Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-15

varieties would come on in a proper
succession SO as to insure the larg-
est amount of cntinuous grazing
that it is possible to obtain in a
| given season. On that account, we
would plant one area to the Early
Black or the Early Dwarf Green, an
other to the Tar Heel or the Ito
| San Yellow and the third to the
Mammoth Yellow.
WHEN TO SEED BUR CLIO
YER
L. D. A, Millerville, Ala, writes:
| In sowing a mixture of grass seed in
the spring would it be advisable to sow
| bur clover with other seed? Will mix
| ture of Bermuda grass, japan clover
alsike clover, sweet clover, sleeps
| fescne and bur clover make a good mix
ture and will it furnish much grazing
| the first year?
Whenever Bermuda grass will
| grow we'll, it provides an excellent
pasture, and one desiring to empha-
seed a good area to this crop. The
best clover to sow in association
Wlth bermuda grass is Japan clover.
1t holds it's own better with this
the grass as to destroy it. Alsike
clover is better sown on low, moist
bottom land. Sweet clover is a
coarse growing clover which is best
seeded by itself on Iowlands. Sleeps
| fescue is a grass best adapted for
dertake to combine it with Bermuda
grass. Bermuda should be sown in
July and narrowed well at the time
OF sowing: NO doubt you will get a
TAR stand of this clover next year.
1t should not be grazed much, as it
is rather slow establishing itself.
when you secure a good stand of it,
you may Craze 1t more heavily. IT
VII! furnish considerable winter and
spring grazing and SO materially ex-
expect to obtain from a pasture CON
Slst1ng primarily Of Bermuda and
Japan clover. You cannot expect to
get much grazing from any pasture
the nrst year. Grass is a crop which
requires to be handled with skill and
discretion. Under right manage
ment' 1t is one of the most profitable
crops we can grow. Most people fail
IN maintaining pastures on account
OF overlooking them with stock be-
lore they have had a chance to prop
erly establish themselves.
Growing Lespedeza on a Commercial
Scale
w. o. A, Lafayette, Ca writes:
what is the mast satisfactory inocula-
Georgia? 1t grows some here in pas
lures, but has not grown on the land
wish to sow it on because of con-
slant cultivation. The land is poor and
want to get it set with lespedeza
! Lespedeza may be inoculated in
| one or two ways. You might secure
some earth from field where it has
been grown successfully for several
years past. Mix one hundred pounds
OF earth with the seed you expect to
apply to each acres of land and then
distribute uniformly over the surface
OF the ground. We would prefer to
cover the inoculated seed into the
soil with either a weeder or a brush
narrow: You may also secure what
are called special cultures of inocu-
lat1ng material. These come from
the manufacturer with special direc-
lions which you should follow out
with the utmost care. The artificial
cultures, if properly made and ap-
pied, are likely to prove satisfac-
tory. 1t is advisable and Desirable
TO lnoculate small-seeded legunes
When grown on land where it has
not been previously grown. Lespe-
deza belongs to the family of Ie-
gumes and should, therefore. be able
TO gather the greater part of the
nitrogen it needs out of the air TO,
we would not put much nitrogen in
the formula to be sused on land on
winch lespedeza is to be planted.
very good commercial fertilizer for
pounds of Gid.
Poultry Manure as Plant Food
NJ. b., Union, S. c., writes: will
you please inform me what to mix with
poultrv manure to make a complete
fertilizer? What should dry unmixed
poultry manure sell for per ton?
Poultry manure as you doubtless
KNOW irrf, -.
loses this element very readily Nv
decomposition. Especially is this
true In warm weather. 1t should
therefore,, either be applied to the
ground as soon after it is made as
possible or else treated with mate
alals, winch tend to retard it's de-
composition. A very good plan of
procedure in handling material of
thls character is, therefore. as fol-
lows: For each ten pounds of poul-
Try manure take four pounds of acid
phosphate, two pounds of kainit and
TOUR pounds of sawdust or dry mulch
son. MIX these materials together
as thoroughly as possible. It will
then pc found that one ton of the
material contains approximately ten
pounds OF nitrogen, slxty-tive POUNDS
% pnosphorlc acid and thirty pounds
VI potash. This furnishes a very
good fertilizer for general farm use
IL IS more valuable probably for
truck crops, however, than for GEN
efal Held crops. A ton of material
MADE up in the manner indicated
would contain plant food constituents
approximately $14.50 in VaIne e'i s3
present prices. Green manure would
probably not be worth more than
ohe-thlrd TO one-half as much as the
ngufes indicated. Probably if Won
were making Or selling poultry ma
lure OF a Well-cured grade, you co1Id
not expect to get more than STA ~
Sl2 ton for it. ~
sudan Grass as a Hay Cron
A. =, ~, Calhoun, Ga, writes:
VIII Sudan Grass make hav SOW
BROADCAST on average good land
- or should it be drilled in. and
now MUCH seed should be used
per acre? What do you think of
Is 1t as good as Cooks? VIII
1t be all right to mix so pounds
| 81 SODA With zoo pounds of 1922
12r use under cotton" What
aDout top dressing cotton with
nitrate OF soda?
There is no reason why you should
not make fair crop of hav from
Sudan grass in your section. Il IT #
may, OF course. be sown broadcast
we prefer to drill it because we car
cover the seed uniformly and less
seed is required to cover a given
a VI ldHu' SUDAN grass may be
seeded at the same time as sorghum
we nave had the best results from
this grass for hay making bv drill
ing 1T as we would wheat or any 9th
er similar crop and planting in vide
rows and cultivating in between
cof,nlo several times. You can, Of
course, plant Sudan grass lust like
sorghum. In that event, YOU get y
much taller and coarser stalk than
When you plant it in the drill AZ
wheat. It should be seeded at the
rate OF from fifteen to twenty-five
| pounds per acre.
We have no direct acquaintance
| with the VARIETY of cnttnn 70 .s.l,is