Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-23
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
az DR.. ANDREW MI SOULE

and the fall application should be
made about the first of October.
Keeping it clipped with a lawn now
er will tend to thicken up the growth
Removing the cut grass from the
lawn is. in my judgment, mistake.
1t should be left to act as a mulch
or cover for the tender young roots.
If the lawn is cut with sufficient
frequency, there willsbe no need for
removing the grass from the sur
face. It will not initiate against
the appearance Of the lawn, and
opinion from leaving the cut grass
for the purpose indicated above. A
good lawn should probably be gone
over twice week. Some seasons,
once a week will be often enough.
At others, cutting as much as three
times a week may be necessary.
The lawn should be constantly
gone over with some sharp and mar
row pointed instrument and groWths
of any kind cut out. This is a most
important and essential undertaking.
If this matter be neglected, a lawn
a weed patch. Volunteer growths of
grass of various kinds will also make
their presence felt. They can be con-
trolled or destroyed in the manner
indicated. Some may think that the
seeding Of Bermuda will damage the
lawn. They are in error in this re-
spect, as this grass only grows in
the hottest weather and makes a
very poor showing in the shade. 1t
does. however, help to give bottom,
the warm months. It's use in the
manner suggested, therefore, is de-
sirable.
During warm weather the lawn
should be watered every day. 1t is
best to keep a hose with a spray
Inn oil no
time. This may be moved from place
to place with very little effort and
so a sufficient amount of moisture
kept in the soil to insure the uniform
growth of the lawn. 1t is mistake
to water by fits and starts. This
and sunburned by turns. A failure
to water the lawn for any considerable
period of time at certain seasons
will result in the destruction of
most, of the varieties of grass recon-
mended for general use.
There are those no doubt who will
say that the cost of following the
course indicated is prohibitive. 1t
is not more so, however, than to in
dulge ourselves in many other pleas
for an ordinary lawn will cost from
81 to 81 year, depending on it's
area. The fertilizer will cost from
50 to $40 year. There is labor
enough around every home to. cut
and water the lawn. The actual
water used will cost from 81 to SIS a
month, depending on the size of the
lawn. One can have a beautiful
green sward to look out upon and
derive inspiration and happiness
from at cost of two to three dol
lars a month.
Is there anything that adds so
much to the beauty and attractive
ness of the home as a pretty lawn?
l do not know what it could be.
Ihere are thousands of people who
would think nothing of spending SIS
Tor couple of tickets to the theater
or, for any other purpose that might
interest their fancy. 1t is not on ac-
count OF economics we have practic-
| ed or the necessity of. saving money
That has kept US from having a lar.
g E9atb number ?, T. OF more beautiful lawns
hather. 1t is due to a lack of appre-
cation of how to proceed I'm
doubtedly, no feature of the home
mas been more neglected than the
lawn. Let us see if we cannot put
on campaign of statewide pro-
!1shment of beautiful green sward
IN front of every one of our homes
whether located in the city or out in
the open county. Covering up a por-
tlon OF the landscape with natures
carPet is a well worthwhile under
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The Management to Accord Cotton
Land
W. S. M, Thomaston. Ga,
writes: 1 have some very good
land that is in corn and velvet
beans that 1 wish to plant in cot
ton next year. 1 wish to know
what kind of fertilizer to use
What about sulphate of ammo
MIA and nitrate of soda?
You are acting right in thinking
about getting your land in shape for
cotton for the 1921 crop. Plow the
land as soon as you can and cultivate
1t occasionally so as to keep the
crust broken on the surface and en-
courage the absorption of moisture
throughout the fall and winter Fall
ploWed land can be bedded earlier
and made ready for cotton than that
broken in the spring. This is a most
important thing to accomplish when
one has to contend with the boil wee
vii. On land of the type you de-
scribe, we would use a formula con-
tanning per cent nitrogen, per
cent OF phosphoric acid and from 8
to per cent of potash We would
apply 500 pounds of tf{is fertilizer
under the drill row at the time the
crop was planted. We would not
use any side applications in weevil-
infested territory. Fight the weevil
tloLl TIE very beginning, ana there
is no reason why you should not
make from 60 to 80 per cent of a
crop. There is no objection to using
either sulphate of ammonia or nj
trate OF soda as carriers of nitro
gen for cotton. Use which ever is
the cheapest source of available nj
trogen you can obtain. If the vari-
ETY. of cotton you are growing is
giving satisfactory results, stick to
it. 1t has not seemed to us to be as
early as some we have tested here
and one needs an early variety of
cotton to succeed best under weevil
conditions. On that account we have
recommended College No. /, strain
developed here on the college farm
and which has proven it's merits in
many sections of the state.
Protection From velvet Bean Sting
T. ID. S., GAINESVILLE, Ga,
writes: l wish to know what
will overcome the sting of vel
vet beans. We have raised a lot
of them, but they sting the flesh
every time we handle them for
forage or hay. j do not see how
: we are to get them picked II
b there Is not something to use to
relieve the sting.
There IL only one effective means
, of protecting the hands from the
sting OF the velvet bean. 1t is ia
, wear rather heavy and long gloves
of tho gauntlet type. They shoult
come well UP on the arm. This Is
the plan of procedure followed IN