Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-27


The question of the influence Of the
moon on farm crops has been very care
! fully and extensively investigated. This
question has not only been studied in
this country, but abroad Scientists
! agree generally that one should plant
his crop when the ground is in good
! condition and the season right irrespec-
/ tive OF the phases of the moon. We
| believe you will find this very safe
/ practice to follow. We have never given
any consideration to planting in the
| light or dark of the moon here on the
| college farm. We have seen people who
| have attempted TO arrange their planting
/ so as to have IL done at certain phases
OF the moon, but we have never been
| able to see that they gained anything
thereby. A good soil thoroughly pre-
pared and highly fortified on which you
plant good seed adapted to your local
| conditions, will certainly exert more
influence on the crop you reap than the
moon.
ESTABLISHING A PASTURE ON
BOTTOMS"
T. c. H, Dallas. Ca, writes: I have
some low bottom Land that ] wish to
put in pasture for cattle. l want to plant
Bermuda on the land and bur
clover Would It do to SOW the clover at
this season and how much seed should be
used on four acrest How much will 1t
cost and where can l get the seed1
AS understand It your bottom land
is not set in Bermuda as yet. In that
event. we advise that you secure a
| large quantity Of the sets and chop them
I'D fine and either drop in rows about
three feet apart across your field, or
else scatter from a wagon bed and press
into the ground with a roller. AS soon
as Bur clover of this seasons crop is
| available we would secure a quantity
and scatter over the surface of the
ground. BY that time the Bermuda
should have made start to cover the
ground. and thereby help to bury the
Bur clover seed. Not less than three
bushels of seed per acre should be plant
ed and IL you can secure the seed at a
reasonable cost it will pay you to use
a larger amount. 1t is difficult to say
just what you will have TO pay for
! Bur clover seed as yet as the season
has not opened up. We advise you to
get the new crop seed. Any scotsman
will be glad to supply you with the
same. New seed will not be available
before the LIST to the 18th of July.
AMOUNT OF SILAGE FROM AN
ACRE.
/ J. c. J., Decatur, Ga, writes: 7 would
like to know the average production per
acre Of silage corn in this section. My
land is a little better than the average
and want to put in sufficient acreage TO
fill a 200 ton silO.
The average yield of silage grown
per acre in Georgia varies anywhere
| from to IL tons. In our experience
here on the college farm, the yield has
varied form to 10 tons. AS we have
| improved our land the yield has incTeas-
| ed Our soils have been quite literally
| enriched through the use of yard ma
nures derived from the large number OF
animals we keep on the farm and the
wise and judicious use of supplemental
fertilizers. such as acid phosphate.
We have abandoned the use of corn
altogether for silage purposes, owing to
the fact that 1t often suffers from
| drought and we now rely on the growth
Of Sumac sorghum and White Kafir corn
planted in alternate rows for silage pur-
poses We secure a yield from this COM
bination crop of from 10 to 10 tons per
acre. We are quite sure that twenty-five
acres of land devoted to this com bina-
ton crop would easily fill a 200-ton silo
under normal seasonable conditions.
PLANTING VELVET BEANS IN
CORN
{ =. d. Empire Ala. NflIeSs | want to
plant velvet beans in five acres of corn.
Should the beans he planted with the corn
which is to be planted the ground
IL dry enough! Should the beans be planted
i'm every row or every other row? What
would be an average yield OF corn and
beans on land that will yield 90 to 80
bushels of corn per acre?
AS a rule velvet beans should not be
planted until the corn is about s to IL
inches high. When planted with the
corn they may grow off rapidly and so
vigorously as to check the growth of
the corn. This does not happen as a
rule, but it might happen Moreover,
velvet beans can seldom be planted at
the time early corn is seeded. as the
ground is generally to cold to insure
their rapid termination so early in the
season.
On heavy lands we are inclined to
think velvet beans should be planted IN
every row of corn and opposite every
stalk. On sandy soils thinner seeding is
| probably desirable.
1t will take from one to two pecks
to seed an acre, depending on the meth
/ Cd of planting followed. In your SEQ
ton possibly 1t will not be necessary
! to plant more than a peck per acre and
/ possibly to seed in every other row OF
! coSn. Planted at the time and in the
/ manner indicated the vines will not tear
| down nor injure the stalks Of corn. OF
! course, after the corn crop is made the
/ beans, in a favorable season, may make
J a tremendous growth and may seem
apparently to cover up the stalks and
break some OF them over. This growth,
/ however, occurs after the corn crop has
already been matured. You can count
on yield of 10 to Is bushels of beans
per acre, in addition to whatever yield
of corn you may secure.
1t costs anywhere from s. to 50 a
( ton to harvest the beans, depending OH
the method followed, so that at the sale
prices which have prevailed you may
I count on making a profit Of anywhere
4 from IS to $40 per acre for velvet
/ beans, in addition to the returns from
I the crop.
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