Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-14

ed if exposed too long under such
conditions.
A day or two before planting the
alfalfa use at least 500 pounds of
of nitrogen, 9 to 10 per cent of phos-
phoric acid and to 5 per cent of
potash. This material should be we'll
worked into the soil.
Do not allow the alfalfa, to be
grazed or tramped over during the
fall Any well-drained, friable land
of good quality should produce al
falfa. This crop does not like wet
feet, so do not put it on location
where the water does not find ready
escape.
A Case Where Tree surging Is
Necessary
J. H. E, Gray, Ga, writes: |
have several water oaks, thirteen
years old, that looked fine until
last May, when house stood
near them was burned and the
limbs are entirely dead on one
side. Is there anything that can
be done for these trees to keep
them from dying?
I am not surprised that you are
interested and concerned about saw
ing your water oaks, for they GER
tainly constitute one of our most
beautiful and desirable shade trees.
[ am often surprised that they are
not grown even in larger numbers
in the states where they live so Won
derfully we'll as they do in Georgia a.
1t is difficult to prescribe e1of d Lop a
ton, and possibly little can be done
to aid you under the circumstances.
On the other hand, we suggest ina
you top the trees back very severely
getting as nearly as possible oelom
the dead or injured parts on the slqe
which was exposed to the fire: II
you leave the uninjured sides OF the
trees to grow and spread tney VIII
become unsymmetrical and lop-slaeu
and liable to be blown over ana oe-
stroyed in windstorm, which is
likely to occur at any time ON the
other hand, if you top the tree path
very severely you will .relnvlgoTaIe
its whole system and 1t Will tn .s11
spr9ut out and and RBe pr surprised dn ppob
ab bi to see how rapidly i, will grow
under these conditions and now soo1
| it will assume a symmetrlcal a ~
desirable form. You can hasleh lIS
growth by fertil1zlng tne tree e o.
( per cent Of nitrogen. ~ per CEN
Of nhosphoric, acid, and to PEI
cent potash. We would put ar0uaC
a tree of moderate size as much a. a.
pounds Of this formula ana puE ~
on at the early part, of each season sc n
not H., sile eun1ner or early fall because
| Won wish the wood to grow firm De-
| fore cold weather sets IN: .,,,o mo,
We have handled trees IN tnlS d
ord were surprised to note Wnat
c ep1enii in a Comparatively short time
Grazing Abruzzi Rye 20
H o. w, Thomson, Ca.
writes: How late can Abruzzi
we be grazed without inJuT-
ing it? We wish to let the cattIe
Craze as long as POSSIBLE VII VIII
out affecting the yield OIL seeu'
It is our opinion that grazing an an?
and winter will tend to lessen m, tn
amount of grain harvested. I ti
are some seasons when condltion'
NAV be favorable and .luxurian
growth developed, in which even
! grazing might be practlced VII
| devoted to cereals does not contain
| sufficiently large amounts of plan
food to enable the production. o
profitable crops of grain and aHor'
any considerable amount OF grazln&
as we'll. I realize that many people
argue that grazing does not affec
the crop. It is self-obvious. how
ever, that when you are grazing tn
land you are taking away from tn
plant a part of it's productive
energy and you are utilizing a par
of the fertilizer contained in the
soil. This puts strain both OF
| the land and on the plant which j
may Withstand under exceptiona
| circumstances.
In grazing Abruzzi rye, we woulc
, not in any event continue this .prac
| tice after the first of February
J Our preference would be to stoI
grazing December, or January first
Much depends, Of course, on the
time n -hich you planted the rye