Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-16

THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEl
ticable. Secure the seed in the bur as
soon as possible and scatter over the
ground at the rate of to bushels
per acre to insure stand. Bur clover
terminates very slowly and takes about
two years To establish itself. Ii is best
of course to harrow il into the ground
or cover il sufficiently to favor rapid
termination When planted in the burs
il is not necessary to inoculate IT. When
clean seed is used, however, incubation
is often advisable.
One of the best methods of insuring a
good stand OF bur clover is to purchase
the seed in the burs and place In a
large tub Of cold water. Lift ii out and
drain off thoroughly. Then place in a
tub of water kept at the boiling point
for one minute. Take out, drain and
plunge back into the tub Of cold water
in which the seed was originally placed.
l suggest that you try this plan the
present year | would advise you to
start with rather small area of bur
clover to begin with and then if you
succeed in establishing and developing
it, gather seed from that area and ex-
tend your paintings
PROSPECTS OF GROUND RAW
PHOSPHATE ROCK.
y e. Brunswick, Ca, writes: | see
that many farmers are using finely ground
raw phosphate rock and claim 10 secure
good results. l believe this would be the
very thing for my sandy LANDS. and would
like 10 have your opinion of 1t.
Ground raw phosphate rock has nor
proven profitable when used at the rate
of 5000 pounds per acre under cereal
crops on the test plats we are conduct
ing at some twenty-seven points in the
state of Georgia. We think this condl-
ton is due in large measure to the no
table deficiency of our Georgia SOILS IN
vegetable matter. There has been some
suggestion that phosphate should be
used as a source of lime and phospnoric
acid. We do not believe that TINS Is
practicable or desirable from the stand
point of the farmer When one finds
it necessary to use lime it should be
applied at the rate of 1000 to 1000
hounds per acre if used in a caustic
form and 1000 TO 1000 pounds per acre
if used in a finely ground raw condl-
ton
If one were in a position to turn UNI
der several green leguminous crops or
apply large quantities of yard manure
TO the soil he would possibly find rock
phosphate an asset of considerable I'M
portance but under existing conditions
and on average Georgia soils, and for
the major part of our truck and farm
crops our experience constrains US TO
recommend the use of acid phosphate as
a source of phosphoric acid 1t Is OF
some advantage. of course, to use rock
phosphate i'm stables where manure is
accumulating In that event 1t should
be scattered under the feed OF the AMI
mails I'm small quantities. The use or
40 to 100 pounds per ton of manure IS
considered good practice.
VALUE OF RED CLOVER FOR
SOUTH
H. {. s., Gainesville, Ca writes; ! am
sending you small sample Of clover.
would like to know what kind 1t is lt
grows on the poorest kind Of soil.
The sample forwarded us ii what is
known as red clover. 1t is grown very
commonly north of the Ohio river and
to some extent in the south, particularly
that region where there is an abundance
of limestone. In the north II takes the
place of cowpeas and other legumes
utilized in the south. 1t is a biennial
pear from meadows after the second
year. 1t makes a very valuable hay,
rich in protein and therefore well adapt
ed as a food for dairy cattle. Timothy
and clover hay make very eNcellent
combination for horses and mules and
the two are generally grown together.
Much trouble has been experienced IN
maintaining stands of red clover IN
many parts of the south, due to the
progress has been made in overcoming
this difficulty by the selection of resist
ant strains. This work has been car
ried on more extensively at the Tennes-
see experiment station at Knoxville
than elsewhere.
One attempting TO grow red clover
should of course prepare the land very
thoroughly and enrich IT. Several tons
of ground limestone should be applied
and worked into the soil. A liberal
amount of acid phosphate should also
be used The clover seed should De
carefully inoculated and planted il there
is a good season in the soil about the
18th of September or the LIST of OCTOBER
We think you will do better to devote
vour energies, however, to the cultlVa-
ton of alfalfa than red clover. We are
unite sure that under proper manage
r,ant Won can grow red clover quite sue
cessfully in your section of the state
PROTECTING WHEAT FROM GRAIN
WEEVILS.
/ l. D. Donalsonville, Ga. writes:
have mat cut and threshed two acre OF
wheat tbs first that ever raised VII
~ this two acres ! got forty-fiN bushels
an, told that it must be summed every TWO
az rLrce weeks. VIII weevils get INTO ",
srd il 90 what remedy can you advise TO
keep them outF
You certainly made an excellent ylela
of wheat off of two acres OF land ana
I congratulate you on your success
in this direction. The average yield Tor
the United states as you probably know
is only about Il bushels per acre. so
that YOU will see that you have gone
we'll above the average.
We have found from our inVestlsa-
tions that wheat does wei on the Triton
sandy loan of south Georgia. In tact'
If seems to do quite as well in that
section of the state on soils or the
TYNE mentioned as in north Georgia.
Moreover. our observations indicate that
II often does not suffer so much from
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