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

still be wet. Breaking it up, therefore,
unless ii is in a good and fairly friable
condition, may tend to slick the lower
soil areas over, as it were, and make it
difficult when a. drought period comes
for the moisture to move upward by ca
pillarity and the roots of the plants 20
spread freely through the soil. If sub
soiling were done when the land is wet
it would naturally prove more injurious
than beneficial. We have made 1T prac-
tice as a rule, therefore, to subsoil in
the fall of the year, when there is less
moisture in the soil as a rule. OF course,
we have had a wet February and the
land in most cases now contains a sup
erabundance of moisture Therefore, we
would hesitate to subsoil under existing
circumstances.
Subsoiling is a good thing when done
under normal condition and at the right
season of the year. l desire to empha-
size this fact for fear you may conclude
that I do not think subsoiling is desir-
able practice. I am very much in favor
Of II, but of course it must be done with
discretion.
We would not hesitate TO plant velvet
beans in corn. Sow them when the corn
is about IL inches high. Tfant alongside
the drill row. Use about - peck of beans
per acre. When planted IN this way
they will have a chance to run the stalks
of the corn. The corn stalks, beans and
all may be cut, the corn snapped off and
the beans picked and the two ground to-
other The long fodder should be re-
served, run through a cutting box and
used for the roughage ration in winter
feeding 1t is alway- best to cut
a legume before frost if possible and, or
course, corn should be harvested when
the lower leaves begin 20 dry up II one
desires to secure the largest possible
amount of animal nutriments per acre:
We would not think there would be
any difference in the value of the mate
rails YOU mentioned for fertilizing pur-
poses if they can all be bought at the
same cost per pound of available plant
food.
USING POTASH UNDER PRESENT
CONDITIONS.
B. F. S.. Duluth, Ca, writes: am writ
Ing for advice with reference to the use
of potasb this season. We mix our own
fertilizer which about 12-4 Our
land is 8ray soil. For several years we
have followed the two-year rota ton or cot
ION fall oats followed with peas and then
cotton next year. Under the circumstances
do you think it advisable to use potash
Situated as you are and in your sec
ton of the state we hardly think we
would advise you to use potash at pre-
vailing prices, which we understand
vary from Sc to $3.50 a unit. While
the use of potash is very essential on
some Georgia soils, particularly on the
sandy soils of the southern part OF the
state and even in some instances on
our north Georgia soils, we believe it
the least essential of the three elements
in which our lands are generally pri-
riI daGpipnf 70 think formula
containing per cent of nitrogen and II
per cent of phosphoric acid a good one
to use on lands such as you describe.
We believe if this material were APP
piled at the rate of 300 pounds and up
: wards per acre it should prove quite
satisfactory. OF course, where one de-
sires to raise a large crop and has
the land in fairly good condition the
more liberal use of fertilizers is de-
sirable. In that event 500 pounds can
often be used to advantage.
A GOOD RATION FOR A DIARY COW.
W. A. w, Townsville, Ga. writes The
freeze killed the oats and vetch pastures,
and I would like to know how to make
good ration for dairy COW from ground
velvet beans peavine hay and cracked corn.
Would you use any cotton seed meal AMI
bran in addition TO the above? These -"
items are rather expensive to buy and
have the other feeds. Is corn fodder a
good roughage for COW?
If situated as you are with regard to
the maintenance of your COW, we would
proceed along the following lines: Grind
the velvet beans and the corn together
in equal parts and feed 10 to ~ pounds
of this mixture per head per day. The
amount suggested is based on a COW
weighing 1000 pounds. Some might re-
quire more, but the average COW would
probably do with considerably less. The
amount of food to feed depends on the
flow of milk the COW is giving. The
grain ration above suggested should
satisfy the needs of a COW giving as
much as two and one-half to three gal