Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-05

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Cotton Varieties for Southwest Geor-
gia
A. W. NJ, Albany, Ca, writes: What
varieties OF cotton would you recommend
for this section? We want an early cot
ton that will yield most at first and
second pickings account of the heavy
Weevil infestation, and one that will
continue to make forms for the weevilS
to feed on during the whole gathering
period.
In sections of the state where
black root or wilt disease is likely
to occur there are probably two
standar dvarieties of cotton which
should be grown. These are we'll Sc
lected strains of Covington Toole and
Lewis 63. On the land where cotton
is not troubled by the wilt disease
we think that an early strain of
Cleveland Big Boil is likely to prove
a satisfactory variety under weevtl
conditions. College No. l is some
what earlier according to our ex-
perIence. 1t is relatively new
variety which we have developed here
at the college with tn purpose of hav-
ing a strain which would mature
sufficiently early TO be grown under
WeeVil conditions. 1t has not been as
widely grown in Georgia yet as we
hope it may be later on, as we have
been working and developing it only
during recent years. 1t has given us
larger first and second pickings than
any strain of cotton which we have
tested here at Athens. We do not
mean to say, however, that it is bet
ter than anything else which has been
developed or which can be grown, but
we think that it would be well for
you to secure a small amount of seed
of this variety and test it out on
your plantation this year.
Making Corn Slower With S1lage
W. L. w, Salem, Ohio, writes We
wish some information regarding the use
of slower for silage. What is your
opinion regarding the elimination of the
grain from the silage?
We have never undertaken to put
slower in the silo on any considerable
scale and We do not know of any
extensive experiments to determine
its value when so used which have
been made in this section of south.
1t has always been our belief that
silage should be made from the whole
plant and so this has been the prac-
tice which we have followed for
twenty-five years. Of course, in this
section of the country we use less
corn for silage than in many others.
Here on our college farm at Athens
we have relied on white kaffir corn
and red head sorghum planted in
alternate rows for the production of
Silage. We often make as high as
Is tons per acre. This is a very
good silage because we do not cut
the crop until the seed heads have
formed and hardened. Some have
objected to the use of these crops for
tn silo because they said 1t made a
sour silage. The trouble experienced
in this direction was due entirly to
cutting these crops before they were
mature. They are naturally very re-
tentive of moisture and hence must
be allowed to stand longer than
would be necessary in the case of
corn and other crops which mature
rather quickly once they begin to
ripen.
The writer has lived in several
states and has had considerable ex-
perience in making corn into silaee.
We have never had any sympathy
with the idea that the ears could be
snapped off and then as good a quail
ity Of silage obtained as where they
were left on.
The little experience we have had
in trying to ensilo practically dry
fodder leads us to the belief that 1t
should be cut short and that stream
of water, supplied by say a three
fourths inch hose will need to be
very freely used in order to soften
the silage made from such material
sufficiently to prevent it from heat
ing on the one hand or moulding on
he other. It is d:fficu7t to mack and
form a silage of this character salts
f9ctorilv. We can see no re- son
why this method of filling the si1o
@hould be resorted to excent In cases
where more si1H~e is nro7roed than
n9n be PVT in tho si!o at tho tine If
is frs filled. We are INCLINED to
think that people who use stare in
he maintenance of beef and dairv
cattle would fird it more profile BILE
- build an additional silo and nut
he crop IN when it is in suitable
condition for the si'o than by at
tempting to handle it when it has
"eached the condition of slower
It is nv firm conviction that IT
YOU eliminate the grain from the
ai'agA you wiz have to feed Just
that much more grain IN order to OBJ
t2in the same relative amount Of
Tx and butter frop a given amount
{ grantees silape.'
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