Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26

Hence, there will be no difficulty in dis.
posing of the corn crop to good advar-
tage and at a remunerative price to the
grower.
No doubt you recall that there was
an objection raised by the farmer to
the government fixing prices on any of
his crops. The increase in wheat pro-
duction was so essential that it was
necessary to fix a price on ii. 1t prob
ably costs the grower 70 cents to pro-
duce a bushel of wheat fixed price
of 81 per bushel should therefore al
low the farmer a good profit. 1t is evil
dent that under present conditions the
farmer will be able to obtain a good
profit on all of his operations.
PEANUT MEAL FOR HORSES AND
MULES.
X. l.. s., Moultre. Ga, writes: Is pea-
nut meal a good fed for horses and mules
while they are working? Is Ii good for
and hogs? We can sell our peanuts
for 500 per ton, and can buy meal at
about S35 per ton. Is this a good trade,
would il be better to let the hogs Craze
the peanuts?
Peanut meal contains about 1874
pounds of digestible protein, 1913
pounds of digestible carbohydrates and
S2.6 pounds of digestible fat. Mixed
with corn this provides an excellent ra-
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could be mixed in equal proportions
Probably you would obtain better re-
suits, however, from a mixture of two
thirds corn and one-third peanuts.
Corn, as you know, is low in ash mat
ter and in nitrogen as well. Therefore
the addition of peanuts to a ration OF
corn for work stock is considerable
advantage This is an excellent feed
for dairy cows, and it is also good for
hogs. For cows you might feed one
half corn and One-half peanuts. Posi-
bly, a larger proportion of peanuts
could be fed to this class of stock. For
hogs the half and half mixture is a
very good ration.
We would certainly think that when
YOU can get $100 per ton for peanuts
that it would pay to sell them and buy
the meal at S35 per ton. The oil .
Of no value to your stock and it is now
needed for edible purposes as the world
is short of fat. Where hogs gather the
peanuts in the field. as you know, they
fattcn quite readily but the fat is soft
and oily and it is generally necessary
to feed them for from two to four
weeks on corn in order to harden off
the fat and make the hogs kill out to
advantage.
SOWING CLOVER WITH RYE.
W L. s., Canon. Ca. writes: How would
il do 10 SOW clover with rye upland
that ] am sowing now? What variety of
clover seed would you suggest?
There is no objection to your sowing
some clover with your rye, provided
you can get the seed in the ground inn
mediately. You could of course SOW
several types of clover If you wish
simply to use something to make a
bottom for the rye crop with the In
tention of cutting it for hay, We be-
lieve there is nothing better than GRIM
son clover. If you wish some kind Of
clover that will remain on the land
after the rye is off and give you sew
eral cuttings in a favorable season,
there is probably nothing better than
alsike. Sweet clover is good for graz
ing purposes and should therefore be
used i'm pasture mixtures. Red clover
is probably not so hard as alsike.
One expecting to SOW clover should
lime the land. using from one to two
tons of crushed raw rock per acre. The
lime should be put on before the plant
ing is done if practical and narrowed
in. A few days later apply 100 to 200
pounds of acid phosphate along with a
sack of cottonseed meal. If you use a
grain drill with a grass seed attach
ment, the clover seed can be distribut-
ed at the zane time the rye is planted
About twelve pounds of alsike clover
should be used and about eight or ten
pounds Of the other varieties mention
ed