Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28

THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY
inches apart in the drill. Spanish pea
nuts can, of course, be planted closer.
/ About - pecks of shelled seed will
be required to plant an acre. We sug-
the fertilizer therein, then draw the
furrow together and list thereon.
| SOILING CROPS FOR DAIRY COWS.
W. :. A. Savannah. Ca, writes: y
| friend who is going into the dairy business
| wishes 10 get a quick crop OF green stuff
| TO feed to his dairy cattle. Can velvet
| beans he grown and fed as soon as they
are large enough for tht cattle 10 eat IN
| climate? The writer has heard II stated
! that cattle will not eat velvet beans until
| TIE frost falls th,m. Would like spe-
cific Information on this point.
Velvet beans can be used for soiling
purposes and cattle will eat them with
| a good deal OF relish after they have
| fairly well matured. Cows can also be
| grazed on velvet beans to considerable
advantage. though this is a very waste
| full practice as so much of the food is
tramped down and destroyed. There
would be no trouble in inducing cattle
/ 10 eat velvet beans. AS a matter of fact.
/ they would not be Of much value after
| frost falls, as the leaves would immedi-
ately drop off and the stems become
tough and fibrous.
We think your friends can probably
SOW corn broadcasted and secure
an early crop of green feed. In your
section of the state you should be able
! to plant Immediately. Next to corn we
| suggest that he try millet, which should
be ready to cut in sixty days. Millet and
~ oil 1rn no
In the summer season he should feed a
combination of millet and sorghum or
corn and sorghum. Velvet beans and
sorghum will make a good combination
for the fall. One starting in the dairy
business should erect a silo by all means.
MANAGING HORSES WITH WEAK
DEGESTIONS.
: Il. H.. Rockingham, Ca. writes: l
have two horses. one nine years old and
one thirteen years old. They both have
good appettes but their food seems to sour
on their stomach and they do not fatten
Their hair seems dead and the nine-year-
old horse Is wormy. His foot was injured
and his hOof came off but new one has
come back. He is club-footed and has
tendency 10 be lame. l feed them on corn
aud fodder. Please advise a good ration
and also suggest a good medicine.
We judge your horses are suffering
from indigestion, due probably to the
restricted diet which you are feeding
them and the deficiency of protein and
possibly ash matter as we'll. Corn and
corn fodder do not constitute a satisfac-
tory ration for horses. You should
change the ration used so as to add a
little leguminous hay, either derived
from cowpeas. alfalfa or any of the
clovers. You should also feed some oats
and cotton seed meal With the corn. a
rVafxr m ha
pounds of corn and cob meal, 200 pounds
of oats and 100 pounds Of cotton seed
meal mixed thoroughly together Feed
about 10 pounds per day when the ami
mails are standing idle in the stable and
Is pounds when doing hard work. The
grain ration should be fed in three equal
parts morning. noon and night.
We suggest that you feed your horses
for a few days on some succulent and
easily digested food, such as bran
mashes. We believe you will find the
following condition powder of some
value: Sulphate of iron, ounces;
nitrate of potash (saltpeter), ounces
gentian root (pulverized), ounces; nux
vomica seed (pulverizedD, 1 ounce; gin
ger root (pulverized, 1 ounce. This ma
terial should be thoroughly pulverized
and mixed. Give heaping teaspoonful
in the food three times daily. This tonic,
if maintained for a couple of weeks with
proper feeding and management, will
overcome the difficulty you are now ex-
periencing with your horses.
FACTS ABOUT RED TOP.
Mr. J. r. P, Of Clanton. Ala. writes:
Can Red Top grass be destroyed by plow-
ing il up and turning il underf When
should this grass De soy ye IGT pa ead 70
other parts Of the farm. Docs il spread by
seed or roots?
Red top is one of the most valuable
of the tame grasses for general Guilt
walton i'm the south. 1t does best On
rich, moist bottoms. While it will grow
on a great variety of soils, it finds the
most desirable location on land which
contains a fair amount of loan and
sand This grass will also DO quite
we'll on uplands. On rich bottom lands
it makes a very good yield of hay OK
fine quality. on thinner and lighter
lands il is only valuable for grazing
purposes. 1t may be seeded either in
the spring or in the fall. We advise the
use of at least one bushel of recleaned
seed. If sown in the spring plant i'm
mediately. If seeded in the fail SOW
about the first of October.
We consider it good practice to mix
10 pounds of alsike clover seed with
red top when II is sown on moist bot
toms. and 10 pounds of white clover
when il is sown on thinner, OF upland
soils for grazing purposes.
Red top is in no sense a pest. In
other words, IL can easily be destroyed
by blowing up and following tae land
or devoting it for one season to an
other crop, like cowpeas or velvet beans.
If you have land suited to the growth
of this crop by all means extend your
hay and pasture acreage.
The south is suffering from a mis-
guided notion that IL is necessary to
fight grass in a cotton country. AS
matter of fact, we have millions Of
acres of land which should be devoted
to pasture, and when so utilized it will
prove profitable and add materially to
the income of our farms and enable our
farmers to maintain an adequate num-
Der of live stock.
COTTON MEAL AND ACID FOR CORN
AND COTTON.
r. l. c., oxford, Ca, writes: In using
cotton seed meal and acid phosphate for
fertilizer, please inform me what proper
tiOn OF each TO for cotton and corn.
At what state of the cOrn's growth may
velvet beans be planted in IL. and would
you advise planting between the rows OF
hafyean tha stalks n row