Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-10

we. think you will find the cowpea or
the soy bean preferable. These crops
should be seeded as soon as weather
conditions are settled. Any time after
the ground is warm enough to quickly
terminate cotton wilt be a satisfactory
time to plant peas and beans. While
these crops may both be broadcasteo,
our experience favors planting them III
drills. preferably "a inches. apart. An
ordinary grain drill may be used for
this purpose, and 1t will require from
four to five pecks to plan tan acre.
Not much cultivation is necessary as
the vines soon cover the rows. Plant
ing in drills rnakes1the crop easier TO
harvest and the yield is quite as satis-
factory as from any other method Of
planting BY. planting such varieties as
Warren's Extra Early, New Era, and
Whippoorw1ll ii will be relatively easy
matter to secure two good crops dur
ing an average season, The first OF
these crops should be ready for cut
ting sometime in the latter part of July
or the early part of August. Peas
should be cut for hay when the lower
leaves and pods begin to turn yellow.
The quantity of hay or grain secured
frem the second crop or aftermath will
depend much on seasonal conditions. If
there are few rains in August a large
crop of hay may be gathered in the
early part of October We have found
the second crop tot fruit much more
freely than the first crop. and from 10
to 20 bushels of peas can often be
gathered from an acre of land Our
method has been to cut the crop for
hay, and thresh the hay, thus securing
most of the peas for seed OF for sale.
and having very good quality of straw
IAE4 for a.
live stock Some people like to SOW mill
let with peas but this practice is prob
ably best5where the peas are to be plant
ed after tsuch crops as win .er oats.
Soy beans may be planted much as
cowpeas. They win yield about the
same in, our experience, though the
stems are coarser and not eaten up
quite so we'll on that account. They will
outyield the peas so far as grain is con-
cerned. The Black. Ito San yellow and
the Medium Green are among the best
varieties to plant for hay OF course,
leguminous plants such as these do best
when fortified with a formula contain
ing from s to 10 per cent of phosphor-
us, per cent of nitrogen, and 5 to s
] per cent OF potash.
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FORMULAS ADAPTED TO BEANS.
o. B. p, Wauchula, Fla, writes: What
do you think of the following formula
for beans: Nitrate Of soda 400 pounds
acide phosphate 1000 pounds, sulphate
of potash 2S5 pounds? What do you
think Of deriving all the nitrogen from
nitrate of soda? What do you think
of the following formula for beans:
Bone meal 100 pounds; muriate Of pot
ash 800 pounds? Which one will be the
cheapest?
Beans belong to the family of le-
gumes, and unless the land is very poor
indeed do not require such liberal fer
tilization with nitrogen as some other
crops. The formula you propose to use
would contain about so pounds Of nitro
gen, 160 pounds of phosphoric acid, and
I'll per cent of potash. 1t would answer
very we'll for beans on extremely sandy
land In land in good state of cultiva-
ton probably 2 per cent Of nitrogen
would answer very WELL and 1t Is posi-
BILE that the phosphoric acid should be
raised to not less than s per cent. Or
dinarily per cent of potash would be
about right for beans. We do not think
it is good practice to put 400 pounds of
nitrogen in the form Of nitrate of soda
into the soil. Two hundred pounds may
| be used in each ton of a mixture with
safety, in our judgment. 1t would be
better to use some organic source of nit
rogen for the balance, like cotton seed
meal blood or tankage. a formula like