Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-14

this crop should De done III july VI
very early In August, preferably say
about the middle of July, If there is
enough moisture in the soil to insure
quick termination. Plant in about 2 IL
to s-foot drills and fertilize we'll We
think YOU will find a 9-3-5 good form
ular to use on this crop on land that is
at all sandy. On clay land 9-3-4 will
be better Shallow cultivation should
be pursued at the outset, but little
later the earth should be thrown to the
rutabagas so as to keep them at least
partially covered. The crop should be
planted rather thickly and thinned to
stand which will give the roots plenty
of room in which to develop.
Nitrate of soda should be applied to
cotton ordinarily about the 18th of June
or a little before, and on corn say two
weeks before it is coming into silk and
tassel; on oats and other cereal crops
shortly after they are up; and on truck
crops light applications may be put on
at different times during the growing
season.
PLANTING SOY BEANS.
IL. L, Graham Ca, writes: We
have some dark sandy soil on which
1 wish to plant soy beans. The land
was in corn last year and sowed IN
oats this spring. Would you drill or
sow them and how much fertilizer
would you use to the acre? How many
bushels do you think can be raised 10
the acre on land that will make bale
Of cotton? Will the vines run of bunch
and is 1T too late to plant themY
Land intended for soy beans should
be prepared as for cowpeas or any
other leguminous crop. 1t will pay you
to break the land and work down
good seed bed rather than to attempt
to disk it up and put the crop in In an
Indifferent manner. Personally we
would prefer to drill in soy beans, and
we think the Extra Early Black, the
Mammoth Yellow and the Medium
Green all good varieties. We prefer the
Mammoth Yellow to any with which we
have experimental as yet. The Extra
Early Black will mature much sooner
than. the other varieties. There Is
plenty of time to sow soy beans yet;
in fact, you may seed them with SAFETY
up to the first of July, provided you
do not use an extra long seasoned vari-
etv. we generally seed this crop in
rows "a to 80 inches apart, and 1t
should be fertilized we'll with 10
is mixture on land Of the character
described in your letter We would ad-
wise YOU to use not less than 500
hounds per acre as this crop needs to
be literally fed with phosphorus anu
potash A little nitrogen has been sug-'
gested to.-aid in stimulating a vigor-
Gus growth. The yield of soy beans is
altogether problematical; it depends
much on the season and on whether
your soil is inoculated so that the crop
will gather an abundance Of nitrogen
from the air. AS a rule, this crop does
not need to be artihcially inoculateu'
but when soy beans are grown on the
land for the first time as many nod
ules do not often form on the roots
as where the crop has been grown for
a longer period of time; hence not so
much nitrogen is assimilated from the
air and the growth is not so vigorous.
In our experience we have secured from
Is to 80 bushels of soy beans per
acre We believe on land such as you
describe you should secure as much as
20 bushels Soy beans, as you know,
are bushy and upright in growth. They
must be cut when just passing out OF
the dough stage to prevent the pods
from opening and shattering out the
seed. You may cut and bind with an
ordinary grain harvester. We have
found this the most satisfactory way
of handling the crop for grain. We can
recommend the growth of soy beans to
YOU for the purpose of soil Improve
ment, for the production of a liberal
amount Of very rich and nutritious
grain. and as a crop par excellence for
grazing down with hogs.