Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-04


or sandy phases of the Triton or peb-
BILE soils produced good yields of
firSt-clasS tobacco. Heavy phases of
pebble soil, especially those in a high
state of cultivation, produced tobac-
co that was too coarse and too dark
in color. There was a great deal
more disease known as wild fire.
and 'frog-eye" on the heavy soils;
on many fields half the leaves would
rot before the tobacco ripened. No
doubt this condition was aggravated
by excessive rains. While it IS prob
| ably that with normal seasons heavy
| phases of pebble soil will produce
tobacco of superior quality, although
not quite as many pounds. Pebble
soils as a whole give large yields FER
acre. The ones in a high state of
/ cultivation are likely to contain an
/ oVer-abundance of ammonia.
| Some tobacco was grown on the
Ruston sandy loan but the growth
was not as good as on Norfolk sandy
! loan and the quality of tobacco was
! inferior.
| Tobacco has made only .air show
! ing OH the soils near the coast in
! Camden. Mcintosh and Bryan coun-
| ties. The yield was good but the
! quality of the leaf is not equal to
! that grown in some other counties.
1t is possible, however, that some of
| the best drained types may prove to
be excellent tobacco soils.
The Norfolk series are probably
, the most important tobacco soils in
| the state: of this series the Norfolk
sandy loan has given the largest
| yields The body and quality are
J good. On the Norfolk fine sand the
yield. has not been quite as good and
| the leaf has not shown as much body
+ but has excellent color and quality.
The Norfolk coarse sand has given
poorest yields and tobacco of least
! body.
A soil possessing ideal mechanical
| and chemical requirements may be
entirely unsuited to tobacco il it has
| poor drainage. 1t is detrimental to
a tobacco plant to stand for any
| length of time in Water-logged SOIL
! Land that has been cultivated for
some. time is preferred to freshly
cleared land. When grown on fresh
land the leaves are thin and life
! less. The bottom leaves usually be-
gin to waste away before they are
| ripe Tobacco grows best after a
clean cultivated crop like tobacco.
| While tobacco does not exhaust the
! soil more than some other crops, it
| is advisable to practice a rotation
! rather than to grow tobacco on the
! same fields continuously. There will
| be less trouble from disease and in
! sects and the fertility of the soil
will be more economically maintain
ed. A reasonable amount of humus
/
| lowed to grow on the land and are
plowed under early in the fall, give
about the right amount of humus.
| Tobacco grows we'll after cotton,
| wheat, oats, and sweet potatoes.
| Velvet beans add a great deal of
difficult to determine how much nj
trogen is required If too much nj
trogen is present, the tobacco does
not ripen properly and becomes
coarse and dark. Therefore, it is
not advisable to plant tobacco after
velvet beans or where a large crop
| Of cowpeas has been turned under.
When tobacco is planted after wheat
or oats it is advisable not to plant
any peas after the grain is cut, but
them under in the early fall. There
is no objection to planting tobacco
after peanuts if the entire peanut
crop is harvested.
The character of the tobacco pro-
duced will depend almost as much
died in the rotation between the
crops of tobacco as upon the fer
tilizer used or upon the cultivation
given to the tobacco itself.
BEANS AS FORAGE FOR LIVE
STOCK
G.. B., Byromville, Ga, writes:
/ am sending sample OF Deans
ana would ike 10 KNOW IL LlISJ
will make good stock feed.
The sample of beans sent us goes
by a variety of names They al, are
sometimes called stock beans. The
plant is characterized by the de-
Velopment of enormous pods. Inc
beans contain a large amount OF
nutriment and, under certain clrcum-
| stances, could be used to advantage
for stock food. Our experience and
observation with sort of bean, how
ever, lead us to the conclusion that
much larger or even more de,
sirable food for the nutrition OF
live stock can be produced in Ceor-
crops. Among these we would men
ton, first, the velvet bean; second
the cowpea and, third, the soy bean
We believe these to be stated il
the order of their importance fol
growth in your section of the state
The velvet bean, as you doubtless
know, can be planted by. itself OF
preferably with corn. 1t may be
planted alongside the drill or even
in the drill, or it can be planted in
the middles of five-foot rows. We
prefer to plant it with corn. In oul
Judgment the velvet bean will make
the largest amount of grain for
feed with corn of any legume yoU
can grow with this crop. CoWpeas
do not make a very large yield OF
vet beans would probably do better
in this respect, though we have
never thought this crop as vel
adapted to south as to north Geor-
gia.
Cattle, as you doubtless know, will
harvest velvet beans in the field, OF
they may be gathered in the hui
and soaked to soften them and ther
fed in troughs along with silage OF
other forms of roughage.