Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-25


standard variety may be planted. Me-
dunn sized plants should be set out and
watering may be necessary for Few
DAYS. Beans should be planted every
two to three weeks so as 10 insure
succession. though If they are properly
cultivated and the pods picked OFF when
young they will continue to produce for
long time. Two to three paintings
should be made between now and Sep
TENDER Collards and cabbage may be
planted with advantage about the first
of August. The writer has had better
success planting these crops at such
time than earlier. Very good fall cab
bage will mature from early August
planting. and collards as a rule do we'll
planted at that time and ii is not so
difficult TO protect them from insect in
feststion as where they are planted
earlier. They should be we'll fertilized
and thoroughly and frequently Guilt
waited.
Turnips may be planted in July, but
the writer prefers August planting for
this crop. If there is a favorable sea-
son in the ground, August Is is a good
time TO sow the turnips. Rutabagas, for
instance, will stand a lot of cold wealth
er; in fact, will remain out all winter
in our Georgia climate. This is essen
TALLY cold climate crop; therefore, too
early planting is not advisable: in fact,
the DGSl results come from relatively
late planting. Turnips should also be
grown for green's, the strap-leafed va
rieties being selected for this purpose
As rule, the planting of this crop
should be done only in late August or
early September.
Anyone who will take the trouble to
prepare the land carefully fertilize it
as indicated above, and give thorough
and persistent cultivation should be
able to have a good late summer and
ran garden. By so doing the family
dietary will be greatly improved and
the garden made to produce a revenue
equivalent to 500 to $500, depending on
the size of the family and the amount
OF the land occupied. Those who can
arrange to irrigate their gardens will
find il profitable.
CROPS FOR PLANTING AFTER
FLOODS.
Numerous inquiries have been receiv-
ed at the Georgia State College of Az.
riculture in regard to what crops can
be planted on soils where the crops have
been destroyed by the recent floods.
Farmers should not be discouraged
oy the existing situation, but should
hasten TO replant the flooded areas at
once. There is ample time yet if good
judgment and energy are used to make
ruiz crop of hay or forage, and in
/ ~S-AAN AAASNHAANSS SAdAA DIS we'll CGGQSmen
will no doubt be glad to place rush or
ders for the special stocks of seed need.
/ ed
One of the best crops suitable for
seeding this late in the year is foxtall
millet. There are several varieties of
this millet Common foxtail. German.
Hungarian and Siberian all do we'll in
this section. Two pecks per acre is the
rate of seeding most generally used.
I Another good forage crop is a mixture
of early Amber sorghum and an early
variety of cowpeas, such as whippoor-
will; 20 pounds of sorghum and pecks
of peas make an admirable mixture.
number of early maturing varieties
OF soy beans can be used to advantage
as a hay crop. Acme, Ito-san yellow,
Holly brook and Wilson are excellent
varieties for late seeding. For broad
cast seeding from l to 1 1-2 bushels of
seed per acre is recommended.
Some of the quick maturing varieties
of corn such as are grown further north
will probably have time to mature in
most sections. Hickory King is an ex-
cellent variety for this purpose.
Two truck crops that can be grown
/ TO advantage on many Of these soils arc
turnips and late Irish potatoes. The
turnips can be utilized either as truck
crop. if a suitable market can be found,
or they can be used as iced Tor cattle
and hogs. Late Irish potatoes are often
profitable crop. and as a rule a ready
market can be found for them.
FIGHTING BLIGHT IN TOMA-
TOES
H. W. F.. Andrews, s. c., writes: have
a very fine variety of tomatoes, but have
had trouble with the vines dying for two
years. They TO wilt at first and thea
gradually die. Is there any remedy for
this trouble?
| Your tomatoes have undoubtedly been
Utacked by what is known as tomato
wilt" The trouble is due to the in
lection Of the roots by a fungus which
causes the plants to wilt and die in
the Characteristic manner described by
you. The first symptoms of the disease
as usually noticed. is due to the whiting
of a single leaf generally near the base
of the plant
! No satisfactory method of controlling
this trouble has been devised as yet.
I'.of. Rolfe, of the Florida Experiment
Station, has controlled IL to some extent
/ by treating the stems and the soil
around the plants with the ammonical
solution OF copper carbonate One quart
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