Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-07

The velvet bean is the most i'm
portant legume of the state and IS
well adapted to practically the whole
farming area. Soy beans can be
planted as a substitute for cowpeas
in corn. They will stand more mols-
we'll adapted to bottom lands. In
north Georgia soy beans are prefer,
red because they are better adapted
to the climate. They, too, should be
| planted fairly early as they will not
| stand too much shading.
foodPptaf can or IN crop FoS
the latter they will be preferred to
velvet beans by some and on the
poorer types of soil Or in very thick
y o pa W be wst the S s50es of are hs
very staple human food. Large
| quantities are shipped into the state
annually from California for edible
| purposes. The same varieties can be
| profitably grown with corn in Geor-
gia. Cowpeas are, also valuable as
| a food for livestock. Hogs and cat
tie thrive on green plants or on the
seed. In the northern part of the
state cornftelds would furnish much
more grazing if they were seeded to
| cowpeas.
North Georgia with a few excep-
| lions will produce almost any vari-
| ETY. of cowpeas. There are several,
however, best adapted to conditions
| Whippoorwill and Brabham seem to
| adapt themselves to a wide range of
| conditions and to produce a fair
yield of seed every year. Other
varieties, as the Unknown produce
| phenomenal yields under ideal con-
| ditions, but fail when adverse sea-
| sons occur. Where the soil is infest-
| ed with wilt or nematodes only the
| Iron or Brabham varieties should be
| used.
For the production of seed, cow
| peas should be seeded before the
corn shades the ground too much.
| Quite often the corn and cowpeas
are planted at the same time, bur
the majority of farmers prefer to
the latter. With narrow rows, it is
better to have the cowpeas in the
drill with the corn, but with wide
rows they can be planted in the mid
dies. For Improving the. soil it is
per acre at the last cultivation. This
can be done even if crop is being
grown in the drill with the corn.
PEANUTS will be one of the main
Tegons Of the 6efa state they 1Rs e Sam 6e
used as grazing crop for hogs or
as money crop. When gathered for
the market their tops will furnish a
they can be grown to a large extent
hogs.
Two varieties seem best adapted
TO our conditions. For grazing, the
North Carolina or running Should
be the principal variety, as it's nuts
will not terminate during the fall
or winter if left in the soil, The
Spanish variety should be grown
largely for selling to the oil mills
and for early grazing. 1t yields we'll
on the thin, sandy soils of south
| tTA0rp11 NIyn1 l. e
north Georgia. The North Carolina
does best on the better classes of
sandy soils. Both of these varie-
ties have been grown in the state
Tor number of years.
Peanuts are usually planted in a
row in the corn middles and quite
often velvet beans are planted with
them. Some prefer peanuts in the
middles and velvet beans in the drills
with the corn, while a few want
only the peanuts in both places. The
Spanish variety can be successfully
planted either shelled or in the pod
by machinery, but the North Carroll
ma gives better results If shelled
Several kinds of cotton planter, such
as the Cole and Ledbetter. have pea
nut attachments and will plant the
peanuts should be planted from six
to eight inches in the drill and the
| North Carolina from twelve to fif-
teen. The latter should be planted
IN April or early in May, while the
/ former can be planted as late as
the last of May and the first part
| of June are most successful. If the
land is poor an application of from
one to two hundred pounds of acid
phosphate will increase the yields
materially. Lime is also very bene-
fetal and increases the yield.
Data About Fertilizers and Crops
| S. B. j.. New York, writes:
would like information as to the
fertilizers used in Georgia. What
| ingredients have proved the
most beneficial to the soil and
the crops, and what proportion
OF each element is contained in
the product as marketed?
Complete fertilizers are extensive
" used in this section Of the south.
| BY this we mean formulas contain
| ing available nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash. The amount used
depends on the nature and character
of the soil and the kind of crop to
quires more liberal fertilization than
cotton. Leguminous crops do not
call for the use of nitrogen, as they
can gather a good part of what they
may need of this element from the
air Lime is used to sweeten soils
and is especially beneficial when ap-
piled to the leguminous crops. We
grow, as you doubtless know, extern
s1Ve areas of velvet beans, COW
peas, soy beans and peanuts. Cot
ton Is our principal crop, and corn
is the next largest crop.
The soils in this state vary ma
terially from those Of the sandy
coastal plain region to the heavy
clays of the Piedmont plateau and
the Appalachian mountains. The for
mulas used contain from 2 to per
cent Of nitrogen, z to IL per cent
phosphoric acid, and 2 to per cent
of potash. The amount of plant food
removed from the soil by crops de-
which farming operations are con-
Quoted. If the corn stalks be cut
and shocked, the grain husked, and
fed to live stock, and the stalks cut
i In the SilO fed In thu fn1.,,, Of