Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-03

acre? If rye is sown now and graZed
this winter and early spring, will it
make anything to let it stand for
seed?
Rape may be planted in your Sec
ton of the state any time after
danger of very severe freezes has
past. In this section of Georgia
it has been our custom to plant
rape in the latter part of February
or early in March. You should be
able to plant it with safety from
two weeks to thirty days earlier
than we can here. We have found
rape to be rather a hardy plant and
one which will stand light frosts
very well. We have found it a
great advantage to plant it as early
as we possibly could, because the
sooner it establishes itself in the
ground the more rapid and vigorous
the growth and the better it MAIN
tains itself until relatively late in
the season. This is due to the fact
that the early establishment of q
good root Gystem enables it to
withstand the dry weather, which
often occurs in March or April, to
good advantage. s.-..
We regard rape with much favor
as crop for grazing by hogs. 1t
will provide almost maintenance
ration. From this you should not
draw the conclusion that it is. un-
desirable to feed any grain, as that
would be mistake, but L have
indicated to you a measure of its
feeding value to let you see how
important it can be made to our
hog growers, and how valuable an
asset it should become in the sec
ton of the state where the farm
ers must of necessity turn to stock
raising as a means of overcoming
the damage and loss they have suf-
fered through the boil weevil in
vasion.
We suggest that you plant the
crop in rows four feet apart, using
four to five pounds of seed per
acre. Cultivate the land lightly
until it becomes well established.
If you wish the plants to grow
where they will stand about a foot
to the trouble of thinning, however
as this involves a considerable out
lay for labor. Unless thinning is
done, however, the plants will not
grow as large as they would other
wise.
While 1t is not good practice to
grow wheat after wheat, we see
no objection to your following the
plan you have suggested. Peas
should put the ground in very goou
condition for wheat. If the season
is favorable you could disk the land
and plant the wheat Immediately.
If the season is dry and unfavorab1e
it may pay you to break the soil.
It is important to remember that
the fall is the best time to do the
sUbsoiling, and also that cereals re-
CURE a fairly fine seed bed, so that
if you do break the land you should
roll it so as to fine and compact
it just before you plant the wheat.
We have found bushel and a
peck of wheat the best amount to
use. We have planted it in varying
quantities on our test plots for
number of years. and believe the
will get a better yield from the
quantity indicated than from any
other amount you could use. Wheat
should be sown in your section
about the first of November. You
can, of course, plant later than this,
but our experience leads us to be-
lieve that relati"olv early planting
is the n7ost nrofi'H bic.
Rive may he sow now and grazed
during the Fa'l end winter. When
ever we can obtain a season in this
section of the state we plant rye
ear1v so as to have it for fall and
winter grazing. The autumn is so
dry, however, that it is hard to get