per acre, and run a smoothing narrow
over It,
7 r. P. Maxon's Mills, Ky.-Please in
form me the best season of the year TO sow
alfalfa clover
its production. All,
3. Can it be made proiltapie crop III thl9
portion of Kentucky?
4. How would 1t grow after COW peas?
This country is low and nat IN most OF a, us
extent and subject to drought has a clay
stratum about two to four feet beneath
its surface, which is impenetrable to water
sunpCee IL would first require previous deep
rooted vegetation to give it a start. what
is best?
s. What causes the intermittent light
from what is called the lightning bug?
G. Where can I obtain a copy Of Lees
Agricultural Chemistry?
/ In your latitude it would
probably be better to sow al
very successfully sown In Georgia in Sep
TENDER and October, and even as late as
November; but a severe freeze, without
the protection of a covering of snow, would
be ant to kill the plants when very young
and tender. You may best Judge of this
point when informed that the young plants
are about as hardy as those Of red clover.
IF you can risk the latter sow in Septem-
Der; you may also risk lucerne soWn at the
same time.
2 A rich, deep sandy land is best for 1t,
but it viii succeed on any rich soil, pro-
vided the under drainage be good. The
roots descend very deeply into the son,
and there must be no stagnAnt water IN
the subson The soil should also be as
clear as possible of seeds of grass and other
weeds, as the young lucerne plants are
very weak at first, and liable TO be over
run by weeds the first year.
3. Yes, without doubt.
A. A crop of COW peas Is not q specially
good preparatory crop, but it would do
very well. Lucerne IS very similar to red
clover in its requirements. Such land as
you describe would not suit very we'll, un-
less under drained. It is much deeper root
ed than the COW pea and perennial at
that
s. The intermittent flashes of light given
cut by a so-caled lightning bug are caused
by the secreuon--by the luminous organs
of the insect-of phosphureted hydrogen,
which is oXydized by the admission OF
air at the will of the insect.
s. Orange Judd Company, New York.