Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-16

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as we'll the first year as they will the
second. If they do not thrive we'll you
should examine the roots and see If any
nodules are formed. II you find they are
not, inoculate your soil from field where
they have grown successfully at the rate
OF 200 pounds per acre before planting the
crop next year. We find soy beans one
of the best Of all grazing crops for hogs,
and If you plant the three varieties men,
toned you will have them come on In
succession. They also make a fair quail
ty of hay, not so good as cowpeas, how
ever, as they are not so leafy as rule
and the stalk contains more fiber. When
the larger varieties are grown in drills.
the beans may be cut and bound with a
self-binder just like wheat, and this
makes an easy and convenient way to
handle them. They are not so difncult
to thresh as cowpeas because they are
much harder and do not break so readily.
PREPARING FOOD FOR HORSES
AND COWS.
d. B. D., Augusta. Ga. writes: have
two large horses and two cows that
am feeding and prefer to give them
just the right proportion Of each kind
of feed If 1 can find out what is best?
Do you recommend ground feed? Would
you have the hay run through chop
ping machine? I am also anxious to
known II alfalfa will grow on light, san
dy lands here.
For a 1,oo0-pound horse doing hard
work any Of the following rations should
prove very satisfactory:
Two pounds cotton seed meal, 2 pounds
wheat bran, 5 pounds oats, 8 pounds
shelled corn or corn chops, and Is pounds
Of corn slower, mixed hay, or other
clean, bright rough feed.
Two pounds of cotton seed meal,
pounds oats, 10 pounds corn and cob
meal, and II pounds of slower or mixed
hay.
Two pounds of cotton seed meal, Il
pounds OF corn and cob meal, u pounds
Of peavine hay. and IA pounds of corn
slower or mixed hay.
The concentrates may also be mixe6
as follows:
One hundred pounds of cotton seed
meal, $50 pounds Of oats and 500 pounds
of corn and cob meal. Fifteen pounds
of this mixture should be fed with the
amount of roughness indicated above.
One hundred pounds of cotton seed
meal and 600 pounds of corn and cob
meal is also a good mixture when fed
at the rate of 10 pounds per day.
need not be fed so much, and If they
weigh over 100 pounds, the ration should
be increased proportionately, according
to weight. Any of the following rations
will be found satisfactory for dairy
cows:
Four pounds of cotton seed meal. 20
pounds Of wheat bran, 20 pounds of cot
ton seed hulls.
Four to pounds of cotton seed meal
may also be fed with 20 to Is pounds
of bulls. depending on weight Of COW
and milk flow.
All the rations for cows are based on
1000 pounds of live weight. Another good
grain mixture to be used is fve pounds
of cotton seed meal with seven pounds
Of corn and cob meal and Is pounds of
mixed hay.
Alfalfa is a difficult crop to grow and
gives its best results on soils that are
rich in vegetable matter, and deep,
porous and well drained. The crop is
succeeding fairly we'll on a few scatter
ed areas throughout the state, but IL Is
not giving general satisfaction except
where there is plenty of lime naturally
in the soil or a large quantity of 1t is
applied in an artificial form. To Sc
cure a stand Of alfalfa In your locality,
we would suggest that you grow cowpeas
or velvet beans on the land during the
summer, blowing them under in the
fall, and applying at least one ton of
caustic lime and 800 pounds of 1914 fer
tilizer before seeding the crop. The crop
is best seeded in the fall because crab
grass is one Of its worst enemies. After
the crop is up and growing nicely, 1t
may be top-dressed to advantage with
nitrate OF soda, and a good coating of
well-rotted farmyard manure may be
applied in the spring. Thousands of at
tempts to grow alfalfa have been made
in the southeastern states, but only COM
paratively few farmers have succeeded
in securing a good stand of 1t. 1t is a
magnificent crop where IT succeeds, but
1t is not likely to be extensively Guilt
waited In the eastern United States as