Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-29

is now the most widely grown variety
in Georgia and will doubtless continue
to be popular In extreme north Geor-
Eia and in bottom lands some will pre-
fer the Georgia bean because il is ear
licr and makes a smaller growth or
vine This variety has been called
ninety-day. extra early. bunch and early
/ Florida by the farmers of the state.
4 general rule for planting velvet
beans is to drop a bean beside every
Thin OF corn. This will need to be mod
lined for very poor and very fertile soils
as well for heavy growing varieties
At the usual rate a bushel of seed will
plant from four to five acres. In north
lGeorgia Il is best to plant the beans in
1.-THE drill with the corn as this will in
sure more sound seed due to their be-
ling supported on the cornstalks and not
coming in contact with the soil. In
south Georgia this is not so necessary
as the surface of sandy soils dries out
rs pidly. consequently the beans do not
readily decay. Many farmers prefer to
lplant the beans and corn at the same
time This practice seems TO he sue
lcessful during the cotton planting pc
riod. Earlier paintings do not give
good stands, and later paintings, espe-
lcially in north Georgia will prove too
much vine for the young cornstalks.
with late corn IL is well to wait until
weeks old before seeding the beans.
lone difficulty Of this delayed seeding
has been the lack of machinery for
lplanting small hand pea dropper
has been used successfully by few
farmers, and can be used to much
greater extent.
Cowpeas can be grown in corn as
foodstuff or a soil building crop.
North Georgia with few exceptions
/ Ill VartatV of
lcowpeas. There are several. however
hest adapted to conditions OF this re
gion. Among these the whipporwill
ranks first in yield of seed, with the
Iron, large blackeye. Taylor, and Brab-
ham in order named. according to
lthree-year variety test at the state col
llege of agriculture. The whipporwlll
and Brabbam seem TO adapt themselves
Ito a wide range of conditions and to
produce a fair yield OF seed ever year.
lOther varieties, as the unknown, pro-
lduce phenomenal yields under ideal con-
Lotions but fail when adverse seasons
OCCUR Where the soil is infested with
wilt or nematodes only the iron or
lBrabbam varieties should be used.
For the production of seed cowpeas
should be seeded before the corn shades
ltbe ground too much Quite often the
lcorn and cowpeas are planted at the
Same time but the majority of farmers
lprAfer TO wait several weeks before
lnIortinp the latter. With narrow rows,
ljt is better 10 have the cowpeas in the
drill with the corn. but with wide rows
they can be planted in the mNdles. for
limprovIng the soil IL is well to broad
cast one bushel of seed per acre at lne
last cultivation. This can be done even
liz a crop is being grown in the drill
with the corn.
peanuts will be one of the main
Icrops with corn in the sander regions
of the state. ,., a.
Two varieties seem best adapted 10
our conditions. For grazing, the North
Il Carolina or Running should be the prln-
Il cinaI variety as its nuts will not germl-
osta during the fall or winter If left
in the soil. The Spanish variety shoulo
be grown largely for selling to the OIL
/ mills and for early grazing
/ Peanuts are usually planted in row
n in thA corn middles and duite often
/ velvet beans are planted with them.
some prefer peanuts in the middles ana
| velvet beans i'm the drills with the corn
while a few want only the peanuts IN
both places The Spanish variety can
he successfully planted either shelled
| or in the pod by machinery, but the
| North Carolina gives better results II
| shelIed. Several kinds of cotton plant
| ers, such as the Cole and Dedoetter'
| have peanut attachments and Will plant
| the shelled nuts successfully. Spanish
! peanuts should be planted from six
/ TO eight inches in the drill and the
North Carolina from twelve to fifteen.
| The latter should be planted in April
or early May while the former can
he planted as late as July l. How
ever. planting during the last of May
| snd the first part Of June are most
| successful If the land is poor an
application of from one to two hum
| cred pounds of acid phosphate will in
crease the yields materially. Lime is
also very beneficial and increases the
Yield.
: In parts of the state soy beans can
be substituted for cowpeas in corn.
Soy beans should be planted in corn
/ fields like cowpeas. Most of the land
! in Georgia seems naturally innoculated
for soy beans, but if this crop has not
been recently grown in a field. artificial
innoculation will be an insurance
/ against failure.
The greatest use for soy beans in
corn will be as a grazing crop for hogs.
/ At maturity the pods burst and the
seeds fall on the ground. They cannot
| be grazed over a long period of time,
however. as they decay soon after COM
ing in contact with the soil. An ave-
rage acre should Craze four or five, one
l UNDERGROUND hogs for thirty days.
4 quantity of green and dried beans
/ can be produced in the cornfeld for
| table use uring the late summer, fall
I and winter. Special varieties known
! as Corn Field because they are adapt
! ed to growing with corn, have been
1 developed and extensively used in north
( Georgia. They do best on bottom lands
/ with plenty of moisture. A good strong
I c0rnstalk is necessary for their sup
port. A large acreage should be plant
ed with the corn or shortly afterward.
VI hen mature SHOULD be gathered, she'll
ed and stored like cowpeas.
MERITS OF A GALVANIZED IRON
SILO.
". r. y. Jennings. Fla. writes: What
is your opinion OF a galvanized iron siog
10 you consider metal silOs practical ana
durable? I keep about twenty milcn
cows and am considering erecting a small
silO in order TO have green feed in the win
! ter for them. What Knd Of sllO of about
forty tons capacity would you advise me TO
erect.
No doubt a metal silo of the char
acter mentioned in your letter can be
constructed which will prove satisfac-
Tory. We have had no experience with
tins type of silo. and so could not speak
of its merits at first hand We ina o.