Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-07
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT
THE DAT CROP

visable to discard the nitrogen as it tends
to quicken the growth and give the plants
a vigor in the autumn which is most de-
sirable TO their future welfare. In the
spring top-dressing with nitrate Of soda
at the rate OF not less than 100 pounds
per acre.
As to the seed which should be used,
there are several varieties on the market.
A good pure strain of Texas Rust Proof
or one OF the improved strains of this
variety will be found satisfactory. The
selection Of the seed is a very important
matter. II should be treated VII. forma
lin or some other solution to destroy the
smut which will otherwise cause very
considerable decrease in yield. The farm
er who prepares his land properly and
follows these suggestions on land that is
at all in fair condition can count with
considerable certainty on securing a re-
turn OF 30 to so bushels of oats per acre.
We have been able to seed the crop con-
siderably later than the time indicated
between cotton rows and secure the yield
mentioned, and We know many practical
farmers who are doing the same thing.
1t is to be hoped that the oat crop in
Georgia will he greatly increased this fall
for the man who fails to raise his feed
can not hope to succeed as a farmer.
SOME FACTS ABOUT WITCHES.
w. II. H., Monticello, Ga, writes: 1
send you a sample of seed and wish you
to give me the name of same. when to
plant. etc. There was a carload shipped
TO Atlanta and these were picked up
where spilled.
The sample of seed may be one of sew
eral of the vetches. Apparently it more
nearly resembles the Oregon or English
vetch than anything else. 1t is, however,
not greatly dissimilar i'm appearance to
sweet pea seed. and few grains such as
you have sent might easily be confused
with some other of the Vetches or
legumes.. If il is the Oregon vetch you
should be careful about seeding it. as it
Is not particularly hardy i'm the north
and middle part of Georgia. Where the
climate is milder as along the coastal
plain and in the southern part of the
state, this vetch grows of vigorously in
the fall and produces an abundance of
grazing and also makes an excellent hay.
The hairy vetch, on the other hand,
seems to be entirely hardy in all parts of
Georgia and may be cultivated for hay
and for soil improvement TO advantage.
While the hairy vetch is hardy. fits
growth in the fall and early winter is
cry limited. Its, principal development
takes place in the early spring II you
are not familiar with the hairy vetch we
would advise you to experiment with Il
to some extent this winter, believing that
you will find 1t a valuable addition to
your rotation and a crop which you can
grow In combination with oats for hay
and for the improvement of your soil as
well with great advantage.
PLOWS AND FLOWING.
j. r. C., Wayside Ga. writes: / am
considering the purchase of a disk pillow
and desire your opinion on the size and
make to buy. A great portion of my
land is stiff red. and a moldboard pillow
VIII not turn under the litter on the
surface sassafras sprouts are scatter
ed over IL. This land was planted to
corn and / wish to prepare IL for oats.
have two mules that weigh 900 pounds
each and one that weighs 900 pounds
Would you advise the purchase of
two or three-horse pillow? What will
such pillow cost?
There are a number of disk plows on
the market all of which have good points
and some weaknesses as well. We have
used the Deere disk pillow and the Chat
tanooga pillow with good results on the
college farm. The reversible disk is a
little light and will not take hold of hard
Some believe that the non-reversible
disk made by this same company is
better for covering trash and for break
ing hard ground. This we think will de-
pend somewhat on the care and skill
with which the implement is operated
For breaking land deeply and burying
trash completely, the Spaulding deep
filling pillow gives excellent results
This implement. however, is much heav-
Ter than the first mentioned, weighing
something like LOO pounds. and re-
curing three TO four extra heavy mules
to handle. that is. where one wishes to
pillow at the full depth at which this
implement may be run. We have ope-
rated IL with some success with three
mules, but this was when the land
was in pretty good condition, and not
as stiff probably as some of the up
land clay to which you refer. We know
OF no implement that will bury sassa-
fras sprouts and other brush more COM
pletely than the Spaulding deep filling