Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-24

er first or second crop, when arrested
for a considerable time by extremely
dry weather seems to favor the elabora-
ton of this poison. Pruss4c acid poison
| seems TO occur much more commonly
in the west in the semI-a. id states than
In the east though ii is not unknown
here in Georgia.
This poison is so powerful and acts
so quickly that little can be done for
afflicted animals. When animals are
attacked the best treatment is to give
them a liberal dose of glucose, corn
syrup or molaSseS. We have pastured
and grazed sorghum, both first and
second crops, under a great variety Of
conditions for many years past anu
have lost a very few cattle The danger
is so limited in our opinion in this Sec
ton that one can afford to use the
crop for pasturage or silage with COM
parative immunity.
AMOUNT OF LIME TO USE UNDER
ALFALFA.
J. W. p, Redan, Ca, writes; ! am
preparing land for alfalfa, wheat and
oats. Am using ground limestone. Please
advise me as 10 the amount TO per
acre. Some have told me that caustic lime
Is best IL 80, what amount should De
usedI
Situated as you are, we would prefer
to use the ground raw limestone rock
for alfalfa. According to our expert
ence, it is generally best to use two TO
four tons per acre of this material Al
this season of the year you can probably
only use two tons TO the best adVan-
tage. 1t should be broadca sted over
the land and narrowed in. Put il on i'm
mediately, as you should get the alfalfa
planted within the next few days. 1t
would have been better to put two tons
of lime on this land in the early spring
and then planted il to cowpeas These
should have been turned under and then
another two tons of lime added. We
think the finely ground raw rock Is quite
as satisfactory as the caustic lime IL
the proper amount is used. The caus-
tic or biting lime has about twice the
sweetening power of the finely ground
lime, and therefore, about twice as much
of the ground rock should be applied;
hence we advise the use of two tons
per acre Since the biting lime very
shortly after application to the land eX-
hibits the same composition as/the raw
rock, there is no particular reason why
the caustic lime should be used save on
very acid soils. The caustic lime also
destroys some of the nitrogen, ana
therefore we do not recommend its gen.
eral use.
eft from the use of lime under wheat
and oats In other words, the increased
WELD obtained from its use under these
crops has not paid a profit up to TINS
time We have found lime very valuable
under legumes, however, and advise that
il be used in the rotation previous TO
their seeding. 1t is essential TO use lime
i'm connection with alfalfa if YOU hope
TO secure satisfactory results.
FEEDING VELVET BEANS AND
CORN.
r.. L. c., oxford, Ga, writes: 1 have
a field Of velvet beans growing ON corn,
ana 7 wish TO know the best way to feed
them the land is rather poor and wish
10 cut the stalks and vines and turn under
Can I feed the beans without their being
shelled? / wish TO know what to combine
them with for cows and hogs.
You can add a considerable amount
# hunus to your soil by cutting the
,ornstaIks and pea vines down. with a
1.ower and then discing or blowing
hem under We would prefer to bury
mass of material of this kind in the
soil with a turning pillow at TINS sea-
on of the year. / believe that by this
arrangement you will secure and hold
1 greater proportion of the plant 1000
which the crop contains than In any
other manner. The land, of course
should be left in a rough CONDITION SO
IS to minimize washing.
Unless you have an abundance or reed
we would not be disposed to handle the
.oughago in the manner indicated, but
would prefer to gather and store Tor
winter feed 1t can be run through
cutting box TO advantage and then
laced wnere the cattle and other i've
stock will have access to ii at all times.
The balance could be used for bedding
md litter aud in this manner you could
secure a considerable quantity of Ter
ilizer for your lands. When shreddlng
or cutting the straw and pea vines we
believe you could so adjust your cut
ting box, or carrier, or blower so as TO
let the greater part of the beans drop
IF on the floor. This would simplify
he process of harvesting. We do not
,hink YOU could feed the beans salts
actorily to live stock without grind
ing them. We believe a No. 3 machine
which is made by some of the leading
concerns would be powerful enough for
this purpose. 1t would be all right TO
grind velvet beans, including the husks
with corn and cut or shuck II about
equal proportions. This would make
an excellent feed for beef cattle and
could be fed to some advantage to
horses and mules. There would be too
much roughage In the mixture for you
20 obtain the best results with hogs.
Where YOU desire to feed velvet beans
% hogs we suggest that you shuck the
corn and grind the peas and corn to-
gether. We think a combination OF two
thirds corn and one-third ground velvet
beans would make a good feed for hogs.
Velvet beans are disposed to make a
dark. soft and oily pork. You can over
come this condition, however, should
it develop, by reducing the amount OF
velvet beans and increasing the amount
of corn.
THOMAS COUNTY FAIR
TO OPEN NOVEMBER !