Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19

with the soil and distributed alongside
the drill row relatively close to the
plants. No vegetable responds more
willingly to good treatment than the
cabbage and as this crop is cultivated
chiefly for its foliage it should be
pushed by liberal fertilization and fire.
ouent cultivation. Stir the land after
every rain and keep It from baking as
much as possible, and fertilize literally
with the formula suggested and you
should secure good results.
CABBAGE AS A GRAZING CROP FOR
HOGS.
S r., Temple. Ga, writes: Would II
be advisable for me to plant CABBAGE
for fattening hogs? What should oe
fed with them TO make a good bal
anced ration, and when should they be
planted to make them head about July
I Is? II you do not think it a good
idea to plant cabbage. what can be
used in place of them2
1t is doubtful if it will pay you to.
plant cabbage for fattening hogs. II
you can grow this crop. successfully ana
get il on the market early enough, IL
should pay you better to market 1t from
the Ef1nunOllE Oh a uNh VI W. f@N~
will find rape better suited for grazing
by hogs than cabbage. This crop may
be planted in drills "a inches apart and
cultivated lightly. until the leaves are
large enough TO spread across the
rows, and when it has attained the
height Of one foot you may begin TO
Craze it. About four pounds of seed
will plant an acre where the crop is
drilled in. Rape should be seeded as
early in the season as possible and 1t
will pay you to fertilize it fairly well.
Suppose you use 800 pounds of about
an s-S-4 under the drill row. In graz
ing hogs on rape you should expect to
feed some corn, from -one-half TO two
rounds per day, depending on the size
Of the animals. Hogs should weigh
about 40 pounds when turned on rape.
OF course, they may range on rape
with the sows when much younger, but
they will grow and, thrive better II
not turned on il until they have at
tanned the weight suggested. You may
feed mixed ration of ground corn and
shorts. or corn on the ear. Ninety-ive
pounds OF corn meal and FIVE pounds of
| digester fankage make an excellent
cOmbinatio TO give to animals graz
ing on rape and other forage crops,
While rape VIII DO welEl on low moist
bottom lafIds. sre are 6f the opinion
that IL will be Better TO grow cowpeas
or soy beans on this area and grow
the rape on upland soils. You should
also nave an area of your farm de-
voted to Spanish peanuts to furnish the
hogs. with fati grazing,
| INoCULATING GROUND FOR PEAS.
w, p. s.. Thomasville. Ga, writes:
planted Brabham peas last season,
which produced a good crop of vines.
but bore very little fruit They were
planted in sandy land without clay
foundation. i think perhaps the alb
sence of the nodules on the roots was
/ the cause Of the poor crop Of peas.
What was the cause Of the absence of
the nOdules7
The formation of nodules on the
roots Of leguminous crops is due to
the presence in the soil of certain forms
/ of nitrifying organisms or bacteria
which associate themselves with the
roots of the crop forming the little
knots TO which you refer. These or
ganisms have the power or assimilating
nitrogen from the air and placing it
at the disposal of the plant so that it
I utilizes IL in its growth and develop
| ment- In the absence OF the noduIe
forming bacteria leguminous crops
often fail to make a satisfactory yield.
| The fact that you had a strong and
I vigorous growth of vines would indi-
! cate that the crop was either well
supplied with nitrogen from an arti-
! fetal source, or that an abundance of.
4 the needed bacteria were present in
/ the soil. OF course, if many nodules
/ did not FORM il was an indication that
the nitrogen was secured from the soil
/ The chances are that the seed to which
1 refer fharorr~rh1r~
mated and they may give you much
l better results this year. You know
| that when seed is brought from a dis
| tant environment into a new locality it
/ sometimes takes il several years to adj
I just itself. and this is probably one of
the difficulties you experienced Hov-
ever, some crops sometimes never do
well in certain localities. The reasons
Tor this may not be easy to discover.
TREATMENT OF PASTURE LANDS.
H c. S, The Rock, Ga, writes: 1
have some gray bottom land with. yell
/ low clay subsoil that has been in pas
/ ture seven years, and wish to know
what kind. Of fertilizer TO use on this
land for corn and cotton. 1 have a
/ field of mulatto land from which 1
gathered a bale of cotton last year. 1
have enough manure to put in the
I
for sweet potatoes. get a lot of good
/ information from the agricultural col
umns..
Land which has been in grass for
Fseveral years has accumulated some
nitrogen through the decay of the
leaves and roots. and should be in a
more friable condition than land which
has received clean cultivation. The
a Ill
is not naturally strong land, and for
corn we would be disposed to recon-
I mend the use OF a 1881, and for cot
ton, 9-3-4- ON your red mulatto land
where you have manure TO use under
the drill row. an 1913 should answer
i very well for cotton. The amount of
fertilizer 10 use under the drill row de-
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