Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-13

Ions of milk per day. Cows which pro-
duce less should not be fed so much.
So much for the grain part of the ra-
ton.
Next take the peavine hay and if you
have any corn slower, sorghum hay or
other coarse fodder mix these together
in equal proportions and run through
a cutting box. Then take a bucket of
water in which a handful of salt has
been added and sprinkle over the chopped
up fodder, allow to stand over night
and the next day take a portion OF this
feed and mix with one-third or one
half of your grain ration. This VIII
serve as the morning meal In the
middle of the day you can feed little
of the peavine hay or fodder. Thls can
be placed in a feed rack in the open
The long fodder should, of course, be
protected from the rain. In the even
ing feed as indicated above, using the
remainder of the grain. Give the COW
all of the chopped, moistened coarse
fodder she will eat. We believe by TINS
arrangement you will not find II neces-
sary to buy cotton seed meal or bran
and that you will secure very salts"
factory ration
LEADING VARIETIES OF PRO
LIFIC CORN.
advise me what would be the best prolific
corn to plant in this county. Do you know
of one that is weevil resistant? What do
you think of Whatleys Prolific for this
section?
We have tested great many varie-
ties of corn for a number of years
past and we find that the prolific varie-
ties are better adapted for general
growth in Georgia than other strains.
Of course. some of the big-eared sorts
can be planted to advantage on bottom
lands. For your section of the state,
however we are inclined to think that
Whatleys, Marlborough's or Hastings
Prolific are as good sorts as you could
select. We think you should have no
difficulty in securing standard strains
of seed of these varieties.
We DO not think there is any weevil
resistant strain of corn. CoXs Prolific,
of course, is more finty than some
strains and it is a good prolific sort,
but it probably requires a little richer
soil to give the best results than some
of the other strains. Whatleys corn is
not especially hard. but it is an excel
lent strain and has been widely tested
throughout the state and has made good
yields wherever grown. Under a ra-
tionsl system of planting, fertilizing
and management. any of the above
strains should make a good yield.
USING VELVET BEANS FOR ST.
LACE
NJ. l.. w. Salem, Ohio. writes: Can
you give us any information the velvet
bean silage crop: DO you know of
any reason why il should not be used for
this purpose: Should it be combined with
any other crop for best results?
There is no reason why velvet beans
should not be Srown with corn for ST.
laSe purposes. WeS have grown this
combination crop for number of years
rast. 1t is desirable of course as you
so north, that extra early maturing va
rieties of beans be used and it is rath-
err difficult to get these yet. Many
claims have been advanced with refer
ence to early maturing sorts but our
experience indicates that most of them
take from 80 to so days longer to real
have said they would take Of course
where you plant silage crops close to-
Sether and shade the land effectively
and use such combination crops as
sorghum and kafr corn, the velvet
beans often dc not make o vigorous
growth Probably they will do better
with corn than any other crop with
which they can be combined. Our ex-
perience in this section of the country
is that corn for silage purposes should
be planted in wider row distances for
instance than sorghum or kafr corn.
When planting velvet beans with corn