Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-10

Queer in the highest sense of the word
and so render a patriotic service to your
country Through your efforts you
should be able to produce enough 1000
to feed a soldier, and thus you are as
truly performing a patriotic duty as
the boys across the water.
AS to your calf we suggest that you
provide it with as much grazing as pos
sible and then feed it a reasonable
amount OF an equal mixture of corn and
cob meal and velvet bean meal You
can, of course, use peanuts II you pre-
fer in place of the velvet bean meal.
In order to grow your calf out rapidly
and develop it satisfactorily you will
need to feed considerable amount or
grain. Do not over-feed 1t, however, but
let it have about what it will eat up
clean each day, Keep rock salt for 1t
and give it plenty of water and provide
all the roughness in a green or succT-
lent form needed.
A good feed for Duroc-Jersey pigs two
months old would be the grain mix
ture suggested above. You can use two
thirds velvet beans and one-third corn.
You may use in place of the velvet
beans peanut meal if you prefer. One 81
equally as good as the other provided
they cost the same. In feeding grain
to your hogs reduce it to fairly thin
slop with some skim milk or part skim
milk and water If you feed kitchen
Stops be sure they are free from glass.
soap powders and other Objectionable
materials.
X "a:
Seeding an Orchard Down to Alfalfa
W. P. H., Rocky Face, Ca, writes:
Would ii hurt my orchard to SOW it in
alfalfal The trees are about five years
old hon chor
and it is in good condition. The land is
in wheat now. and I expect to follow the
wheat with peas and to alfalfa this
fall if it will not hurt the trees. If can
not put the alfalfa in the orchard could
l expect any return to sow IL on second
years land for pasturage?
1t does not seem to me that alfalfa
would be a desirable crop to. plant in an
orchard. This is a difficult and rather
costly crop to establish, and once you
obtain stand of it you would not wish
to destroy it for several years. 1t is d
rrop which requires liberal feeding with
phosphoric acid and potash, though it
may be able to gather most of the nj
trogen it needs through the air, under
favorable conditions To this extent it
would. therefore. be a competitor with
your trees, and we do not believe this
would be desired
Our idea for an organization would be
to grow some of the 'legumeS to be
turned under in the fall for the enrich
ment of the land. In the winter we
would use some of the cereals, such as
rye, and thus prevent washing or ero-
sion during the winter months The
rye may be turned under, of course. Both
of these crops can be grazed if you con-
slider this essential or wise by any stock
which will not injure the trees. Nat
urally, If your land is very rich and
there is a tendency to stimulate very
rapid growth of trunk and limb, the use
of leguminous crops may not be so i'm
portant. In that event, you can use al
most any other crop, such as corn. We
would. of course, not plant these crops
close to the trees. In other words, we
would leave a wide strip on each side of
the trees to be cultivated and kept clean.
We see no reason why you should not
follow the wheat on the land-with peas.
but we would rather be disposed to turn
them under and follow with rye rather
than to plant alfalfa, for the reasons
assigned.
One should not attempt to establish a
piece of alfalfa without first preparing
the land carefully. 1t would be we'll to
plant COW peas on the land, to be turned
planting to alfalfa. You should then
apply at least two to three tons of raw
crushed lime rock. Broadcast over the
land and pillow down. Prepare a fine
seed bed and fertilize with 800 to 500
pounds of acid phosphate and cotton seed
meal. In the course of a few days plant
the alfalfa, using fifteen pounds of the
recleaned western-grown alfalfa seed
per acre Be careful to innoculate the
land with the necessary cultures, which
can be obtained free of cost from the
bureau of plant industry, United States
department of agriculture, Washington,
D. c., upon application for the same.