Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-25

4 ana there.
July .. Oh, my corn is just fine. Re-
plants and all are so black they look as
. II they are creased. Have just finished
hoeing Il. I got my little sisters to
heip me. ToolS both of them to make
one hand The dry weather does not
hurt a bit want to pillow it. hut can't
! for few days yet.
July 4. d wonder how manv Corn
club boys are taking the Glorious
/ Fourth and wonder how many or
them are doing as am, laying by their
corn? Mine looks so good. that l had
as soon pillow II as to plav. Well
0nsss This is all until fodder-pulling
time.
gully 20. Have just been over nv
acre of corn. Everything else is
needing rain so bad was most afraid TO
see nv corn. but oh. how thankful and
glad was when I went through IL, Tor
not a single blade was firing, nut SO
black and fine I can hardly wait 70 see
how much I will get l almost thlhk
will get my 100 bushels. but pana SAID
FOR me not TO pet overexcited want
the same men to measure II this year
that did last. If nothing happens to nv
corn for they laughed at me last year
when 7 said I was going to make 100
bushels this wear. They SAID theN
thought I would never make as much
again as did last year. II ] don't get
nv TOO bushels this year I VIII try I'M
tiI do For what others have DONE
vvhv not 7? will never give II up.
august. Oh, how 10 wish II would
ra;n nv corn is not hurt vet hut II
looks as If Il will be Obliged to he hurt
~ rain does not come soon: the merry
ravs of the SIM can parch ANYTHING.
"Arfgust. Hurrah! hurrah! for the
glorious rain. Such a rain. so gentle
and nice. not washing rain. Just
rood. nice soft rain. am so sorry
NV dear old record hut I guess I wiz
have 70 wait until 1914 ~ make nv 1OH
bushels Rut I am still uroud Of nv
scre and the fodder is most ready. All
hut the rIaceS where I renlanted. That
will not he ready for soine time vet
"Septev,her 8. Fodder-pulling time.
not much LONGER To wait. soon will
know bow much corn will make 10 the
acre wish I could visit bovs' matches
in this district do hone that 7 will
not make the least. but I suppose all the
bows wish that. but Of course some of
us will have To have the least as well as
some the most.
"Senteu1ber 2. I had TO hire most IF
NV fodder nulled: It was finished this
Afternoon: all but the reDlants. That is
not ready and will not be for some
time vet. I had to nav SOC per hundred
to get ii pulled. There were 54S bum
dies and I think there will he 200 more.
So this winds up the thing until the
final act
October has come and oh. was there
ever bow so proud in the whole world
as Max Gillian is today. for what do
you think I made on my acre? I know
YOU can't guess and I can't keen II any
longer: so listen. 116 1-2 bushels. Isn't
that Just glorious? Mamma is almost
as proud as I. Don't think she can be
quite. but don't know. Papa also. he
said he thought all the time I would
get 100 or over but was afraid to say so
for fear something would happen and
then I would feel the Disappointment
greater. But oh. 7 am so happy. And
I want to see my County School Su-
perintendent ] know ne will be proud
also. And maybe he will let me go to
Atlanta-There. came very near
starting Atlanta with a little "a, but
so happy il is strange I can write at
all. Oh! boys. DIease don't beat me.
for I would so like to be ahead. But
know you want to make all you can
also. So goodbye. your precious re-
cord"
PREPARING LAND FOR ALFALFA.
s,IP ?. 90. Q, ;: Rome; Ga. writes: have about
In lime. hut rich in humus from stable
manure. wish 20 put 81 in alfalfa next
fan. Ny plan is IN plant e0wpeas this sprine
and pillow them under and give the land
an application Of crushed limestone or lime
ana SOW the alfalfa in September II
the crop Of eowpeas underr Does sorghum
draw heavily on the soil. even II planted
with eowpeasf Can Bermuda be successfully
raised from seed:
II you desire to plant alfalfa on
your six acre tract of land we suggest
that you break this land as soon as it is
in good condition to pillow Apply two
tons OF finely ground raw rock and then
SOW cowpeas thereon. using 500 pounds
Of acid phosphate as a supplemental
fertilizer under the cowpeas. Next Au.
gust turn the cowpeas under TO the
greatest depth possible with a two
horse turning pillow. Cross disc, roll
and harrow the land to Thoroughly COM
pact IL. Then apply two tons moro
OF finely ground raw rock Work the
LAND each week Until the middle of Sep,
TENDER. Then SOW % pounds of re-
cleaned western alfalfa seed which has
been very properly and thoroughly in
oculated. A week before planting the
seed apply 500 to / 900 pounds of a for
mula containing 3 per cent nitrogen and
10 per cent phosphoric acid Harrow
this fertilizer into the ground. You
viii not make your land too rich for
alfalfa and IL will pay you to turn under
the cowpess. We have not recommend
ed more than the average amount of lime
which should be used.
Sorghum makes a relatively heavy
draft on plant food. Much more so
than cowpeas which under normal condl-
tions gather their nitrogen from the air.
sudan grass may be cultivated TO adj.
Vantage in your section Of the state as
hay crop in place of the sorghum. II
viii not outyield sorghum, however. and
we think on the whole, will not produce
larger quantity of nutriments per acre.
II is cheaper and more satisfactory &C.
cording TO our experience to use sets for
Bermuda grass pasture than the seed.
PLANTING AND FERTILIZING FOR
AGE CROPS
E ". n. Atlanta. Ca. writes: I would
Ike information In regard 70 planting peas
and sorghum. alfalfa, sudan grass johnson
grass and all kinds Of millet / would like
to plant some Of these crops. but want 10
plant and fertilize them In the proper mar
ner.
We prefer the drilling of all seed 70
scattering or broadcasting. BY drill
ing we obtain a better stand and econo-
nize in the use of seed.