Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-26

not particularly palatable to hogs,
but on account of the soil-building
properties of the plant, velvet beans
are planted extensively with corn.
Corn is a feed that is a great fat
producer and is universally known
as the great hog feed. The advan-
tage of "hogging down" corn is that
a saving in labor of harvesting and
feeding is effected and the waste. In
the manure produced is reduced to a
minimum.
Permissible principal use of
peanuts as a hog feed is not that of
a grazing crop, but as fattenlng
feed which is obtained directly from
the nuts. Hogs relish peanuts, and
when feeding on them fatten very
is oily and of dark yellowlsh color
and does not, stand in favor with
the buyers at terminal markets. on
this account it is we'll for the pro-
Queer of market hogs on a large
scale to feed peanuts In Limited
amounts. The waste nuts left behind
the peanut picker are, in numerous
cases, allowed to be consumed by
hogs turned into the field after the
crop has been harvested for the COM
mercial peanut market. Ihls is an
economical practice, but in many m
stances causes a soft condltlon IN
the pork and pork by-products pro-
duced which is difficult to eliminate
even by later feeding on corn, Pea-
nuts which are not especially eX,
haustiye to the soil are we'll adapted
to the southern part of Georgia, as
they require a warm sandy SOIL.
Sweet Potatoes.-About 6S per cent
to 70 per cent of the sweet potato IS
water, so this tuber is bulky feed.
It is high in starch and low IN pro-
tein content, therefore it's function as
a, hog feed is to produce fat rather
than muscle. In sections OF georgia
where large yields are made, TINS
crop may be used advantageously 70
reduce the amount Of grain REQUIRED
in the ration. A common practice
is to allow hogs to follow in the held
after the potato digger and feed upon
the Gull potatoes not suitable LOT
commercial purposes. potatoes re- o
iected at the potato house may pc
utilized to advantage ana prUli1 ny y
This practice 1t Is not advisable, on
account Of their bulkiness, to feed
more. than two pounds to two ano
nne-half pounds of. potatoes for each
hound Of grain in the ration.
Other crops adapted to certalna
sections of Georgia and Deserving ~ -
consideration as forage for hogs are
SOW beans, bur clover, crimson CLOVER
white clover, vetch and chufas.
information About Field Crops
H. W.. Blum. Ga, writes: q
Please send me bulletins on
growing artichokes, chufas'
sugar cane, and tell me whether
cowpeas need manuring or not
when planted for hay purposes.
Won can obtain much valuable data
Of the character you are seehIls uy
securing a list of the avallap1e pul-
ietins published by the United states
Henartment of Agriculture and writ
in FOR those YOU desire to your con-
gressman, your federal senator, or TO
fhe secretary of agriculture direct.
These farmers bulletins constitute a
very valuable library for the FARMER:
They can be purchased at cost ol
a few cents II they cannoI NC 9eIei
ed in the manner | have sugSesIeus;
Our state college of agriculture and
exDeriment stations publish great
variety of bulletins.
Cowpeas, as you doubtless know T
belong to the leguminous family:
They are credited with the power of
extracting a. greater part of the nj.
trogen they need from: the air. II
Won dig up a coWpea plant when II
IS six to ten inches high and look at
the roots carefully, you will hnd a
considerably number OF 4 I'VE M WIZ :
live certain microscopic organisms
having the power to assim1late nj
trogen directly out of, the. air. Some
times you will find that cowpeas do
not prosper on land where they nave
not been planted before and on ola
soils that have become acid. the
bacteria in question cannot live in
an acid soil. Under such clrcum-
stances, the cowpeas have no power
to secure the relatively large amount
of nitrogen they need. Hence. they
do not prosper. On new land. there
may not be a sufficient number OF
the bacteria present on the seed to
provide for the proper incubation Of
the crop. Especially is this likely to
be true the first year after it is plant
ed. The use of culture for lnocu-
lating cowpeas under the conditions
practice. On land where they have
been grown successfully, we cannot
say that it has proven profitable to
inoculate coWpeas artitically. This
crop makes quite a heavy use Of the
phosphoric acid and potash resources
of the soil. It is good practice under
existing conditions to use two to
three Hundred pounds Of acid phos-
phate per acre under cowpeas when
planted for hay. When potash can be
purchased at reasonable price, II
will pay you to use enough Of this
material to supply each acre with
from twelve to twenty-five pounds or
readily available potash.
VARIETIES or PEANUTs FOR
SOUTH GEORGIA
r. B., cambridge, Ga. writes:
Please let me know the best va
riety Of large peanuts to grow
d in this section. When is the
best time to apply nitrate of soda
to sugar cane and how much
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claim they have haP their crops
burnt and ruined by using it.
Among the varieties Of peanuts
which you can grow to advantage for
the purpose you have in mind are
Valencia, the Virginia, the North
Carolina and the Tennessee Red. The
North Carolina has been grown to
done very well You can probably
southwest Georgia. This would, no
doubt, be an advantage, as the strains
they are growing have probably be-
come acclimated successfully by now
which is quite a material advantage.
There are some reliable growers in
that section also who can, no doubt,
supply your need at a reasonable
price. In SO far as we know, you
would have to purchase the other
strains mentioned through the agency
O1 S0Gu VI WlllCil llA0lS Oil =
number of large and reliable ones
doing business here in the south.
There is no reason why nitrate OF
soda should not be used as a tor
dressing on sugar cane. This is a
gross feeding crop, and as our soils
are rather low in this element, a
liberal application is desirable. We
would advise the use of $50 pounds
per acre. Nitrate of soda may be
put on after the crop is from fifteen
to eighteen inches high 1t may be
used in one or two applications al
the rate of about seventy-f1ve pounds
per acre. For vigorous crop like
sugar cane, we would put the other
down the middles of the rows. There
will be no trouble about it's burning
or injuring the crop provided it, is
distributed when the leaves are dry
There is an impression often that
to secure proper benefits from nitrate
Of soda, one must put it very close
to the plant. This is not true. The
roots of plants, as one can readily
find by little examination spread
over several feet of distance of the
soil, Hence. the crOO will ouicl5 Y