The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-11-02
A STRING OF QUESTIONS.

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NJ { RarnweIl. s. CT wish to be
DIN soon to prepare my lands for next
Years crOps NV cotton land has a me
coat of grass (crab and cro"1oop on II
and my corn land rank growth OF pea
vines believe land should ne broke
dnan broadcast in the fall season, but
having only one horse and other work 70
do cannot do as ! wish to- therefore,
wish to know;
DO YOU think it will pay met to bar
off nv cotton stalks deep with large pillow
I'm 81 and 4 feet rows to cover the grass
after frost? In January, next year, |
would take up stalks deep ans bed back
with two to four burrows and plant IN
middle OF old rows. My corn is plahted
] hv feet with two rows of peas the
wide way: am thinking OF running fur
row I'm center OF wide way and bedding
ont with six burrows leaving stalks or
balks which | will take out and bed back
next year then plant corn i'll water iur-
row COR alley) which is my custom. Some
of corn land VIII 20 in cotton and vice
versa.
preparing land where corn follows corn?
| have learned from experience that
lands prepared this way Will not pack as
when broken broadcast Neither do
think II as apt to wash If the rows are
run properly ! have always noticed
YOU advise saving hay from land where 3
cron Of onc-half ton can be got l am
i''At7N 'fte'N
corn land Just referred to- but I've al
rea6v saved six or seven thousand pounds
and prefer turning the balance under.
About the middle of April planted two
acres of poor land in velvet beans as an
rxneriment MANFRED them with 100
pounds of fertilizer to the acre, gave them
one hocing and a blowing. Where they
we're planted would not make good peas.
Am well pleased with beans so far
saved about 700 pounds of this hay
iNl, &c
crab grass IT had some matured pods
on It when cut on the 18th. could not
get 1t cut sooner. From appearance and
odor | think 1t better than pea hay.
g. Can YOU tell me anything about It's
value as a hay?
Is there danger OF overlooking cat
tic with 1t? You advocate planting oats
in open .urrow. Some OF our lands here
produce pepper grass and sour weeds in
abundance. and believe that would choke
and damage oats considerably by TAX
ing possession of space between
S Don't YOU think after land IS pre-
pared then marked off feet by means Of
pegs put In scantllng marking four or five
rows at time; then run u 'he-horse
seed drill with plow attached in marker,
that the oats could be plowed once with
good results running only one furroW
with ls-inch sweep about LIST Of April?
6. Do you think the Yield would be as
good as when planted closer without
blowing?
2. Would 1t injure oats to run FUR
row in every third middle and plant corn
last Of April or first Of May If they We're
drilled 2 feet apart?
g. Will the grain drill distribute cotton
seed meal from the seed spout, enabling
one to use It rs a fertilizer distributor,
putting out meal and acid at same time
and save mixing?
g. Can it be used az pea planter? I
have seen a CAN'T distributor work and
thought it put fertilizer too much in
roll
10. Does it make any difference?
Answer If the land Is fairly level,
or the cotton rows were run on level,
such plant might be adopted without
injury to the soil. But / can hardly i'm
agine q well-cultiyai cotton field so
grassy at this time as to make 1t worth
while to pillow 1t under simply to get 1t
out Of the way of the next crop. You
should be the better judge of the eXpedi-
ency of the plan. Your corn rows were
entirely too wide (in my 1udgmenD for
any soil that is fit to be planted In corn.
I have never found It ito pay to plant
corn In water furrow' after repeated
experiments. excepting in case of summer
planted corn, as after small grain har-
vest You should have cut and shocked
your corn and shredded the slower, as 50
urgently and repeatedly advised; then
you would have had no corn stalks in the
way to be disposed of. and at least two