The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-23
WILL FIND BEST CROP
FDR GEORGIA PASTURES

GID mas JUST been set IN motion
through a joint agreement between
the Georgia State College of Agricul-
ture and members of the Georgia
Land Owners Association by terms
fof which nine different forage plants
and grasses generally adapted to this
climate will be tested on 10 distinct
soil series, representing more than 80
soil types, on approximately sixty
farms covering nearly 800 aces in AZ
South Georgia counties.
The work is not to be of the skid
glove" long distance kind, but will be
carried on under the most construc-
tive and practical conditions possible,
the tests being in the hands of prac.
| teal farmers and live stock men and
| directed by experienced scientists
from the college of agriculture. From
three to ten acres on selected soil
types on each of the experimental
farms is to be seeded during next
spring with seeds furnished by the
State College and under the personal
| supervision of college men. Each
| test area is to be fenced by the farm
| er and when the various varieties of
seeds ripen the cattle will be turned
IN and will scatter the seed in the adj
Jacent woods or native pasture. OBJ
servat1ons will be made of results
and careful record kept showing
which of the grass varieties turn out
best on the various soil types.
The pines and farmers and the
| counties in which they are located:
Appling: c. w. Melton Bailey; Ba,
con: J. R. Taylor, Alma; Baker: H..
E. Davis, Newton; Ben Hill: E. K.
Farmer, Fitzgerald; Berrien: w. Hen
ry Griffin, Alapaha; Bul1och: ]. w:
Williams, Statesboro; Gambler: E. +.
Register, Meter; Calhoun, C. S. Sea-
ley, Edison; Camden: Davis & Bran>
don, Woodbine and DR.. B. Atkinson
Waverly; Chatham: Walthour & Lip
pit and A. H. Moorehouse, Savannah:
Charlton: DR.. ]. w Buchanan, Folk
ston; Clinch: A. K Seasons, Cog,
dell; Coffee, A. & NJ School, Doug
las; Co1quitt: G. w. Newton, DR.. H.
Rothe and Jno. w. Greer, Moultrie;
Decatur: H. c. Allen, cambridge and
T. 5. Cummings and Son, Leila;
Dodge: R. F. Burch, Eastman; Early:
L. B. Mcdowell, Blakely; Echols: G.
w. Warn, Valdosta; Bingham:
South Georgia Live Stock Company;
Emanuel: Brinson and Son, Stillmore,
Evans: J. N. Roach, Daisy and c.
". EIearn. Elabell; Glynn: Tate and
/ Parker, Brunswick, Durham and
Thorpe, Hayner and Jekyl Island
Club, Jekyl Island; Grady: J. M. Bur.
roughs and M. Joe Pearce, Cairo;
Irwin, T. M. Paulk, Ocil1a; Jeff Da-
Wis: Daniel Kirkland, Denton and T.
F. Hall, Hazlehurst; Jenkins, R. G..
Daniel, Millen; Laurens, F. H. Rowe
and Berry Bros, Dublin; Liberty;
Martin, Sanders and Martin, McIn-
tosh; Lowndes: w. T. Staten, Val
dosta; Mcintosh; Georgia Land &
Live Stock Co., Townsend; Miller:
Jos. M. Shingler, Colquitt; Mitchell:
]. P. McRee and Mr.. Metcalf, Ca
milla; Pierce: w. H. Clough, Black-
shear; Tattanall: NJ L. Jones and
JOS. w. Smith, Manassas; Telfair:
George H. Harris, McRae; Tiff: A.
& M. College, Triton; Toombs: J.
K. Meadows, Vidalia; Ware: Sea-
man Investment Co., and w. S. Booth
Waycross and Manor; Wayne, Ellis
& McKinnon, Jesup, and B. G. Mid
dleton, Atkinson; Worth: Columbus
Afford and J. E. Height, Sylvester.
This work will also be taken up in
Cook county.
The grasses used in the experiment
includes Rhodes, Dallas, and Carpet
as basis OF the seed mixture with
japan clover or lespedeza, white clo-
1
yer and Alsikeadded for summer and
fall pastures; later it is expected to
try black medic and burr clover for
winter pasture on the same areas.
On the light, thin, sandy soil kudzu
is to be tried.
The soil series which have been
selected as representing the soils
which are likely to be used in the
various counties of Georgia for pas
ture include Portsmouth, Plummer,
Georgetown, Bladen, Triton, Nor
folk, Ruston, Grady, Greenville, Or
augsburg, Leon, Coxville, Clastain,
Kalmia, Hyde, Thomson, Susquehan,
ma, Cahaba and muck
The selection of these pastures
areas has required six weeks of care
full, personal work which has been
done by Prof. John R. Fain, Of the
State College of Agriculture and F.
H. Abbott, Secretary of the Georgia