Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
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where it can no longer be Icultiva ted
satisfactorily let it alone.
Do not make the mistake of try
ing to harvest the crop until the
saccharine sorghum is we'll matured.
This means that the seed will be
complained of their inability to
make silage from sorghum, but it
has in all instances which have come
to my attention been due to the fact
that they have not allowed the crop
to ripen sufficiently before putting
it into the silo. Even after the
sorghum has been cut it may be al
hours and so bleed away part of
the excessive amount of water 1t
contains. Combining it with the
kaff1r corn, which as q much drier
plant, provides sufficient moisture to
preserve both satisfactorily. When
the crop is properly mixed in the
silo, therefore, a desirable charac-
ter of food is obtained.
The crop should be cut with a corn
harvester and bound into sheaves,
hauled in low-wheeled wagons to
the machine and fed into 1t in equal
proportion so that proper mixture
will be obtained in the silo. Then
as the silo is filled it is of the ut
most Importance that q man be kept
in it who will see that the silage is
thrown to the outside of the silo and
outer wall. When this is done there
is no need Of adding additional wa
ter. In fact, this would be objec-
tionable with the combination Of
crops mentioned. Under such cir
cumstances silage will go through a
curing process in the course of few
days and the use of this feed may
be commenced say thirty days after
the silo has been filled.
We have frequently fed silage
from the latter part Of October on
through for a period Of nine months
There is no reason why we should
not have silage all the year around
in the southeastern states if it's use
on twelve months basis is either
advisable or necessary.
Build silo this summer and fill
it with the crops mentioned. You
will find 1t, Mr.. Stockman, the finest
investment you have ever made.
Crop Suitable for Grazing Cows
NJ. B., Leaksville, N. c., writes: We
live In a small town and keep a COW,
but have no pasture. We have a good
sized lot that we want to SOW In some
thing for summer pasture. What
would you recommend as the best thing
to sow
LQdLCu as yOu are We USI16VO
that Bermuda grass will afford you
the best covering for your cow lot
and provide you with better per-
manent grazing than any other grass
you can obtain at this season. Ber-
muda grass should be SoWn at the
rate of about to 6 pounds per acre,
or you may establish it from sets.
The sets may be put out any time
from now on. When sets are used
cut the grass in four-inch squares
and drop in rows inches apart,
18 inches apart. When you put out
the sets in the manner indicated
you will obtain a sod much earlier
than would otherwise be possible.
AS Bermuda grass does not start
until warm weather comes you can
not expect to obtain much grazing
from this area before July or Au-
gust, and you should not Craze 1t
too heavily the first season anyway
unless weather conditions are excep-
tionally good. You might put part
of your lot down to Bermuda grass
sets in the manner indicated and
seed the remaining Of it to corn and
sorghum. We would plant the corn
in drills about three feet apart and
sow it thickly. 1t probably would
not. attain a height of over two or
three feet. The stalks would be
small and fine, however, and the
cow would eat them readily. You
could cut what you need for hay
each day. The sorghum planted I'M
der the same conditions will come
on later and furnish you forage dur
ing the middle part of the summer.
After that you could probably count
on the grazing to last until frost
comes.