Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-15


Corn by itself, as you probably know,
| is deficient in protein and ash matter
| when fed exclusively to horses and
mules. 1t is a good fattening food,
/ however, and can be used with advan-
tage for finishing beef cattle. 1t IS
not well suited for dairy cows because
| of its fattening qualities and If fed to
hogs confined in pens for considerable
| length of time they will invariably
break down i'm the hind quarters, due
| to a deficiency .of the elements noted
/ above. If one grinds the corn, cob and
shucks altogether the feeding value OF
| the corn is reduced thereby and one
would need to feed probably one-third
more of the grain than where the GODS
and shucks were excluded to provide the
same amount of nutrition. This is an
| important fact to bear In mind tnere-
| fore, in preparing q mixed food.
| II one were to mix corn meal in equal
| proportions with velvet beans very
good feed could be obtained for horses
and practically all other classes OF farm
! stock unless ii be hogs and cows. Hogs
might be fed ration consisting OF two
thirds corn and one-third peanut meal
with very good results. Corn, COD ana
! shuck meal could be mixed in equal
proportions with either peanut meal OF
cotton seed meal and good ration Sc
] cured 1OT DeGl anu SotNAS' 'AA~--
| fed to horses and mules the cotton seed
meal should take up only one-third or
| the ration, however, and even then there
| might be some danger of adding too
much protein for the best results. Cot
| ton seed meal, however, can be FED 10
| horses and mules to good advantage
when mixed with corn and cob meal IN
| the proportion of 600 pounds of the
former and 400 pounds of the latter
VARIETIES OF WHEAT FOR
SOUTH GEORGIA.
f. ". H., Aeree, Ca, writes: What is
the best variety Of wheat TO plant IN worm
county. Ca. and when should It De planteds
What IS the best fertilizer TO use ana Wien
should 1t be applied?
Among the varieties of wheat which
have given good results In our tests In
various parts of Georgia are the Blue
Stem. Georgia Red and the Fulcaster
We do not think you would make mis-
take in planting either one OF these
varieties as they are standard sorts and
i'm the tests made here at Athens in
the past six years they have all made
an average of better than twenty-five
bushels per acre. OF course these va
Tieties were grown on soils which are
probably richer than the average SOILS
in Georgia as they have been built up
through rotation Of crops in which
lcgumes have been extensively used. 1t
is now quite late to plant wheat, even
IN your section of the state and IL you
intend to seed 1t ct ell you should har-
row it in the ground as quickly as pos
siDle.
We prefer to use about a bushel OF
seed per acre, though we sometimes use
more than this on land which is not In
good condition. As a rule we gather
our cereals in the fall. The amount and
kind OF fertilizer to use depends on the
condition of the land. Where the soil
is In good condition and has been en-
riched through blowing under green
crops we apply as rule about 200 to
800 pounds of acid phosphate. If the
land is poor we use a sack or two of
cotton seed meal or some other nitro
gen carrier containing an equivalent
amount of organic nitrogen. We have
found ii a distinct advantage to use the
acid phosphate and we also have OBJ
tanned good results from top dressing
the wheat in the spring. say about
February Is, in your section of the
state, with nitrate of soda at the rate
of seventy-five pounds per acre. If you
can enrich your land with compost it
will be a great saving to it and will in
crease the yield of your wheat.
SEEDING GRASS WITH A NURSE
CROP.
z. W. s., jefferson. s. C., writes: Is
there any grass that ! could sow In my
oats and wheat next spring that would
make crop Of hay after the grain is cut
off? The pea crop is failure in this part
of the country therefore the price will be
too high next spring to SOW for hay.
There is no grass which you could sow
in your oats or wheat next spring and
utilize as hay crop after the grain is
cut. About the only summer grow
iLg grass We have adapted to your sec
ton of the south is Bermuda, with which
you are already familiar. You might sow
some Japan clover in the early spring
and get some summer grazing therefrom,
though this crop is rather slow to es-
tablish itself and does not make much
showing the first year. OF the tame
grasses those most likely to prove sat
isfactory in your section of the country
would be Red Top or Tall Oat grass.
Timothy might do fairly well on bottom
lands. In our experience, however, 1t
has generally been necessary to plant
these crops by themselves and to seed
them with clovers rather than with a
nurse crop such as the cereals you men,
tfon would constitute. You might seed
& limited area with mixture of these
tame grasses, and a little alsike clover
TO think you will secure best results
from your land by sowing it to velvet
beans, cowpeas or soy beans.
The failure of your pea crop might
be due to a deficiency of available cal.
ciCm in your land. We suggest that
you try applying a ton of raw ground
rock 10 the land you intend to plant in
Peas and see if you do not secure better
results than you have in the past. 1t
is important that you secure a variety
resistant to the nematode work, such OF
the Brabham.
INFORMATION ABOUT PEANUT Gull
TIVATION
]. b. w, Montrose. Ca, writes Kindly
give me some information ON the raising
OF peanuts for the market.
Peanuts can be cultivated with adj
vantage and profit at the present time.
Peanuts are now commanding a rela-
/ lively high price for crushing by the
oil mills, for the production of oil and
/ for the manufacture of peanut meal OF
course, one can not tell how long the
present high prices will continue, but
| there should be very good profit in
growing peanuts at 10 cents and up
ward per bushel of thirty pounds. The