Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

tain sections should be so dry, and some
other parts OF the state have an album
dance Of rain.
SEEDING sTUBBLE LAND TO SOY
BEANS.
J. R. E., Rayle, Ca, writes; Please tell
me the latest date on which stubble land
can be sown to soy beans to get good
hay crop. 1 have 20 acres of stubble
which 1 wish to plant to some kind of a
hay crop. Can you get the Unknown
peas here.
stubble land may be turned for soy
beans as late as the first OF July. OF
course. if you can plant them earlier, the
chances of large yield are enhanced
thereby. In selecting a variety of soy
beans to plant, you should use one of
the earlier maturing varieties, since some
strains require from 150 TO $50 days to
manure, and frost would probably fall
on them before ready to harvest. The
Extra Early Black. Early Green or
Mammoth Yellow should mature before
frost falls II seeded not later than the
first OF July. While the Unknown cowpea
is a good variety, the Whippoorwill is al
so an excellent strain for late planting,
and the Black, the Lady and Iron are
also good sorts. You will get better re-
suits with either cowpease or soy beans
IL you sow them with an ordinary grain
drill, or If you prefer, in drills "a inches
apart and cultivate until they begin to
spread and cover the ground. It is econ
omy in the use of sed to plant as sug-
gested. We have sown cowpeas as late as
the first OF August on the college farm.
and while they did not mature a large
crop of hay or grain. they gave us enough
cover to turn under to make the prac-
tice profitable one on land which is de-
fcient in vegetable matter Soy beans
will do well on land of the character de-
scribed If well fortified. You should use
an application of not less than 400 pounds
of 1o-1-5 fertilizer.
APPLYING NITRATE OF SODA TO
COTTON.
x. Y. T., Madison, Ga, writes I wish
to put about 100 pounds of nitrate or
soda ON an acre Of cotton. Please tell
me when and how to apply it.
Nitrate OF soda should ordinarily be
applied in your section of the state to
cotton not later than the 18th of June.
or course. in a very backward season 1t
may possibly be applied with advantage
as late as the first Of July. The 100
pounds which you desire to use should
be scattered on the surface of the
ground alongside the drill row. IF 1t is
very dry in your section. you can cover
1T into the surface of the ground. Or
dinarily- 1t should be used only as a
surface application. but in some sections
of the state there has been so little
rainfall that there is not enough mois-
ture in the surface soil to dissolve the
nitrate and make 1t available to plants.
PLANTING WINTER COVER CROPS
IN COTTON.
s. T. G.. Blakely,. Ca. writes: have
a piece of gray sandy land planted in
cotton which expect to lay by the first
OF July. want to SOW something in IT
that will make a cover crop and win
ter pasture. What can SOW for best
results?
The best crops to sow in cotton at lay
ing by time would be rye, crimson clo-
yer or the oregon vetch. If the season
should be favorable enough to make
these crops grow vigorously, they would
probably injure the development OF the
cotton. In our experience planting them
at this season of the year mas not prov
en- profitable, and this is especially true
when the season is dry We find it
much better practice to wait until about
the first Of November and after the COT
ton has recently been picked out, and
then SOW n open burrows oats and
vetch, or oats, vetch and crimson clo-
yer, or rye and crimson clover just as
the fancy of the farmer may dictate
When planted after the manner sug-
gested a good crop will be obtained the
next spring which may be cut for grain
or for hay or pl0wed under In time TO
plant corn. II is somewhat difficult to
put a cover crop on cotton land and
break II early enough in the spring to
get 1t In the best condition for seed
ing to cotton. DO not gather from this