Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-31

| necessary TO use acid phosphate with
4 the grass and clover seed, though of
course. it would do no harm to apply
200 to 300 pounds broadcast and har-
rowed in.
The land mentioned in your letter on
which you desire to plant corn is no
| doubt deficient in vegetable matter, and
| you should make a special effort to in
crease the supply of this material. We
| advise you to use all the compost OBJ
tainable, and any yard manure or rich
| leaf mold you can secure. Broadcast
| this over the surface of the ground and
pillow under. Several tons per acre will
not be too much to use. A mixture of
| 500 pounds of nitrogen, 200 pounds of
tankage or dried blood and 1000 pounds
| of acid phosphate should answer very
we'll for your corn land. We suggest
that you use this mixture at the rate of
not less than 800 pounds per acre.
| o. G.. Tolona, Ca writes Please give
| me some advice in regard TO pasture. |
have about 10 acres of branch bottom land
that / would like to put in pasture. The
land is In good condition. What kind of
grass should / grow this land and how
many head of beef cattle will it Craze?
IN your section of the state we would
be disposed to establish a tame grass
pasture on branch bottom land. We be-
| lieve you will find a mixture of Ken
=
meadowfescu and white clover very val
liable for this purpose. Our advice would
be to use is pounds of Kentucky blue
grass. 10 pounds orchard grass, pounds
of red top, 5 pounds of Medowfescu and
10 pounds of white clover per acre. These
seed should be secured thoroughly mix
ed together and planted very soon. The
ground should of course be carefully
prepared. One should not Craze the
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tainly not before the fall of the year.
Even then it would not be advisable
to allow it to be bitten down too short
just before cold weather comes on. Most
of these grasses will take some time to
establish themselves. Hence, the advice
given with reference to light grazing
during the present summer and fall.
If the land on which you propose to
start this pasture is not well supplied
with lime, We would advise the applica-
ton of one to two tons of crushed raw
rock a few weeks before the grass is
planted or shortly thereafter. The car
Tying capacity of this land will depend
much on its natural fertility. Branch
pastures will sometimes maintain one an
imal per acre during a grazing season.
On the other hand, we know that ii Oft
en- takes from to acres to properly
support and fatten an animal. We do not
believe on a 10-acre pasture you could
expect to carry more than or head
of cattle through the summer season. OF
course a larger number of calves can
be grazed. / have had in mind in this
discussion the finishing of cattle weigh
ing 1000 to 1900 pounds for slaughter
in the early fall.
f. +. B.. Winder, Ca. writes. / have
an acre Of good flat land that have been .
thinking of planting in ouions, and after
I gather my onion crop would like TO plant
Irish potatoes for fall use. Would you ad-
wise that / do this, # so, please suggest
the best variety Of onions and also potatoes
10 plant. Also the best method of culti-
waiting this combination.
There is no reason why you should
not plant onions Immediately, and after
the harvesting of this crop devote the
land to second-crop Irish potatoes for
fall use. Presumably you intend to har-
vest the onions when they are relatively
small so as to get them off the land as
early in the season as possible. Of
course, the onion crop may occupy the
land the greater part of the summer,
depending on how you handle it. In my
own experience 1 have thinned a part
of my crop as soon as it gets well out
Of the ground so as to induce the forma-
ton of good-sized onions as quickly as
possible. Some rows l always leave
without much thinning, however. and
depend on these to supply the young
plants needed for resetting in the fall.
We find the plants when so managed do
not become much larger than a lead
pencil with bulbs about an inch across.
These make fine sets for fall planting.
1t is true the tops sometimes lie down
I'm the summer and the plants seem dor
mant, but If set out very early In the
fall one may often have fine onions by
Christmas. They can then be depended
on as a source of supply for the winter
and early spring.
NV experience with second-crop Irish
potatoes indicates the ACCESSIBILITY of
planting as soon after the first crop has
been harvested as possible. Getting the
crop started before hot dry weather sets
i'm seems to be the best practice to fol-
low, and should work more satisfactorily
than late planting in the ground. If you
nlant late YOU should not put the tubes
in the ground much before the 1st or
18th of August. In my experience 1t has
always been advisable to mulch the
ground to a good depth with straw or
any other litter which will act as
mulch. We, of course, plant seed Sc
lected from the first crop and do not cut
the same. We plant very much as we do
the first crop, except that we use the
mulch suggested above.
n. y. L. NJ. i1Oliss ~ Nss WIANtSs ~
COW has yellow spots her teats. She
appears 10 be in a healthy condition but
tie yellow spots develop into sores. Please
advise the aud a remedy.
The description given in your letter
is so indefinite that IL is. difficult to
answer the same with any degree of
satisfaction. We imagine from what
you say twhat your COW is likely to be
suffering from cowpox. We advise that
you treat her as ii this disease were
present. You will not make a mistake
in handling sores as suggested.
Cowpox is a germ disease that at
tacks cows in the skin in the region Of
the udder or teats, and is characterized
by sores in this region The disease is
easily transmitted from on animal to
another by the hands of the mixer. by
calves, or by direct contact.
About a week after the infection is
transferred, small pimples appear on
the skin. At first these contain wa
terry fluid, which later turns TO pus.
The base of the sore is hard and red.
After the pustule is broken, thick,
dark scab forms that has a depressed
center Later. this comes off, leaving