Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-15
Waht the Vefch Promises
To Georgia Farmers
PART II.

This leads US TO believe. though one
seasons experience must not be taken as
fnal. that the Oregon vetch is not nearly
80 hardy as the hairy vetch. but 1t has
suggested the advisability OF mixing the
two together when seeding with rye or
oats for pasture purposes. The Advantage
or this combination lies in the fact that
the Oregon vetch will develop early and
furnish pasture before the winter vetch
has begun its growth. and even IL the
Oregon vetch is destroyed by an unusu-
ally severe freeze. IL will have already
furnished much feed, helped to enrich
the soil. and viii then give way to the
harder variety which will come on and
take its place during the spring and early
summer When preparing plats for
grazing with cattle or hogs We shall
certainly use the two In combination in
the future. and IL for any reason II
seems advisable TO plant them alone, both
viii be used. and whenever the winter
Is mild enough to suit the Oregon vetch
there viii be no doubt about its proving
q most satisfactory crop TO grow. While
there Is no objection TO using either one
OF the varieties mentioned alone for hay
OF pasture purposes. there are some very
strong objections to the practice, one OF
the principal being found in the cost Of
the seed. The hairy vetch. OF course
Is much more costly than the Oregon
vetch, and IN any case sufficient seed Tor
an acre. where no other crop is used with
Il, viii cost from s. 10 S. BY sowing with
three pecks to one bushel or rye or one
busheI OF oats. % TO Is pounds OF either
OF the varieties will be sufficient amount
70 use: thus 100 pounds OF seed may be
made 10 cover I'VE acres of land and
the cost OF the seed will be greatly re-
duced thereby and one OF the strongest
objections 10 the general use OF the vetch-
Is removed. The very excellent results
obtained last year with both of these
crops when 20 pounds OF seed per acre
were used with the above suggested
amounts OF rye and oats is the only evil
dence needed 20 show that as heavy seed
ing OF the vetches as has often been prac-
tfced Is unnecessary. Moreover. seed
from either one OF these crops may be
raised by the farmer who has once Sc
cured a stand IL he win devote an acre
or two Of hts land to vetcn. We have
grown from six TO ten bushels OF hairy
vetch seed under none too favorable cir
cumstances and believe that more can
Be raised where conditions are as they
should be.
AS 10 the best date OF seeding vetch
opinions vary. bat in some experiments
made last fall where the vetch was seed
ed with one-half bushel Of CuIberson
cats. the yield from the plat seeded Sep
tember Is was Les tons; from that seeded
September 50. 1 ton; October Is. 1 ton;
October 80. 1 ton: November Is. LIS tons
and November 30. 80 tons. The seed
ings IN December and January proved
failure This data bears out the sug-
gestion that early seeding for these
crops will. as a rule, be advisable. More
over. IL seems that the vetch might often
be s0wn with advantage in the month OF
August. For instance. on every farm
there is probably land which might be
devoted to these crops did corn and cotton
not demand the attention OF the farmer.
There Is often leisure during the month
Of August. however, when IL is too late
20 SOW cowpeas when the land might be
prepared and seeded to vetch alone or
in combination This would insure the