Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-08

deeply, and as soon as warm weather
comes permanently in the spring rake
off the tops of the beds. Potatoes
planted in this way will mature earlier
than from spring planting. Spring
planting may often be done in FebrG-
airy or March with advantage. Or
course, sometimes where the earlier
planting is followed, the tips of the
potatoes will be killed off by a late
frost, but this is one of the risks or
cultivating early crop potatoes with
which you will have to contend. If you
desire to plant in the spring, we would
use a formula containing more nitro
gen. say about a 10-3-S. Apply 500
pounds per acre as a minimum. Use
plenty of yard manure and compost IL
it can be secured, but do not bring in
direct contact with the potatoes. You
may put the manure on top of the
ground and work in well with disk.
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SECOND GROWTH MILLET AS FEED.
V. S. w, oxford, Ca, writes: What
do you think of second growth millet?
Do you think it, is good for forage II
acres which look fine, up about waist
high. Some people claim it is no good
cut and cured now? 1 have several
unless it comes to head.
There would probably be a greater
per cent of nutritive matter in inillet If
il were cut for hay after it is headed
out, so it would be we'll to let the crop
stand as long as possible. Millet is
one of the crops, however, which should
be cut relatively early, that is, as soon
as the heads begin to form, because II
allowed to become too old the seeds
have a very stimulating and irritating
effect on the kidneys of horses and
mules Millet should, therefore, not be
fed in too large quantities to these ami
mails for long periods of time If fed
internationally and in reasonable amounts
with other coarse feeds, it will prove a
very valuable hay. 1t may be fed to
beef and dairy cattle with much greater
impunity than to horses and mules. If
you are afraid the frost will catch the
crop cut it now even if it is somewhat
green. 1t will be harder to cure in this
condition than if allowed to stand in
the field longer, but it will make you
good deal of valuable hay. Crops gen.
orally contain the highest per cent Of
nutritive matter just when they are get
ting ready to ripen up. At that time
in the plants history the food mate
rails out of which the grain is made
have practically all been elaborated and
are ready for transference from the
roots, stems and leaves into the grain.
Cutting just when coming into head or
when the seed is in the early dough
stage is, therefore, the most desirable
time. but when one cannot afford to
wait for this time, he should make the
best of the situation and save the feed
for hay under the best conditions posi-
BILE.
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PLANTING A HOME ORCHARD.
H. p, Camden, Ala, writes: 1 have a
small farm of forty acres of fresh oak
woods land. / want to put one acre in
fruit trees, such as peaches, apples,
pears, grapes and pecans. Please advise
as to how each kind should be planted,
fortified and cultivated. What varieties
are best for this climate? -t,
The various kinds of trees to which
you refer may be planted under the same
general directions. A wide deep hole
should be dug. 1t is important to break
up the subsoil considerably. The hole
should be large enough to take the
roots of the tree in without cramp-
ing them. 1t is also important that the
roots be prevented from drying out be-
fore they are set. All bruised or broken
parts should be cut off. Trees may be