The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-19

/ s.oner Puts In - wori For Neat Pack
ins-Fan Hlowin. Ia Important.
/ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept 3, 1866.
The farmers fall campaign opens
with the month of September. After
she comparative leisure of August, he
should start in with renewed energy
and with brain and muscles nerved for
the task he settles down to the steady
work of gathering in the crops, and
getting the fall grains and grasses prop
/ erly seeded.
GRAINS AND GRASSES
The late August rains have greatly
lnterferedwith the work of preparation,
which is unfortunate, as this work has
more influence on the yield of these
crops than, perhaps, all other condi.
lions combined, fertilization not ex-
| cepted; for, without thorough and deep
| preparation no fertilizer can perform
It's full mission, and much valuable and
costly plant food is thus wasted.
Last month we dwelt somewhat at
length on the preparation, fertilization
and sowing of these crops, and we will
only relterate here that, on the earli-
ness and thoroughness with which
these details are attended to, depends
success or failure. It is not vet too
late to push this work of preparation,
and the recent rains have left the land
IN tine condition to do the work very
effectively. This is the best month for
getting in the winter oats. Grass and
clover also should be sown. Wheat
can wait little later. In the case of
the grasses and clover, the majority of
southern farmers have little expe-
rlence; but it has been proven that
| where judgment is exercised in the Sc.
| lection of situation and soil, and care.
1ul methods of preparation and fertili.
cation obtain, most gratifying results
have followed. These crops NAV be
sown with the small grains, but farm.
ers who have tried both plans. strongly
| recommend that they be sown alone.
| Often not sufficient quantity of seed
is used. In view of the fact that many
| OF the seed do not terminate, even in
the best samples, it is important to al
low an ample margin in estimating the
amount of seed for each acre.
German or crimson clover for winter
grazing and for feeding in the early
spring is attracting widespread atten.
ton. In Georgia it has scarcely vet at
tanned popularity. but in some other
! southern states it is considered as head.
ing the list of all crops intended for
these purposes. 1t gives good returns
from land on which the common red
clover would not succeed, and is of
| equal value for improving the land and
for feed. 1t can be seeded from the
middle of August to the first of Octo.
Der from - to l5 pounds to the acre.
lightly brushed or narrowed in, and
after winter grazing and cutting, if the
stock are taken off in March, sufficient
seed will mature to fully re-seed the
land, which can then be prepared for
late corn. When the corn is gathered
the clover comes on again. Thus two
crops can be obtained aud the land. in.
stead of being exhausted, is gradually
being built up.
| AS the cotton opens the pickers
should keep up with il. Early picked
and clean cotton commands a better
price than where the sample is Ii.
| 6Laln6u
from the Weather; Attention has
already been repeatedly called to the
coin.dlfie2 "A Which our American
cotton reaches European ports. The
eastern cotton growers set us an ex-
ample in this Respect which, if we
would initiate, would mean thousands
OF dollars to US. The Indian and Egyp.
tian grower sends his cotton to market
III neat, compact bales, we'll covered:
ours is ragged and unsightly, and often
enough OF the contents Of each bale is
wasted in transit to pay for any addi-
tional care and expense which might Be
| necessary to put it up in better market
able shape
The actual per cent deducted, because
of our careless methods, when the price
of our staple is fixed in Liverpool would
be an astonishing revelation to the ma.
jority Of farmers
WHEAT
need not be sown until October and the
time should be regulated, as far as wa
can judge, to about sen days before the
first frost usually comes. Wherever
wheat is to be sown, the use of lime
cannot be too highly estimated. Its
office is to bring into available condition
much of the mineral plant food locked
mp in the soil and otherwise unavaila.
BILE. 1t also sets free nitrogen, by pro.
noting the earlier decay of vegetable
matter The growth of the wheat il
thus pushed forward more rapidly-an
important Observation-Disclosures we
wish it to be we'll started before the
winter sets in.
The land for wheat should be plowed
deeply and then allowed to settle before
the surface is finely narrowed and the
seed put in. This should be done at a
depth of three or four inches. the soil
being made as fine as possible.
FALL FLOWING.
We would again urge the Importance
OF deep fall blowing on the stiff, CLAW
lands of the state-of thoroughly break.
ing the subsoil, and, though not advisa.
BILE to bring too much to the surface. a
little will not hurt.
In some experiments conducted in
1892 to 1893 to illustrate the benefits of
subsoil blowing, the seed, soil and
planting being the same for the sub
soiled apd unsubsoiled plats in each in.
stance. the following crops resulted: