Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-07

which thev are handled and Il failure
to sort them before storing. In cur
ing sweet potatoes success Will Sener-
ally attend the efforts of anyone who
is able to put them in a structure
where the surplus water may be dried
out in the course of about a week or
TEN days. When this is done they
should be kept at a reasonably low tenn
perature and should then be kept sat
lsfactorily. l have kept sweet potatoes
satisfactorily for several years past
in the basement of my house where L
have furnace and have had no trou
BILE in drying them out we'll Ii you
could dry your potatoes out by bring
ing them in the vicinity of your fur
mace and then remove them later TO
a cold storage place l think you would
succeed much better in preserving them
for use later on in the season.
OPERATING A ONE-HORSE FARM
IN GEORGIA
T. W., WaycrOss, Ga, writes: I am
going to take over a thirty -five-acre farm
this winter and would like some informa-
ton from you as to what crops should be
planted first and what succession to use in
order to help out with the food question.
1t is now getting late in the season
for planting cereals even in your Sec
ton of the state, but if you have had
favorable rains lately we would advise
that you plant at least two acres in
wheat and two TO five acres in oats
An acre of rye if sown Immediately
will furnish you a considerable amount
of grazing during the winter and early
spring This will be valuable to you in
helping you maintain such cattle as you
have on hand. Hogs can also Craze on
rye to some advantage. The area in
wheat should supply you enough feed
for your cattle. The oats will be valu-
able as a source of grain for your
work stock. Both of these crops can
be taken off your land in sufficient time
10 enable you to plant cowpeas, soy
beans, corn, velvet beans. sorghum or
any other hay and fodder-producing
crops adapted to your section. You can
thus obtain two good crops off your
land in one season.
We advise that the cereals you SOW
this fall be fortified with about 800
pounds of a mixture containing about
100 pounds of cotton seed meal, or
some other carrier of nitrogen, and 500
pounds of high grade acid phosphate.
The use of some nitrate of soda as
top dressing in the spring will be found
that you pillow as much of your ground
this fall as practical and that you
proceed to lay off your land and pitch
your crops next spring. / also sug-
5Cst that you plant in the late fall in
your section of the state, an acre to rape
or hairy vetch to furnish grazing for
your hogs during the late winter and
carly spring. 1t is now too late to plant.
any truck crops with advantage, but
you should figure on growing some win
ter truck crop to sell during the early
and prepare to plant of the principal
Garden crops. Arrange to grow these in
succession so that you will have food
for your family the following year.
suggest that you organize wour farm
somewhat on the following basis. You
should modify this acreage to meet your
own conditions.
Five acres in corn and velvet beans.
Five acres in cowpeas for hay, to be
followed by winter oats.
Five acres in cotton.
Five acres in peanuts TO be crushed
for OIL or grazed down by hogs.
One and a half acres in sweet pota-
toes to be followed by winter cover
crops.
One and a half acres in alfalfa or
crimson clover. cowpeas or soy beans.
One acre in rape, oats. vetch, cowpeas
or soy beans
One acre in truck crops followed by
hay or grazing crops for hogs.
Ten acres should be set aside for
pasture ge for COWS and hogs
One-half acre in orchards.
One-half acre in garden.
Total cultivated land twentysix
acres '.. 90
The animals which should be main
tanned on such a farm are:
One good horse or mule (work stock.
Two milk cows
One calf.
One yearling slaughter for meaD.
Two brood sows.
Fifty hens
Total, ffty-seven animals.
These should be maintained on every
one-horse farm in order that the family
may be properly supplied with the nee
essary milk, butter. meat, chickens and
eggs.