The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-05-23

bl;tckDt rrlSS, ~ 20 10 cents per buSheI.
Okr3. 40 "ants per bushel.
Piums, 10 cents to 81 25 per bushel
Strawbei .es. $l25 per bushel
Sugar &C /, 500 to IS 90 per ton.
Squash, IS. 90 per ton.
RoTATIoN>6F CROPS SUITED TO GEORGIA.
QUESTION Can you give me good
system of rotation for an ordinary Geor-
gia farm? l haven't much experience,
but believe 1t the best method of re-
claiming our worn lands?
ANSWER 6-The following from the
Georgia experiment station covers this
question fully:
ROTATION
This is based on what would be
called three years course, but has been
occasionally modified according to the
exigencies which arise in the course of
extensive field experimentation. The
main features of the system are chiefly
applicable to the four leading crops on
the average Georgia farm-small grain,
cowpeas, cotton and corn; but the prin-
ciple is also applicable to the smaller
crops, or those occupying relatively
smaller areas. The three years course
in these main crops implies a division
of the larger part of farm into three ap-
proximately equal parts. Twill suppose
that the system is to be applied to an
ordinary private farm, and beginning
to be made, say, Sept. /.
First Year.-One-t third of the land
should be sown in small grain, mainly
oats, devoting corn land to this. The
small grain should be literally fertil-
lied with a highly ammoniated fertil-
izer. On the station no better variety
of oats has been found than the Appler
oat, strain of the Texas rustproof;
but the latter is nearly as good. The
only objection to the Appler (as wellsas
the Texas is the fact that it is not dis
tinctively winter oat; it is liable to
be killed by very severe freezes The
winter turf is more hardy in this re-
spect, but not SO proof against rust
1.-THE oats should be followed imme-
diately by oNwpeas, sown either in 8
to 4 feet drills or broadcast. Our ex-
perlments indicate that, planted in the
drill and piowed once or twice, COW.
peas will yield more peas, as well as
more hay. But many prefer sowing
broadcast, because ~ it involves less
labor, but more seed, and (2) the crab
and other native grasses that spring up
and mature with the peas make it
easier to cure the hay. If broadcast,
four to five pecks are sufficient to seed
an acre. The crop should receive a
dose of about 200 pounds of acid phos.
phate and 100 pounds of kainit per
acre. Our experiments indicate that it
is decidedly best to convert the pea
vines into hay, moving them when in
full bloom and when there are a few
grown pods.
"The stubble may remain and light
second growth will be secured before
frost. just before or soon after kin
ing frost the pea stubble is turned I'M
der with 2-horse plow If convenient
to pasture, cattle and hogs may be
turned on successive portions of the
pea fields, instead of converting the
vines into hay; or portion of the peas
may be picked
Second Year-The same division
should be literally fertilized and plant
ed in cotton, using the very best seed
obtainable. In the fall of the year,
say in September, it is suggested to
sow the cotton fields in rye, say one
half bushel, or less, per acre, or in
crimson cloveA This is especially re.
commended On land that is liable to
wash and leach during the winter; but
the principal aim is to supply grow
ing crop that will appropriate and hold
the soluble plant food left in the So!
or that Will become soluble during the
winter.
Third Year.-The land previously
in cotton is the place for the corn crop.
During the latter part of January and
by Feb. 20, the ground should be thor
oughly broken, flush, with a 2-horse
plow. On the station it has not been
found expedient or profitable to fertil-
ize the corn crop very lightly; but it
should rather follow highly fortified
cotton crop. Cowpeas should be plant
ed in the middles between the corn
rows-if wider than five feet; or sown
corn should be followed by small grain
and cowpeas-commencing again.
"The above is general outline of
the system which is recommended for
general adoption throughout the cotton
belt. OF course it may be modified &C.
cording to circumstances. For in
stance, in some sections tobacco may
take the place-in part or in whole-of
cotton; i'll the mountain region the oats
may be found to succeed better if sown
in the spring, etc.
81 have followed up only one of the