Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31

4 mentioned. AS soon as this crop is or
i the land the soil may be disked or ploW-
/ ed and devoted TO cowpeas. soy beans or
velvet beans sown with or without sor-
/ ghum. kafir corn. millet or sudan grass
/ and from the same land a yield of two
i or three tons of cured hay may be OBJ
] tanned on the average, the legumes
. helping to build up the soil rather than
I deplete Il, and a fine hay or forage OBJ
/ tanned for winter feeding.
4 In the coastal plains region corn and
| velvet beans may be grown in alternate
rows. Where a yield Of twenty to forty
| bushels of corn is obtained one can
I count on about an equal yield OF beans.
+; The beaens contain protein, thereby OFF,
i setting the deficiency of corn in this
| element. This combination crop may
/ be grazed in the field by various classes
= of livestock. harvested and cured in the
silo, used for dry forage, or the corn
/ gathered and the corn, cob, shuck and
/ velvet beans in the pod ground together
l and a very fine concentrate. obtained.
In the south more than one million tons
of cotton seed meal are manufactured
every year. The increase in corn pro-
duction has been little short of marvel
\ GUS Georgia, for instance, has more
i than doubled her yield of this impor-
| tant cereal in the last few years. There
has been a marked increase in the
CROWN OL Winter OdNS " Which, lhO
| southern states are wonderfully we'll
adapted. Peanut meal is now being made
IN considerable quantities. The infes-
| tatiOn of the territory bordering on the
/ Gulf of Mexico by the boil weevil means
i that this industry will develop with
i great rapidity. Velvet beans are being
grown in large quantities. What other
section Of the country is providing such
wonderful variety of concentrates to
/
of roughage for winter feeding, and to
use in a more limited sense as supple
ments TO grass i'm the summer time?
! CAUSES OF BITTER MILK.
T. q. R., Monticello, Ca, writes: l have
two cows that run out on a good range,
and both are in good condition, but the
Il milk is bitter. | would like TO know what
to do to remedy the trouble.
Your cows are undoubtedly eating
what is known as bitter weed" Even
where pastures are good cattle will Of
| ten eat a small amount of this weed and
/ the result is to make the milk exceed
ingly bitter and distasteful. No treat
ment which we have been able to insti-
tute as yet has enabled us to remove
this bitter taste from the milk We have
found il necessary to take cows off pas
ture containing this weed and feed them
/ III the STATUES AOI AlhiC'
We use for this purpose any green feed
which we can find such as corn and
sorghum, COW peas and sorghum or vel
lvet beans.
4 Cows are more prone to eat this weed
when its is small than when il becomes
large and rank and coarse as il does late
/ I'm the season. We have been able to
| turn our cows back in the pasture with
satisfaction after the weeds have at
| tanned some size. We have tried many
/ means of destroying and Graduating
this weed but have found nothing which
is practical up to the present time.
/ VALUE OF MEAL OF DIFFERENT.
c. VI. s.. Penfiell, Ca, writes: IL
| Per cent Gotten seed meal Is worth $3.50
per ton for feeding to milk COWS, what
] is 3Is per cent meal worth? Both TO be
fed with shredded corn stalks.
/ You do not state whether you mean
per cent ammonia or per cent nitrogen.
We presume, however, you are speaking
of per cent ammonia which means that
the meal would contain about 5.77 per
cent nitrogen. One buying cotton seed
meal to feed with shredded corn stalks
10 cows should secure grade of meal
carrying as high per cent of nitrogen
as practicable. The reasons for this
are easy to appreciate. Shredded corn
slower is low in digestible protein. 1t
I is relatively high, however, in carbohy-
drates. Mix is essentially a product Of
nervous energy and cows require very
liberal ration Of protein. More so, in
Z fact. than almost any other class of an'-
mails. In order. therefore, to balance
up the deficiency Of protein in shred
/ ded stover and supply dairy cows with
: very considerable amount Of this ele-
ment. the highest grade of meal is in our
judgment the best thing to use. We
| base this opinion, not only on the con-
sideration of this problem from theo-
retical point of view, but as a result Of
years of experience in feeding dairy
cows
! II one were buying S.5 per cent meal
he should not under any circumstances
pay more than half as much for 1t as
for the per cent meal 1t is true or
course that cotton seed meal contains
more fat and other nutrients but as al
ready pointed out, you would buy II PR
marily for its protein content and 4
our experience and observations are
worth anything. the higher grade pro-
duct is generally cheaper than the low
grade One can easily increase the val
ue of cotton seed meal with cheap foods
raised on the farm. l make this state
ment advisedly as there are some who
will hold that cotton seed meal is too
rich TO feed to dairy cows. 1t is a sim
pie matter TO reduce it, however, even
| if there were any grounds on which 70
| base the objection noted above.
: PREPARING LAND FOR CEREALS.
4 J. L. G.. Gainesville. Ca. writes: What
] ind OF oatS j. hest 10 soil which
has been huilt up with lime and mauureE
Whist Is the hest way to prepare land that
I rrS had sorghum and pea vine hay on it,
I Wat kinl Of fertilizer WOuld yen recon-
:neId that we rise when planting tile seed:
There are several strains OF oats
I which are particularly well adapted for
Z growth under Georgia conditions.
. do not think one would make a mistake
/ in planting the Fulghum, the Appler
the Texas Rust Proof or the Hundred
Day We have tried other varieties
which have made excellent yields for
several years past here at the college
and on the test plats we maintaip in
various parts OF the state. The Full
ghum is a very early oat and this is a
I great advantage. I: mas made a very
fine yield with US and also has the adj
vantage of being strong, stout straw
| ed variety. IT should do we'll on land
/ such as you describe Like all grain
! crops. il responds we'll to good treat
\ ment.
No doubt you have gotten the sor-
ghtIm and peas off the land you expect
to plant to oats. In that event we
would work it up as thoroughly as pos