Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-09

| farm crops has always been accomplish
| ed in the long run by the employment
| of comparatively simple remedles, and
this seems likely to be the case in so
| far as the boil weevil is concerned.
| The man who acts promptly will pro-
| tect his interests, wnile he who waits
| for the discovery of some mysterious
| process or pins his faith on the employ
| ment of one of the hundred or more
abortive schemes which nave been sug-
gested for controlling boil weevil dam
age stands good chance Of losing his
entire crop and suffering irreparable
loss thereby.
THE POSSIBILITIES OF VELVET
BEANS.
q. . T., Helena, Mont, writes: l
would like to know something about, about the
Georgia. 10 they thrive around Sayan-
nan and IN southern Georgia generally
What is the average yield per acre: DO
sheep do wcll in Georgia and produce
satisfactory amount of wool?
There is no reason in so far as l
know why velvet beans should not be
cultivated in Georgia. Much of our
land in Georgia is very low in lime and
not rich in phosphoric acid. AS a mat
ter of fact, however, we have an album
dance of clay soils and since crushed
lime rock can be secured cheaply and
acid phosphate is manufactured in the
state in large quantities and thus an
element in which our soils are naturally
deficient can be supplied, l see no rea-
son why velvet beans can not be grown
on our soil successfully. Of course it IS
not possible to say just how many BUSH
ell per acre you might be able to obtain,
but we should think from fifteen to
twenty.
We think the velvet bean can be Gull
tivated with success in almost any Sec
ton of Georgia. OF course the heavy
lands of Georgia are found in the Pied
mont section and in the northwestern
section of the state. In northwestern
Georgia there are lime Outcroppings. In
southeastern Georgia the soils are red
in color and should, therefore, be well
adapted for the growth of beans.
Figures such as you seek are not avail
able, as this crop has not been cultivated
in Georgia to any large extent up to the
present time. In so far as we know
there are no drawbacks to the cultiva-
ton of this crop. The writer has had no
difficulty in raising considerable quantt-
ties of them for some years past in 8
home garden
There is no reason why sheep should
not do well in Georgia. Climatic con-
ditions are such as to favor this class
of live stock. However, we have no dog
law in the common acceptation of this
term. Hence the sheep industry has not
prospered on account Of the loss primar-
lily from dogs. If one were fencing his
property or putting the sheep in a
corral at night this difficulty would be
overcome. Sheep will produce a salts
factory amount of wool in this state and
the production Of dollhouse lambs could
be made primary industry just as it is
in southwest Virginia.
FERTILIZER SUITABLE FOR A
LAWN.
S. f. D.. WarrentOn, Ga writes: l
would like to know the best fertilizer to
use on lawn grass. l planted the seed last
September and would like to fertilze 1T
properly at this time.
A mixture of equal parts of cotton
seed meal and acid phosphate will make
an excellent fertilizer for lawn grass.
Apply at the rate of 1000 pounds and up
ward per acre. Organic nitrogen of this
character will become available with
sufficient rapidity to meet the need of
lawn grass. The fertilizer should be
broadcast over the lawn and well raknd
in with a garden rake. You may use
nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia
as carriers of nitrogen if you prefer.
Under ordinary conditions some potash
should be used as a fertilizer for lawn
grass, but the price of this material
is now so high that use cannot be adj
vised. One of the advantages in using
cotton seed meal in a mixture for lawn
grass lies in the fact that it contains
nearly per cent of potash.
PEANUTS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
COTTON.
d. G. B., Pelham, Ca, writes: With the
advent of the boil weevill l am reducing
my cotton crop to about five acres the
plw. / am figuring on putting in about
ten acres TO the pillow of Spanish peanuts.
and ! know that some of the land needs
ground limetsone. How much groud lime
stone would you advise 10 be used per acre
a good grade Of cottn land OIIw would
you handle it, and would yuu use any other
fertilizery
1t will be found good practice to use
ground raw lime rock which has been
finely pulverized on land int 1ded for
Spanish peanuts. We believe i. would
be a mistake to apply less than 1000
pounds per acre and in many instances
it will be good practice to use as much
as one zone per acre. 1t should be
borne in mind that lime as a rule will
not have to be applied to land intended
for peanuts oftener than every three
years. Our Georgia soils are deficient
in lime as a rule and as the element
calcium seems to be essential to the
farmer securing the best returns from
legumes, the use of lime is an impor-
tant matter wherever crops of this
character are to be grown. Where
lime is not used we think there will
be a gCod many pops in the peanuts
that will not appear on soils where
lime is applied in the manner indi-
Gated. Since the use of lime in south
west Georgia will became a matter of
genera interest now that the farmers
are turning attention more specifically
to the growth of legumeous crops on
account of the boil weevil invasion. 1
respectfully suggest the purchase and
use OF a lime distributor. Lime can
of course be scattered broadcast from
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