The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-12-06

small grub that begins at The rod
saps the vigor from tbeSy young II
AS Mr.. Bridges has made such 81.
cess of wheat growing. we give his
method in his own words:
"As to the land that II planted In
wheat this year, gavo it heavy coat.
ing OF manure in the spring and then
planted it in cotton. After had gath
cred the crop, I ripped out the stalks
and then turned the land over with
two-horse plow, following that with d
cut away harrow, then rolling it with 4
heavy roller. Ny wheat was then put
i'll with drill, using about 400 pounds
OF special high grade potash fertilizer
at the same time. In planting the
wheat l put in 100 pounds, or l bushel
and pecks to the acre. -
He used the blue stem variety of
wheat, and before planting soaked it in
bluestone, putting pound of it into
enough water to wet the wheat thor
oughly 1t takes about gallon of wa
ter to every two bushels of wheat The
bluestone should be dissolved in boiling
water The land on which he made
this large yield is gray, loamy top soil
with an undersoil of stiff red clay. On
l6 acres which had been planted in
wheat for three consecutive years Mr..
Bridges made an average of about Az
bushels to the acre. His wheat was
made on uplands
Mr.. Thomas II. Cox, who, ON 4
acres of land in Washington county,
made 2S bushels of wheat to the acre,
says that his land was light gray and
that ne Sowed 2 bushels of the blue stem
variety per acre broadcast and plowed
1t as deep as he coald with single
plows, using as a fertilizer about Is
bushels of cottonseed He sowed his
crop the middle of November and gath
cred it May 90 His land was elevated
but we'll terraced.
Mr.. w. f. White, who, on 4 acres
in Jones county, made an average of "a
bushels to the acre, wrote 70 the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture that his land was
what is known as red land. clay subsoil;
that he broke up this land with one.
horse Haiman stock, using common 4.
inch turn plow. He used 25 bushels of
cottonseed to the acre, and sowed l
bushel Of wheat to the acre on Nov. 10
and reaped May IS. He sowed blue
stem broadcast. plowed wheat in with
4-inch turner and ran over land with
Thomas smoothing harrow. Before
planting he soaked the wheat for "a
hours in solution of IL pounds of
bluestone to bushels of wheat, keepinp
1t well covered under water for the time
mentioned, and then rolled it in Stacked
lime.
RYE.
Hon. ]. M. Smith of Oglethorpe
county, than whom there is no more
successful planter in Georgia, regards,
rye as very important crop, both for
winter grazing and for cutting in early
spring before other crops come on as
green feed for cattle, mules and horses.
This same land is then in fine condition
to put into corn and peas or, if desired.
1t can be well fertilized and planted in
cotton, of which, if seasons are nroni.
tious, it is possible to make a full late
crop. Whenever it is desired to mako
two crops on the same land. it should
be we'll fertilized each time. If itisnot
desired to use this land for hay. it can
be grazed until late in the spring and
the sod turned under to make good
soiling for future crop Where this is
done, almost any crop, which follows
the rye, will do well.
BARLEY.
Barley is generally sown about the
same time with rye. Although it is
generally better to sow both of these
crops earlier, yet foS late winter and
spring pasture they may be sown in
November, especially in the ATTITUDES Of
Middle and Southern Georgia. For win.
ter pasture nothing is better than bar.
ley sowed broadcast, 8 bushels of seod
to the acre. Any good or well fertilized
soil, not too wet, is suitable for barley
On this kind of soil it should be nloved
In and narrowed. When land is moor
or, as it is sometimes called, exhausted.
from 30 to 20 bushels of cottonseed
should be sown broadcast The barley
seed should then be sown and plowed in