Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ SOULE

year, but we are inclined to think
most of the nitrogen should be put
on in your section Of the state not
later than the 18th of July. So we
would make the first application OF
nitrogen pretty soon and then space
the applications along so as to have
the last one put on about the date
indicated. By following this method
we believe YOU will furnish the crop
with plenty of available nitrogen at
the time it needs it and will insure
a rapid development and growth OF
the plants and a heavy fruiting. II
you can keep any of the bollS from
shedding before dry weather and get
a sufficient growth to your crop there
should be enough plant food in the
land to finish making it on basis
which will insure a yield of two
bales of cotton per acre.
GROWING ALFALFA IN GEORGIA
W. c. k Atlanta, Ga. writes Will
land that produces good thick growth
Of pigeon clover be good soil which
to grow white clover? Please tell me
about the time. preparation Of land, etc,
for the growing of clover.
We do not happen to know any
clover that passes by the common
sumo this is local synonym for
some variety which passes generally
under another name. If you viii
send a sample of this clover to us
for examination we shall be plea sed
to identify it. 1t should be packed
in small box and wrapped in paper
which has been well moistened so as
to keep it damp and in good condi-
ton.
The chances are that white clover
will grow where this clover grows.
AS you doubtless know, there are
out-croppings of lime rock in various
parts of Georgia. This material
however, is deficient in practically all
of our soils and in order to grow any
liberal applications of crushed lime
rock to the land. We advise the use
of at least two tons where one eX-
poets to sow any of the clovers. This
material should be nut on as a top
dressing and scattered as uniformly
as possible over the surface of the
ground and then narrowed in.
We have not been able to establish
any of the clover grasses from spring
seeding, so we advise that you do
the planting in the fall. White Glow
er. of course, will do fairly well in
some locations in Georgia. 1t IS
more or less of a temporary crop,
however. making its chief growth in
the spring or early summer, or at
those seasons of the year when there
is an abundance of moisture. It is
Of some value in pasture, even in
this climate, and one may be Justi-
fled in using as much as five pounds
of it per acre in grass mixtures in
tended for permanent pastures.
On the other hand. we see no rea-
son why you should not be able to
grow alfalfa successfully. and we
are sure you would find this much
more profitable and satisfactory for
your purposes than white clover. Now
is the time to get ready for alfalfa
while planting the land in cowpeas.
Turn them under when in good con-
dition for making hay. Roll the land
thoroughly and work as a fallow and
seed to alfalfa about the 18th of Oc-
tober. You should put two tons of
lime on the land before planting the
peas and two tons on before sowing
the alfalfa. We have alfalfa on the
college farm which has been yielding
us at the rate of five tons of cured
hay for several years past. We cut
it five times year and in good sea-
sons six times. 1t is a very valu-
able food on any stock farm, and we
regard it as particularly valuable
to hog growers.