Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-30
AGRICULTURAL
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WHEAT CLUBS FOR GEORGIA

need for home consumption so that the
transportation problem by which the
country is confronted may be mitigated
to some extent. and that the crop raised
IN other sections of the country may be
-aleased and sent abroad for the use OF
the army and navy. They have asked us
10 ioin hands with the rest of the coun-
try i'm producing a surplus of wheat
Investigations indicate that much of our
land is well adapted for wheat produc-
ton and that we can raise this crop at
some profit and advantage. We have
been neglecting to cover up out soils in
the winter and they have washed and
leached on that account We have
failed to diversity our crops and have
depended too much on cotton. Here is
an opportunity now for us TO introduce
a new phase of agriculture into the
south. to diversity our crops to adyan-
tage and to raise essential foodstuffs.
Get behind the boys in your county, Mr..
Farmer. and see that a wheat club IS
organized Give your boy a chance 10
show what he can do. There is no rea-
son why the same relative results should
not obtain in the course of a few years
in the growth wheat AS have OBJ
tanned with corn through the medium OF
corn clubs. One Georgia boy in Jackson
county raised 80 bushels of wheat on an
acre of land. This appears to be the
best record up to date. Who will set
new record for 1918?
GRASSES ADAPTED TO. GRAVELLY
UPLANDS.
J. W. H.. Mineral Bluff Ca. writes:
] wish TO a good pasture grass on
some gravelly clay upland. What kind or
grass would you advise? have thought
81 setting Bermuda iT punches few feet
apart. Can ! do this this fallE
In your section of the state among
the best tame grasses you can under
take to grow would he Red Top. Meadow
Fescue, Bluegrass, white clover, Alsike
clover tall oat grass and orchard grass.
Orchard grass is especially well adapt
ed for growing under semi-shaded con-
ditions. Alsike clover does well I'm soils
which are slightly acid. Red Top. while
doing best i'm moist bottoms. gives fair
" good results on soils that are we'll
drained. At your elevation and under
your climatic conditions we are inclined
to think that a combination of Red Top,
tall oat. orchard grass, white and AL
sike clover would prove desirable for
pasture purposes. We would SOW about
four pounds of Red Top, two pounds
of Meadow Fescue, six pounds of tall
oat gras. four pounds of orchard grass,
LnfCe DOunuS OF White ClONGI anu lilIcS
pounds of Alsike clover per acre. Our
experience indicates that it has general
Iy been best to seed mixtures of this
character in the early fall if there is
a good season In the soil, or else in the
early spring. Our best success has come
from fall seeding.
You can. of course. depend upon Ber-
muda TO cover the land and make you a
fair amount of grazing. You will not
secure as much use Of this grass in
your section Of the state as we do in
the vicinity Of Athens and south there
of. There is no grass adapted to south
ern conditions as whole which is more
desirable than Bermuda. This Is due
to the fact that II resists drouth so
we'll. is easy TO establish, stands grazing
well and has good carrying capacity.
You have the right idea about the quick
est and cheapest way to establish Ber-
muda. You can also get a stand OF it
cheaper and with a greater degree of
certainty. we think. than by attempting
to establish the tame grasses we mem
toned. II you attempt to plant tame
grasses in your section of the state we
advise that you use plenty of crushed
raw lime rock. not less than two tons
per acre. along with 200 pounds of acid
phosphate. a sack of cottonseed meal
or any other carrier of organic nitrogen
which will become quickly available and
help to stimulate the rapid growth and
development Of the young grass and
clover plants.