Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-09

lie ATLANTA SEMI WEEK
planting beans in your corn rows. 1t
| is best i'm such a case, however, to
/ plant the corn in wide rows six feet
apart. Put the beans in the middle of
/ the row as soon after planting the corn
as practicable. You can, of course, plant
them i'm drills If you please and let
| them climb up on the stalks. If they
make vigorous growth they will break
down all the stalks i'm the field. how
ever. which is sometimes a disadvantage.
Velvet beans seldom require inocula-
/ ton. If the beans mature seed, you
can snap off the corn ears and let the
hogs gather the beans and then pillow
the refuse under This will enrich your
/ land considerably as you can readily
appreciate. Of course, in view of the
necessity Of diversifying our crops and
increasing our holdings of live stock,
the fodder obtained from field of this
character is worth considering.
! While early maturing varieties Of vel
vet beans can be cured as hay, they are
more difficult to handle than cowpeas.
/ We think instead of abandoning the
cultivation of cowpeas altogether, you
should plant them on part of your farm,
and compare them with the lOO-day
velvet bean and then you can tell from
your own experience and observation
which you consider best for your sec
tion. We believe the velvet bean is ad-
mirably adapted for use on many farms
| in Georgia. but we would not advocate
its use to the exclusion of the cowpea-
There are several beef breeds well
adapted TO Georgia. You can not make
a mistake i'm choosing the Shorthorn
| or Hereford in my opinion. Both OF
these breeds have done well on the col
Ilege farm. Polled Angus Is also goou
breed, though not so widely known as
the other two or so well adapted Tor
grazing. Both the Shorthorn and Here
ford cross well with the native cattle
While the Herefords are good rustlers,
the Shorthorns have other quantles
which make them a desirable nreed Ior
Establishing in all parts Of the state
| Of Georgia. Personally, we would not
hesitate therefore, to employ either one
of these breeds for the purpose you nave
in mind. I think there is no more an
ference i'm the breed than there is IN
tba MANAGEMENT and conditions TO Whlch
they are subjected on the average Geor-
gia farm.
WHEN TO CUT CRIMSON CLOVER
| FOR HAY.
W. Y. A., Elberton. Ca, writes: Please
| advise me the best time TO cut crimson
clover for hay.
Crimson clover should be cut for hay
inst when coming into bloom. II LETT
t6o long the long hair-like bristles OF
the head become very hard and therefore
when the clover is eaten in considerably
quantities, especially by horses, the
heads tend to mat and gather together
in the stomach and form what is known
as a bolus. Sometimes several OF
these may form under such cir
cumstances and more or less efrectually
stop the passage or exit from the stom-
\ ach. Under such circumstances death
NAV result If the hay is cut at the
proper time, however, and satisfactor-
1 lily cured it can be fed with immunity
\ to all classes of live stock
] Crimson clover is legume and pro-
\ duces a hay of good quality from the
| stand point of the feeder This crop IS
inst beginning to come into favor IN
/ Georgia and it is gratifying that such
| should be the case. 1t certainly is q
valuable addition to our array of win
\ ter growing legumes. Being soil I'M
/ prover and valuable for hay and forage,
/ il can be used to advantage on every
l stock farm since it is ready to cut and
/ cure before any other legume, unless
| il is alfalfa, is available.
l TREATING PORES OF THE SKIN.
/ J. T. NJ woodland, Ga, writes: Several
4 Of my cattle have raised spOtS rh 0h n, Lnr
/ range in size from dime TO q dollar Ihey
I have had them for two or three months.
would like to know what to do 10 remove
1 the sores.
! We suggest that you give your cattle
\ a good dosage of Epson salts in the
\ form of a drench. For mature animals
| YOU may give ! 1-2 pounds. For small.
/ er animals give proportionate amounts.
| Supply your cattle with as much green
food as possible and use bran mashes
and plenty of salt. Washing the parts
with borac acid made up in a solution
of drains of acid to ounces of water
will often remove smarting or itching.
| If this fails to exert the desired effect,
use creolin, l ounce to a quart of water.
Either of these washes may be used
several times a day
DANGER FROM OVER USE OF CON
GENERATES.
8 G. Lafayette. Ca. writes: Last sum
! mer my COW stayed out one night and old
| not get MIXED. When she came up her
ewes were badly swollen and also her udder.
! she freshened up last December, and about
| six weeks ago she was the same way, and
! this morning has the same symptoms again.
/ She eats and does not fall Of much In her
| milk. She slobbers a good deal. feed
cotton seed meal and hulls and she runs in
pasture. / would like to know what to do
| for her.
Your no doubt realize the difficulty oI
diagnosing a sickness affectig an ami
NAL without having a chance to inspect
the animal in person, but we judge
from what you say that you have proba-
bly, been feeding your COW too con-
centrated and too heavy a ration of cot
ton seed meal and hulls and not pro-
viding her with a sufficient amount of
range and very little green feed. We
suggest that you cut the use of the meal
and bulls out altogether for little
while and use bran in the form Of mash
es. You may feed as much as II pounds
of this per day in two equal feeds, nigh;
and morning Before commencing Vthe
use of the bran we would give the COW
/ 1 1-2 pounds of Epson salts in the form
lof a drench. Provide her with some
green feed. After few days we think
you will find she will improve in con-
ditlon and you may then feed her a ra-