Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
USE OF LEGUMEs
AS GREEN NHANURES

corn, what system of planting is COM
monty used?
Legumes are quite extensively
cultivated in Georgia and there is
q growing interest in crops of this
character, Georgia, as you doubt
peanut growing states in the union.
We also produce enormous crops of
velvet beans. In some sections the
soy bean is coming more and more
into favor. We also grow cowpeas
or an extensive scale and there is
growing interest in the cultiva-
ton of alfalfa and some of the bet
ter known Of the Vetches. While
legumes are used to some extent
for green manuring, they are prob
this state than in many othera
The refuse is then turned under for
the enrichment of the soil. Prac;I-
cally all of our velvet beans are
grown as companion crops with
grown in inter-tillage rows with
corn. Cowpeas are sometimes
grown with corn and other crops,
but in most instances they are
seeded either singly or in combina-
production of hay, but extensive
areas of cowpeas are grown for
seed production. Some of our le-
gumes are still seeded and plowed
IN broadcast, burt the great maJori-
ty of these crops are now planted
gumes grown with corn are grazed
down on the land. though IN In
creasing proportion is now harvest
ed.
Poultry Ranching in Georgia
A. A, T., Reno, New, writes: would
like to know why there are no sue
cessfdl poultry ranches around Sayan-
Eah. Is it on account of the climate or
ln inly YfnUT1
tween NaYneshoro and Augusta "a good
location to undertake the raising OF
poultry eommlrrGally2 Do Eoq think
south Georgia for this purpose? would
like your advice in regard to the poul-
try business n Georgia.
There is no reason, in SO far as l
know, why poultry raising should
, not be undertaken on a successful
basis in the vicinity of Savannah.
The methods of managing and han
varied to suit climatic and soil con-
ditions. 1t should not be a difficult
matter to provide houses which will
protect chickens sufficiently from
rainfall and keep them in healthy
and vigorous condition.
Where the land is light and sandy
it dries off so quickly that there
is no reason to believe chickens
would not do we'll under conditions
such as you describe. AS a matter
of fact, a large number of chickens
are raised in northeast Georgia
where the rainfan is very heavy, ape
proximating, think, that at Savan-
nah. The lands in north Georgia are
red and heavy and do not dry off
nearly ne ary as quickly as those around Sc"
Our experience has indicated that
chickens should be Matched early and
| given good start before warm
weather sets in. When this was done
! we have had no difficulty in raising
! large numbers of chickens satisfac-
torily. great many of our people
! do not begin their settings early
! enough and as a result the chickens
come off in the height of the warm
weather and of course do not thrive
satisfactorily. 1t seems to US that
| eggs could be set in the vicinity 81
Savannah in the late summer or
early fall, that the great productive
poultry season in that section of the
state should be. say from October
Certainly all kinds of green food
can be produced for chickens in that
vicinity and some of the grains
necessary to maintain them as Well,
One, of course, must study the crops
adapted to that climate and suitable
for chickens. and plant them so as
to insure their being ready at the
season of the year when they will
be needed to meet the requirements
of chickens and laying hens.
There is no reason, of course, why
a poultry plant should not be estab-
lished any where between Waynes-
boro and Augusta or at any of the
other points mentioned in your COM
munication. There is good de-
mand in the vicinity of the larger
towns and cities for fresh eggs,
which is not being met at all at the
| present time. There is also a con-
slant demand for broilers, friers and
for heavier chickens and hens which
is not being satisfactorily met. 1t
seems to me that the trouble with
of expert management. With most
people it is a side issue and not an
industry. A poultry yard properly
| organized and developed calls for
! specialized supervision and manage
ment, and l think where poultry hus-
bandry has failed to make a show
ing it is due more to the manage
ment than to the conditions which
may pertain in given locality.
TEE NEED or STANDASD GRAD
ING OF COTTON
!. e. L., Thomson Ga, writes: Is
there no way by which the cotton farm
er can be protected In the small towns
| nom the mercy Of the cotton buyer
who is almost as ignorant of grading MS
/ the farmer himself? 1 have seen n bale
OIL Cleveland Big Boil raised on strong
land and picked clean and dry without
stain FIRING a half cent less than .
bale raised on thin sandy land and
picked by a careless hand. | have seen
| a white mans cotton bring a cent more
pound than negro's because the latter
was ignorant. ! would like suggestions